The San Francisco call., 1908-03-21
Steel Blue Breaks
Losing Sequence
Wins the SIKH Race after Fiipe
Fdportes Are Defeated at
Hnerupillc
= ". R. .Iefferv

After a sequence Of 10 favorites had
gone dowl 10 5efeat Steel Blue came
TO the rescue In the closing race st
Enneryvills yesterday and saved the
hackers O. public choices from utter
roEt- Th five favorites that were
beaten yezerdaF were keen contend
ers, however. and AL OF them finished
close up 10 the winner, four OF the FIVE
taking secCnd money Monte. as good
as 80. 70 ! Il one stage OF the betting,
was the grtstes surprise OF the day
Ray Benrett came gameiy from be-
hinG 10 win the opening race OF by
himself Bs had opened equal favorite
with SevoLon, but the latter was the
POST choic, as the result Of G plunge
by T. II Ryan and his connections
Sevorton OF within striking distance
Of Bennetfat the paddock after the lat
ter had tken the lead from Nellie
Racine ar Elmdale. but McNeiTs re-
cent scQuiition ran away from him at
Will Sevrton barely saved the place
from the tst finishing and well played
Head Dane
PBILLISTNA WINS EASILY
Phillistina ,roved much the best OF
the nondsscrpt heid OF 2 year olds
that. contesta the second race. She
had the spec 10 take the track just
after the rising OF the barrier and moth
ing was evei able 10 get near her.
dockey BuXtoi had the mount Yakima
Belle. the faprite. got OF poorly, but
gamely made Up ground and easily
beat all but he winner. Black Hand.
q long shot Dr. which there had been
plenty OF bscing, just did save third
place from Mnalto. after having fol-
lewed the winier closely the first part
Cosset, cRinutive brown FLY by
CesarIon- -Shaneona. signslfzed her
debut on the brf by carrying the col
ors Of COlOnelApplegate 70 victory IN
the succeeding race. IN which she was
meeting q Get OF ? year olds Of fair
class. Well Ikyed BY her owner. she
broke IN frontand, after running head
and head withCoppit. which had been
hacked into fsioritism. al the way, she
6utgamed thsi ely in the closing
strides. CarrieThstcher got up at the
end 70 nose OF e Pavo for the show.
FINISH HEAB APART
Wsp. St. A3n and Darlington, the
three choiceslof the fourth, finished
heads apart irfIhe order named Wahoo.
On which " g. Finn and his connec-
icus had esfyed q killing. had the
early foot odthe field. bur stopped in
the stretch kter lesding TO the pad
dock Dzrehgton probably was the
best horss q the race. as he was last
70 leave -hepOst and had TO overcome
tconsi 6ersble Interference 10 finish as
close up as be did he was galloping
over the le6ers from the last turn
10 the wire.
support Vss not lacking for Nonie.
which won he fifth a. long odds. Gil
= bert rode he with the vim that marked
rs saddle -ork prior 10 his recent
slump and. getting TO the front at
the last turn she easily led Elota, an
. other long sOL and Entrada the IA
f-orire. 70 II wire Enrrsda had the
speed 70 led for six furlongs. but
weakened bdly from then on. appar-
ent2y being gIunft 10 go SO far after
her long le1ip. Blue Eyes, the second
choice. got " too poorly to cut any
.fgure 81 II finish. but was not far
sway from he money at that
STEEL BLU WINS SIXTH
II vas fortunate for the hackers Of
steel Blue ina the horse was immeas
ursbly the suRe-ior OF any OF the other
cDntenders IN The closing race Of the
d&y. he dwell at the start and after
~ king Up Erand was cut OF al least
three times result OF Jockey
Walsh's in5udiious attempts TO force
a passage thregh on the rail While
Walsh was SHIFTING ducks. so 70 speak,
Miller was mafng the most of his op-
portunsties via Humero in front, but
walsh finally tent 70 the outside and
his mount stiIIhad enough left 70 out
game the Villains colt through the
stretch. GiIbst squeezed the long
shot ENpectanf into the money al the
very end. disuacing jeremiah