The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
PLATERS PERFORM
CONSISTENTLY AT
EMERYVILLE
Ifst of Winners Contains Five
FayOrffes and Most of the
BOOkieS Lose
By >. K. Jefery


naonopolized the card. yesterdays rae
ing at Emeryville was so formful that
The list Of winners contained five IA
Norites. All the races that the public
choices succeeded in winning were
contested by platers Of the useful ana
consistent sort that the talent coufo
back with confidence. and most OF the
book makers operated at a loss There
were some exceptions, however
SCORES FOURTH VICTORY
The consistent St. Francis scored his
fourth victory OF the meeung IN WIN
ming the first race as an oddson Ia
N0rite should-by himself. Lady Carol,
she second choice, was forward con-
tender throughout and easily beat the
balance. while show honors fell to the
100 to ! shot Duke Of Orleans. Lord
Provost the runner up well into the
stretch. weakened badly IN the final
1urlong.
Yankee Daughter. which won the
second as a favorite, was outooted
in The early stages, but made good
with an irresistible stretch rush that
landed her two lengths in front of
Cowen at the wire Cowen had a Wig
orous rider up for the first time since
lie began racing here and disputed the
early running with Toll Box The lat
Ter stopped 10 a walk at six furlongs
= 20 20 Z chance, dropped into the
show. Rosevale went away from the
post with the barrier in his mouth,
which destroyed whatever chance he
might have had
III ILETTA MADE FAVORITE
The books. opened with Fulletta and
colonel White equal choices IN the
fhir6- but Fulletta received the play
and went TO the post pronounced
layorite, while Colonel White receded
n the betting Beechwood, as good
as 20 to I IN the books, cut out the
running to the stretch. where Fulletta
Joined him after having gradually
moved I'D from his/usual slow begin
ming After appearing to be decisively
beaten BeechwOod came again and
Jockey Tapln, who had been taking
things easy after having assumed the
lead. was obliged TO hustle his mount
White. with which Jockey Miller pur-
sued waiting tactics, finished stron g
and was creditable third
Captain kennedy obtained an a6van-
age a L the start OF the fourth race that
his aoverSsries were never able to
overcome he had the speed TO make
every post winning one, but barely
lasted TO stall of the determined clos
Ing bid OF the II to I shot, Estella c.
which Jockey Butler had failed TO get
away well Billy Pullman. whose odds
lad steadily recedeo- finished a bangup
third Tapped on the two leaders Fred
Bent which went to the post equal
CHOICE with the winner, as the result
OF tremendous post plunge, could
not untrack himself and brought up
the rear virtually all the way Jockey
Mentry was unable 20 make Be Thank
ful extend himself and that horse,
after having gone far back in the bet
ting, was never prominent and ran far
below his previous good form
NONE OF CHOICES WIS
None OF the choices finished among
the placed horses in the fifth Katie
Powers, Aelar and Derdom, all a lib
eral ODDS. flashed by the judges heads
apart in the order named Canlbysses.
the fsvorite, was a forward contender
70 the paddock, where he weakened.
Colbert, the second choice, was the
victim OF a poor ride by Jockey Nc
Carthy, who failed 10 let the horse run
until the race was virtually over
Bubbling Water found ii easy to win
the closing event Hannah Louise ont
footed her TO the last turn, but the
favorite ran by Cahill's hlly in the
stretch and scored in exceedingly i'm
pressive fashion Apto ORC got up in
the closing strides Of the stretch drive
10 beat the weakly handled Hannah
Louise for place by a neck