The San Francisco call., 1910-11-24
METROPOLITAN A
CLASSY SPRINTER
Gains Horse Leads Fast Field
to the Wire i'm Close to
Record Time
By JOE MURPHY

Metropolitan proved that he is a
sprinter of some class yesterday by
beating smart field In the fourth race
at f1ev furlongs and accomplishing the
trick in but second behind the worlds s
and track record time of 1885, estab-
lished by Jack Nunnally. w. NJ Gains
sprinter was opposed to such clever
speed burners as Balronia, Edmond
Adams, Thistle Belle, Terms Trick and
Early Tide
On the strength of his numerous vic
tories and recent good performances
the son of Filigrane was made the
choice, his odds being hammered down
from to l to II to 5. Thistle Belle
was off running with Metropolitan in
close pursuit. The two made the pace,
but entering the stretch Balronia came
through on the rail, and II was a three
horse race from there to the finish.
Balronia made up a lot of ground IN
the stretch and looked dangerous. Sell
den called upon the favorite when
ming nicely by a neck with Balronia
less than a length in front of Thistle
Belle.
Madeline Musgrave proved the rich
est morsel of the afternoon and scam
pered home In the mile and 20 yards
affair with odds of Is to l posted
against her. Though she ran a smart
race on the preceding afternoon, the
players did not figure that the daughter
of Ethelbert had any fondness for a
distance. Their dope was wrong, as
Doss entry showed plenty OF ability
to traverse route She came from be-
hind and outgamed Roy Junior in q
whirlwind finish The distance was
covered in 1:40 3-5. Roy Junior, the
o. III
cumbed in the last few jumps. Raleigh,
which f1pished third, also ran well.
Dacia, the favorite, was badly messed
about in the opening event over the
futurity course or she would have won
easily. Turnmire's entry got shuf1ef1d
back right after the start, and Selden
appeared unable to find clear sailing
for his mount until the stretch was
reached. Abella. the winner, held at
Is to / in the ring, was off flying and
opened a gap which the favorite was
unable to overcome The finish was
close, as Dacia finished in whirlwind
style, being but neck short. Louise B
finished in third place.
Captain John, William Cahilrs over
CROWN sprinter. finally came to him
self and annexed the second race over
the futrity course in a romp, The win
ner was to 5 choice and was the
best Combury was squeezed out of 1t
at the start and ran q very game race,
finishing second, two lengths in from
of Gramercy.
For the second time during the week
Special DELIVERY failed as a choice Ths
Denver stables horse ran exactly the
same race which he showed on Monday,
displaying lot of early speed ano
chucking 1t up when the pinch came.
Sake, well played second choice. ran
good race and won. Sir Angus closed
with a great burst OF speed and would
have caught the winner in another
jump. Special Delivery arrived on time
to save third place.
Chantilly was all primed for his first
start of the season and he delivered
with juicy odds being against him.
After Swagerlator had made all the
early running Chantilly came on In the
stretch and won easily by two lengths.
Plume was a close third to Swager-
lator. The fayorite was Biskra, but he
showed nothing.