The San Francisco call., 1910-12-02
ROMAN Wing FLAPS
and BOOkIES VAIL
'TWas 2 BIRD cf Killing of
Ton RyaH's Maiden Across
.+s.* the Drink
By JOE MURPHY

- .ToHl Ryan. who is noted in the turf
v-9rld as man who engineers gigantic
killings on good things, came out of a.
long sIumber. yesterday by dealing the
LAYERS aud poolrooms throughout the
,seIn<rT q blow which: hit their bank
E1iis haTd. while several good things
Have seen plt through since the meet
in2~ofEEed. IT H,meryNiIle. nothing like
the. victory Of Romau Ming.in the third
tace has -hit tie hookies this. year, as
1l9usaRds Of dollars we're bet on the
chances Of the son Of Tie Roman.
However. the coup went partly amiss
and thoseii in back of the deal lost thou
sands by not handling their money
with A. bit more skin. COMMISSIONS
had been sent all over the country TO
oe PLAYED on Rornah wing The geld
ing had never won n race. in fact he
shad meyer showed a semblance Of form
aud.on figures Ryan's performer looked
ikc at least a 20-to y shot in the field.
He had started three times in high
class fields. Twice he finished last and
on. tie otfer occasion he was sixth in
AN eight-horse race. In these starts the
odds against Roman Wing We're 20 to
] and better.
Some. Of the. money which had been
played in the poolroomss yesterday
found its sway back to the. track. and it
WIS through this source that the layers
were made aware chat the melon was
ripe and ready for a cutting Roman
Wing opened. at. 10 TO I. but bfs price
wss forced down TO at post time.
The field was very ordinary one and
aC7wneg RYAN had made no mistakes in
placing his bird. Rosevale was the
choice. b5lt she was hardly ready. as il
was her second start Of the meet. 1t
was also the first time out for Keen
Moving and that performer was far
from being up to a. race Edwin T.
Fryer sulked 10 make things better and
the only eRtries Roman Wing had to
contend with were the . year olds.
ereN and Jescar.
The Eaoe was a procession. Rosevale
was of badly and after Lescar made
the early. pace. Buxton sent Roman
wing along and he won easily by four
lengths from T9sevaEe. Crex was
owner .Ryan did not keep the good
lRg-to hipself, as many of his friends
We're let in and number of them
made Tpce cleanups
II vaaso tough day for those who
FAVOR playing the favorites, as but a
lone choice came down in front
Rlmini going TO the post for the FIRST
time beat out cheap field Of maidens
in the final event of the day in the
HtA anu a laI IuTlOnR scramble.
Charity QuiBns entry Sea Cliff. beat
2 fashionable bunch Of sprinters IN the
4ti5rda event al six furlongs. On his
punberOus victories Metropolitan was
made the choice at to 5. Sea CliN
wassthe next in demand. After lead
ing TO the paddock the favorite gave
it Up and Sea Cliff won in drive from
JacE Paine. which finished in whirl-
wind fashion and would have won in
anOthero5um Metropolitan was third.
Thistle Belle showed good speed and
eTas UP. IN the race. but her chances
were ruined when She was cut of bv
Likely Dieudonne.
In the opening event Of the day Ada
Meade downed Captain John in a fierce
stretch run The victory was prac-
ticaIly won in the last jump Evran.
after running prominently to the
stretch. gave it up and finished third.
The winner was well played at TO /.
Doncaster won the year old event
througho a superior ride by Garner.
who JUST landed his pAount a winner
by nose from St. Heller. Ossabar,
the favorffe, was but head back.
MarbuEg. after failing ia several
sprints, was dropped into the distance
event at a mile and 20 yards and made
good for his hackers. The winner lead
practically All, the way and stood OF
NebulosUs determined bid in the last