The San Francisco call., 1909-01-06
POOR CARD GIVES
BAD JOLT TO
TALENT
Three Long Shots Score and
Three FaV0rifes Are Out
of the Money
BY J. K. Jefery

Yesterdays racing at Emeryville
was over a track fetlock deep in slush
and the treacherous going probably
, was accountable for the numerous up
sets that marked the decision of
program of mediocre caliber. Patricia
at 20 to 1, Miss Roberts at 80 to
and Billy Meyer at 90 to 1 made up a
trio of long shots that figured in the
list of winners. Bill Eaton and Smiley
Corbett represented the extent of the
ppblic's success in picking the win
ners. Three of the favorites-Coppers.
Colonel White and Priceless Jewel
finished among the also rams.
C0RBETT TAKES FEATURE
Smiley Corbett turned the tables on
/ Booger Red, his erstwhile conquerer,
which he ran five furlongs in the mar
VelouSly good time of 100 2-5. Booger
Red beat the gigantic son of Todding-
ton away from the post and not until
the stretch was reached could the big
/ horse shake off his little antagonist.
The pair had the race to themselves at
all stages and ran at sizzling clip
run in % seconds and the half in As.
which was wonderfully fast consider
ing the state of the going. Booger
1 up at the finish but for having been
/ forced by Jockey Notter's tactics on
the winner into the deepest going,
where the horses work outside the
sticks each morning. 1t was only in
the last stride or two that Collector
Jessup nosed out DESTROYS for show.
MISS ROBERTS HAS CLASS
Miss Roberts victory in the juvenile
race was achieved in q manner which
stamps her as a filly with some claim
to class. She came from behind Eta
Gates, pace maker to the stretch, and
| then gamely stood off Balronia's s clos
a
| her chances on account of her breed
ing obtained 80 to l for their wagers.
! Balronia was lukewarm favorite
and had no excuses, being off well and
a forward contender all the way. He
distanced all but the winner. Vondel
| outlasted Alarmed for the show.
About the poorest field of the season
paraded to the post in the opener. The
winner turned up in Patricia r, Is
! to 1 shot, which beat the % to l
chance Hal a head in a driving finish.
Hal looked all over the winner at the
paddock, where he had a substantial
lead, but Jockey Mentry made the mis-
take of going to the whip at the end
and this probably cost him the race,
| as his mount quit badly under punish
ment. Banridge, taken the overland
route by Jockey Hogg, dropped into
! the show when Wilmore, the pace
maker, fell out of the running. Cop
pers the favorite, was interferred
world of ground in the stretch and
came from last place to finish close
up to the money.
GOOD THING DISAPPOINTS
Tom Reid was touted as a supposed
! good thing in the third, but performed
dismally, and Bill Eaton, the favor
ite, found 1T easy to win. Little Siss
never far behind the fast pace forced
by Serenade, outlasted the latter filly
for place. The winner had disputed
the early running with Serenade and
wrested the lead from her in the
stretch.
Estella & made in her own pace in
| the fifth and looked to be having
| everything her own way until the
heavily backed 40 to 1 shot. Prince
Nap. made an unexpectedly determined
bid in the stretch, to which point he
had been laying along within striking
distance When Scoville made his move
on Prince Nap Jockey Butler resorted
to questionable tactics TO retain his
| advantage by zigzaggfng in front of
the long shot and unquestionably both
cred the horse considerably Jockey
! Scoville claimed a foul against But
! Ter after Estella C had won, but the
judges declined to allow the protest
although they ordered Buffers suspen-
sion for the balance of the week in
| consequence of the incident. Aks-Ar-
Ben, prominent throughout, took the
show Colonel White. which had sup
planted Estella G in favoritism, got off
poorly. figured in jam in the first
turn and then stopped to a walk after
making up lot of ground. Jockey
Sullivan handled the horse very poor
.
unable to ride him TO advantage.
kEOGH'S WINNING RIDE
Jockey Keogh's powerful handling of
Billy Meyer accounted for that horses
victory at 20 TO l in the last event
of the card. Keogh obtained a suffi-
cient lead in the stretch to enable
him to win from the weH played Gene
Russell by q neck. Exchequer, which
had set the pace, lasted to be third.
Jockey Notter used very bad judgment
to say the least, in handling Priceless
Jewel, the even money favorite. The
flly drew an outside position at the
post, but Notter took her to the inside
for the start and this cooked her
chances. as she got the worst of the
break and was cut off and knocked
back on the turn after Notter had rid
den her to the limit to get into for
ward position.