The San Francisco call., 1908-12-19
PILOTS CREATION TO
VICTORY TN GREAT
FINISH
Jockey Walter Miller Gives an
Exhibition of Wonderful
Riding at Emeryyiifs
By J. e. Jeffery


Ter ever put up more shillful exhibit
tion of finished riding in his career
than the effort which landed T. H. Will
IiaIns Creation winner in the closing
race Of yesterdays card at the Emery
vile track. The ride was one that de-
served the ovation that it evoked, and
demonstrated conciusively that the for
mer champion vas by no means back
number, and that if he could ride at
weight which would permit of his com
randlng promising mounts In every
race as OF yore, no jockey at Emery
vile would pilot Winners more fire.
quenty than he. Handicapped though
ne IS by constantly increasing weight.
Miller has an excellent chance of head
Ing the local Jockey list for the sea
son, III view OF the splendid form which
he has shown Of late. His ride on Crea
ton viii not be forgotten soon by thOSs
whose good fortune il was 10 have had
wager on that well backed horse.
nor is it likely that those who had
pinned their ratJn to the lightly
weighted Warden. the favorite OF the
race, will have anything but the great
est respect for his ability, for it prob
ably Is true, as remarked BY good
boy riding at EmeryviIle could have
duplicated Miiiers feat of winning with
/ Creation The ride tnat Creation re-
h eeived was in striking contrast 20 the
timid exhibition that Jockey Gilbert
put up on the same -forSe upon the
occasion of his previous start. which
\ t4iCllcU Sndfp CIlllClSnl AT the time.
RESERVES SPEED FOR FINISH
The race which Creation won was at
7 q mile. and was run IN manner which
/ Kept the spectators al a high pitcn OF
Z excitement throughout At post time
there was little difference in the odds
against the principal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ton, Warden and Sempronium-al-
though Creation had opened at a con-
siderably longer quotation than the
( front going around the first turn and
I took back off the pace when Jockey
Russin sent Warden into the lead on
I the backstretch- Warden entered the
/ stretch with a lead of two lengths. and
4 his hackers had visions OF caShing un-
I I'll it became evident that Miller had
/ been skilnully reServing Creation for
/ the final drive. Miller sat down to
! ride in earnest a furlong from the
wire, and it was a t-eat to witness the
skill with which he gradually cut
down the favorite's seemingly insur-
mountable lead, with the final result
that Creation won by head in
I gruelling drive. SemprOnium. on which
| Jockey Walsh had pat up a ride which
was the antirhesis OF Niller'S effort on
the winner, finished third. beaten off
! only a Jrifie more than a length in
| spite of his riders bungiing.
OUTSIDER WINS HANDICAP
The Wiley handicap. a seven furIong
l AFFAIR for year OldS, resulted in
great upset, Ocean Queen, the. extreme
outsider at 10 TO L, displayed sudden
| Improvement and scored decisive vic
| tory over the clever band of Juveniles
that she was meeting. She followed
closely the fast early pace set by Trois
Temp, which had displaced Bon Homme
as favorite. got up on even terms with
ing with the favorite sufficiently To
cause him to finish out of the money
| went on to win by herself. Palo Alto.
| Erbet and TrOiS Temp finished noses
apart in the struggle for place honors-
/ Neither Bon Homme nor Listowe1. the
remaining conteuders. were able to
had been played with almost as much
confidence as Trois Temp. but Bon
Homme's odds had steadily receded-
1t could hardly be said that the rae
ing was formful. Woolen and Saraci =
| nesca represented the extent of the
winning choices. Rockstone. winner OF
the fifth. finally ran TO his good eastern
form after a long series or unsuccess-
ful essays here. Several turfmen were
i unkind enough TO suggest that the
| horse had been qualifying in most or
his previous starts He had been per
forming a odds running as high as
100 TO l. but to l was all that was
I obtainable yesterday.
FINISH HEADS APART
Mechlin, Combury and Plausible
4 finished heads apart in the order named
! in the opener. Mechlin was Is to I
chance. and had all the luck of the
race. having been in front virtually all
up lot of ground IN the stretch and
Plausible had been poorly handled by
should have finished in front Of the
winner. Ray Bennett, a favorite or
the receding sort. got of poorly and
failed to improve his position. He was
seemingly a long way from his good
form.
marred by poor start. several of the
contenders getting away In a tangle-
Orchan was turned sideways when the
barrier was released and lost all chance
/ Wooden. the favorite. lay within strik-
ing distance of the pace in the early
l stages, moved up at the last turn and
came away to clever victory. The 10
| TO 1 shot, Invader. nOsed out Colbert.
which had alternated with Eckersan
| in making the pace for the place in
the closing strides.
SCORES LUCKY VICTORY
Saracinesca scored what may have
been a lucky victory in the third. He
was able to lead his field throughout
but Won Tromp. the second choice. vir-
tually was eliminated from the contest
! at the outset by being as good as left
at the post. After making up at least
| a dozen lengths, Won Tromp tired in
/ the stretch just as he was beginning to
/ loom dangerous. and Charles Green beat
him for the place by head. Military
/ Man showed a surprising amount OF
/ foot for q horse that had been going
over route and finished bangup
fourth.
Except for brief interval. when Ny
Pal showed the way around the frst
turn, Rockstone made the pace In the
fifth and won by as FAR as the novice
rider King pleased. Gene Russell. a
forward contender throughout. out
lasted the wretchedly ridden Raleigh
| for place by a neck. Raleigh was the
favOrite. and Jockey Walsh was con-
| tinually taking him from the rail to
the outside throughout the entire run
ming. At the end hs let go the horses
head and went TO the whip. which prob
/ ably cost him the place and came near
costing him the show as well, L C.
/ Ackerly failing to get in the money
after a good stretch run by only half
| q length.
MATCHED EnR MARATHnN