The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
Outfoots We'll Balanced Field Of
Handicap Horses at
Emerypille
YESTERDAYS WINNERS
BY j. z. Jeffery

The book makers are having a
stormy time OF 1t at the Emeryville
track these days. The ring received a
severe drubbing on Friday as natural
result OF the success of five public
choices Four more favorites scored
yesterday and the layers distributed
considerable more of their coin among
the public Ideal climatic conditions,
coupled with the splendid card that
Handicapped Williamson had provided.
drew out a big attendance, IN spite OF
the lack OF a stake feature. Brilliant
racing, marked by close finishes and
fast time. made the sport eminently
satisfactory from the spectacular
standpoint. as well as from the view
point of speculation.
The most pretentious event of the
day-the Tamalpais handicap, at a mile
and a sixteenth-in which eight of the
all aged division contested for a purse
of $1,000, provided the only upset of the
afternoon The winner was j. j.
! WaIsh's Marster. neglected 10 TO L
shot. that had been played heavily in
his previous start, with Walter Miller
up, only to run a very poor race The
regulars could hardly credit the evil
dence of their own senses when Mar
ster, with Jockey Sandy up. galloped
over the clever field with which he was
running yesterday. The horses previ-
Gus showing had been so discouragins
that his owner. who had put big
wager down the time before. let him
run unbacked yesterday. and those close
to him were betting on other horses.
The consistent Cabin finished second.
beaten a length, and Frank Flittner.
the heavily backed favorite OF the race
nosed Johnny Lyons out Of third money
in the very last stride.
Miller was up on Frank Flittner and
down the back stretch he was shufied
back to last place, and 1t looked as IL
there would be no chance Of his finish
| ing in the money, but he made gal
liant stretch run and just did get up to
show. Cabin, which took the place.
had been in forward contention
throughout Because Marster. In clos
ing with a sensational rush. bore over
in front of Cabin under punishment not
far from the wire, there was some ex-
pectation that foul might be claimed
by Jockey Mcintyre. but no move IN
that direction was made.
PAJARoITA WINS THE NoyATo
The Novato handicap. a futurity
course sprint. was married by bad
start. the five contenders leaving the
barrier in Indian file. with Pataroita, the
favorite, off flying in the lead The
advantage thus obtained enabled Bed
wells speed marvel to win easily by
nearly three lengths. none Of the other
contenders being able to get near the
Rey del Sierras gelding at any stage
of the running. Pajaroita ran the dis
lance in 1909. which was within one
fifth of a second of the track record
Native Son was the runner up from
start TO finish and beat the balance as
easily as Pajaroita beat him. Dominus
Aroi. last to leave the post. and many
lengths out of 1t in the early part OF
the contest. ran very clever race. and.
making up considerable ground. got UP
in the last stride to nose Fantastic out
of the show. St. Francis, the remain
ing entrant. wound up a badly beaten
off last, after having shown a little
more early speed than in his recent
starts He was at no time factor in
the contest, however. and it looks as
If he is far from the good form that he
showed early in the season
HECTOR HEAVILY BACKED
The opening race witnessed another
attempt at killing" on Hall & Mar
shairs Hector, and 1T came close to be-
ing successful Backed down to 10 from
90. Hector was beaten only in the last
few strides by j. w. 0'Neill. which
Mintia had supplanted in favoritism.
O'Neiu, well ridden by Cricket Kelly.
ran within striking distance of the
leaders from the beginning and easily
outfooted the pace makers through the
stretch. Hector took the lead momen-
tarily when Bell Reed could carry his
speed no further and his hackers had
high hope of cashing at this stage OF
the race. Miller brought Elndale from
long way back to be third Mintia
never gave his supporters any encour-
asement. being far back from start to
finish.
The dying start that Miller achieved
with Tom Hayward the heavily backed
faxorite of the . year old race. con-
tributed materially 20 his victory. Alice
George. the second choice. was held at