The San Francisco call., 1909-02-09

INFECTION WINS TN
HER INITIAL
START
Killing Is Made by Those Who
Made a Heavy Plunge
on the Race
Bv ]. z. Jefery

Infection. the first of the get of II.
T. Oxnards young English stallion In
flexible 10 win in this country, was
the medium OF a killing of respectable
proportions at the Emeryville racetrack
Yesterday. Infection is the property
Of IL T. Griffin and is out Of Auntie
Num- the dam Of the useful Import
Notwithstanding that il was the in
itial start Of her career the book max
ers were willing to lay only y to
against infection. Griffin, Plunger Char
lie Ellison. and a few others who fan
cied the flllV. sent such substantial COM
missions into the ring at the last
moment that the book makers were
rubbing : and when the They're off
bell sounded. Running like a veteran.
Infection showed her field the way
from start TO finish and won in hard
drive with Nondel and Warfare, the two
choices.
Innection's victory was especially
pleasing 10 W. .. 3. Macdonough, pro-
prietOr Of Ormondale stock farm at
MenlO Park inasmuch as InfieXlbie
stood AT his stud for two seasons under
a leasing arrangement, and he has sew
eral much priced youngsters by the
English stallion as a result Of his mat
ings with some Of the choicest mares
ia the Ormondale stud collection.
Matchem, also the property of II. T.
Griffin. is the only other lnfieXible that
has started.
FORDELLO SHOWS SPEED
+. A Forsythe's good colt Fordello
demonstrated that he has stamina as
WeI as speed by the manner in which
he went from behind Pat DUNES
clever sprinter Honest to win the final
and most pretentious race of the day
The pair had the race TO themselves at
all stages. the balance of the field
being beaten of Honest was able
TO outrun the favorite by a length
or two until well into the stretch.
Then. just as FOrdellO began to draw
up on even terms. Jockey keOgh de-
lfberately pulled out from the rail and
carried FordellO over into the worst
going on the outside. Jockey Lee was
well nigh forced to pull up, but in
spite Of the interference FOrdello
dashed past the pace maker in the
mai sixteenth and scored impressiVely
going away The interference was so
palpable and fragrant that it was prob
able Honest would have been disquali-
fed had he finished first Jockey Keogh
was lined 500 for the offense.
fordello was the only faVorite that
succeeded in winning during the aft
ernoon. Those that were beaten in
Guided Incentive. Rosamo, Warfare. Joe
two We're the victims Of holding on
tactics on the part of assistant start
ers. which aroused no end Of criticism.
The others had no excuse and were
beaten on their merits.
ROSAMO'S BAD LUCK
Rosamo would have won the third in
spite Of going TO the post sore but for
the bad racing luck that he encoun-
tered. He had the rail position and
broke so poorly when an assistant
starter let go that he was hemmed in
behind a solid wall Of horses TO the
stretch turn. To obtain clear sailing
Jockey Sullivan took UP and went to
the extreme outside on the turn The
horse made gallant stretch run and
overhauled all except Descomnets,
which benefited by having been taken
through the best going all the way.
and won of by himself Osorine which
had been following eBlameless' pace
closely, lost the place TO the faVorite
in the very last stride.
Steel made the pace in the fourth
and was headed by Barney Oldield
only in the last stride or two. Archi-
haId's powerful finish was the deter
mining factor in Barney Oldheld's hard
earned victory Joe Rose. the favorite,
weakened suddenly at the very end,
after being kept close to the two lead
ers from the beginning. but easily beat
the others. Pan de ORC, heavily played.
ran as IL waterlogged, showing none
his imme lately preceding perform
ances CONen. whose odds receded at
an alarming rate, also ran poorly.
YAKIMA BELLE WINS
To the surprise Of form students
Yakima Belle was able TO 90 the mile
and a sixteenth constituting the route
Of the fifth. In her previous races she
had been stopping as II sprinung dis
TanceS were none too snort Tor ner-
Her speed carried her 10 the front
with the raising of the barrier. and
she was never headed Prince of
Orange always the runner-up. took
the place. and Okenite came from far
back with a rush to beat the firing
Banposal and Derdom for third money.
II was easy for FulfOrd TO graduate
from the maiden class in the opener.
one Of the poorest fields of the season
opposed him. and he was able to take
the lead at viii and retain it. The
places behind the winner went to Jim
Hanna and Dorothey Ledgett, both at
fong odds Incentive. the favorite.
got or too poorly TO cut any figure in
the running.