The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15


Of the four. the time BY miles hguring
as follows First. l:zS As; second,
1.5l Is; third. 1-5s 2-5; fourth.
1,zs s-5.
Ideal conditions prevailed for the
racing and the sport during the after
noon was high class throughout Al
though only two favorites succeeded
in winning. the big half holiday crowd
developed such faculty for playing
the winners that the hook makers ex-
perienced losing day.
FIREBALL oUTFooTs GEMMELL
H L Wilson's crack sprinter Gem
nell essayed the trying task of max
20 pounds 10 the field OF fast horses
with which he contested the Suscoi
handicap While beaten. he was by no
means disgraced. for FirebaT. TO which
he was conceding 3 pounds by the
scale. was the only one that was able
70 lead him al the finish His effort
was a high class one and added luster
70 the brilliant record which he has
made throughout the season Firebau,
TO which Iez pounds was but a feath-
er, had the speed 70 lead from wire 70
wire, and ran six furlongs in 1:12 3-5.
&emnell. closing with great game
ness. was within about length OF him
at the wire. and Johnny Lyons. which
had been played for killing. was a
close third. having come from behind
with a great rush in tho final six
teenth- The Mist had supplanted Gem
nell in favoritisn. but ran poorly for
Jockey Gilbert. and was al no stage
factor IN the decision OF the race. Bu-
collie. well backed. was seemingly un-
able 10 raise a gallon. and Burning
Bush. which had beaten Gemmen upon
the occasion of their last previous
meeting. faded away after having
shown early speed
CLoYNE WINS THE GLENwOoD
The GIenwood handicap. at mile
and a sixteenth. developed into a cap
ital contest in the stretch between T.
K Stevens clever FLY. Cloyne. and H
c. BedwelFs Judge Nelson cloyne
won the decision by a nose after Judge
Nelson had forced q fast pace from the
beginning Northwest disputed the
early running with BedwelI's horse. but
weakened when Cloyne challenged the
two leaders al the last turn. Peter
Sterling. showing marked Improvement
over his two previous essays. closed
with a whirlwind rush and got up to
show. only about a length behind the
leaders. Massa. the favorite. was
woefuily deficient in speed and make
sorry showing. being outrun al all
stages.
The two choices were fighting it out
al the finish Of the opening race and
Wuerzberger took the measure of
Tonic. the faVorIte. by neck Tonic
was in forward contention from the
beginning. but wuerzberger had to
work his way up gradually. as he had
an outside position and could not out
run his field the first part Jockey
Buxton rode patient, well judged race
on him and was entitled to no small
part OF the credit for the victory. as he
kept him entirely clear Of pockets in
making Up the ground. Huerfano.
which had displaced Haber as third
choice on the strength Of reports that
he had improved greatly since his pre-
vious start. got up in the closing
strides 70 take third place from De
Granmont. the early pace maker. Haber
lost all chance by bolting to the out
side on the first turn
DUEL THROUGH STRETCH
Andrew B. Cook. backed into pro-
nounced favoritism over Tawasentha AZ
post time. won the second race by a
half length after a long drive with
Belle OF Iroquois- The latter had raced
Lord Nelson out OF the money. Tu-
half mile and Andrew B. Cook hooked
Up with her AZ the last turn. Excite
ment ran high as the pair measured
stride for stride all the way through
the stretch Jockey Knapp put up a
powerful hand finish with Cook. while
Belle Of Iroquois weakened g bit under
the whip al the very end. Nagazam
got up in the last stride TO squeeze
Lord Nelson out of the money. Ia
xasentha was all but knocked down
when the barrier went up and was
thereby eliminated from the contest
Silver Line. At Is 10 l. was the sur
prise that the fifth yielded With Gil
bert in the saddle. she took the lead