The San Francisco call., 1908-05-16
Overlooked BY Talent. She Runs
in Front of Natipe Son
Al the Nay
Yesterdays WINNERS
By J. e. Jefery

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three that were bowled over doomed
SO promising as betting propositions
that their defeat entailed a heavy loss
upon the public Not for many a day
had there been such tremendous play
on a horse at the local track as that
which developed on Massa, which fin
ished unplaced as the result of an acci-
dent while running as q hot odds on
choice in the third race. The failure
of the Millin entry, held at equally
short odds in the succeeding race, was
another hard blow for the followers Of
FORM and the climax came when Ma
tive Son was beaten by 25 to 1 shot
in the closing race.
The track had dried out well on the
surface, but the course was dead and
fast time was out of the question. The
going will be much better today, but
hardly fast.
Poor luck at the barrier contributed
to the defeat of Ocean Queen, Johnny
Millin's clever Cunard Ally, top weight
of the Lime Point handicap, a five fur.
long dash for year olds, that fur
nished the program feature. Cricket"
Kelly had to hustle the filly to get her
into forward contention after getting
off disadvantageously and the effort
told to such an extent that the lightly
weighted Alice Collins was able to pass
her in the final sixteenth when she
began to tire in the going, having
taken the lead near the paddock. Alice
Collins showing was a great improve
ment over her recent essays and prob
ably was due TO the track conditions.
Mauretania, Ocean Queens stable COM
panion, disputed the early running with
Blameless and outlasted him for third
money. Blameless had been we'll played
and ran a race that represented a dis
tinet improvement over his previous
efforts.
The ring received a scorching when
NJ. J. Days Romanoff made good in the
opening race after being played into
favoritism from an opening quotation
of II to /. The Ronianoff tip had been
widely circulated and there was rush
to get aboard Immediately the odds
were posted The horse had never be-
fore shown anything in public, possibly
because he had been pitted against
high class company in his previous
starts. He had the speed to lay along
close to the pace in the early stages
and when it came to the stretch drive
he easily outgamed the leaders. st.
Eilda. beginning slowly as usual.
closed resolutely and placed by a sub
stantial marginss while Abraham, which
! finished third, was tiring so much that
/ he barely beat Frank Skinner. Sir
Angus the opening favorite, encoun-
tered poor luck, being forced into the
deepest going along the rail at the far
turn while running in forward conten-
ton. This disposed of his chances, as
the ground he lost by being forced to
take up and go to the outside was too
much to expect him to make up.
RUNS AROUND HER FIELD
Emma G was so much the best of the
| field that contested the second that she
won after being virtually left at the
post. She was so far out of 1t the first
quarter that her hackers gave up hope
of seeing her finish anywhere near the
money, but Jockey Lycurgus rode a pa
tient, persevering race and she raI
around her field, gamely )overhauleo
the distant leaders and won out by q
neck in a hot end drive with Old Set
tier, which had taken the lead from Sar
Gil near the paddock. Turnaway, the
second choice, figured among the lead
ers in the early stages, but faded away
| in the final quarter.
The running of the third race wa!
| marred by an accident, which undoubt
edly robbed the race of its form a:
Massa, the hot favorite, and Fred Bent
the second choice, were the principa
victims of the mishap. Fred Bent wen
down in jamb on the clubhouse turI
ana IN 1dl1I0S lHtO N1dSSd II
such a way that one of that horses leg!
was badly cut open. This naturall!
prevented the horse from running hi.
race and the dismay of his hackers
who had no means of knowing that h,
had been injured was unbounded wheI
i he failed to Keep up with field tina
he seemingly outclassed. With tn,
choices out of the running, Creation
with which Jockey Gilbert had achieved
a flying start was able to retain th,
early lead that he had secured and wol
cleverly in a driving finish. with th1
we'll played Collector Jessup the runne1
up at all stages. Entrada, a 80 to
shot, was third from start to finish.
MILLER LANDS REMEMBER
Pickaway ran into long early leat
in the fifth, but Remember, whicl
shared the distinction of favoritisn
with Harbor, easily picked him up a
the head of the stretch and galloped II
a winner by as great margin a
Jockey Miller pleased. Pickaway barel,
hung on to save the place from the vel
touted Ed Sheridan. Harbor failed t
get off to advantage, but his race wa
not so impressive as his previous star
had been.
Belle Kinney, at 25 to 1, was the sur
prise that the closing race yielded. TIL
mare had shown so little with Waite
Miller up on the occasion of her onl.
recent start that her good races owe
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