The San Francisco call., 1909-03-13
Additional News Of Sports Events
TALENT PICKS HALF
OF EMERYVILLE
WINNERS
Three FaVOrftes Score and One
or Two Misguided PIungeS
90 UnreWarded
By J. e. gefery

Form is once more beginning to
count Tor something at Emeryville.
As on the preceding day, half OF yes
terdav's card was accounted for by
favorites and but for the poor racing
luck that DESTROYS encountered IN the
closing race the showing Of the public
choices would have been better than
sn many q day Mozart. Livonia and
Arssee had previously scored as favor
ites and DESTROYS could not have lost
had she succeeded IN getting away
from the barrier on anything like even
terms with T. Neugent. the winner
on which a plunge developed which
forced his odds down to from an
opening OF Is. T. Neugent was Jockey
Ssndy's first winning mount since his
recent reinstatement and the boy
showed his old time skill in handling
the horse. Seemingly hopelessly out
OF the contest Just after the barrier
went. DESTROYS ran a sensationally
clever race, and making Up an incredi-
be amount OF ground succeeded in
finishing second.
Starter Dpvyer had all sorts Of trou-
bic at the post. Grace c developed
. mania for kicking everything within
range and landed viciouSly on Col
lector Jessup. Strike Out was pos
sessed OF a desire TO start prematurely y
and ran away twice before the send or
came. SesFell cut up his usual didoes
and others OF the contestants helped 10
sorely try the starters patience. When
the break came Grace @ was left even
more bOpelesSly than the favorfte and
SeWells after taking a jump or two,
decided that he did not want TO run
atter ali and promptly bolted, as he
nad IN several OF his previous starts.
Two WINNERS FOR EMERY
would have had the honor OF saddling
tnree winners, Arasee and Cowen hav-
ing won the two preceding events IN
the colors OF Samuel Emery. Arasee
was at ODDS on and only had 10 gallop
70 NanQuish the good field with which
le was running. Cowen went 10 the
post at y 10 I and barely succeeded
- winning from Fulford. Charlie
1ooWman and bis friends had made a
pig plunge on Hoyle, the favorite. and
Were az a loss 10 account for the dull
race which that horse ran.
AZ hoenigsberg and his connections
were lucky 20 cash on Mozart in the
opener. DeViser with which jockey
apLln made a belated move. was wea r
ING down the winner at an alarming
rate ana tailec to get up by only a
head. IN another stride Deviser would
nave won F. A Eorsythe's Kenmure
played for q supposed good thing. blew
up alleE showing speed and finished
Jockey Walsh rode a better Judged
race on captain kennedy. winner of
tne second. than any OF the bows
against whom he was pitted. In fact
Walshis handling Of the horse was a
revelation 10 local racegoers, and has
given rise 10 the Impression that the
poy benefited greatly by his recent
trip 20 Arcadia Bauposal would have
Won the race had Jockey Butler made
ms move trifie earlier She was
making I'D ground rapidly and was
peaten only head, with Keep Moving
the taTorite. only another head away.
LINONIA SMART FILLY
Livonia showed herself to be even
+ smarter nliy than her previous races
tnolcaIeo BY the manner IN which she
@LtpLnpnea ~ the year old event. She
LalieG 10 get away in the first fight
but speedily moved up into a contend
ing position and galioped over the
4eaders IN the stretch. The idea is
gaming ground that Livonia is not far
behind Sylvia Dunbar, the acknoWl-
eageo queen OF the ? year old hIIies, in
". B, Jennings and his friends would
nave given the ring a ScorchinE had
Follle Levy been able 10 win the juve-
nile race. Their commissions were
scattered over the ring Just at post
time. and the 10 to / obtainab bic in the
earlier stages quickly disappeared.
Judge Hopper and his associates
were not overly pleased with the sud
den Improvement shown by +. Neugent
ceincident with the heavy backing that
the horse received. and the race Will
be ofhcially probed into today