The San Francisco call., 1908-12-23
THREE FAVORITES
FIRST TO WIRE
In MUD
Hanbridge Takes Feature Race
and BOoger Red Wins All
the Way
By J. K. Jefery

The ynudders once more came into
their own at Emeryville yesterday
The early morning rain made the
rack quite sloppy and misgivings as
10 their liking tor the going accouIl
for the unduly long odds tnat were
laid against several OF the winners
notably BoOger Red, whose victory
was scored after his price IN the pet
than double that figure. Ihree iaNor-
lies were numbered among the after
moons winners and long shots cut mt
tie figure in the results
HANBRIDGE TAKES FEATURE
q. II. Holes crack year old. Han
bridge. carried 1l6 pounds to an i'm
pressive victory IN winning tne Lori
lard handicap. Incidentally making his
record three firsts out OF four starts
at the meeting. i. A Forsythe's Bon
Homme, with only feather on his
back set a terrihcally fast pace
throughout The race, with cambridge
,,n6er wraps a couple of lengths back
until the stretch had been reached
Then Jockey Butler gave Hanbrldge
his head and the horse got 10 the
wire half length IN front without
having been urged at any stage OF the
rlnning Clamor came from behind to
ne a creditabIe third. showing. a fash
uf the good form that marked his
stake races Of last season.
BOWLEGS UNBUCkY
Billy Bowlegs. favorite OF the open
er. was unlucky al the barrier and
sustained defeat by length IN race
that he probably would have won pY
himself with fair break. " hile he
was pocketed 10 the turn, Nebulosls,
which had been backed TO 3s from an
opening quotation Of 6, was out IN
front with Boas. The latter weakened
iu the stretch, enabling Nebulosis 10
90 on TO victory. Bowlegs made up
many lengths in the final quarter. but
was not quite equal to the task OF
overcOmfng the handicap entalled by
his early bad luck. Boas lasted 10
show. Starter Dwyer left Emma g.
one Of the choices, at the post
WARDEN YELL THE BEST
Warden Yell was so much the best
in the second that he won off by him.
self in spite of having been caught in
81 lam on the rail in the early stages
and knocked back so far that he looked
like a 1O0 10 1 shot when the field ap-
preached the turn. Jockey Williams
persevered with HRS horse, however,
and moved down the leaders one by
one in the stretch Hush Money, the
pacemaker, stopped suddenly at the
End. with the result that Patricia II
and Burnel nosed him out for place
and show in the last stride. Patricia
Z was as good as 100 TO l. A mis-
guided plunge made Hal favorite.
while Warden Yell. the pencilers'
the race, went far back in the betting.
UPSET BY SIR LYNNEWOOD
The killing that failed" was enact
ed IN the third race, with f. d. Weir's
Sir LgnnewoOd in the stellar role. Weir
and hiS connections unlOaGed on the
son Of Sir Dixon with such persistence
that he went 10 the post to 1 IA
Vorite, backed down from 6. Jockey
Holmes. who had been entrusted with
the mount, failed to get the horse
away from the post with the balance
81 the field and contented himself with
gallOping along in the rear all the
Ieceded TO ~ from an opening OF >.
went to the front with the rising of
winning one, Jockey Gilbert handling
him faultlessly. FirebaH, a forward
contender throughout, just did man
ge to OulaSt the heavily played Tony
Faust for the place Faust had been
Outrun in the early part, but closed
with great resolution after having
some around his field
BELMERE'S FAST FINISH
Belmere ran a sensational race in
winning the fifth. He tried 10 run
out on the first turn and this cost him
so much ground that he brought UP
The rear when the field Strengthened
away on the backstretch Jockey
keogh took his time about moving up
On the leaders and the horse was still
well back at the last turn. He had
considerable in reserve, however, and
Darlington, the pacemaker. sue
cumbed to his cyclonic stretch rush in
The very last stride or two. With
riders reversed, Darlington probably
would have won, as Jockey Mentry
was Of no assistance to the horse when
81 came down to the stretch drive, the
horse carrying him to the rail and
foundering about badly in the deep
going in that portion of the track
tsarRanaua. which finished Tapped on
the two leaders, made up quite as much
ground in the stretch the winner
did.
EASY FOR WARDEN
r. A. Forsythe's good colt Warden
came away to an easy victory in the
closing race after having followed
along within striking distance Of the
pace TO the stretch. Joe Rose and Del
CruZador raced each other into the
ground by running neck and neck out
in front at a terrific clip well into the
stretch. and the result was that
neither OF the pair finished in The
money, Anna I. Daley taking the
place and Ocean Queen the show