The San Francisco call., 1909-02-26
300 TO / SHOT IS
FIRST UNDER
TIE WIRE
Silver knight, at Long Odds
Wins Race, With No Bets
Placed Against Him
By ). r. JeFery


Silver knight. owned by c. r.. Jones
ana trained by J. A. Steckington. al
most duplicated Bright skies recent
stunt Of winning at 500 to l. when with
The apprentice rider Nosper up he cap
rured the NTH race of Yesterdays
Emeryville card with as good as 500 to
T. laid against him and no takers.
systematic canvass Of all the books
In the ring after the horses sensational
victory showed that not a single dollar
mad been bet on the long shot straight
or place With few exceptions the book
makers did not write Silver knights
name on ticket. the only bets re-
corded against him being some scat
Lering g wagers for the show at 80
The horses trainer had as little idea
- me general public that Silver Knight
nao the talntesL chance of winning and
mad contemplated scratching him on ac-
cgunb OF has poor opinion of his
MN run Tor the sake Of the good that
. the race might do him. He lacked the
sonnoence 70 back hlm even 10 the ex
tenl or a single dollar for show
- The horse is by Free Knight-Silver
1dnlng, was brought 10 the coast last
IAN with the Denning & Briggs stable
from Marysville. Mo. and mad never
started IN a race prior TO his appear
ance under colors mere January u. In
SHOWN anything Nosper, the boy VINO
won with him, had never before ridden
winner, and II was only by neck
that the horse beat Aks-Ar- Ben. which
had been heavily backed at ITO l.
BAD SPILL MARKS RACE
The running OF the opening race was
marked by bad spill, IN which Jockey
. Gilbert, who was riding Platoon. suf-
1ered a broken collar bone Jockey r
Murphy, the boy who came into the
J. 1it!raeen6gnt .! by winning with Bright Skies
~ 5VO 10 4, was unseated by collision
with the fallen horse, but escaped with
. q bad shaking up. Platoon was in a
eontenolng position when he fell and
: probably would have won but for the
mishap. Gilbert attributed the acct
Gent 10 the stumbling OF his mount, but
1t may have been due TO a jam for
Maich the winner Of the race. Antigo,
= A long sequence of Is losing favor
ttes was broken when Amelia Rose won
tne : year old race Center Shot also
scored as faYorite and form players
nave hopes that the hoodoO has been
effectively broken
SOCKETS ODD PROCEEDING
The final race was attended by an
unusual proceeding and one that
aroused much comment IN connection
with the angles that the betting as
sumeo- Jockey keogh. who had the
mount on Fancy, the favorite, brought
-that nlly back TO the judges stand
EIer going to the post. with the eX
planaIiOn that she seemed lame As
=
starters hands, there was nothing for
the judges TO do under the rules but
10 order Keogh 10 90 back TO the post
and do his best
LITTLE SIS HEAVILY BACKED
Meanwhile Little Sis. the second
choice and ultimate winner, was being
backed of the boards. The officials
and other experts could detect no
difference in Fancy's condition from
that Of her previous starts. She al
ways appears trife sore but her
owner. Harry Mack. declares that this
IS a deception chargable to her pecu-
liar gait and that she is not at all ad
cicted 10 soreness.
Keogh obtained a running start that
permitted her TO lead her field for
about so yards. and then allowed her
to fall so far back that IT was impos
sible to make up the lost ground, al
though she made A thrilling race when
IL was too late and came within a neck
Mack Claims that Keogh failed to
follow the riding instructions that he
gave and blames the boy for the loss
OF the race and the big commission
that he and his friends had on the
horse. Mack declared last night that
KeOgh intimsted to him in the pres
ence Of a witness while saddling the
fly that he thought Little Sis would
Judge Hopper and his associates
were Inclined to scout the idea that
there might be anything wrong with
the race, but they may conclude TO
Go some investigating today in view
OF The ugly insinuations which are
being made.
JOCKEY GETS DAMAGES
Word was received at Emeryville
Yesterday that Jockey McClain, whose
promising saddle career was cut short
by a fail at Lewiston, Idaho, during the
Lew iston-C Charleston fair in 1907, in
which one OF his legs was broken, has
been awarded damages Of $500 in
suit brought against the fair associa-
1ion. McClain's injury was caused by
q dog belonging to a wealthy Lewiston
banker named Nollmer. The animal
. frightened the horse that McClain was
riding when he fell McClain made
Nollrner a codefendant in the suit, al
leging that the banker failed TO COM
ply with the orders Of the track man
-agement for the tying up of his dog
after admittance to the racetrack in
closure. The suit as against NOlimer
was dismissed by the court before the
case was submitted to the jury Will
liam Caine who held the boys con-
tract. lso has a suit pending for heavy
damages in consequence of having
been deprived OF McClain's services.