The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
DONAU QUALITIES
FOR THE BELL
STAKE
GersfS Crack Colt Wins Juvenile
Event al EHeryViIIe From
Clever Field
By J. z. gefery

William Gerst's crack colt Donau.
just OF the cars from Arcadia, qualified
.u brilliant style for the Bell stake. the
special object Of his shipment north,
hE winning the juvenile event Of yes
ter6ay's EmeryvilIe card from a clever
1el6 of his prospective rivals for stake
E1nors Saturday. Among those that
he met and vanQuished decisively was
The hitherto unbeaten Gilbert Rose, the
local champion OF the year old di-
vision. Gilbert Rose failed 10 run back
10 his high class form Of the early
psrt Of the season. after having been
an the shelf for several weeks. and the
showing which ne made seemingly
eliminates him from consideration as a
dangerous contender in Saturdays big
-a-e.
Donau was couce6ing weight 10
everything in the race with the ex-
ception or Gilbert Rose, and scored in
race1orse fashion after having failed
70 get away from the post any too
Fe-L Gamely fighting his way from
oenlnd, Gersts S good colt got up on
even terms with the leaders near the
paddock and ran away from them al
cle END. Coppertown followed him IN
% beat Napa Nick, the pace maker,
-or the place several lengths behind
Cle winner Gilbert Rose had only 4
sash OF early speed and finished far
1ack IA the ruck-
Although contested by only three
horses, the Bowie handicap, the real
-eaJlre of the program, was q stirring
alT spectacular race High Private.
stanley Fay and Firestone were the
trlO engaged, ana naturally there was
plenty ot backing Tor all three. What
lAe lelo lacked n quantity was more
r1an compensated for by quality, and
tie character Of the contest led many
racegOers 70 express the hope that they
would oe privileged 70 enjoy more
races OF this type during the remainder
-aForlLe in spite OF the weight conces-
s-ons which he was making 10 the
-- 1---S- SG--.eI-oe1s, aaQ Flrestone z was
second c1Oice- EoEsythe's crack, whose
lrSt appearance il was since his shame
1-- treatment II the Los Angeles derby.
vas never headed and won with some b
ming IN reserve His performance con-
rrmed the golden opinions which local
racegoers had previously formed con-
ferllng MS proWess. The other con-
LenCers We're always in close but una
Fal-1ng pursuit and We're beaten on
thelc merits. EtresrOne probably would
have been second but for a disposition
10 sulk IA the nrst few yards OF the
contest Stanley Fay, generally cred
l-ed with al aversion for the going.
beat him z nose Tor place AT the end
ot q grueling stretch drive.
E2TorItes captured Just half the card
and The layers had an improbable
afternoon Jockey Butler was IN rare
-9l-l' and put over three winners, IN
Guiding MS employers Okenite, on
which killing Of respectable proper
lions vas made, IN the closing race
okeRite had been generally looked
upon as a distance runner, and his
victory II z sprint race was a surprise
10 the general public II not 10 the
smart SET that prodted by II. The out
come Of rhe race might have been
vastly different but for collision az
The start 2 which the chances Of John
=. SLeehsn. the favOrite, and Moorish
King. another OF the choices, were
destroyed.