The San Francisco call., 1910-12-09
PICKING winners
TASK FOR A SEER
Two Odds On Favorifes Dis
hearfened by Their Price
and Fade Away
By JOE MURPHY

Picking winners at Emeryville yes
terday afternoon was difficult matter.
ands those who were inclined to play
favorites were not overburdened with
success, as but two choices came down
to the wire in front. Two odds on
favorites were waylaid, so it is hard
to figure how the players who follow
the choices put anything away for a
rainy afternoon. The successful choices
We're Miss Picnic, which won her
maiden start of the meet, and Servi-
cenee, W. H. TraverS' consistent horse,
which captured the final event of the
day.
The Yellow Tail handicap was the
feature event on the program, and it
brought out high class field Of
sprinters. Coppertown, Jack Paine and
Metropolitan opened at IS. They were
the short priced horses. w. Walkers s
entry, Big Stick, seemed to be the
fancied one, and it was backed down
from 6's to to 2. At post time
Walkers entry was an equal favorite
with Coppertown. Metropolitan went
back to As and Jack Paines price re-
| ceded to 6 to 1.
The winner turned up in Roy Junior,
from the Jones stable. Eight to L was
offered against Roy Junior, notwith-
start in the Crocker selling stake.
Shilling had the mount on Jones
| horse, and he put up his customary
| exhibition of superior horsemanship
and landed Roy Junior winner by a
| length and half. Arasee ran a par
| ticularly clever race and might have
scored with better luck. He was of
poorly and had poor racing luck
| throughout, but he managed to out
game Big Stick In the stretch and take
| the place by half a length. Metro
| politan seems to have gone sour, as he
| ran dull race.
| After Tay Pay was scratched in the
| opening event for two year olds, Eddie
Dale looked a good thing and the
| Waterhouse entry was held at prohibit
| tive odds in the ring. One to two was
| the price against the youngster al
| though he had not won a race at the
meet. The winner turned up in Hen
| derson and Hogan's much improved
youngster. Red Klaw, which galloped
all the way, winning by nearly three
| lengths from the favorite. Americus
was third.
! Miss Picnic and Sonia opened equal
choices in the second event at a mile,
but the play was directed to Schreiber's
| fily as she looked the class of the
| field, though she had not shown any
form this season. Sonia receded in the
betting, closing at IA to 0. 1t was no
effort for the favorite as Gargan sent
her TO the front and she retained the
lead throughout, passing the wire
more than two lengths in front of
Dahlgren. Sonia, after a rough jour
ney, closed well and was beaten a nose
for the place.
Marburg is proving to be pretty
shifty horse over a distance of ground
He took the measure of some clever
racers in the third event at mile
Meltondale was a we'll played 6 to 5
choice, but he ran another poor race.
The Meltonian colt has evidently
trained off or the going is not to his
liking as he showed no speed whatever
Marburg lay in behind Colonel Jack to
the stretch and then beat him home by
neck with something in reserve.
Keep Moving was made to 10
choice in the fourth, but finished a poor
third The odds were ridiculous con-
sidering the performances of the favor
ite, as he had not done anything to
Justify the quotations. Treasure Seeker
romped home five lengths in front of
Nebulosus and the fayorite was third.
Servicence captured the final event of
the day at six fuflongs from Emma G..