The San Francisco call., 1909-01-27

FOUR SCORE WITH
JOCKEY KEOGH
ASTRIDE
Three Winners Owe Victories
70 Superior HOrSeman=
ship of Rider
By J. K. Jefery

% blllhant borsemanship upon the part
ol Jockey Frank Keogh was an out
standing feature of yesterdays racing
an EmeryKille Keogh. whose saddle
showing has been consistently good
since the opening Of the present rae
ing season, outdid himself by plotting
four OF his mounts to victory, thereby
all bat eQualing Joe NOtter's recent
notable feat Of five winners in a day
tNeogh's achievement gives him a lead
ln the struggle for the jockey honors
OF the meeting that has rivals will not
easily overcome. allowing that he con-
unues 10 ride we'll At least three
. OF keogh's victories were clearly due to
). Ills riding ability Bubbling Water, on
which he scored his fourth victory of
tle afternoon. was unquestionably
-nuch the superior OF anything against
nich she was running. but as much
!. an nor be said Of Recon, Deutschland
and Colonel Jack, Keoghs other Win
ming mounts. Ia all three Of these
p instances the boys skill in the saddle
was the deciding factor.
. MAKES TT THREE STRAIGHT
The manner in which MeIera &
: Joseph's eNQuisiteIv bred hlly Bubbling
Water triumphed over a clever field
> of colts of her own age in -Einning the
:. closing race confirmed the golden Opin-
aoitS MnlcN local racegOerS hao already
Formed concerning her. After the race
'1ne experts were more than ever con
Eiuced that the daughter of Colonel
-. N ncei er-Shasta Water has royal
chance Of winning the California Oaks,
p Tor which classic Trainer Al Farrell
is pointing her. The race which Bub-
= nling Water won yesterday was the
Lurd straight victory that has been
placed 10 her credit within 10 days and
bat for bad racing luck which attended
her TWO preceding starts her record
would have been six straight. II may
. safely be said that the California turf
has seen few niles the equal OF Bub-
ollnE "a aler. That she VIII be able 70
negotiate route as well as sprint is
the general conviction. All Of her
races have been won in a manner sug
gestlns that she Is slayer above all
BubbIing Water was one of three
!. laf orltes that Won yesterday She was
o q ways AZ ODDS on, but the Z TO 10 OBJ
'Talnable against her looked like q lib
. eraI price, and the decisiveness with
Nv hieh she scored would have justified
much shorter odds The neglected
--argonaut set fast early pace, but
Bubbling Water, never far away. picked
.lim up at viii and. gallOping away
. from her company in the stretch. won
: by as far as Jockey KeOgh pleased.
Warden was able to take the place from
Argonaut, eight lengths behind the win
mer Tom Hayward. the only contender
that had been played TO beat the favor
: lite, made a sorry showing, for which
b interference encountered at the start
might have been responsible.
PACE STOPS BELLWETHER
Bellwether was generally looked
upon as a good thing in the fourth
race, but Ketchemike carried him at
such fast clip IN the early stages that
lie stopped TO a walk in the stretch and
finished unplaced- At the head Of the
-atch II looked as though Ketchemixe
> Ight win. but Colonel Jack, after ap-
Iearing TO be thoroughly beaten, re-
spOqded To keogA,s urging through the
final quarter and got up 10 win by
good neck and going away at the end
ketchemike failed TO finch in the
grueiliug drive from the paddock TO
HE wire and thereby set aI naught the
reports which had been in circulation
that he was anything but game. Early
Tide finished distant but easy third
Jockey ScOville all but delivered the
goods on the heavily played Penn in
the year old race, losing TO Recon
by only a nose. Fire was the favorite,
lis defeat None Of the others ever
had a ioOkin.
Platoon was helped to victory in the
opener By flying start He led
throughout by several lengths, but
Marion Rose was cutting his lead down
at the end, after having got on none
10 we'll Won Tromp, the favorite, had
the misfortune TO lose his plates while
= running in a forward position.
BELLE KINNEY CUTS
Deutschland beat the gate in the
third. but was outrun by Belle Kinney
10 the stretch turn, then closed stoutly
and outgamed Duke Of Orleans, which
. had come through the deep going along
he rail and taken the lead when Belle
Kinney quit IA the stretch The 40 to
shot Mitre was running over the lead
ers at the finish and got up TO show.
Had the distance been a trifle greater
she would have won.
Confessor was hemmed in along the
rail most Of the way in the fifth, but
obtained clear sailing IN the stretch
Sn sufficient time 10 beat out The Peer.
reaVily played. by a neck. Jockey
Keogh managed to save the show with
the firing Paladini. St. Avon, which the
winner supplanted In favoritism was the
victim Of an iniudicious ride by Jockey
: Gilbert The horse encountered inter
ference going to the first turn and Gil
bert made mp the lost ground in a
sifv. with the result that his mount
furlongs