The San Francisco call., 1909-03-28
TURRET DEFEATS
THE CRACKS TN
BELL STAKE
Surprises Racing Public by
Scoring Impressive Vic
fSry at Long Odds
Ry :. r. Jefery

SrOm the Bell stake at the eleventh
Hour. on account Of the local cham
SIon's evident loss Of form. it was with
enly a forlorn nope that Turret which
lie trains for 3. 4. Marks & Co. would
he able 10 uphold the reputation Of
Ills noted nursery for juvenile thor
oughbreds. Turret. with the able as
sistsnce Of Jockey Scoville. turned the
rick in splendid shape however, and
surprised the racing public by scoring
IN impressive victory At long odds over
The cracks that had been shipped up
from Arcadia with the winning OF the
stake IN view.
r. /. Thomas hitherto unbeaten Fly
ing Squirrel ran second and J. Manus'
top notcher, Rocky O'Brien. vas third.
In the ruck were Donau and Sureget.
the Gerst entry. which ruled favorite
IN the betting. TLrret was in receipt
OF considerable weight from the cracks
that finished second and third, but his
victory was achieved under circum-
stances that made the difference IN
weight Of less Importance in estimat-
ing the value OF the colts performance
Than otherwise might have been the
case. Turret was none too lucky at the
barrier. and had to come from far be
hind the leaders to win the race. He
did 10 in racehOrse fashion. although
lte had the disadvantage Of being IN the
most trying going every foot Of the
Journey. For lack of support his ODDS
lad drifted from 2 back TO 25 10 l.
RACE Is SPECTACULAR
The race was spectacular through
OUT. Flying Squirrel. Rocky O'Brien
and Medallion jumped into the lead
showed the other cOntenders their heels
well into the stretch. where Medallion
wea kened. A furlong from the finish
II looked as though Flying Squirrel and
Rocky O'Brien, which had been fight
ing il out stride for stride all the way
had all the others beaten. While the
TWO leaders were crowding each other
in the center OF the track, Scoville stole
Up or the rail with Turret. and fairly
lifted that youngster past the strug-
Cling paCemaksrs a few yards from
the finish. At the end the winner was
going away from the Arcadia cracks
and had the distance been longer his
victory probably would have been by a
decidedly greater margin. His per
formance impressed the onlOokers as
that OF q colt that would be a very
useful performer over a considerable
distance OF ground.
Turret was bred by 7. D. AiiIlin at
his Sacramento farm and is by the
promising stallion Cunard out OF the
good race mare Tower Of Candles. The
colt was acquired by his present own
ers from Millin before he had ever
faced the barrier, and the $3,460 rep
resenung his share OF yesterday
purse is several times his purchase
price.
Flying Squirrel may have been un-
lucky TO suffer defeat in the race. He
had the misfortune 10 stumble In a
hole right after the start and then
encountered interference on the turn
shat his phenomenal speed would have
enabled him TO avoid had he been of
without mishap. IN the stretch he and
Rocky O'BTien INDUCED IN e humping
match that die neither any good or
the other contenders. Barney 6cbrei-
bers Donovan was the only one that
stage Of the running. Unfortunately
rhe full brother 10 the Sensational DR..
Gardner was pinched out by Flying
squirrel and Rocky OBrfen when he
looked 10 have a chance OF getting at
least part Of the purse.
SAVES FAV0RITE PLAYERS
F. A. Forsythe's derby winner. High
Private. alone saved the favorite play
races. long shots held high carnival.
The first two events were taken by Old
Settler at 20 20 ! and Elevation at
neither had been backed. HarrT ITs,
Stoyer. the owner Of Elevation, had
such little idea that his horse
Rubric, the oddson favorite. Rubric
ran a disgracefully bad race and was
barely able 10 finish third.
Adriuche, favorite Of the fifth, was
unlucky IN the early stages and sue
ceedeo in getting out OF the pockets
IN which Jockey Howard had her
tangled UP just in time to enable her
70 get IA the money. The remaining
three favorites-Boas, Donau and
Smiley Corbett-ran unplaced.
II was only by a head that High
consistent year old, favored by a
light impost- was the horse that came
- close 70 taking the Forsythe cracks
measure. But for e. bit Of bad luck on
the far turn, when he was beginning
his run, The Peer might have been the
winner High Private was ridden none
too well by J. Lee, ForEythe's colored
Jockey. and was so exhausted after
long sustained drive with Don Enrique
that he would surely have fallen prey
10 The Peer had the distance Of the
race been only a trifle greater He was
c0nceoing p pounds to DUNES clever
= year old Eirestone, the only horse
that had been backed 10 any extent to
beat the fsvorite. ran disan~ointfng
race, fading away at the end. after
having been a keen contender in the
early stage.
BUBBLING WATER WINS
Iolera g. Josephs exquisite flIy
bubbling Water, won the boswell
handicap IN a fashion which caused
the spectators 10 marvel how Il came
that she made such a disappointing
showing IN the Oaks. the one race OF
all others which her owners were de-
sirOue that she should win. Backed
from as good as 10 TO down to 5. She
made Booger Red and Smiley Corhatt
look cheap. She was badly outrun IN
the early Stages. but moved up like
2 fash in the stretch and won off bv
herself Smiley Corbett. evidently far
from his good form, quit TO nothing
after forcing a fast pace to the stretch
and the consistent BooEer Red beat
Failaric. the remaining contender, for
place, IN spite Of having met pifh in
terference at the last turn
aimee c, winner OF the nth, has
hands OF Q. J. Casey, trained for The
i-akewood stable. whose colors were
seen az Emeryville for the first time
Sne won her only out az Arcadia. after
ionia. Casey viii be remembered as
me trainer who won about a dozen
Stralgnt races with the French mare