The San Francisco call., 1909-02-17
FEW LUCKY PIKERS
CASH ON FILLY
AT 500 T01
Bright Skies, Unbacked BY Her
- Owner, Breaks Record for
= Long Shots
By J. z. Jefery

Bright Skies. q year old flly by
Gerolstein- -Priestess. carried the colors
of John lowe to victory in the closing
race Of yesterdays Emeryville card
Wath the record breaking odds of 500
to I laid against her and thereby Gre
ated the sensation Of the season.
:. Il was the hllys first start since last
May and her owner had as little idea
- The general public that she had any
telr2nce or beating such seasoned and
clever performers as ArgOnaut and
81 the contest, although she had
worked exceptionally well for the race.
Therefore he allowed her TO run un-
packed. and although the purse or 1925
chagrined 10 have lost the opportunity
Qf making sensational cleanup on a
very small investment.
--:s II was the irony Of fate that earlier
ln the day Lowe should have lost a
substantial bet on his mare Marian
. casey which ran unplaced as faVorite
.her owners lack Of confidence in her
abnity 10 cope successfully with the
leld she was meeting. Bright Skies ran
by no means unbacked. A few ven
rlresome pikers who back long shots
on principle and some of the clockers
%-hov had been impressed with the way
in which she had worked, were among
. Ine lucky ones who had tickets to cash
q fEer she had rOmped in the winner.
.y5shile several book makers took bets
:Qf from 50 10 s. on her straight, the
bulk Of the play was for show, with as
good as 50 TO l laid.
=: :EXERCIsE BOY DID 1T
Bright Skies had as her pilot the
<aevice rider, T. Murphy an exercise
~f56y in the employ OF s c. Hildreth,
. s'cllo had ridden upon several previous
!; occasions during the meeting. 1t was
= the maiden win for the boy as well as
Tor the horse. Lowe formerly trained
I'll
among the band Of yearlings that Lowe
.:-croUght TO the coast from New York
1rr Hildreth last season. Hlldreth
started her three times at Arcadia and
. cnce at Emeryville during last season.
. II one Of her Arcadia races she showed
- nice turn OF speed and nnished a
close up second 70 Horace II, colt
.-tnat has since shown clever form upon
. old with a good record, was third in
the race. At the close of the season
:. ssle was turned out with others OF the
= +:rlQreln lorses al brentWooo ano
= owe purchased her when she was
@.Tsken UP for training al the beginning
Of the present season. In view or ner
g0od breeding and the fair form thal
sac had shown in the race referred 70.
g taere was some disposition 10 wonder
over the length OF the odds that the
= .bDokfes laid against her. She was not
only the longest priced winner OF the
season, but old timers can not recall
any winner at such long ODDS IN the
.Eistory Of racing on this coast. In fact.
p. Instances have been exceedingly rare
:-in which odds of such magnitude have
been laid against winners on the
american turf
. and 50 decisive as 10 be entirely free
1 from even the suspicion OF huke ana
. e may be that she viii prove 70 be
2. Ally of no little class The time
-L-16 2-5 for the six furlOngs cOmprls-
ing the route Of the race-eXactly du-
; p!icated that made by the sensational
: Smiley Corbett in winning the Greer
g handicap on Saturday. which was the
fast previous race at the distance run
: over the EmerYVille track. she spread
p eagled such speed burners as Irois
Temp. Blameless and Argonaut from
start TO fnsh. and after trying TO run
out in the stretch. won actually going
: away several lengths in advance OF
-Argonaut. which came from behind 10
:be the contender at the finish. Trois
Temp. the oddson favorite. dogged it
hadly after fuulely trying 70 keep up
. with the winner the first half mile and
. finished far back in the ruck
- MANY REVERsALs
So far as form was concerned the
3. results Of the afternoon We're extremely
disappointing Reversal succeeded re-
f.ersal with painful regularity and not
Z favorite succeeded in winning. In
fact. four OF the public choices finished
-'unp laced. Included in this category
! We're Marian Casey. ST. Francis. Honest
and TrOis Temp. With the single eX-
-ception OF ST Avon. every one of the
winners showed conspicuous improve
-lneut. The track officials attributed
The EeXatiOus reversals to the treach-
erous and everchanging track condi-
lions that are now prevalent Besides
TIE favOrites whose performances fell
FAR short OF what they should have
been. Warfare, Billy Meyer, Deneen,
Dargin Belle Kinney. Gypsy King.
.BOCger Red and Bubbling Water We're
other promising contenders whose
showing was distinctly disappointing.
: r-rr rrrr f-lrr : X
many more such DAYS TO give the sport
"a black eye with the local race going
public. Similar experiences have been
altogether too frequent for the good OF
the sport Of late.
Kisses FOR JOCKEY
80 Fanatic. the most lightly weighted
contender in the race. captured the
-FtoEn handicap. the most pretentious
-*oaering Of the card. He had followed
r the vel played Rose Queens pace most
q osely and found Il easy 10 win when
NR1se Queen tired in the heavy going
ATTIC which she swerved IN the stretch.
There was a disposition TO hold Jockey
= sEapHn- accountable for letting Rose
*Queen get into the deep going along
-:rl6 rail and the boy was vigorously
Kissed and hooted when he oismounted
. Ezd made his way back 10 the paddock.
Tho boy said that he could not keep
Rose Queen from going TO the rail.
;Aaa.dman. which nnlshed second, ran a
sLace. which was IN marked contrast to
IS previous effort. Neither Honest nor
.Booger Red. the choices, could get up a
gallop.
=" fTndisn Maid well backed as one Of
She choices. was able 10 take the meas
sIsae OF Vondell favorite OF the opener.
TIE favorite- had the early speed, but
indian Maid closed with an irresistible
rush The Golden Butterfly, a 50 TO ]
SHOT that was making her initial start,
-5usf did succeed in beating Miss
Georgie for the show. Warfare, one of
5he' choices. quit badly after showing
70 ~ efr
her previous good form.
st. Francis, making his first start in
she colOrs OF T. D. Sullivan. was forced
20 break from the rail instead of from
lis usual position on the outside. This
was on account of the presence of
another bad actor. Belle Kinney, in the
race. The race that he ran was on a
par with others that he has run in the
past under similar conditions. He never
got near the front and quit badly in
The stretch. Belle Kinney also bounded