The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26
HOLIDAY FEATURE
WON BY SECOND
CHOICE
MONTGOMERY, the FavOrite. Fails
10 Get ANY Part of
- fhe Money
RY ]. K. yefery

saw r A. Forsythe's crack 8 year old
Dorante win the valuable Christmas
,snaicap at the New California jockey
.l,,h's FneryvilIe track. The well nigh
,erfect climatic conditions, coupled
with an exceedingly attractive holiday
csr6 tempted out one OF the biggest
throngs OF the racing season, and the
accommodations of grandstand, bet
ing ring. lawns and paddock were
drained 10 the breaking point. Tht
entire capacity Of the enlarged pet
tinr enclosure was called into play
and proved none too great Tor the
exseencies of the occasion. The oook
makers were showered with coin
throughout the afternoon and really
here was a greater volume Of bet
ing than they could handle Each
time the they're off bell sounded,
the various betting booths We're sur
rounded by a clamoring crowd or
would be spectators who faileo 70
get their wagers down, so great Vas
The crush. Inasmuch as laNoIites
accounted for half the card, the bookles
fafied to reap the harvest that ire
Quently attends the decision OF d NON
day card.
VICTORY DECISIVE
Dorantefs victory in the stake fea-
ture of the program was so declslVeIy
accomplished as to leave no DOUBT OF
his superiority over the horses thal
. contested the race with him. In 1acts
The son of Pessara-Lady Augusta,
Won with an ease that made many
marvel that Rest gouche had been aeie
10 take his measure last SATURDAY IN
Ille Sacramento handicap. Dorante was
.OncedinE weight 10 all the contestants
in the race with the single exception
OF Montgomery, with whom he Jointly
shared the honors Of favoritism. Mont
somery, which arrived from Arcadia
= few hours before he was saodled 1or
the contest. was the victim OF poorly
Judged ride by Jockey Mccarthy, the
Hildreth stable rider, and was never
prominent in the running. ID. {. John-
sons lightly weighted and Wen backed
Is TO ] chance. Milford. took second
money. and T. II. Williams F1reStone
10 j shot. ran third. The race
was worth S3,1l5 10 the winner, $500 TO
the second horse and $3.50 TO third.
There were eight starters. j. q. a.
.. IL keene's Clamor was withdrawn
from the list of prospective starters
named over night. on account of hav-
ing bowed 4 tendon while receiving
his final bit Of preparation for the
eleventh hour TO add his horse Leg
atee. Besides those already enUmcr-
ated. the starters included H g. Bed
wells Nadzu, an outsider in the bet
ting. and Don Enrique and Royal
Tourist, Charlie EllisOn's entry. which
ruled a well supported third choice.
I'TREsTONE PROMINENT
Tirestone dominated the running for
the first six furlongs of the contest
and as he appeared TO be making the
pace well within himself his hackers
entertained high hopes. At the far
turn Don Enrique, with which Jockey
hotter had been lying along within
striking distance, displayed a brilliant
burst Of speed and flashed to the front
II was speedily evident. however, that
Notter had made a premature move
Flr TlnF -rfsr ln
gan to faiter at the last turn and fell
back beaten before the stretch had
been reached. simultaneously Dorante,
shllfully reserved in behind the pace
by Jockey Lee made his move and
Sailope6 by the leaders. From that
instant the outcome was not in doubt.
Dorante certainly drew away from his
q company IN the stretch, ran and flashed
Dy the judges a winner five lengths
IN front Of Milford. which had fol-
lowed him in from behind. Firestone
hung on fairly well to the end and beat
Legatee, the added starter, for show
by several lengths. Royal Tourist
which had evidently been used for
pace forcing purposes in the hope that
his stable mate would thereby be bene-
1teo, was thoroughly done after fol-
lowing FirestOne closely the first half
mile Montgomery met with frequent
interference and was unwisely taken
into the deepest going along the rail,
virtually all the way. which ruined
whatever chance he might otherwise
chored in the deep going and trailed
his field throughout. The feeling was
general after the race had been run
and won that the best horse had tri-
umphed and it was remarked on every
side that Dorante has qualified in brill
liant fashion for the more valuable
Burns handicap, the blue ribbon event
of the California turf, TO be decided
about month hence.
TROIs TEMPS SCORES
The Bruce handicap contested by a
feld Of clever year olds. proved an
attractive sidelight to the main fea-
llre OF the program All but Trois
Temps, Bon HOmme and Madman, the
three choices, might as well have re-
manned in the stable so far as cutting
any figure in the running was con-
cerned. Maoman and Trois Temps
raced far out in front Of the remainder
II the contestants, head and head to
the stretch. where Trois Temps drew
clear and looked 10 be in fair way
10 win handily until Bon Homme, com
Ing through the stretch like a streak
Joined Issues with him after the pad
dock had been reached.
The pair measured stride for stride
through the fnal sixteenth. and Trois
Temps, favored by his lighter impost
and the fact that he was in better
quit badly in the final furlong and
was beaten off for the place by eight
lengths He was the favorite of The
race and had been backed down to 6
10 from an opening of to g. The
fact that he was in the deepest going
al the way probably accounted for his
failure 10 make a better showing
MILLER LANDS THE DUKE
r. r. Rice's Duke Of Orleans. finding
y track exactly to his liking won the
opener in a manner that justified the
confidence with which he had heen
backed as favorite. Transmute disputed
the early running with him. but he
galloped away from her in the stretch
when Miller gave the favorite his head
Exchequer. second choice, came from
behind in the final quarter to distance
the tiring Transmute for the place
Transmute was at % to l and was third
by herself.
Charley Bowman's Belmere only had
TO gallop in winning the second
receding second choice, he moved un
into forward contention from an nm
lucky break before half the distance
OF the race had been covered Jockey
Keogh then contented himself with
laying along behind Estella C's pace
70 the stretch, where he cut loose with
the result that Bowman's horse made
his adrersaries look cheap. EsteIla {,
was the favorite OF the race and easily
beat all but the winner Dareington
lasted TO save the show from Elevation
by the larrOwest of margins Dollie
Dollars failed to show anything to war
rant the plunge which hammered her
odds down from TO about half that
figure.
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