The San Francisco call., 1908-03-17
BY j. r. Jeffery

both brilliant and formful The sue
cess Of two favorites and two well
backed second choices enabled the tai
eHt 10 get the better OF the daily setto
with the bookies. Jake Hoffman pre-
sided at the barrier. after an absence
of several weeks at Arcadia
The outstanding feature of the sport
was the creation Of a new track record
for seven furlongs by H I Wilson, 5
crack Splinter GemmeIL The circum-
stances under which the speedy son Of
Rubicon-Okuste made the new record
were sensational in the extreme and
stamped him as one OF the most won
derful sprinters ever seen on the coast
The ofhcial time hung out for the race
was l-Z5 Is, which clipped a fraction
cn the track record Of 1855, made
January 1, 1906. by Dr.. Gardner and
duplicated two days later by the same
horse On the first occasion DR.. Gard
ner carried only SIS pounds, but when
he repeated his fast performance II was
with ll6 pounds up Gemmeu carried
Jos yesterday and probably ran the dis
tance IN at least 1-24 SIS, as he got or
70 poor advantage and was last going
Gown the backstretch- In spite Of his
concession OF 10 pounds TO each OF the
other three clever contenders in the
49, ne ELE4A1AAE wore LlGTl DOWN
and outgamed them in thrilling fin
ish. Gemmeu was q heavily backed
tavorlte and his victory aroused great
enthusiasm.
HOLMAN BUNGLES START
Starter Hoffman gave RoaIta a de-
ciced advantage at the start over the
other three contenders. but that horse
was not capable OF winning and could
do no better than finish third after
having beaten the others away from
the barrier BY several lengths An in
ciptent demonstration died down when
II became evident that Holtman's
huugle OF the start would not ma
terially affect the result
Gemmeu was ridden perfectly by
cricket" Kelly. After getting the
worst Of the break, Kelly contersted
himself with waiting until the far turn
had been reached before making a
move Then he sent Gemmell after
Sugarmafd. which had zrested the lead
from Roslta. and the horse responded
n a way which set the spectators wild
with delight Getting up on even
terms with the daughter Of Sslvado at
the Eead OF the stretch. Gemmeu out
samed her by half length in q terrific
quarter mile drive 10 the wire RoaIta.
coming again after looking TO be
Ecpelessly OUT Of IL Just above the
beaten less than length for place
Cadichou, the remaining starter. I'm
-.shed Tapped on RosIta, after having
heen sharply cut of while trying 10
forge the pace AT the far turn.
FAST TINE By ORMUZ
" OBJ. Nacdonough's Ormuz stepped
six furlongs IN the phenomenally fast
time OF 1-12 in taking the measure Of
PsiaroItss odds on choice Of the closing
race, BY a neck. The fsvorite would
have won had Jockey Lycurgus put Up
- energetic q finish as Jockey Buxton
I'D on the winner II was a spectacu-
lar race all the way. Ormuz and Paja-
roits running head and head from start
tn finish several lengths in front Of the
balance OF the field When the first
quarter was reeled OF in % Is and the
1sf IN 80 Is. several trainers who
we're holding watches expected 70 see
one or other OF the pair crack, but
rhev both kept right on at a sizzling
Clip and II was anybody's race right up
10 the last two or three jumps, where
BuEt0n's superiority asserted itself and
decided the issue. To the general sur
prise Of the talent, Center Shot, VIII
iam Walkers fast FLY. stopped after
ehasing the leaders into the stretch.
and Husky. 40 10 ! shot easily beat
her out for third money. The others
were badly distanced-
MOZART MAKES SHOW OF FIELD
Mozart. running for the first time III
the colOrs OF Al Koenigsberg, made q
show OF his field in the ? year old race.
he had an outside position and broke
back IN the bunch, but had the speed 10
run BY the leaders before they had
trsversed g sixteenth, and Il was easy
from then on. With Toll Box, which
lad been backed for A killing, driving
hard 10 get up. Mozart won of by four
lengths. Flying Dance. a z5 TO I shot
that was we'll Up from the start, barely
outlssted Gull Holland. the favorite for
tlirc money. half a dozen lengths be-
hind Toll Box Gull Holland carried the
harrier away with him. which disposed
. ~. his chances He closed gamely after
getting into his stride and finished a
close fourth
The. frst race resulted in a big upset,
Monvinz, a IS 10 ] shot, with the IN
known rider Dearborn up. winning by a
neck from Triumphant, al 30 to J. Pha-
lanx. the second choice. with Miller up,
Just did squeeze IN third. a neck in ad-
vance Of the well played Standover.
The even money favorite. Sir Brillar,
which had been backed as If il was all
over but the cashing. finished all but
last after having been outpaced from
the start Ray Bennett set sensation
.lII last F@Ll1 pace viii f-Ud4dLA III
close attendance. but stopped TO moth
ing Al the paddock Phalanx then
loomed up as the likely winner. but
unexpectediy stopped as II short at the
very end
HUERZBERGER WINS EASILY
Wuezberger. from the Keene stable.
Lad the foot OF the field that contested
rhe third and won with ease after hav-
ing led throughout except for a brief
interval when Patriotic oUtrau him at
the last turn Wuerzberger easily picked
I'D Patriotic in the stretch and dis
tanced him 10 the wire by four lengths.
Alsatian. the well played favorite- was
The victim Of q bungling ride. Walter
Miller falling 10 get him of well and
king him wide a good part of the
way. He just did get up in the closing
strides 10 beat Last Go for the show
Jack Adams won the fifth race by as
much as Tommy Sandy pleased. He had
Implanted Confederate as favorite.
sandy rated him in behind the leaders
Tor nearly a q1iie, and the horse breezed
70 the front when Sandy gave him his
hesd Al the far turn Nike Jordan,
which had drifted 10 a long price be-
cause Galindo was riding, led in the
early stages and easily beat all but the