The San Francisco call., 1908-05-08
Jockey COldstein Splendid Rid
ing the Feature of Race at
EmcrupiLle
Yesterdays WINNERS
By J. r. Jefery

from Arcadia with the reputation of
being a crack lightweight. performed
At Emeryville yesterday in a manner
which indicates that the good form that
he exhibited during the closing days
OF the Santa Anita season was at
tributable TO something more substan-
tial than a mere streak of good luck,
of which there was some fear when
the boy failed TO ride TO advantage
in the days following his arrival here.
Goldstein, whose saddle form has been
constantly improving within the past
week or so. rode with such brilliancy
yesterday that his feat Of winning half
the card and landing in the money with
two other mounts was easily the out
standing feature Of the sport. That the
boy VIII command a better class Of
mounts from now on and that he will
hereafter have a big following among
local turf patrons is assured.
THREE FAVORITES SUCCEED
As expected. yesterdays big crowd at
the Emeryville track included a goodly
proportion Of visitors, attracted to San
Francisco by the arrival of the fleet.
As three favorites succeeded in scor-
tng, the results, from the speculative
standpoint, We're very gratifying to
the public. and correspondingly dis
astrous to the layers.
The circumstances under which Will
liam Walkers Center Shot won the
Evans handicap, q seven furlong sprint
that furnished the most pretentious
contest of the afternoon, stamped her
q hlly Of even higher class than indi-
Gated by the string of clever victories
that she had previously achieved Jock
ey Harris got her off very poorly and
she was half a dozen lengths behind
the flying leaders by the time she had
settled into her stride. Although the
pace was fast, she was able to run
around her field. pick up the leaders
one by one and dispose of The Mist,
which had obtained a long lead over
the others. in the very last stride. The
official time Of thes race was 1:25 As,
but she was timed separately IN 1:25.
Her performance was very impressive,
for the reason that she was conceding
from TO 25 pounds to the band of
clever spr1nters against which she was
pitted- Critic, which had been fol-
lowing The AIists pace throughout
easily saved the show from Fred Bent.
on which a mild killing had been at
tempted.
Talarand, heavily backed as favor
ite 70 win the opener. was put to the
hardest kind of a drive by Triumphant
10 win by q narrow margin. He had
been racing out in front with Sid Sill
yer until the latter stopped at the last
turn Triumphant hooked up with him
furlong out and the pair fought 1t
out almost stride for stride. Royal
Rogue, which finished third, would
probably have won with better luck
at the start. as he closed a big gap
from E poor beginning.
lntonation, winner Of the year old
race at the juicy odds OF 40 to /. was
running his first race in the colors of
J. W. Blalock, who had acquired him
at the recent Keene wedding out sale.
He had the speed to take the lead Fight
after the start and run away from his
field Middle, for which there had been
plenty OF support as second choice,
managed 10 outlast Belle of Brass. the
real hot thing of the race, for place.
Mental Anguish, the favorite. ran the
sort Of a race that the betting fore
shadowed. failing TO materially improve
his position after Mentry got him of
poorly.
FIRST VICTORY SINCE OAKS
carmelina scored the first victory
that she has been able to achieve since
she won the Oaks when she took the
measure Of the moderate field with
which she contested the third. On ac-
count Of a long string of poor perform
ances, u to ] was obtainabie against
her chances. Outrun the first part, she
closed big gap and galloped over
the leaders in the stretch to win by as
much as Mentry pleased. High Gun
just did get up to wrest the place from
the heavily backed Franciscan in the
closing stride or two Steel Blue. the
favorite. whose odds had receded al
an alarming rate, was given a dis
gracefully bad ride by Jockey Hide
brand. The boy let the horse fall so
far out Of II the first part that he was
more than 25 lengths behind the lead
ers going down the back stretch. In
the last half mile he made I'D the
greater part OF this lost ground. but
was still far away from the money al
the finish.
Saint Modan, which outgamed Nav
Sutton. the pacemaker. IN the very last
strides of the fifth had been backed in
the ring as though II were all over but
the shouting. He ran the greatly i'm
proved race that the betting indicated
but be was all out to win from the
long shot He probably would have
scored in easier style but for having
been cut of at the far turn while
starting his run. Follie i, we'll fancied
by her stable connections. kept the un-
lucky ST. Kilda out of the show by 2
narrow margin. St. Kilda was away
from the post 10 very poor advantage
and made up so much ground that the
probabilities are that she would have
won with an even break
Daruma. Cadichon and Vox Populi al
had such extensive fOilowings in the
closing race that they went to the post
almost equal choices. Ocean Shore. fol
which there had been only lukewarn
support, had the best of racing lucl
and succeeded in beating all three oi
the shorter priced horses. Daruma
which he defeated by a nose. threw hel
head UP when the barrier was sprung
and got OF poorly in consequence
While Ocean Shore was sitting out ir
front. clear Of interference. Daruma
was working her way from behind and
the effort that il required TO get up or
even terms with the pacemaker showed
its effects when the race simmerec
down 10 a stretch struggle between the
pair Vox Populi. which held the post
OF favorite by a trihing margin, was
just beaten for the show by Cadichon
The latter had the benefit of Miller's
assistance, was close up in the early