The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07

renewal OF
the valuable Palace Hotel handicap for
F. A. Forsythe at Emeryville racetrack
yesterday. High Private previously
had numerous clever performances to
must be regarded as far and away. the
most meritorious of his career to date.
The race was run over track that
was bit muddy on top as a result Of
afternoon. Besides Dorante. Don En-
,rique had been withdrawn from the
fiye-High private. Ffrestone. Light
Wool, Arasee and Smiley. Corbett. Will
advisability of starting the last named
horse up to the last minute, on account
or the uncertainty as to his ability to
before traversed. but finally concluded
to give the horse a chance to show
what he. could do at the mile and an
eighth distance, rather than in the high
weight overnight handicap sprint, in
well.
FoRSYTHE COLT FAyORITE
High Private and Firestone alter
mated In favoritism In the betting and
ruled equal choices at post time None
of the others was at very long odds,
all being conceded a chance. Firestone
acted badly as usual at the barrier, but
the delay at the post was not pro-
tracted and the start was all that could
have been asked for. As expected
olnllSy OOTDeLt lH1HeQldleIy QdSneQ
into the lead and opened a gap or sew
eral lengths going around the first
turn. Jockey Lee sent High Private
along after Cahill's big sprinter from
the start and the gigantic son of Tod
dington was not afforded the chance of
making the pace at a leisurely clip, as
gotiated a mile successfully few days
previously. There was some disposi-
tion to criticise Jockey Lee for chasing
out after Corbett but there is no tell
hoa
had he not forced the big sprinter to
do his best in the early stages of the
contest. Lees tactics resulted in bring
ing High Private on. even terms with
Corbett at the end of the back stretch
run and the gigantic son of Todding-
ton went all to pieces the moment For
sythes colt headed him on the turn
High Private then proceeded to open a
gap of several lengths on his field and
although taken into the deepest going
In the stretch he was able to success
fully stand off Light Wools closing
bid. Jockey .Notter had given the latter
a perfect ride. having reserved him for
the final drive, but 1t was simply a case
of not being good enough to beat the
winner in spite of the excessive use
y length separated the pair at the
finish and Firestone, the third horse
was over 10 lengths away. Firestone
he na turn he a bn adea sMsa ses
at the end, and is evidently far from
the good form on which he was made
the experts when Firestone went to
the post he looked anything but good
The race was worth about S2,400 to
the winner, s4eo to the second horse
and $500 to the third The winning
of 1t puts +. A. Forsythe once again
within striking distance of s. c. Hill
dreth in the. winning owners list for
the Emeryville meeting.
From the form standpoint the days
results were fairly satisfactory, the
exceptions being disgraceful showings
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the second and third races. joe Rose
and Honest scored as favorites in the
last two races of the card.
Deutsch hlands s performance left an
especially bad taste in tho mouth and
aroused no end of uncomplimentary
criticism and comment among race GO
ers The horses poor showing had
been plainly foreshadowed in the bet
ting, his odds having scared from 2s
to As in spite of series of brilliant
performances in his Immediately pre-
ceding starts. The readiness of the
book makers to lay such long odds was
accounted for in some Quarters by the
substitution of Jockey Mccarthy for
Jockey Keogh who had ridden the
horse in his clever races. It was re
called that Mccarthy had made very
bad showing on Bill Eaton, another sof
Barney Schreiber's horses, a few days
before. While Deuschland's odds were
going back at an alarming rate. the
ring was. being deluged with coin for
Lens and Trois Temp. The former
spite of having shown none of his good
form in either of his previous starts at
the meeting. When 1t came to the
running, Trois Temp spread eagled
his field from start to finish, while Lens
brought up the rear virtually all the
way.
-FOUR STRAIGHT FOR HONEST
The Thomas handicap, high weight
affair, developed into duel between
Honest, the favorite and Silver Stock
ing, one of the outsiders. Honest won
handily enough after a long sustained
drive, incidentally making it four
straight for him. Early Tide came
from far back to beat the poorly rid
den Tom Shaw for show. Jockey e.
Miller had Tom Shaw anchored in the
deepest going along the rail. while the
other forward contenders were out in
the good going.
Balreed and Jockey Gilbert formed a
winning combination In the openings
race, which was contested by as poor
field as has been brought together at
the meeting.
Sophomore winner of the second. had
been running so poorly that her sudden
return to winning form represented
startling reversal. She took the lead
from Banposal. the second choice IN
the stretch and won with ease. Marion
Rose, the favorite, was woe1ully deh.
cient in speed and Trainer Buxton or
the Fleur de Lis stable discovered alter
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