The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
Judges Declare Al Bets Of on
the 2 Year Old Race
Yesterday
Yesterdays WINNERS
By j. r. Jeffery


ervville yesterday. All IN all, IT was
ons of the most exciting days Of the
season, as well as a disastrous one for
the talent All Of the public choices,
utth the exception Of Gypsy King.
which shared the honors of favoritism
ir the closing race with Como, went
down. 10 defest The starting of the
2 year old race with one of the con-
tesranrs a sixteenth Of a mile in front
OF the barrier and rank form reversaIs
by May Amelia and Janeta were
among the Incidents that kept patrons
of the track in g turmoil throughout
the afternoon
All bets were declared of on the ?
wear old race. in which Jake Hoffman
rede a buEgle OF the start This action
: the part Of the officials relieved the
tsrsi0n Of & nasty looking situation,
and drew ringing cheers from the mob
Il clamoIous bettors that had angrily
surged aoout the judges pagoda al
The fnisl Of the race. The Judges,
fr declanng bets of, took cognizance
NJ the fict that several of the boys
who rode in the race were aware that
one ~ tie contestants was not at the
post and made no attempt TO get away
from the barrier when Hoffman gave
The word 70 go and part OF the field
vert ava winging-
Righteasy. the favorite; Csvallena,
T-sa g. Eramour. Winnakee, Rose
Nisnet an5 Pallas We're among the
rorses that were pulled up at the
start for ntr reason, but afterward
vent on. Nsne OF them finished near
the front
HOFFMAN EtPLAINs
starter SOD man assumed the entire
~eep--sfbflity for the fiasco and ex-
risine5 that { sprung the barrier with
rt- belief rhs tan Of several contenders
rsat had Bro #n out in anticipation Of
s,ar- q m0nent before had returned
-7 tie post. One OF them. F. J. NeiIs
relice was eisurely making her way
lack m The starting point. however.
when Holtuan sent the others away.
and not III after he had sprung the
machine dfE Hoffman discover the ab-
s-rr fIIr p kixteenth Of q mile down
me- track
Jockey Hgdebrand. who was up on
Calfce. " teIed her about when he
saw The o- Ars coming toward him, and
started 20 fun through the stretch in
front NJ a field. Pomare. a Spreckels
flv that had been well backed. had
beaten ths others away from the bar
-irr art overlook Collice before get
ting frto the stretch. Ocean Queen and
Yolo sIsg passed and finished in front
II her 50 there We're no complications
so far s positions at the wire was con-
cerne6 Holman remained at the bar
rier 1atfl the judges made announce
ment Of their decision. declaring bets
or nth the idea that il might be
deersd desirable TO rerun the race
Hs5 the race been one for mature
horsss, the judges probably would have
odered II run over again, but they
cry properly decided that IL would be
-l1el and fnadvisable to ask immature
wear olds 20 run seven furiongs in
me afternoon.
ERRATIC JANETA LANDS
The St Patrick's day handicap was
q sizzling contest and produced a
hree heads on the post finish, with the
cratic Janeta first. Johnny Lyons sec
ord and Import third. Janeta had
trsfled her field the first part and came
from absolutely last place at the head
~ the stretch with a phenomenal burst
Of speed 10 win going away Johnny
I.vons. which had been cut of and
forced back Al the far turn while try
ing 70 get through on the rail, looked
ali over the winner a few yards from
the wire. after making Up his lost
ground and Wrestling the lead from
Import, but he was caught unprepareo
for the winners sensational closing
rush on the outside
Fantastic, the fsvorite; Rather Roysl
and St Elmwood. which raced out IL
frant in the early stages OF the con-
test. al weakened badly in the stretcf
and finished IN the ruck- he winner
was as good as 20 TO ! IN the betting
having receded from y for lack Of
support. She ran the mile in the fasi
tinne OF 1888 Is.
John loves Wap was played 70 wiz
ne opening race as IL Il was all over
but the cashing. but was unlucky a.
the start and thereby lost whatever
chance he might have had Cricket
Kelly. who had the mount, was unpre-
nsred for the half standing half walk
ins break 10 which Hoffman dis
Matched the field, and Il was only il
the closing strides that the favorits
got I'd 10 be third. after having made
70 a world Of ground. Abbey cut ou'
the early pace. but finding the route
TOO far stopped to nothing IN th'
stretch and allowed Boas. whose odds
had-.receded TO from an opening quo
tstfou Of 3 10 go on TO victory nearly
length in advance Of Darlington
which saved ground along the raj
and was able to beat WaD head fol
the place Darlington had beer
hecked down TO from 10
EASY FOR MAY AMELIA
Nay AmeIis-s victory in the third
was easily achieved. Jockey Buxtor
sy along with her close 10 Andrew
3. Cooks pace the first part, moved
10 on even terms with the pace maker
II the turn and after sharp brush
10 the. paddock drew clear IN the las1
sixteenth and won going away By a
margin OF several lengths Knapp
was barely able 10 keep Cook going
long enough to save the place from
the fast coming Kruka, on which Viii
liam Durker had attempted a kill
ing. Nagazam. very badly ridden By
Jockey Butler. stopped al the END
after having beer takan all over the
track in the earlier stages.
Joe Schreiber's flly. Silver Line. rar
right back 10 her recent clever race
when she beat Tonic and Taunt BY
a neck and a half length respectively
ia the fifth Taunt was the favorite
and would have won but for having
been cut of at the first turn Miller
who was riding, then took up and went
fhe overland. thereby losing much
more ground than the margin by
which his mount was beaten at the
finish. senator Warner. the only
other contender that was ever in the
hunt for the money. blew up after
leading to the last turn.
Clever horsemanship on the part OF