The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
ANOTHER FORMFUL
DAY CRIMPS
BOOKS
Five FavOrifes Win, Including
Swift Sisters, C0fyffO and
Giennadeane
By J. K. Jeffery +,

Two castoffs from the famous racing
establishment of James r. Keene
fought it out stride for stride to an
exciting nose finish in the McGrath
handicap, which did duty as the most
pretentious offering at Emeryville yes
terday in the absence of the customary
Saturday stake feature. S. c. Hildreth's
Restigosche. the year old son of the
dead Commando Dancing Water, was
the victor. and Al Koenigsberg's fleet
fiily Rose Queen, the year old daugh-
ter of Kingston White Rose, was the
vanquished
But for questionable tactics to which
Jockey Burns resorted with Resti-
gouche the outcome of the race prob
ably would have been reversed. Rose
Queen was the victim of early inter-
ference, and when it came down to the
final drive after the tilly had yaiiantly
made UP considerable lost ground, she
was further bothered by the winner.
Jockey Deverich lodged a claim of foul
against Burns, but the judges did not
regard the interference as sufhc1ently
serious to warrant disqualification and
the result was allowed to stand as the
horses had finished Restigouche was
at odds on and his victory climaxed
another exceedingly satisfactory after
Moons sport froR the standpoint of
form. AS on the day before, five favor
ties won and the bookies were hard hit
SISTER FMLIES SCORE
Pat Dunne's Please won the opener
as a well backed third choice, and
thereafter the favorites made clean
sweep. Glennadeane and Cotytto car
ried the colorS of George W. Berry,
lessee of the A. B. Spreckels stable,
to easily achieved victories in the Sec
ond and third races. The two speedy
fillies are full sisters. The fourth went
to Blagg, which was the medium OF
heavy plunging. But for Don En-
rique's failure to get away from the
post to advantage the Blagg plunge
would have gone wrong, for Don En-
rique ran sensational race to finish
a close up second, and would surely
have won with anything like an even
break Pat Dunne's colors were borne
to victory for a second time during the
afternoon when his consistent year
old The Peer took the measure of a
clever band of platers in the fifth.
Starter Holtmans continued poor
form at the barrier was the only ~
in the ointment. Hoffman made bum
gle Of the start in no less than three
races and was greeted by chorus Of
lboos'' when he returned to the stand
after the fourth race, in which Early
Tide, one of the contenders, was left
natfooted at the post. Turret, second
choice of the year old race, was also
left at the barrier. The starts in the
first and fourth races completely
changed the aspect Of affairs and
robbed both races of their form.
BOoGER RED LOSES SPEED
]. II. Brannan's consistent Booger
Red failed to run his usual honest and
dependable race in the handicap fea-
ture won by Restigouche. He had early
foot. but was seemingly unable to carry
his speed to the end as in his former
starts and finished badly beaten of
third. He was ridden by Jockey SEQ
VILE, whose saddle form of late has
left much to be desired. 1t may be
that the horse is training off as a
result of the hard campaign to which
he has been subjected all season.
Restigouche, winner of the race. was
making substantial weight concessions
TO the other contestants. but Sam Hill
dreth may count himself lucky to have
won after having withdrawn King
James, which had been coupled with
Restigorche in the overnight entries.