The San Francisco call., 1909-01-08
MOST PROMISING OF
FAVORITES FAILS
MISERABLY
BeImere Finishes Outside the
Money After Being Backed
Almost of ffe Boards
By J. r. Jefery

By J. r. Jefery
As a natural consequence Of the
treacherous track conditions that pre-
vail. patrons Of racing are finding IT
anything but easy to pick the winners
al EmeryviIle these days. AS during
the preceding days since the going
fbecame muddy form was at discount
yesterday and surprises came with
kpsinful frequency. While all but one
kpurse went to short priced contenders'
kevery race brought its disappointments
kin the way Of the failure Of other con-
blenders, principally favorites, TO make
Ezhe showing expected Of them. Two
First choices, one being of the lukewarm
FNariety. succeeded IN winning, Dul tne
most promising OF the taNortes IeI4
tdOwn miSerably. The greatest olsap-
( tpointment of the day was Belmere's s
Failure 10 finish in the money after nav
hing been weu nigh backed on the
Fboards in the fourth race
kCOURSE BECOMES QUAGMIRE
The going was much worse than at
fany previous time during the season.
fAutumnal rains, with no drying wealth
( Eer intervening, nave trailsIorIneu tlle me
tcourse into VeritsD1e Quag glllre'
Especially is this true OF the outer por-
FriOn Of the course, where horses nave
kbeen allowed TO gallop around the
& sticks" each morning IN preparation
tJor racing. Many Of the jockeys made
Eshe mistake of taking their mounts to
Ithet part OF the track yesterday when
kThey would Quesuonably have maze q
Ebetter showing by sticking nearer 10
: oswald Bianchi uncovered another
AEOod youngster when he saddled Judge
eQuinn Tor the year OLD race Judge
EQuinn is a racy looking chestnut geld
Eing by Ravelston-Lady Wadsworth.
and was one OF the choices in the bet
and 90 a.
kness he won out in g hard drive with
tBalrOnia by the greater part OF a
tlength. Jockey Mccarthy landed the
{ so TO ] shot Basel third. Gerondo, &
Every prominent
EFUNNKSIDE WINS EASILY
tunnyside, the lukewarm favorite Of
Ethe opener, led all the way except for a
sbrief interval, when Sid Silver headed
Fher ia the early part She won by as
k1ar as Jockey Gilbert pleased, notWlth-
hsJanding that II was her initial start Of
fLhe season. HsDdIDaiden, well backed
-at so TO 4, was prominent throughout
tano beat the equally well supported 20
: 70 ] choice Belchamber for p, 1ce. Sid
kSilver quit early, and Rose Cherry, the
remaining short priced contender, got
of In such a tangle as 10 lose all chance
: al the start She made up ground, but
was cut OF on the turn and knocked
hOpelessly out Of contention.
in the third the spectators were
{ treated 10 the unusual spectacle of
IaWasentha coming from behind 10 win
q race. She has heretofore been re-
: garded as strictly a front runner. The
mare had been well backed at and 6.
while everything else in the race went
back. Honest, the receding even money
1avorite, disputed the early running
with TaWasentha, opened what looked
ttO be a winning lead on the turn. but
swerVed badly in the stretch and be-
fcame begged In the deepest going.
Hockey KeOgh picked the best going
stor Iawasentha and she won by her
fsef Honest was all out to save the
kplace from the stOutly coming Gene
kRusseM
LONG SHOT WINS PURSE
: The results in the fourth were sur
prising all round. NebulOsus, at 40 to
!, pulled down the purse, while Red
took place and show. Among the also
rams were Belmere. County Clerk, Es-
tella Q, J. r. Laughrey and Billy Pull
man, all Of which were held at COM
rparatively short odds, as a natural re-
suit Of their recent achievements. Es-
rella & blew up after making the pace
well into the stretch, and lost the show
: 10 Husky IN consequence of a costly
astumble just before the finish line was
reached Billy Pullman likewise quit
l.suddenly at the paddock when il looked
Z IS II he had the race at his mercy.
Belmere also faded away after moving
Up into forward contention at the far
turn, at which point his hackers ex-
pected TO see him breeze by the lead
ers. Neither Laughrey nor County
Clerk Were able to raise a gallop. All
three OF the horses that got the money
came from behind. Red Leaf was
farthest back Of the trio and saved
world of ground by a short stretch
turn. while most of the contenders
were going wide
MAKE A HARD FINISH
Prince Nap and The Captain. the two
choices, made a head finish of the fifth
The Captain saved ground by a short
turn at the clubhouse and surprised
his hackers by flashing into the lead
early, whereas he usually trails his
field until the race is well advanced
Prince Nap joined him on the back
stretch. and the pair fought it out al
g the rest Of the way. Jockey Gilbert
carried the favOrite wide into the
worst going at the head of the stretch
and IN retaliation Jockey ScOville grad.
ually forced GflberCs mount to the
rail in the final drive. No attempt was
made TO claim a foul after Prince Mar
had succeeded in getting his head in
front in tlee closing stride or two
5,1.ord Rossington was a creditabie third
Many We're inclined to the opinion that
The Captain would have won had he
been waited with Northwest, which
topened favOrite. but receded at a rapid
rate. ran a dull race, being at no time
sprominent.
Several contenders in the CLOSING
race, including Bill Eaton. the favorite
were going a mile for the first time in
Ftheir careers Eaton found the dis
r1ance too far and finished out of the
kmoney after having run neck and neck
with ArgOnaurs pace well into the
stretch. r. II. Williams Tom Hay
ward, whose previous performances had
marked him as a route runner, came
rat the end with a well timed rush
that landed him the winner, and Ar
ROnaut hung on to beat Tom Reid for
place. Yankee Daughter one Of the
choices. was seemingly unable to raise
a gallop.