The San Francisco call., 1909-02-25
Additional News OF Sports Events
LOSING RACES ARE
S RUN BY SIX
FAVORITES
EUIlefta'S Victory Proves Only
y Feature of Day Marked by
" Reversal of Form
By J. r. Jefery


Form is getting to be somewhat of
5oke at Emeryville racetraek Yes
-teruay all the favorites were bowled
oFer. just as they had been the day
before and horses which had been
performing poorly in their previous
starts captured the lions share of the
spoils. The list Of favorites that
failed embraced Ollie James, Grace G,
Minot. Firestone, Raleigh and Ban
posaL
THE KING PROVES SPEEDY
ollie James met defeat at the hands
OF The King. who showed his real form
FOR the first time, coincident with heavy
backing at long odds by H. T. Griffin
and his connections. Grace G ran a
good race. but was unlucky in having
an inside position at the barrier and
had. to overcome considerable interfer-
ence. Minot beat the gate, but ran an
unaccountably bad race, quitting at
shorter distance than he had previous
1y negotiated with ease Firestone sue
cumbed 10 H G. BedwelTs iron
horse Fulletta, but ran a creditable
race Raleigh was the victim of an in
d competent ride at the hands of the in
experienced apprentice rider Kain. and
Banposal Unexpectedly quit in the
stretch after having been in promising
forward contention during the early
- part OF her race.
SUDDEN IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
The King. Keep Moving. Darlington,
FIRST Peep and Gypsy King were win
-sneTS whose sudden Improvement dazed
tue talent, The reverssls of the last
named pair were especially fiagrsnt
: Both had been heavily played in their
: preceding starts and had finished far
ssSk SS was i1 fbe tbe ToTsf TgGs GyRsy kiPgs flip
Ansole 20 raise gallop Tuesday Of
last week. when he had last appeared
under colors- Yesterday he ran a re-
. aoslrkable race, coming from far back
To- score a sensational victory He
changed hands by the bidding up
. process after winning. II. @. Bedwell
oeeoSning his owner, boosting him from
$500 10 $500.
Z. -Fuuetta's victory in the stanhope
handicap rounded out an even dozen
sysns for this wonderfully improved
horse since the opening of the season
and made II hVe straight for him. While
q Tying start which enabled him TO
take a long early lead undoubtedly cut
some figure IN the outcome Of the race
II is probable that he would have been
s. able 10 have taken Firestones meas
uTe even had the latter been off TO
equal advantage Firestone had the
excessive impost OF 40 pounds to ham
die and Fulletta drew away from him
at the end after he had made up
ground and had begun to loom danger
. Gus in the stretch. It was simply a
case OF being unable to concede the
weight
RACE A PROCESSION
The race was q procession from
> start 10 finish, the contenders being
strung out TO an extent seldom seen
Nv arden showing was especially dis
appointing. He was particularly well
played as the second choice and quit
!. 70 q walk after running fairly close m
in the early stages.
The ovation that Fulletta and his
rider received on returning TO the
scales was eloquent Of the hold which
this consistent horse and rider have
obtained on the affections of the local
race going public As TapIin had DTe
. Niously won 3 race for his employer
with Keep Moving. BedweH was very
much IN the hmelight during the aft
- The hesvy shower Of early morning
LETT the track in very uneven shape
Horses that kept away from the rail
enjoyed q decided advantage, the go
ing being quite muddy on the inner 90
feet, while on the outside the footing
: was good.
WILLIAMS LAYS PLANS
7. H Williams. president OF the Pa
nc jockey club. announced last night
that about month hence he would
have p public statement 70 make con-
Inns. ms plans Tor the perpetuation
90 From the time that the passage of
. the Walker-Otis bill by the California
. legislature became foregone con-
clusicn Williams has been devoting his
energies TO the perfecting of plans for
the continuation of the sport under the
= new conditions that have arisen. but
he has steadfastly declined TO talk for
publication concerning Just what he
purposes TO do.
>, Beyond promising that he would
have an announcement TO make next
month, Williams declined to comment
on q statement made at Los Angeles
by. George Rose, one OF the principal
stock holders in the Arcadia racetrack
10 the effect that there viii be racing
~ Santa Anita next season with re-
Cuced purses and stakes. and with tie
: credit system Of betting in vogue
Williams has not visited the Emery
willie racetrack since the Walker-Otis
bill passed the senate. The supposifion
IS that he IS keeping away from the
track 50 that he may the better keep
his own counsel concerning certsin
phases of the situation that he does
not at present care TO discuss.