The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
BEDWELL'S NADZU
TURNS TABLES ON
MILFORD
FayOrife in 21z Mile EVenf Is
Beaten by Waiting Tac-
tics of Jockey
By ,. r. Jefery

Beaehting as much from the manner
ia which the race was run as from
a shift Of II pounds in his favor, Il
O. BedwelIs Nadzu turned the tables
On Davy Johnson's Milford IN the long
distance race OF yesterdays Emeryvfile
card Both Of these horses, as we'll
as First Peep and Orcagna, the other
contenders, are elIgibIes FOR the Thorn
ton stake az four miles Saturday. and
much interest attached 70 the race in
consequence. That the result was not
conclusive was the general opinion Of
those who watched the running closely
The contest was at two and half
miles and Milford was the favorite
on the strength OF his recent triumph
over Nadzu There was q lively play
CA First Peep. but the others receded
in the betting for lack OF support.
Jockey Walsh had waiting orders on
Milford and carried them Out faithfully.
but Trainer Weir had no idea when he
Instructed Walsh 10 wait that the pace
n the race would be Snailllke- It Is
the general idea that had Milford been
waited with IN 'front.' instead OF IN
last place. he would have had no Lrou-
ble - winning. Nadzu was kept within
striking distance of the pace from the
beginning. and experienced no diff
Guilty in staling Of Milford's belated
challenge in the stretch. First Peep
cat cut the pace under a choking pull,
bur nattened out as II short when il
came down 10 the final drive and was
able 70 finish third only because Or
cagua was sharply cut OF in the final
sixteenth by Milford. which showed 4
0-sposlLlon 20 bear 10 the rail through
out the entire running. Nadzu was
TIE extreme outsider in the betting
Rsconreur started the public on
right foot first by winning as faVOrite
ln the opener II was fortunate for
lis hackers that ne was cons siders bly,
the best, Tor 0ckey ScoTille. who was
making his temperance after q week
Suspension. failed 70 get him away 10
euTaErage and. after making up
ground got pocketed in the stretch
and IN getting out crashed into Platoon
with such violence that both narrowly
escaped going down Platoon finished
-ourth- but Jockey Borel made no at
tempt TO claim foul 10 the relief OF
sle faVorite's hackers
Julia Powell was the only other win
llnE faTorite. she carried waiter
Jennings c0lOrs 10 victory in the third
Early Tide which finished second.
might have won with better racing
luck There were several commissions
Tor the winner from Arcadia, where
she had recently raced
kirschbaums whirlwind finish land
Cd lis employers Sixteen winner Of
L1e year old event Jockey BOrel put
up weak effort on Warfare. the IA
Vorite. which barely succeeded IN fin-
lshing in the money.
Joe Rose and Red Leaf figured IN =
hot end drive IN tie fifth, and the for
1ner, well PLAYED al 70 7, won out by
q narrow margin Varieties the luke
warm faVorite. faded away after hav-
ing run pronisinglv the first part
Prince Gal another supposed good
fhiuE from Arcadia failed 10 deliver
the goods in the finally race By only a
neck. Deficient fu early speed. he came
with beLated rush and in q few more
jumps would have oVertaken Fulford.
which had made al the pace. Ruhia
tfranda, one Qf the choices. was badly
interfered- with by the faTorite ia the
stretch drive and was forced 10 pull up
not far from the wire, which cost her a
place az the finish
Several Jockeys manifested = disposi-
ri0n 10 indulge in rough riding tactics
CuFilE the afternoon. and the officials
VIII take prompt measures TO nip the
practice in the bud