The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
BELLWETHER BEATS
JAC0BITE TN
FEATURE
Williams Sprinkler, at 8 TO l.,
Easily Wins From FaVorffe
in Seven FurIong Eyent
BY ). K. Jefery

Results Of a surprising nature at
tended the decision Of the most pre-
tentious offering Of yesterdays Emery
Vale card. This was the fourth race,
a seven 5uriong affair with purse con-
diuons. in which Bellwether triumphed
at to J. Jacobite was the favorite
of the race and was held at short odds
on the strength Of a series of brilliant
performances. When it came to the
running Jaeob.te was shy on speed and
faded away so badly after looming
ngerOus at the stretch turn that he
finished unplaced, Ketchemike, the
second choice. which had easily dis
posed Of Bellwether at their previous
meetings, .avas no match for the vii
liams spr!nter yesterday and likewise
quit SO badly that Warden. which he
had beaten by a dozen lengths the
previous time out, came from far back
and distanced him for the place. May
Amelia whose recent performances
had been consistently promising,
brought Up the rear virtually all the
way, and made a.. showing far below
expectations.
EAVORITES DIVIDE CARD
This was by no means the only in
stance in which form counted for
naUght yesterday, as frequently hap
pens ca a drying out track PalO Alto,
Lady Alicia and Miss Delaney were
other horses that failed to run any
Wnere near expectations. Favorites
divided the card equally with outsid-
ets. however, and the bOOkies had the
worst Of the daily setto with the
The closing race developed angles
that Judge Hopper and his associates
were anything bYt pleased over and
~ onlclaf inquiry into the race prOba-
bly, wiz be in order today. Honest
the heavily backed favorite, was al
while Tom shaw, the receding second
choice, brought up the rear until the
stretch turn had been negotiated,
seemingly being utterly deficient IN
the early speed that had marked his
previous performances. When Jockey
chris Miller sat down 10 ride the horse
I'm earnest ~ the head OF the stretch
lle was at least 10 lengths out of ii,
and the end OF a brilliant stretch
sprint found him beaten by only two
lengths me horse making up an in
quarter Had lac keen kept at all
close EIp in the early stages, ne proha-
bly, would have won.
ROsAsIo THE VICTOR
Fanatic had the speed to w.rest the
lead from Ros&mo, the favorite. in <he
carly stages OF the opening sprint, but
itoSarlo picked hlm up IA the stretch
and won going away in impressive
fashion. Tennessee Boy was able to
bsat Strike Gut 6og show by a neck in
consequence OF: the laIters failure to
lnalnder Of h5s field. Strike Out
QlIckly ran I'D into forward cOnten-
zion, bur rhe OS-ereXertion told a the
end and &c stopped badly in the
stretch. Palo Alto, the second choice,
was unable to get up a gallOp.
Jockey Mccarthy achieved "a flying
start with Barney Schreiber's Sainotta
ia the year old race and she had the
speed TO- retain Ter early advantage
throughout In fact. she was drawing
away at the end. Turret, the second
choice, was always the runner up ana
easily disposed of all except the win
ner. Jack Dennerlen, the favorite, was
caught natfOOted when the barrier
went up and tired so badly after max
ing up ground that he barely saved
sthIrd place from the stoutly coming
Alder Gulch
PAN DE ORC BEATS MITRE
Except for a brief interval when
Mabel Hollander led in the early sta ges
Pan de orc had things his own way in
the third and had enough left at the
end TO stall of Mitre's closing bid.
AIitre was the favorite and had been
able 10 keep closer 10 the pace than
usual which made his chances look
E0sy on the backstretch- Mabel Hol-
lander. which had been in closest pUr-
suit Of the winner. quit IN the unal
strides, but distanced all except the
winner and the favorite- Lady Alicia
heavily played, was never prominent
The apprentice boy Kain made no
mistakes with Raleigh and that horse
tOwroped his neid from start 70 nnlSh
I'm the dEh. II was kain's first win
ming mount and the grand stand gave
him generous amount of applause
when he dismOUnted. Legatee, a sup
Il posed good thing, worked into for
ward contention at the last turn. but
stopped so badly, in the stretch that he
barely succeeded in beating Sea Salt
for the place. The latter horse had
been badly outrun In the early stages
and saved considerable ground by a
close turn into the stretch. Miss De
laney. after a string of meritoriOus
performances. finished unplaced, prob
ably because Of being trained of.