The San Francisco call., 1908-08-15
KOerner Pilots Three
Winners in a Row
HiIdrefh's Jockey Does Great
Days Work in Saddle at
The Meadows
By ]. K. Jefery

SEATTLE, Aug. 14.--Jockey koer-
ner's horsemanship was the outstand
ing feature Of todays racing at The
Meadows, the Hildreth rider plotting
the first three winners in a manner in
dicating that he is back to his best
saddle form and his services will be
increasingly in demand hereafter The
pubic had ample reason for gratifica-
ton over todays results, as four of the
winners were favorites. In this list
were Anna May, Force. Silver Line and
Johnstown. j. w O'Neill, the only fa
of bad racing luck.
The only disciplinary action by the
o1ncials today was the imposition of a
of vigilance at the post with Novgorod
4 j. .. keene, the well known Ken
lucky horseman, sails tonight for Rus
sia, via Japan and Siberia. with a view
to establishing himself as a trainer in
the land of the czar, where he achieved
signal success few years ago as a
trainer for General Lazareff, the Rus,
sian nobleman for whom Jockey Radke
is now riding. Keene will train pub
lie stable, if no other opening presents
itself
The st. James stable has obtained
second call on the services of Jockey
Page.
Tomorrow will be one of the big days
of the season at The Meadows and the
card provided is exceptionally at
Burglars robbed Charlie Sanford,
owner of High Gun, May Amelia and
other horses, of $3.50 last night. The
money, in bills of large denominations,
was taken from Sanfords trousers
pocket while he was sleeping aboard
his houseboat on the Duwamish river.
morning in a condition suggesting that
the intruders might have resorted to
the use of drugs. No clew was left.
Weather clear; track fast.
2229 FIRST RACE-SiY flIrl0nRS. selling &
year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. VT. st. Str. Fin.
1o,1-Aiiee Carey tBuxtOnl ,1o5 II 3 ms
driving. Metlakatla 6, Bonaventure so, BERTHE
40, La Rose II, ]. w. O'Neill 81, Aftermath
Is; Dainty Morsel 20, Herlves 8, Small Gold SO.
went to the front early, but both stopped badly
in stretch. En- and En- and Josie forward con,
with Metlakatla. O'Neill pocketed all the way.
En-, place, So show; Josie, place, show;
Alice, 2 show.
1884. SECOND RAoE-six furlongs, selling,
year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. ST. Str. Fin.
5-2-Anna May lKoerner) .1o7 / liz
-Duicinea page. .1o5 s % S9
Time 1:l2 20. Start stragsling.. Won cas-
Deneen 20, Ben Trovato g. ST Charles ), Beau,
tiful and Best 20, Cuenavaca 75. finished as
named Anne on flying, held her field safe safe
wen. Dulcinea, of poorly, made up ground.
then tired. Bud. after showing nice. turn of
show; May, . place, AS show. Dulcinea, 1
show.
32s5. THIRD RACE-EIeven-sixtee of a
mile, selling, year olds;
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T.. St. Str. Fin.
1-1-Force (Koerner) ....... ia i i . i u
a5iEss 5fEs,F A Aa1,s Bsn fass, nsstry
driving Lula i. Pert ie Miss $ Bootiess i,
Force had the speed TO lead all the way. An
ME no excuses and ran nice race. closing very
fast from her usual slow beginning. Bens race
Annie, S-5 place, 1-8 show; AXIS, 8 show.
$3.50. FOURTH RACE-Mile and quarter,
Odds. Horse and Jockey. VT. st. Str. Fin.
3-1-sllver Line (RusselD :. 9s 2 SIS
Time, 2:oS - % Start good. Won drst three
g. kds aSi g. spper epTe Red Pa Bali Ii 4 Po
trero Grande 80, finished named. Silver,
nicely rated in front the first part, took lead
enabled her to win. Kermit, the contender to
the stretch, weakened in the final furlong. Ru-
all. My Pal encountered interference. Silver,
65 place. 7-10 show; Rubinon, place, show;
Kermit, show.
selling, 3 year olds and upward:
9-5-Johnstown (Walsh) 1O3 u
5-1-My Bouquet CAientry) .105 u %
3o-1-Azora (Wilson) .......104 Al 3h
Time, 1:43 As. Start good. Won handily.
Second driven. Third stopping. Jacomo ~,
Lovey Mary 25, Redwood II 8, yivant 7,
Storma To- finished named. Johnstown, within
striking distance throughout, over the lead
ers in the stretch. Bouquet closed a big gap.
Azora favored by lucky break. led around the
first turn and hung on well. Redwood, of
poorly got the lead on the backstretch but
tired badly in the final furlong. Johnstown.
7-1O place, 1-3 show; Bouquet, 9-5 place, TO
show; Azora, show.
32SS. SIXTH RACE-Mile and so yards.
selling, 3 year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T. st. Str. Fin.
5-1-Miss Himyar (walsh). .102 3 13
11-2-Eckersall (Koerner) .108 5 Il n
Time, 43. Start good Won easily. Second
and third driven. Sachet 40 Our Salle 30,
Walter Miller TO- Captain Bush so. Seyortone 10.
George kilborn 20 John j. Mohr $50, Ro-
manor so, Dredger 90. finished as named. Him
var. pocketed the first part, galloped over the
leaders on securing clear sailing. Prestige OBJ
tanned long early lead and finished we'll Eek
ersall never far back. Sevorton and Kilborn
prominent in the early part, quit in the stretch.
Hmyar. so place. rs show; Prestige, L place,
II show; Eckersall, / show.
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