The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
HONEST WINS FROM
FORDELLO TN HULL
HANDICAP
Spectators Give Jockey KeOgh
an Ovation and "BOOh" the
Losers Pilot
By J. K. Jefery

crowd at EmeryNllle yesterday, Wleh
Pat DUNES consistent horse. Honest,
reversed the result Of his previous meet
ing with i. A. Forsythe's Fordello in
winning the Hull handicap, the prin-
cipal feature Of an unusually good card
The crowd seemingly seized upon
Keogh's decisive triumph over Lee to
give expression to its disapproval OF the
action Of the judges the preceding day,
when KeOgh was lined and ms mount
disqualified on Lees claim OF touL 1he
crowd Of the day before had received
the disqualification with rlotous eNl-
dence OF approval, and the sudden
change Of sentiment furnished Strlk-
ing example Of the hckleness OF race
Not satisfied with merely expressing
its sympathy with keogh by prolonged
and hearty applause, the crowd Nlsor-
Dusly hissed and bOOhed Lee when ne
dfsmOunted. EordellO had been the
favorite of the race. and Lees failure
10 land him better than third may nave
had something 10 do with the hoslllllg
Of the public While the ulstahce ol
the race was half a turlOng ShOfNeT,
and Fordello had the worst OF the
weights. students of form generally pc
1ieVed that FOrdello would be able 10
beat the FOrsythe Sprinter lnasmuch
as the previous meeting OF the palr
indicated that FOrdello would have been
able to win even had the distance been
sppreciably shorter. Fordello essayed
-
went up. but DUNES sprinter had TOO
much speed for the faVorite. and get
ting a length or so in front at the turn
held that advantage the remainder OF
the way Lee took the faVOrite into
the poorest going at the end, and this
circumstance undoubtedly helped Tom
Shaw in taking the place from him IN
the closing strides. Shaw had pun
in the weights and this, together with
track conditions that favored his dicky
underpinning. may have accounted Tor
ont hot iC al
fort represented over his showing the
previous time out In contrast TO his
Immediately preceding performance, he
had enough speed TO keep within strlk-
ing distance, and closed with such reso-
luton that had the distance OF the
race been a triae greater he would have
been the winner.
OTHER FORM REVERSALS
The afternoon brought several other
reversals besides those in the handicap.
but no disciplinary action was taken.
The worst of the lot was that or ST.
Francis whose ignominious showing as
a to favorite in his previous out, was
still so fresh in the memory OF race
goers that the book makers found II
difficult to sell ticket on him. Pack
ing the crushing impoSt OF 132 pounds,
lie was a keen contender ali the way,
and Trois Temp found il anything but
easy TO beat him. In the same race,
DescOmnets failed TO run anywhere
near the promising form that he had
Rose Queen finally ran up 10 the
promise Of her clever , year old form
IN winning the closing race, after Al
l\Oeni igSberg and his connexions nau
backed her for mild killing at re-
-muneratiVe odds Showing the same
sensational turn of speed that marked
her early races, she ran away from her
field with the rising of the barrier, but
barely outlasted Berry Maid, which
closed with rare resolution after haN1ng
been the runner up all the way Ber-
NTaf hgh even
money. but was supplanted as faTorlte
by Silver Stocking, and her ODDS
drifted back TO IS on account or the
circulation of an unfOunded report that
she was not ready TO do her best. In
few more jumps she would have won
the race Silver Stocking got off so
poorly that she was barely able to
finish in the money.
CINNAMON TO FRONT
Cinnamon. which carried T. II. Will
liams colOrs to victory in the Juvenile
event. was always in front, but drew
away from his company at the end.
Alder Gulch outlasted the others, while
Judge Henderson, the supposed good
thing Of the race, barely succeeded in
beating Elfin Beau for the show Six
teen, the fayorite, got off poorly and
had no speed.
Trois Temp was never headed in the
second. and drew away at the end, after
st. Francis had succeeded in getting
up on practically even terms at the
head of the stretch. Toll Box came
from almost last place TO be a bangup
third. Descommets failed to run as
well for Jockey Archibald as for other
. boys who had been riding him 10 VIC
tory. and cut absolutely no figure IN
the contest, although heavily backed
as the second choice.
Okenite found ii easy to gallop over
the leaders at the end of the third, aft
er having laid within Striking distance
all the way. The 20 10 l shot, Kokomo
made the pace and created surprise by
staying the route with such success
that the fnish found him second. Ag-
nOlO. another 20 TO / shot that had been
following the pace most closely, out
lasted Red Ball for third money.
Cayenne Cora, on which there had been
a tremendous plunge, fell back after
having been prominent in the early
stages.
KAN CLAIMS FOUL
With a more skilled rider than the
apprentice boy Kain on Raleigh, Dollie
Dollars probably would not have won
the fifth. Dollie had the speed to
take substantial lead right at the
beginning, but she was brought to a
drive in the stretch TO stall of
Raleigh's challenge. Jockey Gilbelt,
who was riding the winner. carried
Raleigh so wide at the last turn that
Kain claimed a foul. which the judges
promptly refused TO allow, as there
had been no interference. There was
no question that Raleigh was handi-
capped by being forced into the worst
going. but that was simply a result OF
the poor judgment displayed by his
inexperienced rider in going outside
OF the pacemaker at the turn, both
horses keeping their courses after
STRENGTHENING away for the wire. Mary
b. Clark was third, largely as result
of Jockey Mentrys good judgment in
saving grOun1 by a closer stretch
turn than any Of the others.