The San Francisco call., 1909-02-18
RACING CONDITIONS
IMPROVE WITH
WEATHER
Two FsVorites and a Second
Choice Among the Days Win
'.->~ HerS at EmeryVYIe
By ). r. Jefery

Nowhere was the advent OF hne
weather received with greater salts
faction than at the Emeryville race
p track simultaneously with the i'm
p.rovement in climatic conditions came
an. Improvement in the racing. and
few pleasant days viii give the sport
b. D. new lease of life. While horses at
: liberal odds cut some figure yesterday.
form on the whole was considerably
'better than for some time. Two IA
" Norites and a second choice were
among the winners and most Of the
horses at short odds proved contend
ers in reality as weu as on paper.
olathe. the first OF the juveniles
from Napa stock farm TO show win
ming form this season, beat g clever
neld OF , year olds in the third. with
as good as 80 10 i laid against her.
Her victory was largely the result Of
Jockey Taplin's good judgment in
choosing the best going on the outside
. 70 nnish in. Within striking distance
from the beginning, she breezed by
the leaders IN the final sixteenth. Fire
had. been disputing the early running
with Balronia. the lukewarm favorite,
and outlasted her for second money by
= neck
..-~ Transmute was able TO beat the very
poor lot that she met in the intro
-ductorye sprint. Cheers came from far
back 20 ofer the principal contention
at the end and lasted TO beat the IA
..voTite, John A Mallon, for place by a
neck The latter had the novice rider
ANDERSON Up and probably would have
: W.on with more experienced pilot.
,, EASY FOR SILVER STOCKING
-lrF~ toz
take the lead soon after the start Of
the second. and thereafter galloped
several lengths in front Of her field to
. 81 easy victory Grace @ ran much
better for Jockey Butler than for other
. boys who have been making poor
sRowings with her. and came from
4 Q 10 / shot Billy Bowlegs, whose i'm
pFoVement was sudden and entirely
on but quit as IN her recent races,
sfter showing speed, and. finished far
: Pan de Orc was played heavily in the
10 urth- He went to the post noticeably
> sore. however, and barely succeeded IN
beating hOgo for second money, while
!. .Orcagna, which he had beaten many
lengths upon the two previous occa-
b. sions that they had met, found 1t easy
: 70. take the lead early and win by him
long SHOT CAUSES STIR
- The $50 10 / shot Romanon created a
d. -s-LAE4 cL4L Dg llA1AAllE the pace III l4l6
=. 6fth almost 10 the end. The Peer and
Joe Rose, the choices OF the race, dis
.puued the running with the long shot
and the issue remained in doubt until
the. final sixteenth when the heavily
played Be Thankful gallOped over the
.ttring leaders. thanks 10 Jockey
q keOgh's wisdom in picking the best GO
ing. in the finaf drive. The Peer out
gained the others, and the long shot
dropped into the show Joe Roses fail
lTe TO finish in the meney was due to
= 3 combination Of circumstances. He
got the worst Of the start and Jockey
:, Ross used Rim excessively in the early
part in making up the ground. which
his lack OF luck at the barrier entailed.
? AFTER having been forced 10 run
. Through the worst going throughout he
> was bumped and interfered with in the
-sstretch, and il was not at all surpris-
..1nE shat he failed to survive this ad-
:-:ierse luck.
y Pat DUNES Severus ran TO his good
=: - stern form in the final event. and ex-
p: :perteaced no difficulty in winning from
the ordinary lot OF platers that were
-aTTayed against him. He took the lead
on. the turn and won by himself. while
sStandover. unlucky at the start, as cas-
.lfT. beat the balance