The San Francisco call., 1908-03-06
Gossip offhe Track

Gossip of the Track
Al Koenigsberg and Emil Herr, who
had stands adjoining one another in
the betting ring, became involved in
wordy warfare while the betting for
the last race was in progress Each
paid his respects to the other in lam
guage which attracted a large audi
ence. The Pinkertons intervened and
threatened to do some ejecting If the
offense were persisted in. The ex-
citement then subsided.
Ed Dealy informed his friends yes
terday that Fred Bent had not trained
off and that he expected the Salvado
gelding to run winning race. He
laid the blame for the horses poor
showing in his previous races to hav-
ing worked him over the deep inside
track, which took away his speed. The
horse probably would have won yester-
day had Jockey Kirschbaum given him
as good a ride as fsuxton gave Inn
port Kirschbaum made several runs
with his mount and had him cut off
al critical stage. He was reprimanded
by Judge Hopper for rough riding in
the early part of the race, a jam for
which he was to blame on the club
house turn having disposed of the
chances of Massa.
False Nun is proving to be an ex-
pensive investment for the Dinkelspiel-
Doss combination. She has run in the
Dinkelspiel colors four times since
she scored her only victory for III. T.
Griffin, and on each occasion she had
worked so well that her owner and
trainer made a plunge in the betting
ring with the idea of winning her out
and a handsome profit besides. The
nearest she has come to winning for
Dinkelspiel was in her first start, when
Modena beat her by a nose. Dinkel-
spiel and Doss led an assault on the
books yesterday, as in her previous
starts. She had outworked Orphan
Boy, which had won the day before,
but she again failed to run to her
work.
Nose Goldblatt was confident that
Mortiboy would win yesterday and
made no secret of it. His commission
on the horse was $3.50. Mortiboy had
come out of his previous race with
two badly bruised heels, but for which
he might have won on that occasion.
William Cahill, who is very skillful
man in such cases, fixed up the horses
feet for yesterdays race and he did
not go down as in his previous start.
Kenilworth. Harry Stover's crack
sprinter, after an absence of about
three years from the races. during
which he has been doing stud duty at
Stover's breeding farm at PetaluIna.
will make his temperance on the turf
in the last race at Emeryville today.
The horse has been in training for sew
eral months and has been working
well enough to win the race, if he will
run kindly. KeniIworth was one of
the best sprinters on the coast in his
day.
Tommy Byrne received a letter yes
terday from Tom Shaw. former block
man for Barney Schreiber. which
brought the pleasing information that
Shaw was $4,000 winner on the New
Orleans season, after having been
$17 900 loser at one time. He had a
100000 day not long ago Shaw is
planning to make a big book on the
New York tracks the coming summer.
There was general surprise when
Tom Shaw failed to negotiate a mile
successfully in yesterdays handicap
The horse had beaten Burleigh the day
before in a way which suggested a
liking for route. 1t may be that he
/ is purely a sprinter or again 1t may
( De IndL ne was not READY TO go a
mile. He ran well for about seven
furlongs and then stopped to nothing.
J Jockey Buxton is once more showing
the promising form that marked his
saddle work here last spring and at
New York last fall. His victory with
Import in yesterdays handicap was
1 due entirely to superior ride. and his
| efforts on Prestige and Whidden de-
! served rd
! and third. Whidden is invariably a
I bad breaker, and the boy rode a very
skillful race with him after he had got
! off poorly as usual. Buxton's services
will be in great demand from now on
4 if he continues to ride as well as dur
ing the last few days.
The program for tomorrow at Emery
vile will be especially attractive, en-
bracing the Undine stake, for year
olds, which will be contested by q high
class field of colts and geldings; the
Thornton preliminary, at three miles;
the Golden Gate handicap, at mile
and a sixteenth and the Decoto handi-
cap at five and half furlongs
Bonsaline. chestnut flly by Joe
Terry -Maidie. owned by NJ. Grant, was
backed down from 100 to 80 to / to win
the 2 year old race. Whatever chance
she may have had went glimmering
when she ran out at the head of the
stretch.
Walter Miller rode two winners that
almost any jockey could have landed
Salvage and Smiley Corbett, two odds
on choices. His other mounts included
who, with which he failed to get off;
Judge Nelson, which ran as if short
and Last Go. with which Miller made
very poor showing.
Jockey Gilbert rode in FIVE races, and
only one of his mounts, Byron, fin
ished outside the money. Besides win
ming with Minnie Bright. he landed
Massa and Taunt second and Banlord
third. The last named pair were long
shots.
The manner in which BrookIeaf won
yesterday suggests that he is a better
horse than he has been accounted here
abouts. Joe Rose is reputed to have
cleaned up handsomely on the horses
victory.
Jockey Horner will leave for New
York Saturday. The boys California