The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

President Williams. with James A
rrotter Star Pointer. Harry Cresswell'
and r P. Rithet as his guests. viewed
the running OF The race from the up
per deck Of the judges pegoda AID
was 5ubilent when Big Bow led his
Geld 70 the wire by = safe margin HIS
satisfaction was ceepened when T-1s
was hung OFT as the Official tine OF the
race This clipped one-hfth OF sec
ora from the American record for the
distance. made last spring by Los An
esla-o 81 winning uhe Thornton re-
-e--zl l~l-h IL rou15s up-
FozR co 20 THE POST
AS s7ac-aole yesterdays Thornton
VS. Lar-Iy IS exciting as the two four
cc--zs u iesv season. il each
a -l5-l Les AnEslsno Won BY nose
a-gol. Stsn the race was
exciting 10 keep the big
c- -o-e rEan $4,000 enthusiasts
-.-- Il altraczsd on edge throughout
rs ui-ad-a-ral ot Red Leaf and
Ro.-cu al TIE last moment reduced the
aslz - four startsrs-Blg Bow. LiFius.
Berrolio and Byronerdale- Big Bow
ruled al oz5s On favorite. which MS
r7-.a -z--a-ted Livius. which he had
beaten IL re f9ur mile race At Arcadia,
mas second choice. opening Al s 10
and recedinE 70 to 4 in spite OF re-
ports from Los Angeles that he might
te expected u reverse the order Of
anish that uarked the previous meeting
or the pai- There was considerable
support for Benvolio straight and place.
largely because Jockey Knapp. who
Lad Won the Thornton for three sue
cessive seasons. was his pilot Ben
rolio opened ~ - 70 I and was backed
Gown 70 6 B5ronerdaie. the remain
lng contender opened Al = 10 ! and
went 70 tbe post friendless At II
Realizing that his only hope lay in
making q runaway race OF II, Jockey
Davis sent Byronerdzle 70 the front
vlth the rising Of The barrier and pro
ceeded 10 open & gap on his field For
more than a mile he led ~ margin
q about half dozen lengths Then
Zig Bow. with which Jockey ButweII
had been lying second. moved up q
blk and az The end OF the second mile
was within three lengths Of the pace
maker. but stiu under wraps Benyolio
was running 3 close third. as he had
been from the beginning. and Livius
was trailing along nearly dozen
lengths out OF il
BIG BOW GOES TO FRONT
Before the third mile had been com
pleted. Big Bow took the lead from
ByronerdaIe and Benvolio moved up 70
second position Livius stiIl brought
I'd the rear. but had closed a bit on
the leaders. Il was seen that Byron
erdale was about ali IN by this time
and he began steadily 10 drop out OF it
Gilbert made HIS move wlth I-ivius
after negotiating the clubhouse turn
for the last time. and that horse had
little diflculty II passing Bvronerdale
and Benvolio on the backstretch- When
Llvfus got within striking distance OF
the ta~orite al the far turn. Jockey
ButweI. who had been rating his
mount along in front. let out link,
and Big Bows pace quIekened- The
distance from the far turn well into
The stretch was traversed with the two
some three lengths apart. Big Bow go
ing along comfortably AID Livius
srraining 10 decrease the fzvorite's
lead 4 furlong out Gilbert made .
last desperate bid with Livius, and the
horse responded as best he could 10
punishment. but after getting within .
length of the farorite the latter drew
aray when ButweIl shook him up 2
Bit near the paddock, and the expect
a-t-throng knew that the contest was
over and that the best horse would
win victory free from hukes Of any
description. strictly on his merits
LAST MILE THE FASTEST
From the paddock TO the wire Bic
Bor increased MS winning margin 70
three lengths BenvoIiO staggered II
third. 80 lengths away from the lead
ers and 20 lengths II front OF Byroner-
dale
The winner was greeted with up
roarious applause. and was invested
with the horal horseshoe which It Is
customary 10 provide for such occa-
sions
The fraction time officially hung out
for TIE race was as follows: First
mile. 1-sS as two miles. $40: three
miles. 5s2s z-5s four miles. Tsls. This
nan.d make the last mile the tastes.