The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-22
MAKES BIG PLUNGE
ON DESCOMNETS
AND LOSES
Emil Herr Attempts a Killing al
EmeryViIIe on p. T.
C1fHH'S Horse.
By J. e. Jeffrey

Emil Herr. whose plunging proclivi-
lies have made him prominent figure
on racetracks throughout the length
and breadth OF America in recent years.
came into the limelight at Emeryville
yesterday by attempting a killing Of
the old fashioned sort on p. T. Chinn's
horse Descomnets, a starter in the
" third race. The coup failed. the horse
being unequal TO the task of finishing
:. IN the money. after his odds had been
hammered down from an opening of s
TO 70 1 favOritism The layers who
accepted wagers on the horse said after
.-it was ali over that the play was the
most persistent that they had handled
z9n any horse all season. Part of the
money that Herr wagered was his own,
but the MAJOR portion OF II represented
"a commission from the east. 1T is un-
-ders1OOd that the amount wa gered by
fhe coterie Of fasteners behind the at
tempted coup exceeded So. 600. G. II.
Meals Serenade, the legitimate fayorite.
whose odds receded to 4 under the in
= fuence Of the misguided plunge on
DeScOmnets found IL easy 10 win in
spite Of observation-disclosures break.
which necessitated the making up OF
what looked like a hopeless amount Of
lost ground
Descomnets was by no means the
only disappointment Of the day, Bal
.ronfa and Yankee Daughter both at
short odds representing the extent of
winning faVOrites The remaining first
-c1Oices-Gretchen G. Deutschland and
=: Early Tide-hgured among the also
rams. Gatherings at y, and ketche-
mike, at IS. were the surprises or the
afternoon.
-KETCHEMIISE'S WIN A Sumner
. Ketchemike's victory was the great
est sumner Of all This horse had
-. been performing poorly. and it was
hard to believe. before the race, that
.he would be able to improve enough TO
:'best either Deutschland or Nadzu, the
short priced contenders. On form, II
Hooked TO be purely a two horse race.
rhe most surprised man within the
racetrack inclosure when his horse
took the track with the raising Of the
barrier and remained lengths In front
10 the end. he hadn't an idea that
Aetchemike could be better than third.
There was not much wonder when the
. unreliable Deutschland quit to nothing
on being unable 10 get to the front,
but that Nadzu should follow Deutsch-
lands example was wholly unexpected.
and there was much dismay when he
weakened badly IN the stretch Instead
~ finishing with his usual gameness
Those who followed the running OF the
race carefully were inclined TO blame
Jockey Waplin's suicidal tactics in en-
deaVoring 10 follow the pace closely for
NsdZu's bad showing Nadzu is a horse
that will not stand excessive early use
81 is claimed. Nebulosus and Katie Pow
ers made a head finish Of il for the
place after the two favorites had
dropped out OF the running.
Barney Schreiber's BalrOnia showed
class Of no mean order in winning the
year old event. Away none too well
she Eamely came from behind. took the
Iced from Warfare at the paddock and
won of ny herself. Warfare hung on
long enough TO be second. and the long
shot Nonoel. nosed out the poorly rid
Gen second choice, Gerando tLee up)
for show.
CHTTTERLENGs TAKES OPENER
Gatherings, making his initial start
Of the season, was able TO carry the
-keene colors 70 victory in the opener.
The horse had speed enough TO out
foot his field all the way, and lasted
10 win from Lucky Mate, another long
shot. by z scant neck FL Pavo. IN
lucky at the start came from far back
10 81 q distant third. Gretchen G, the
fsvorite. on which owner William
hawke attempted killing. was seem
fngly unable 10 raise gallop at any
stage or the running.
Yankee Daughter might not have won
the fifth had not Jockey Deverich made
= sad mess of it with The Peer, second
choice. Yankee Daughter had scant
carly speed, but got going at the end.
Deverich got The Peer off last. took
him into the deepest going virtually al
the way, was repeatedly cut on and
yer was beaten by only two lengths.
Had he swung 10 the outside al The
stretch turn instead of sticking TO the
rail he probably would have won. de-
spite his previous bad judgment. The
so TO ] shot Lady Rensselaer,, placed.
and Prosper nOsed out he Peer Tor
third.
N0TTER'S CLEVER RIDE
The powerful ride that Jockey hotter
put up was the main factor in Cloud
lights triumph over the clever sprint
ers- with which she contested the final
race. II was the consensus Of expert
opinion that Notter's ride on Cloud
light represented the cleverest bit Of
- finished Craftsmanship that has been
seen al EmeryVille in many a day IT
developed into a case Of four heads on
the post and hotter put * all over the
other riders when II came down TO the
test. His mount had been Ia close
quarters IN the early part and in the
worst going at that, having been IN
fortunate in drawing an inside position
al the post May Amelia, closing like
p shot in the good going on the out
side. came from far back to wrest place
.honors from Sevenfull the pace maker.
~sn the last stride. Early Tide, the
faNOrite was the victim Of early in
reference but for which be unques-
-'rionably would have won. He finished
like lion on securing clear sailing
II was Notter's day to shine. He had
three mounts and won with all OF
them. A little heart 10 heart talk that
Judge Hopper had with him IN the
forenoon concerning the manner in
which he had been riding during his
+ aiifornia engagement evidently exert