The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27

RANK REVERSAL OF
FORM CALLS FOR
ACTION
Four FaV0rifes Win i'm Thirty
Races, but No One Has
Been Punished
By =. r. Jefery


It's up TO somebody TO do something
70. bring about a speedy Improvement
~ the racing game as conducted at
Eneryville these days, or the New Cali
.t0rnta jockey clubs reputation for
.clteanly conducted racing viii suffer.
OLD timers IN the sport are a unit in
agreeing that they never before saw so
MANY rank reversals of form in SINH
lar space Of time as have been perpe-
trated upon a long suffering public
during the last two or three weeks at
the Emeryville track. Day after dav
the -reversals have continued with pain
.ful regularity, and the officials have so
Tar failed TO take disciplinary action
IN a single instance. They justify their
Inactivity on the threadbare excuse of
changing track conditions. overlooking
the fact that in spite of constantly
shifting track conditions the horses
from certain stables can always be de-
pended upon to run as true to form
as. on dry tracks. Although there have
been. any number Of cases that looked
:nagrant to the race going public. the
officials profess 10 have been unable to
discover any evidences Of manipulation.
II is fact that several of the most
prominent layers Of odds have given
up booking in disgust. for the reason
that they have been victimized by the
.shs rpers quite as badly as the public.
g IL IS a striking commentary on existing
= coqlQluons that out Of 80 races decided
so Iar this week, only four have been
which Is almost without parallel.
SIX MORE BEATEN
Yesterdays results We're quite in
NeePthg with the record of the preced-
ing days. All the favorites were bowled
over and four OF the six winners were
horses that had made a wretched show
ing IN their Immediately previous
starts. In this category were Bright
= Early Tide. II was quite beyond the
comprehension of the ordinary race
goer how either Of this quartet could
: pe expected 10 win when their last
races were taken into consideration but
as matter OF fact Bright Skies. In
nection and Early Tide We're all heavily
backed by so called smart money.
The substitution of Jockey Butler for
the apprentice rider Murphy on Bright
SKIES furnished some excuse for the
1oIm llQuop or that horse, but in the
otner two instances the same boys that
had made poor showings were up.
The previous time out Infection had
ran unplaced as a favOrite. quitting
badly at three furlOngs. while yester-
day she was breezing away from better
company at an increased distance. IN
lleetiOn IS owned by H. I. Griffin and
was ridden in her two inconsistent
starts by Jockey Butler In each in
st6nce the track was designated in the
oh1cial form chart as slow. Early Tide
mad not only one but several bad races
TO his discredit. In his Immediately
preceding start, when he ran unplaced
IS a taVorite, he was ridden by Jockey
keogh but Jockey Buxton, the Fleur
de lis stable rider. who had the mount
yesterday, had ridden him in his pre-
Nlops poor races. He just galloped to
.: his field in fast time and won off by
himself yesterday.
FEW HAVE EXCUSES
-. The favorites that failed yesterday
1nciu iuded Osorine Indian Maid Steel
smiley Corbett. Legatee and Collector
Jessub. Osorlne had her speed but
tailed 20 carry il as she had in her
previous starts. Indian Maid was no
match for the suddenly Improved IN
-nectlon, but ran a creditable race.
Steel lost All chance on account of
being hopelessly cut off immediately
after the start. Smiley Corbett found
l5e pounds an excessive burden TO
carry successfully over q dry track and
shounded IL badly on being unable TO
Qutrun the game and consistent Rooger
Reds Which forced a fast pace all the
way and won with ease. There was a
disposition 10 blame Jockey Cotton for
Legatee's failure to finish better than
third, but the boy. who was hooted for
2 having trailed so far back in the early
having been instructed that Legatee's
sole chance of winning lay in reserv-
ing him for the stretch drive. Collector
Jessup ran his race, but was unable to
cope with the somersa ulting Early
Tide.