The San Francisco call., 1908-04-25
Premier Jockey Scores Three
Victories and Is Beaten on
THO Fdyorites
yesterdays WINNERS
By j. r. Jeffery

The followers of Walter Miller were
in clover at Emeryville yesterday. for
the champion jockey won half the card.
All three of his winning mounts were
at paying odds, Lord Nelson, at TO l,
being especially remuneratiye. Martin
mas, with which he scored a well
earned victory in the fifth. was one OF
two favorites that won during the day.
Miller rode Humero and Mauretania,
two OF the favorites that were beaten
In order to have the benefit of Mil
ler's services Johnny Millin decided to
let his clever fiIly Mauretania carry
five pounds overweight in the Ocean
View handicap. a four and a half fur
long sprint for year olds. She proved
unequal 10 the task imposed upon her
and could do no better than nose Bill
Eaton out of the place in the very last
stride. Kansas" Prices Traffic. run
ming right back to his recent clever
race. led virtually all the way and won
in fashion that stamps him as
fair sort of youngster. Woodlander.
of which considerable was expected.
ran a very moderate race and was
never a dangerous contender.
Humero made a shockingly bad
showing as a favorite in the opening
race, which was won by the 90 to l
shot Jeremiah. with San Olmo, the sup
posed good thing of the race, second
and st. Kilda third Jeremiah came
from far back to win after San Olmo
had cut out the running well into the
stretch. Humero was utterly lacking
In speed and continually dropped be-
hind in the first five furlongs. Just as
Miller started to make a move for the
stretch drive Merritt Buxton and Zoe
Young fell in front of him at the last
turn and to save his mount from falling
over them Miller was Obliged 10 sharp
ly pull up
Booger Red spreadeagled his field in
winning the second. on none too
well, he wrested the lead from Mont
clair soon after the start. proceeded
TO run away from his company in spec
tacular fashion and won with Cricket"
Kelly easing up. Montclair, the runner
up throughout, outlasted the weakly
ridden Green Goods for the place Ed
Davis. the only other horse in the race
that was ever in forward contention.
was badly distanced when the real
racing began.
1t took all of MiHer's skill to land
Luretta winner of the third. Riders re-
versed. Entrada. which lost by a head,
would have won off by himself Miller
nursed Luretta along in front in the
early stages and the mare had just
enough left at the end to stand of
Entrada's closing bid when Moreland
CAaiicHs cu- ISulIdQd lidQ Ocru play c4
for good thing at and s. Luretta
was the opening fayorite. but receded
from even money to 2 10 l and Tommy
Ahearn was the post choice. The lat
ter was the victim of an incompetent
ride at the hands of the stable jockey,
Zeigler, who all but fell off. As the
boy had ridden the horse to advantage
in one or two of his previous starts
the expectation was general that he
would be able to make a better show
ing than he did. The horse was at
no time a factor in the running and
finished in the ruck.
Martinmas ruled receding favorite
in the fifth and made good with a SEN
sationaI stretch sprint after his back
ers had abandoned all expectation of
cashing- Slow to begin. he got into
a jam approaching the first turn and
Miller was obliged TO pull him up. By
the time the turn had been negotiated
he had been shuffied far back and al
though he made up some ground on
the back stretch, he was still so far
out OF ii at the last turn that his
chances looked exceedingly meager
Miller saved ground by slipping
through on the inside entering the
stretch and then had TO take out 10
avoid interference. all of which
maneuvering was so skilfully accom-
plished that the horse was able to win
off Columbia Girl and Nabonassar
two long shots. made a head finish OF
it for the place. Tavora. heavily
played. ran a very bad race and finished
far back.
The change in jockeys from Manders
TO Miller worked wonders in Lord Nell
son. winner of the closing race. The
horse broke flying and showed his field
the way throughout Be1mere. which
had been displaced in favoritism by
May Amelia. was allowed TO fall too
far out of it in the early stages and
came with a brilliant end sprint from
last place at the turn TO all but beat
the so to 1 shot Korosilany for place
Korosilany had been a keen contender
at all stages. May Amelia got of
poorly, but finished close up to the