The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Six Fayorites DOWned
at The Meadows
ChOIk HedriCk at 80 TO | Listed
With Winners That Talent
Failed to Pick
By J. K. Jefery

SEAIILE, july 31.-1ne layers tHdO
good reason for satisfaction over to-
days results at The Meadows, for break
after break enabled the ring TO make
its biggest winning of the season. Form
players had correspondingly dlsas-
trous day. Poor racing luck pursued
the public choices that seemingly had
good chances of winning and every IA
vorite was bowled over. The erratlc
Cholk Hedrick won the mile and
quarter event. which appeared on paper
to be strictly between Arcourt and My
Pal, the former of which ruled favor
ite. AS high as 40 to 1 was laid against
the old gelding, with scarcely any TAX
ers. Arcourt, whose measure he took
by a neck, probably would have won
but for being held in close quarters
along the rail all the way by My Pal.
Pirate Queen. making her debut, was
the medium of a plunge that made her
the favorite in the race for maiden 2
year olds. She was supported on the
strength of sensationally fast work and
1attered her hackers the first quarter,
only to fall back badly beaten in the
stretch. Golden Oriole, a finely bred
! flly leased by II. w. Hoag & Co from
w. OBJ. Macdonough, the California
breeder, won this race in promising
fashion.
| ia Londe, the favorite OF the second
race, showed nothing to warrant the
support that had been lavished upon her
and ran out at the last turn after hav-
ing been at no time prominent or seem
ingly dangerous. The vastly improved
Adele r won the race cleverly.
Jockey Lycurgus made a bad mess of
1t with Early Tide, the most promising
betting proposition of the card. After
losing many lengths by being carried
almost to the outer rail by triumphant
at the first turn, Lycurgus tried to get
through an impossible hole on the rail
on the last turn, was shut off, had to
pull up and finally took his mount to
the outside in the stretch when it was
too late to be effective. The result was
that Ida May, the, second choice, beat
Early tide by scant head Rudolph
/ Spreckels' ii Tremor, running a sur
prisingly good race, was a keen con-
tender throughout and was just beaten
| in the final strides.
| Served by best of racing luck, Matte
Bumppo won the race for which Josie's
Jewel was favorite. The latter prob
! ably was best and made up many
lengths lost by costly interference at
critical stages
For the ninth consecutive day the
favorite failed in the closing race
| Monte and Escamado ruled equal
CHOICES The former finished second.
but Escamado lost all chance by being
| pocketed right after the start.
Jockey McClain, the sensation of last
| season here. showed a flash of old time
form in winning with Prince Brutus.
The summary:
Track fast. Weather clear.
| 3I27. FIRST RACE-Five fu-Iopgs maiden
Odds : Horse and Jockey. VT st. Str. Fin
5Issssss o'5R1S sksy' .ISs
i2II-:semper Fidelis twiIsonl1O 1 . 81
,n Iine, e, d;M. Start good Won first three driy
| Payo 6, Dredkin I. Incentive 80 Pirate Queen
1sSS1 49,, LinOla . s5 Roy T 2o Provedore 100 nm
first part and took the lead in the last turn
Argonaut and Semper were never far away from
leading to the stretch. oriole, 9-5 place, show
Argonaut. % place. 1876 show; Semper, 90
show
s12s. SECOND RAGE-slx and half fur
longs, selling, year oldS and upward:
Odds. Horse aud Jockey. VT. st. Str. Fin
4-1-Adela lLycurgusl. .104 ] = IL
a-2-pivant a 'IS Page p9s. 'Doinaid i66 $
Time, 1:2o 10 Start good. Won handily
Second and third driving. Prince Nap I. sevor-
200, La Londe 81. finished as named Adeia
got to the front early and stood them all on
Beautiful came from far back in the hnal guar
ter. Fivant was well up throughout Cherry
and Seyorton quit when La Londe ran out. She
was hopeessly beaten. She had no speed. Adela
5-2 place, SO show Beautiful, 4 place show;
Yivant, 40 show.
312e. THIRD RAcE-one and quarter
!
Odds. Horse and Jockey. W.T. St str Fin
SO 1-ChoIk Hedrick (Boland)iO0 , 3 i i ms
II iSAEs0qs5 say Pat FsgfSus' lPsgaS 1Ss nSs
Time, 2:o5 3-5. Start good. Won in a hard
drive OF three. Humero 20, Rama 16, Netting s.
finished as named. Arcourt and Pal ran like a
team, head and head. in front virtually through
out Hedrck, several lengths behind at the last
turn, closed with rush on the outside and JUST
got up in the last stride two. Arcourt was in
close quarters on the rail all the way Netting
weakened after looming dangerous at the head OF
tha CfF oh rtnt ,loa,
court Is place, out show; Pal. out show. low -
31So. FOURTH RAcE-one mile. purse.
year olds and upward:
14-j-Ida May (Page) ....... g3 FL III
a.lo-Early Tide l,i.vearsus). 9s 80 MS
Time, 1:3s As. Start good. Won in hard
drive Of three. High Gun s. Triumphant 90
finished as named. Early was unlucky to lose.
being carried to the outside fence when Trium
phant ran out ON the first turn and after MAX
Ing up ground, pocketed in the stretch. Ida
and Trcmor head and head In front through
out. Others always outpaced. Ida. "a place,
20 show; Early, 20 place, out show; Tremor.
e-10 show.
31sl. FIFTH RAcB-sfile and so yards.
selling, 3 year elds and upward
is.se-Nattie Bumppo tiyllson) los : i "a - 3
4I-Monvina o.. Riley. los ) 2 4 liz
9Sosies Tma 4a Jewel s,sri tkely od los won p s
of three. Midmont 40. Varieties !. Jack Adams
10 spohn. Colonel Jewell %, flushed as named
ately and never headed Monvina moved up
in the last turn but hung in the stretch. Jose's
Jewel, sharply cut Oft in last turn, made up
many lengths in the final quarter. Varieties and
Colonel Jewell. prominent In the early stages
quit. Bnmppo 10 place 80 show Monvfna
3-2 place, 40 show: Jewel. IL show.
1882. SIXTH RACE-Three- quarters of a
mile. selling. year olds and upward:
Odds. Horse and Jockey. VT. St. Str. Fin
7-1--Prinee Brutus (McClainl126 l u q
3-1--Nonle tl.ynchD .124 i III
5-lmzcobleskili dsycurgus,. .l2a 8 60 ah
Time, 1:14 start good Won first three
driven Escamada 3. Royal Queen TO- Royal
Rogue 40. Bannatyne 16 Andoche 20. Silver
Wedding 90, Sharp Boy so. Sam MEG ibben 80
finished named. Royal Queen led TO the
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