The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
Record of Ten Years
Cut by j. c. Glenn
Shapes Fraction From Buckwa
Mile and Halt Mark
Made in 1897
YESTERDAYS WINNERS
By J. K. Jefery


Fully 5000 admirers of the thorough
bred witnessed the decision of the hol-
iday card at the EmeryviIle racetrack-
The fair sex was unusually well repre-
sented and the grand stand presented
a picture of color and gayety that waf
strikingly attractive. The racing,
while brilliant. was far from formful
so far as results were concerned. Sc
curity being the only public choice to
make good during the afternoon All
the other races went TO outsiders that
appeared to have only fair chances OF
winning. AS there was smart sup
port for several of the liberal priced
winners. the bookies failed to gather
the fat profits that might naturally be
expected to accrue from the bowling
over of five favorites Speculation.
while lively, was confined to small
wagering.
The breaking of the track record for
mile and half. held by Buckwa
since December "a. 1897. was feature
of the afternoons sport. William St
vincents ]. c. Glenn. In winning ths
which excelled the mark made by
Buckwa 10 years ago by Just
| a quarter of a second J. c.
Glenn was piloted by Jockey Ross
and his good showing. following a Sc
ries of wretchedly poor races, had been
foreshadowed in the betting ring. hin
odds having been hammered down from
early pace set by Ouardi and was able
| to go on when that horse gave UP ths
struggle in the stretch Eduardo was
pushing him hard at the finish and was
| only a half length behind him at tha
wire Logistilla and Legatee divided
the honors of favoritism in the race
but neither of them could ever get
| near the front.
FRYER TAKES MEMORIAL
The lightly weighted Edwin T. Fryer.
running right back to his previous
clever race. vanquished the shifty field
with which be contested the Memo
rial handicap. the most pretentioua
event OF the card. Well up throughout.
he gal1oped over the leaders in the last
| half mile and won out by the greater
part of a length in driving finish
with Massa and Johnny Lyons. tha
joint favorites. Less than three
lengths separated all the contenders
in the race. except A. sMuskoday. at
the wire. Johnny Lyons. on which
there had been a tremendous plunge,
looked all over the winner entering
the stretch, where he had a lead OF
more than a length. but he unexpected
ly weakened in the final sixteenth
William Cahills crack sprlnter, .Se-
curity, carried top weight to victory in
the Newark handicap in clever fashion.
Starter Dwyer caught the field coming
to the barrier in perfect alignment and
dispatched them to moving start that
made hit Security had the speed
to Immediately go into the lead, and
after setting sizzling pace all the
way. had enough left to stall off the
determined bid which w. P. Fines
crack colt Glorio made at the end. aft
er coming from some distance back.
Glorio's race shows that he will havs
to be reckoned with from this time on
in the best of company. Unless Sc
curity had more left than seemed prob
able Glorio might have beaten him yes
early stages of the race. as he had been
shuffied back bit just after the start.
Stanley Fay. William Walkers crack.
was a keen contender at all stages of
the contest and finished Tapped on the
two leaders. Burning Bush, the other
short priced contestant. weakened bad
ly in the stretch after essaying to fol-
low securitys fast early pace closely.
The two outsiders never had look in.
TRIUMPHANT SHOWS SPEED
In winning the fifth Triumphant ran
remarkably clever race for a selling
platter of the ordinary sort. Jockey
Scoville beat the gate. with him a bit
and let him step right along. with the
result that he ran the first half In
AS. six furlongs in 1:1s As. the mile in
1889 90 and finished out the mile and
20 yards in 1:43 So. which was within
three-fifths OF second OF the track
record for the distance. The lightly
weighted Ed Davis was best able to
follow this heart breaking pace and
outlasted the other contenders. beat
ing Marwood for place by neck Net
ting doomed dangerous at the last turn
after having made UP lot Of ground
lost by being carried wide around the
clubhouse turn. but faltered in the
stretch and finished just outside the
money Gargantua. which was played
/ into favoritisna. encountered too much
| interference to show what he was really
| capable OF.
Nagazam's victory in the opener was
clear cut and decisive. Jockey Sco-