The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17
'FAVORIT[S PASSED
BY SPEEDY MARE
Rey Hind0O III axes PIuCky Run
for Place, While Napa Nick
Suffers Bad Start
BY E. w. CLARKE


Bad starts and worse racing luck
did not figure against Cloudlight yes
terday, and the faith that Molera &
Joseph, her owners, and Trainer All
Farrell have placed in the mare on
her former starts was finally justified.
and the price was 7 to /. The race
was the feature on the card, the
Pinole handicap, at FIVE furlongs, and
the best of the speed marvels in
training across the bay had accepted
weights. Rey Hindoo and Napa Nick
were equal favorites at 2 to l. Per
luicio receded in the betting from
fours to skies. The wise ones figured
hat Milpitas and Napa Nick would race
leir heads off and let Rey HindoO
ome on and win. The distance was
rifle too short for Rey Hindoo, and
whatever chance Napa Nick had was
spoiled by the man handling he got
from the assistant starter at the post.
The colt was held by the bride until
the barrier shot up and got away next
to last, Balerian, the last one, being
essayed the pace and kept it up nicely
until Cloudlight off third. picked him
up on the turn. Then he quit like the
dog he is. Cloudlight won going away
and Rey Hindoo made his usual stretch
run TO beat Perjuicio for the place.
Sewell was a bangup fourth.
The talent hocked to Vondel for the
opener, but the flly finished in the
ruck. Alder Gulch was given the best
of weird start, and after making all
the pace won by three lengths from
Silk with Zinkand third. Elodia B.
from Schreiber's stable, ran swift race
from behind and was beaten only a
neck for a show.
Biskra favorite for the second. won
by neck from Copperfeld, which made
tremendous rush down the stretch
and might have won in another jump.
Inclement was a head in front of Burn
ing Bush for third and Ybor was Tapped
on them.
Cadichon, backed down from S TO 4.
showed marvellous Improvement in
the mile event. Walsh got him off first
and attended the pace. set by Billy
Myer around the turn. Billy quit early,
and Black Sheep became prominent in
the first flight. Cadichon lasted to
score a three-quarter length victory
from Black Sheep, and Mike Jordan.
the favorite. made fierce run a the
end into third place. Jordan was prob
ably the best, but Denny was unable to
handle him.
Miss Naomi. at to 1, was the real
good one for the fifth. She was Off
eighth. but Coburn sent her along and
picked them up one at a time. and won
by length from the improved Wap.
DR.. Mayer, paddock special at long
odds. was third.
A Futurity course sprint for mares
closed the card. Belle Kinney, at to
1. and May Sutton. at IL to ), were the
though Netting, coming from the rear,
won by half a length from the favorite,
with Belle Kinney third.
In the arguments on the last habeas
corpus case affecting 'racetrack bettin E.
the attorney general admitted that oral
betting was no crime, and that the set
tlement of bets between individuals
was not an offense against the law.
Upon that admission bets at EmeryviIe
are now being settled at the track. 1t
simpliffes the operation for many of
the memory" spectators. The forth
coming written opinion of the supreme
court is awaited with interest 1t in
wolves the legal rights of third per-
son as stake holder
Rod MacMahon of Buffalo and James
Donahue of Chicago, both prominent
layers on the New York tracks, are
numbered among the prospective arriv-
ais across the bay. They have been
here before and have been in corre-
spondence with Betting Expert George
H. Smith. He advised them to come.
A carload of horses got in from Jua-
rez yesterday. ID. ". Adams brought
Coppers, George Williams brought Rus
tieus and Trigg Morse: NJ. Ward
brought Sheen and Bellefiower and a
yearling and A. Morgan brought Ga
brieIle and Ellis Richardson.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT KILLS sABLEs-Nai-
robi. British East Africa, Dec. 16--ker-
nit Roosevelt arrived here. having hagged
three sables. The party is preparing 10