The San Francisco call., 1908-05-22
MiIlbrae Handicap Is
Won by Enfre Nous
Cen1n1eu Mokes a Dismal Shop-
ing in Feature Event. and
Finishes Last
Yesterdays WINNERS
By J. K. Jefery

The Millbrae handicap, seven fur
long sprint that furnished the feature
Of yesterdays card at the Emeryille
track, was won In clever fashion by
Matt Reiss' vastly improved mare,
Entire Nous, the extreme outsider IN the
betting. Gemmell, the even money ia
vorite of the race, whose feats earlier
in the season had caused him to be pro-
claimed the champion Sprinter OF the
coast, made dismal showing and
hnished absolutely last. probably on &C
count of having trained of
The race was contested by small but
select field, and was not exactly con-
elusive of the relative merits of the
and Downpatrick, which finished second
and third, respectively, encountered
poor racing luck The former, which
Entire Nous beat by q length at the
wire, was not quite prepared for the
start, dwelt a bit when the barrier
went up and afterward encountered in
reference, which cost her the loss OF
more ground than the margin by which
she was defeated Downpatrick stum-
bled at the start and thereby lost con-
siderable ground, only little OF which
he was able 10 make up Entire Nous
got of flying, cut out all the pace and
ran a very impressive race all round
Gemmell was within striking distance
OF her to the last turn, where he weak
which allowed even Downpa trick,
which had been running lengths behind
the others. TO pass him in the last 10e
yards.
SAN ALvIso's GOOD RUN
San Alviso. Rudolph SpreckeIs' clever
year old by St Symphorien-Inst ga
triX. showed himself TO be a better
horse than his previous performances
had indicated when he ran a mile and
sixteenth in 1:45 is in winning the
third race. This was within a fifth of
second of the track record San
AiTiso was one of two favorites that
the public cashed in on during the aft
ernoon- The lightly weighted Tommy
AheaTn, which was only neck behind
MIN at the wire, might have won the
race but for having been cut of while
making his run at the last turn The
interference compelled his rider 70 pull
up and go from the rail to the out
side, which, OF course. entailed the loss
OF some ground As against this, how
ever, San Alyiso had been waited with
in the early stages of the race and
might have been able to win by a
greater margin had he been sent right
on TO the front from the rise of the
barrier instead OF biding his time Pom
totoc, which finished third. was 10
I lengths away from the two strug-
Cling leaders at the end
MARWOoD DEFEATS YADA
The defeat of Yada, which was held
at well nigh prohibitive odds in the
opening race, gave the "sure thing"
players shock. Yada looked to be a
cinch on form. but he was beaten with
no tAEdStS- A1tlCT Eeltlnz MN or IN
front and letting him step right along
all the way. The improving Marwood
was able to go along with him and
when it came down to the pinch. ran
away from him in the stretch to an
easy victory. Ben Stone just did man
age TO beat Cobleskill for third money.
Cricket" Kelly proved a decided i'm
proyement over the boys who had pre-
| viously ridden Mental Anguish. and the
result was that the Newman colt grad
uated from the maiden class in a driv-
| ing finish with Middle, after having
picked up Micaela, the hot tip of the
race, in the stretch. BubbiinE Water. a
long shot, took the show away from
Jim Malladay, the favorite. in the clos
/ ing strides Micaela had been heavily
played on the strength of fast work
She had the speed which she had shown
the work watchers. but she failed 70
stay after opening up gap on her
field in the early stages.
SCORES LUCKY VICTORY
Wuerzberger scored lucky victory
in the fifth. High Gun, the second
choice. after getting off poorly. bore
out at the last turn and the ground
I thereby lost was more than the half
past the judges. Saint Modan came
| from the clouds to be close UP third
Ed Davis, backed into pronounced fav-
oritism over High Gun. the opening
and finished all but last
The talent led by Johnny Crane and
his connections. showed nice discrin-
ination by making Be Thankful favor
ite oyer ST. kilda. the book makers.
choice, in the closing race Be Thank
full won in q common canter. while St
Kilda ran far below his form and was
never prominent. Arthur Hyman.
which had the speed to take a forward
position in the early stages. outstayed
all but the winner, and third money
vent 10 the well played long shot, Mrs.
Neugent.