The San Francisco call., 1909-01-29
WILL START
TN RICH BURNS
HANDICAP
Probable Winner Hard to Pick,
but DOranfe Seems Fa=
vOred i'm Weight

The final declarations for the Burns
handicap. received yesterday, mar
rowed the list of eligibles for the big
race of tomorrow down to exactly is,
There is reason for believing that Black
Dress and Frank Flittner, two of the
Is, remain undeclared only through in
advertence and that there is not the
slightest likelihood of either of this
pair being numbered among the start
ers. The six belated declarations re-
ceived yesterday were those of Stan
ley Fay, Edwin Gum, Torbellino, CO.
tytto, Lady Alicia and El Picaro. The
rs eligibles from which the field will
be drawn include Restigouche. King
James, Big Chief, Montgomery, Do-
rante, Light Wool Firestone, Don Ems
rique, Woodcraft, Animus. Colonel Jack,
Arasee, Clamor, Nadzu, Milford, Malt
bic, Black Dress and Frank Flittner.
Beside the last named pair Resti-
gouche, Montgomery and Woodcraft
are unlikely starters. All three of
these horses belong to s. G. Hildreth
and no prepare tions have been made for
their shipment north from Arcadia.
ReStigouche came out of his last start
at Arcadia with an injured foot; Mont
gomery has gone stale and Woodcraft
is not keyed up to race of the Burns
caliber. OF the remaining IL eligibles
IL are virtually certain TO make bid
for the $4,000 purse. The two doubt
full ones in the list are Nadzu and Don
Enrique, owned respectively by II. G..
Bedwell and c. r. Ellison. If Nadzu
starts he will have to pick up PEN
atty of seven pounds for having won
Wednesdays handicap. A muddy track
might tempt Bedwell to take chance
with Nadzu, but if conditions remain
as at present he probably will withdraw
he nj OF ic rider
Jockey Taplin, fill an engagement on
Milford. Upon Charlie Ellisons de-
cision as to Don Enrique's chances OF
making a good showing in the race de-
pends Jockey Notter's ability to keep
his conditional engagement on T.. H.
Williams good colt Firestone. Ii Don
Enrique goes Notter Will or course be
his pilot, as he is under contract to
Ellison.
So open an aspect does the race pre-
sent that there is as yet no decisive
opinion among horsemen as to the
probable winner. There is general
feeling that Dorante has shade the
best of the weights, and he Will doubt
less be numbered among the shortest
posted King James, the Williams
entry and Maltbie will be others that
will have extensive followings and the
bookies will lay odds accordingly. OF
the outsiders Arasee and Milford will
be treated with the greatest clfcum-
spection by the layers. -,
EireStOne, DOrante, AraSee ana Mil
ford received their final prep for to-
morrow's supreme effort between races
yesterday. Firestone negotiated mile
in :45 As and mile and an eighth in
exactly two minutes Dorante
breezed a mile in 1851 2-5. Arasee
went full mile and a quarter In
2:15 2-5. His fractionals were as fol-
lows, Quarter. :23 40; half, 5l 2-5
five -eighths, 1904 2-5: three fourths
u Is As; seven-eighths. 1888 20; mile,
1:47 2-5; mile and an eighth, zoo 80;
mile and a quarter, 2:15 20. Milfords $
time was 1 Al for the mile and 2:l6 20
for the full distance of the race.
King James, Maltbie, Animus and
Big Chief. the quartet Of candidates
whose prep was accomplished at Ar
cadia, reached Emeryville last night
and probably will be given light exer-
else today.
If no rain falls in the interim the
big race will be run over a track that
will be slow, but not holding except in
spots 1t will be deeper on the rail
than elsewhere and clever horseman-
ship will cut more figure in the outcome
of the contest than If the track
were either fast or sloppy. Superin-
tendent Grant is exerting himSelr TO
have the course in finest possible con-
dition and nothing will be. left undone
today that will add to the improve
ment of the going.