The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
MRS. CAESAR YOUNG
NEARLY WINS
FORTUNE
Her FHIy, Heavily Played, Lands
FirSt, but Judges Deprive
Her of Victory
By ,. r. Jefery

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Fate played an unkind prank at the
Emeryville racetrack yesterday upon
the widow Of Caesar Young. who, since
the tragic death Of her husband sew
eral years ago has been quietly spend
ing her time in California Fondness
Tor the thoroughbred induced Mrs.
Young 10 continue the racing enterprise
in which the deceased book maker
plunger was associated with John D.
Millin, and. in consequence, she has been
& constant attendant at the Emeryville
races. whore the horses in which she
IS interested have been running.
Mrs. Young stood TO win a small
fortune from the book makers yester-
Gay on English Mall, year old from
her stable, which finished first only
70 be disqualified for fouling several
other contenoers in the race. It was
Mrs. Houng's commission that played
the most important part in the ham
.herlng OF the hlly's odds from so 10
4 down % half that figure. Mrs. XoUng's
CON mission was placed by one Of the
ofncial grsndstand messengers and the
book makers eagerly took the money
lor the reason that English Nail had
never shown anything in any OF her
nalL g dozen starts TO warrant the be-
llet that she would be able to win.
II ne disqualification made a difference
ot many thousands OF dollars TO Mrs
Il
FRANCISCO businessman. equally hard.
y was reported that Steil stood to win
Ss'eVo On the horse. large number
who had reason for believing that the
My would win. were among those
Nuose chagrin was marked when the
cisquatihcalon took place.
FoULING Is FLAGRANP
The disqualification was the second
OF the present season and the fouling
vas so negrant that the Offending
horse was placed last, il appearing to
me Judges that the hlly had seriously
lulertered with ali three Of the con-
tenders that finished directly behind
1er- The race was awarded TO Judge
Quinn. the favorite, while the remain
1Is cnolces, Warfare and Sainotta. were
placed second and third, respectively.
mere was some disposition to criticise
Lhe Judges Tor refusing to award Eng
tlsh Mail any part of the money. but
it came from those who held place and
show tickets on the offending fIIv. and
me general opinion Of dfsinterested
tlrImen was that the action OF the
omcials was just
lhe fouling took place in the
SIretch, right under the eyes OF the
GIG crowd in the grandstand The
Iour horses concerned had the race
70 themselves at ali stages and came
into the stretch on virtually even
terms. opposite the paddock English
Aail bumped and knocked out Of for
ward contention Warfare and Sainot-
Ia Judge Quinn was coming through
along The rail and English Mail. after
putting the first named pair out Of
rae running, sWerVed down against
the IaVOrite and hemmed him in so
effectively that Jockey Scovflle was
nnally forced TO pull up 70 avoid being
put over the fence. When the pair
flashed BY the Judges English Nail
was a neck IN front Jockey Scoville
lost no time in claiming a foul and
The judges promptly allowed the pro-
test Jockey Butler. who was riding
the disqualified horse was not discip-
lined. Tor the reason that Trainer Nil
lin Informed the Judges that his filIy
was suuerlng from g bad mouth and
tAat her swervine, which made all the
trouble, was undoubtedly due to that
cause.
Considering the streaky going that
observed all afternoon. Favorites and
second choices equally divided the
card The greatest disappointment
was the poor showing made BY Dainty
Belle as fsvorite Of the fourth race.
STEEL SCORES FOR WALKER
William walker, whose sstable re-
Gently arrived from Arcadia, succeeded
In winning at the first try. Steel
ism. turned the trick for the Canadian
turfman IN the fifth. but had a mighty
close call in consequence of Jockey
Clarks indiscretfon in taking his
mount TO the rail IN the stretch. where
the going was deepest Toll Box was
IN the good going on the outside and
ADAlu nave won OUT lOE Trying TO run
out near the paddock. Had the dis
tance been only a trile greater Toll
Box would have won. anyway as he
seemed 10 be going two feet TO the
backed Platoon, of poorly. finished q
close Up third.
II required all OF Jockey KeoEn's
skin 60 land Plausible winner IN the
opener. a nose IN advance Of Constan-
tia. against which the unwarrantably
lone odds Of y TO I had been laid
N better, Constantia would have won
by herself Agnola barely outlasted
the unlucky and heavily played Flying
Dance for third
Dsrgin ran a sensational race in
winning the third of absolutely last
and trailing the first part. he moved
Up fast on the turn and finishing with
3 tremendous burst of speed OutEamed
the 25 70 l shot. BAIL. BY neck. in
lowed Evelyn ks pace closely tho
first part. ST. Avon. which had been
played into favorltism over the win
ner. probably would have finished first
Instead Of third, but for having stura-
bled 70 his knees right after the start
which cost him the loss Of manF
Eths-
EASY FOR DoLLIE
DoIIie Dollars got TO the front early
Ii the fourth and thereafter galloped
TO an easy victory. Dainty Belle, the
faVorite was always the runner up.
hut was nosed out OF the place in the
Matte Mack. Mabel Hollander and
Blanche G were forward cOntenders to
the stretch turn, only 10 tire badly
and finish far back.
Yakima Belle beat the gate in the
final race. but Decomnets, with which
Jockey keogh waited In behind the
pace. wore her down in the stretch
and won easily enough after brief
brush David Warfeld beat the others
of Il was q race for naidens.
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