The San Francisco call., 1908-12-29
*.DOUGHNUTS" GETS
OVATION AFTER
WINNING RACE
LftfIe Robert Harrington Wins
First Victory by Successfully
Plotting EN- and Em
By J. x. Jefery

By J. X. Jeffery
Diminutive Robert Harrington, 5S
found. IA year old apprentice rider in
lie employ of James Coffey. was the
acentral figure in a scene that fairly
Li.robbed with human interest at the
l5meryville racetrack yesterday after
noon. The boy is a mere mite Of a
Tad. who is Familiarity known far and
siide among racing men as Dough
llslts." Hardly a day passes that some
..iDart Of it finds him the interesting
.tenter OF a group Of turfmen, con-
o. stlsed with laughter over his ready
:ahd- piquant replies TO their badinage,
.eIoia be IL known Doughnuts IS as
q. IN g'lt as q new dollar and Withal q
'.s0ungster OF much worldly wisdom,
'..dcspite his tender years. Yesterday
isDoughnUts" succeeded in plotting his
employers mare, En- and Em, TO vic
dory at so 10 ] in the fifth race of the
;.meryville card. The lads riding ex
Il Ilcrlence has been exceedingly limited
and never before had he piloted win
s--slcI.' His feat appealed so strongly 10
tle crowd that he was given an ovation
/. s,lat for spOntaniety and intensity is
without parallel in the recent history
:..sef local racing.
AL JOIN IN APPLAUSE
go. All classes Of race goers joined in
-lhe Demonstration Those who We're
familiar with the lads personality We'd
with others who We're moved TO ap-
.piause by the diminutive appearance
-3f The chap In keeping up the demon
stratlOn. The affair reached its climax
when the boy found himself physically
unable 10 carry his saddle and lead
-sisads. weighing about so pounds, from
.%ie winners circle, IN which he dis
amounted, 10 the scalesroom, under the
Judges pagoda. A groom came to the
rescue, amid renewed plaudits Of the
crowd. All the while .'Doughnuts' /"
face beamed with broad smiles OF sat
lsfaction. The ambition Of his life had
been realized.
IN THRILLING FINISH
Deneen, the favorite. and Dovalta. a
vel backed Is TO chance, figured in a
lhrliung head nnish in the opener. Do
1aita had been following Lady Hill
sdreths pace closely until that fliv sud
denly stopped in the stretch, and De-
neen mad never been vary far back The
pair hooked Up at the paddock and
Iough- il out 10 the wire stride for
Stlloe Deneen getting the decision in
me last jump Dargin. q forward con-
80 tender throughout, weakened at the
end, but distanced the Others for third
The second race was highly spectacu-
r. Jar throughout ArgOnaut Figent and
Joe Rose, the three choices. racing neck
and neck in front Of the others virtually
an the way and finishing heads apart
an the order named. Argonaut was of
. none leo Wen, but mad the speed 10 al
/. lnosr Immediately assume the lead
E.. Jockey Upton exhibited his usual nerve
ia shooting him through close quarters
N came down TO the final strides and
II lhe horse probably would have won by
{. a greater margin had the boy been con
tent 10 SIT Stil instead of 6Ounderf0sr
about Probably because of the pres
1 ence Of Jockey Notter in the saddle Joe
Rose had been played into favoritism.
and the winner went 10 the post second
choice Semproni, whose odds had re-
ceded at an alarming rate, was knocked
back before the first quarter had been
IraFerseo and failed TO recover his lost
OF a fCof
LOSES By PULLING Up
Jockey Upton's pulling up tactics
when Starter Dwyer released the bar
Tier accounted for Sevenfulrs failure
10 finish in the money as favorite of the
Il1rd- Upton seemingly believed it a
'ase OF no start and considerable
distance had been traversed before the
fly regained the ground lost by his
unfortunate error at the beginning The
flly had all her speed, and getting TO
i The front on the turn made the pace
Gnut atter the paddock had been
Geac1eds Where her early effort told TO
such degree that she stopped to a
walk. Belle Kinney which had been
following her closely lasted to win by
2 head from the heavily played Gypsy
King, with which Jockey Miller had
taile5 TO get off to advantage, but which
closed with a cyclOnic rush. BOas also
closed well from a sluggish beginning
and was able TO take the show.
After Darlington had cut out the run
ming in the fourth well into the stretch
Gsrgantua came along with a well
timed end rush and won going away
CHOICES LOSE IN FIFTH
None Of the choices finished in the
money IN the fifth, Steel Blue, the ia
Horlte, loomed dangerous at the last
turn, but faded away in the stretch
IlTn and En-, the winner, flashed into
the lead at the head OF the stretch and
lasted II out with Miss May Bowdish
and Phil IgOe the contenders at the
end Both had come from d consider
able distance back. Melar and Ecker
sail. the early pace makers, quit to
nothing in the final quarter.
Twilight Queens victory in the final
race was accomplished under sensa-
llona4 circumstances. The hlly was bad
ly outrun in the early stages and
seemed TO be hOpelessly beaten when
the field turned into the stretch. In
TACT, her chances of finishing in The
money appeared decidedly dubious She
came with a surprising burst of spead
through the stretch. however, and the
end OF her thrilling run landed her a
neck in front OF the well backed 10 10 /
shot DESTROYS, which had run into a
long early lead and seemed the winner
until the last few strides in which she
weakened perceptibly. Creation. outrun
almost as badly as the winner in the
early stages, closed with great resoIl-
lion and finished a bang up third beat
en- only q length. +. Neugent shov-ina, Z,
essays at the meeting. was a keen CON
tender well into the stretch and backed
up only at the end. Grace G. one of the
choices also stopped very badly after
having been prominent in the early
part.