The San Francisco call., 1909-02-23
HIGH PRIVATE WINS
The DERBY ON
THREE LEGS
FOrSyfhe's Sensational Colt Cap
tureS Rich Prize Despite
Breakdown ia Race
By J. z. Js2ery

Fifteen thousand people saw ". A
Forsythe's sensational 8 year old High
Private win the California Derby OF
1903 in gallant fashion yesterday. The
Emeryville racetrack tnclosure, despite
the recent xtensive additions to its ca
pacity, proved wholly inadequate for
the accOmmodatioh Of the vast throng
that entered it's gates, and a large pro-
portion Of the record breaking crowd
endured much discomfort in order to
participate. 1t was the greatest gather
4tis N the history or racing IN CalitOr-
Ia Ia SAd furnished striking proof OF the
1 local Popularity OF the sport The gran0
stand was given over almost entirely to
J @ slle Lalr sex ana presented a picture Jhat
was exceptionally elective. The big
crowd OVerdOwed to the lawns and PAD
Gock, ana every inch OF vantage ground
neIG us quota OF enthusiastic spectators
Whlle the races We're being run.
I SO TAR as the afternoons results were
concerned the boOlSies had no reason
! Tor Endlng fault. OsOrinc and High Prf-
eSSe' tne latter AZ almost prohibitive
Y qcoS, being the only favorites that sue
ceeded IN winning. fTCrkbOX another
/ or the choices, ran second but the re-
naming three favOrites finished out OF
the money. In this latter class We're
ttoberJa, FL PicardO and Barney Old
Leid. The last named horse encountered
I bad racing luck, but the other two had
no excuses and ran dull races. All OF
the winners came in for substantial
play, DuL the tremendous volume OF the
speculation enabled the layers 10 tran
sact profitable business.
APPRECIATE COLTS GANIENEsS
High PFivate's victory in the Derby
had been discounted in advance, and
probably would have been more i'm
presslvely achieved but for the virtual
breaking down OF the colt during the
running OF the race. When High Pri-
Vare returned to the judges pagoda TO
receive the homage due the winner OF
l n VI ~ az
season II was noted by the observing
that he was perceptibly lame and the
cOTGlallty OF the ovation that followed
atteSted the pUblic's appreciation OF the
ganeness that the colt had shown.
There We're only five starters in the
Dig race, a smaller field than seemed
likely until recently OF the six named
overnight as prospective starters. Fa-
matte and Lawton Virgins were with
drawn, leaving High Private, Joe Mad
den, Tom Hayward and PalO Alto 10
at The eleventh hour Fanatic was
Scra atched because T.. A. FOrsythe felt
confident of winning with High Private.
universally regarded as the more for
midable of his entries. and LaWtOn
/ Virgins failed to put in his expected
appearance from Arcadia. where he had
beaten Joe Madden in a derby pre-
liminary. Dave Lsary. sam Hildreth's
right hand man. and Jockey Eddie Du-
gan, the Hildreth stable rider. accom-
panied Joe Madden from the southern
track
High Private was held at to 3 in
the betting and was accorded sur
prisingly extensive support considering
the odds were so short. Joe Madden
was likewise well hacked as the sec
ond choice at odds of about to /. Sew
eTal substantial commissions from Ar
cadta served TO reduce the price as
the betting progressed Tom Hay
wards odds drifted from 10 back TO 20.
and Madman's from 10 to so. but PalO
Altos remained stationary at 40
PERFECT START MADE
1t took Starter Dwyer only about
three minutes to get the field of TO a
proceeded TO force a fast pace. as had
been anticipated. Jockey Lee kept
High Private close up to the flying pace
maker from the beginning, however,
and wreSted the lead from Jones colt
before SIX furlOngS had been rrdVerSed.
All the while Joe Madden had been
laying along directly behind the pace
and when Madm0n began to weaken
the HilGreth colt became the runnerup.
Entering the stretch High Private In
creased his lead materially. but TO the
momentary CONSERVATION Of his well
wishers suddenly swerved when OppO->
site the paddock and bOlted from the :
rail TO the center of the track.
Jockey DuEan, quick to take advan-
taSe of the favOrite'S loss OF several
to win the race and for just moment
the outcome remained in doubt. DuSan
pulled his whip and SlaShed savagely dr
Joe Madden's fianks. The colt respond
to High Private. from the standpoint
OF the latter's hackers. But Lee had
by this time got the favorite Wei in
hand again and the son OF OddfellOW-
Commena, handicapped though he must
have been by the trouble that caused
him to pull up lame. her0ically respond
ed to Lees urging and won, going away
from his rival with several open
lengths between the two.
Tom Hayward. which had trailed for
mile. moved up in the stretch into
creditable and fast finishing third.
Madman was thoroughly done at a mile
and the remaining contender, PalO
Alto cut no important figure IN the
contest.
FITZHERBERT IS MISSED
The. absence of s. c. HiIdreth's Fitz-
herbert from the race was its one re-
grettable feature. 1t is generally con-
ceded that Fitzherbert is the only
year old in training in California ca
pable of coping successfully with High
Private and Hildreths inability to get
him in shape for the race robbed the
derby Of much of its interest. High
Private's share of the purse was $3.50.
and the second and third horses re-
ceived 81, 600 and $500 respectively.
The winning OF the derby clinches
f \ Forsythe's lead in the winning
owners list and puts High Private at
the head Of the winning horses for the
Er0eryville meeting fOrSythe'S purse
winnings now exceed $4,000 since the
High Private has contributed S11,390.
The Lissak and Palace Hotel handicaps
had been High Private's notable sue
cesses uD to yesterday.
Aside from the stake feature. Bub-
bling Waters return 70 winning form
in the third race aroused the greatest
interest. This clever fIly's victory puts
her in line as the probable winner Of
the California Oaks the coming Satur-
day.
The clubhouse gathering was in
keeping with the Importance of the
occasion. among those noticed in that
part Of the inclOsure being the fol-
lowing.
Gel and Mrs. D. u. Mr- and Mrs. Charles
Burns Ford
slr. and Mrs. Charles. T. Pierce
". Clark IU- So Porter
Richard Tobin Mrs W Z. Dargie
George Lewis Sir. and Mrs. George
r. Cary Eriedlander Gale
Miss May O'ConnOr ilr. and Mrs. E. r
Miss Bessie Donnelly Danferth
Horace Platt Air. and Mrs Al Baum
DE-. Jcha nuen Daniel Hanlon
Waiter OsCcn10r Ernest Kennedy
Miss Ethel Mcnamara Walter Stopf0rd
ar. and Mrs George Harry Jerome
starr Mr.. and Mrs. Christie
Mr. and Mrs. G. Larsen Mrs John Cimmer
Mr.. and Mrs Clareneei Mrs Fleming
Edwords Mrs. +. II. Price
Roy Siebert Miss June Price
Alexander Hamilton Major Charles Kraut-
Harry C0sgrif hoG
Mrs. Bessie Bennion Alexander Fogelsang
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