The San Francisco call., 1909-01-07
LORD ROSSINGTON IS
ONE GOOD THING
PUT THROUGH
Unsuccessful PIunges Are Made
on WOOItOn, High Gun, Ja-
cObite and Joe Rose
By J. r. Jefery

While one real good thing was put
through at juicy odds at Emeryviile
yesterday several projected killings
turned out dismal failures.
II. G. BeGwelTs Lord Rossington,
whose previous performances had been
so ordinary that The bookies laid y to
] against his chances, was able TO de-
liver the goods by narrow margin
after having been backed down to 3.
The plunges that left those involved
with nothing but pieces Of valueless
pasteboard to show for their conjecture
were Woolton. High Gun. Jacobite and
JOe Rose Ala four ran far below the
eSDecrarfons OF the smart set that
hacked them almost on the boaras'
neither Of the quartet finishing in the
money.
SHOWS FORM REVERSAL
An exasperating form reversal at
tended the running Of the third race
in which Gambrinus scored an easy
victory after his ODDS had SCARED 10
D from an opening quotation OF 8. Inc
previous time out Gambrlnus had nm
iSh6d among the also rams IN similar
r0fnDsnv as faNOrite with Jockey Not
Ter up. IT was noted AT the time that
the horse ran in bandages yesterday
lie wore no bandages and, with Jockey
Miller M breeZed IN front OF ms nelo
an the way. Paladini, which had dis
taaced him at all stages in his previous
essay was forced TO play second ndole
10 him yesterday.
Ii was in this race that the III advised
plunge on High Gun took place In
spite of the horses reputation as
nonmudder the ring was hooded with
big commissions that forced Hlgh Gun $
odds down TO from an opening OF
no. in fact. High Gun went 10 the
post faVoriUe. Jockey w. Mcintyre
worked like Trojan TO make the morse
- fr,,a g
Warning. hacked TO from 20, took
third money in the race.
PLUNGE on JACOBTTE
Reports that JacObite had worked
sensationally fast at Tanforan Tor the
race accounted for the plunge thai
caused Ellison.s sprinter 70 supplaht !
II williams Bellwether as faVorlte IN
the fourth event. Ellison himself par
tfcipated in she onslaught on the book
les sending commission OF S5oO INTO
the ring From the time that the paL
rier went up the issue was not IN douDl
BeIlwether Immediately jumped into the
lead and breeZing to his Held IRON
start 20 finish won by as far as Jockey
Miller pleased. Grace q and Amella
both showing Improvement over theiI
recent essays, made a head finish OF u
for place honOrs, and Jacobite was
beaten of. He had been IN forward
contention to the last turn, oniy &c
fade away in the stretch
WINS JUVENILE EVENT
o. A BlanchTs good colt Gilbert Rose
repeated his New Years day trump
in the juvenile event He got 10 tn'
front early and won just as i'm
pressivelv as on the occasion Of hii
first start. Johnny Millin's hlly Goo'
ship came gamely from behind In IN
stretch TO beat the balance OF tn
youngsters. many Of which were start
iu,g for the first time. Grahame, hal
brother 10 Montgomery, was torwar'
contender all the way and finished
creditable third in /. A. torsythe
Cofors WooltOn. on which Colonel Ap
plegate and his connections attempte
4 killing, failed to make the showing
expected
Belle kinney got off flying and wa
never headed in the first. Woolma- Gu
or al the turn. went stoutly through
fae stretch and 0utgamed Saraclnesci
for the place by a neck Saraclnesc'
saved the show from the fast comini
Duke OF Orleans by only the sam
margin Lady carol, the favorite, mad
p very disappointing showing, quittini
10 a walk after Jockey Notter had hus
early stages 10 get TO the front Sh
pulled up with one of her legs badl
pashed, as the result OF the springini
of one Of her shoes, which probaol
accounted for her poor performance.
ALMOST SPOILS COUP
BoIoman, the faVorite. came within
2 head OF spelling the coup on Lor
lloSsinEton in the fifth. With bette
luck in the early stages he would hav
turned the trick. While Lord Rossing
ION was sitting out in front Boloma
was making up ground lost by a dis
advantageous break, and in the deep
est going at the end tired from tn
oVereEertion TO which he had been sub
iected After Wrestling the lead froI
Lord Rossington near the paddock
t;romOboi. tOuted as the likely WHINE
by a coterie of smart players. was
-creditable third
It devolved upon Twilight Queer
least fancied OF the pair that made u
he Forsythe entry, to save the favorit
players in the last race. Fanatic, ger
orally regarded as the chief reliance c
tile stable to win the race. quit afte
setting a fast pace well into the stretcl
and Twilight Queen barely lasted [
beat Bubblimg Water head The lat
ter got off ia a tangle and came lik
= shot at the end after having bee
badly outrun TO the stretch. Had tn
distance been a triie greater she woul
have won I'm spite of her poor luck a
The beginning. Ace Of Diamonds at 10
TO 1. enlivened things by closely FOL
lowing Fanatics pace well into tn
stretcn. Joe Rose, the supposed goo