The San Francisco call., 1908-11-06


his mind 10 start four of the six horses
that he nominated for the event. Mont
gomery, Dandelion, Fitzherbert and
Angelus Will. therefore. be coupled as
the Hildreth entry when the bookies
chalk up their odds against the various
starters in the race. AS nearly as can
be foretold at this writing, the makeup
Of the field Will be as follows:
Horse Owner and Jockey. VT
Montgomery -Hildrsth (Koernerl .........I24
Dandelion-Hildreth tY. Powersl .......... 1l6
Angelus-Hildreth Upton) ................1l0
Fitzherbert-Hildreth (Shfliingl .........I 1903
lre9tone-Wiiliams (W. Miller) III
Jack Nunnally-Dayton &C. Miilerl -......l ll6
Eye6right-Davis (Russell) :..;..;...... 100
". 7. Overton-Applegate a. Walsh) .-..- 100
Sngarmaid-Fleur de Lis tBuxton( ..---.-.lo4
Dorbellno-Spreckels lMadden) :........... 80
OF the remaining eligIbles Stanley
Fay, Neva Lee, Fantastic and Roalta
are the Hkliest if there are to be any
been prepped at Arcadia and may be
shipped here AT the eleventh hour. Neya
Lee came up from Arcadia with her
stable mate, Jack Nunnally, and A. K.
Dayton entertains some slight idea of
starting her, for the reason that he has
had her in all the important local
stakes for two seasons, and until now
she has been in such shape that run
ming her was out of the question. Now
that she is in condition to run he is
inclined to take advantage of 1T. al
LnOuRn ne is dubious OF ner aDllllN TO
make a good showing in such company
she viii be meeting. If she was s
good as several seasons back. he says
that III would be a light impost for
allotted her.
FANTASTIC Is DISAPPOINTMENT
Fantastic would have started had she
worked we'll for Trainer Buxton of the
Eleur de Lis stable yesterday. but her
work was disappointing, and Buxton is
IN the air 10 the a0V1Sah1lltV OF
taking chance with her. DR.. ROWell
had been planning on starting Roalta
until the horse failed TO work well
for him at the last two attempts after
having shown promising speed pre-
viously. OF the others nominated for
the race Astronomer is on the ground,
thing in the sort of company that will
contest this race; the same condition
exists as to Go Between, a horse of
former class that has shown nothing
recently. Lawrence p. Daley would
have an undoubted chance had he done
anything for the race. but Trainer Rec
tor concluded to give him plenty of
time to get over his trip to the coast
and has done nothing in the way Of
getting him ready to run. Tony Faust
might be substituted as one of the Hill
dreth entry in the event Of a muddy
track. Don Enrique's work has not
been up TO expectations. and it is
hardly probable that he will start even
should Ellison fail TO send Royal Tour
best only a selling platter and belongs
elsewhere, which probably also is true
of Frank Lubbock, a horse that has
been campaigning through the bushes
with some success. z. ]. Ramsey nom
mated Nadzu with the faint hope that
the going might be real deep and with
out any idea of running him under
any other conditions. Listowel is a
shiftly year old, whose liking for the
route remains to be determined. and
NJ. ]. Hayes, his owner, Will hardly take
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the first time in such company. Dollie
Dollars is a selling platter of fair abil-
ity in muddy going. and Cotytto. the
low weight of the list is a maiden 2
year old Of which little could be ex-
pected.
DANDELION WORKS IMPRESSIvELY
Dandelion, one of the prospective
Hildreth starters, worked more i'm
pressively for the race yesterday than
any other horse has since the track
was opened for the season. Dandelion,
with fair sized exercise boy on his
back, breezed six furlongs in 1:14 and
galloped out the balance Of a mile in
l.s1 3-5- Barring Eyebright's per-
formance of few days ago in 1:f1A.
this is the fastest mile of the season,
and the manner in which it was accom-
phshed made IT look best of all. Dan
delion's appearance has improved ma
terially since his arrival on the coast
and many aStute turfmen look for him
to show high class form here. Royal
also worked Wei Tor the race
yesterday breezing a mile in 1:42 3-5
very handily. Don Enrique went a
fairly good six furlongs and then tailed
off badly during the balance OF his mile.
1t may be expected that the Hildreth
entry will rule favorite for the race at
about even money, with Firestone Sec
ond choice. Firestone is in splendid
shape for the contest and looks and
He will have many friends among the
work watchers and it is generally con-
ceded that he will be the horse that
will give Hildreth's quartet the most
trouble. The horsemen who saw Jack
Nunnally out on the track for exercise
yesterday were disappointed by his ap-
pearance. He does not look nearly so
good as he did when he took Mont
clever judges estimate that he has
fallen off in weight at least rs pounds.
But for the fear that Montgomery may
be becoming a rogue. his chances would
be more fancied by the smart set. IT
is recalled, however. that Montgomery
worked as well in the east as he has
here and that he failed to run up to his
work. 1t is also generally thought that
the distance is hardly sufficient for him
to show his best
ANGELUS DANGEROUS FACTOR
Angelus does not seem to be as good
a horse as he was in the east, Judged
by appearance and ability to work well.
On his best eastern form he figures to
was one of the best of the second divi-
sion of 2 year olds on the eastern
tracks, and he has worked nicely for
the race. but his ability to successfully
go the route In high class company
with the weight concessions that he
will be making remains to be demon
strated. Eyebright has worked well,
but will be pitted against better COM
pany than he has ever beaten. Over
ton ran some fair races on the Ken
lucky tracks before shipment to the
coast. but has done little In the way
of work here and looks to have only
an outside chance of a meager sort.
Sugarmaid might have a chance If she
should run ITO her very best form, which
she did not do at the recent Seattle
meeting Torbellino's route going ca
pabiities are in doubt and he can not
be given anything but an outside
chance.
Jockeys V. Powers. A. Walsh and c. Ross
are the most recent additions to the list OF
riders Oh hand for opening day engagements.
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