The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

MS DeneI that ScONllle Adu PuhA0N
horse in order that Blagg might WIN
He declared that the boy had talled
to heed the riding instructions which
he had given him. offered to furnish
proof that he had bet $500 upon his
horse. and alleged that Work Box was
in prime condition. Judge Hopper
agreed that the race had an unhealthy
look and assured DOss that the matter
would be thoroughly probed
PLAYED FOR "GOOD THING
That BIagg would be a good thing
was the tip that circulated among, q
select few early in the day IN Srsa
to get longer odds against the morse
than would have been laid with HlOIe
competent rider up, those pehlno t.lo
coup felt so confident OF the 0utcOllie l
intrusted with the mount. In order 10
obtain Phillips services 1t was neces-
sary for those who We're englneeLEiinSS 6d
the coup TO pay fine or S1OO, WHICH WHICH
| aad been standing against MIN since
the last time he had ridden, IN lne
| early part of the season, Wnen Ihe
starter had occasion TO discipline him
| for disob bedience. Those in the KNOW
had no hesitancy in thrusting tAelT
coin at the book makers When ~ 70 l
was posted against the horse at the
! opening of the betting. and tne pay
was so steady and persistent thaI Jhe
| layers were rubbing TO at post
| time.
Hardly book in the ring escaped
! losing heavily on the race. Some OF Ihs
in laying off part of the bets when
| they had taken on the horse before
the play became so heavy that SUCH a
| course was impracticable. Frank Balm
and Joe Rose being among the number
| L. o. Lee, owner of tae horse is re-
| ported to have cleaned up a small for
F., tune and several horsemen with whom
| he is intimate also Won handsomely.
Report had 1t that Charles Bowman
Thomas MeCreery and HAIRY larry bsnRS enna
| winnings Most of the wise" set took
the tip and joined in the plunge
ALMOST UPSETS COUP
Palo Alto, an outsider in the betting.
came uncomfortably close to upSettlng
the coup Blagg encountered bad rae
| ing luck in the early stages, being al
most Knocked down soon after the
got into the lead entering the stretch,
| and Phillips was taking 1t easy Waen
lenge in the final furlong. 1t was only
after going to the whip that PhllIlps
succeeded in winning by a head. Oesa,
another outsider, was third, and work
! Work Box had entered the stretch in
close pursuit of Hereafter, the pace
maker; but was ,,Sl shuihesd pa naek - IN tba a
front There was general surprise
when he failed to finish among the
placed horses. as at the stretch turn 1t
/ The horse had heretofore finished
| gamely and his failure to come on as
| in his previous races left a very bad
| impression.
OTHER FORM REVERSALS
The Work Box case was not the only
unpleasant incident of the afternoon.
| William Walkers Centre Shot, holder
of the American mile record, suffered
an ignominious defeat while running at
well nigh prohibitive odds in the
fourth race. She was sadly deficient IN
speed and wound up an inglorlouS
third. Her owner was closely queS-
toned by the officials, and could give
no satisfactory explanation of the nj
| ly's failure to show her accustomed
| speed. Centre Shot had figured IN the
same sort of acrObatic stunts at snort
odds at other tracks. and the case Will
be further delved into today. Jockey
Deverich rode the hlly. The race was
won by Ocean Queen, whose form IN
her Immediately preceding starts had
been very poor and whose perform
| ance represented quite as glaring a
form reversal as that of the beaten
favorite.
Otogo. another of the afternoon S
winners, turned form fiipfop that was
anything but satisfactory to officials
or public The remaining races went
to favoritesIOllie James. First Peep
and Gypsy King. Apto OrO made a
disappointing showing as favorlte or
the race won by OtOgo, finishing out OF
the money. Kokomo. second choice or
the fifth was another horse that ran
far below expectations