The San Francisco call., 1910-12-27

snd the horses showing on that Occa-
sion viii not add TO the reputation OF
Its owner for running his horses to
form as II was in rank contrast with
Spellbound's showing Of yesterday.
Handicapper Nathanson was a victom
Of shrewd manipulating on the part Of
the handlers Of the winner. as he gave
the horse a light burden, while heap
Of weight was assigned TO Bubbing
Water. which had been running honest
y. On last Wednesday Spellbound was
beaten off 10 lengths by Chester krum
and Arasee at a mile and an eighth and
practically quit at a mile. This put the
handicapper of his guard
Archibald was astride Of the winner
and put up an intelligent ride. How
ever. he had the best horse. Spellbound
was fun Of run and tore away from his
field as soon as Archibald sent him
along. Chester Krum was second. lie
nut up his usual strong finish, but was
not UP TO the task Of beating the WIN
ner.
spellbound opened at 4 to l in the
ring. but the players did not fancy
fbe Albert geiding. the big holiday
crowd centering its play on Chester
Krllu1 owing to his recent good race
the Gilt was given heavy support, and
his opening price was knocked loii
to . down to 10 5 at post time Bub--
bling Water also opened at TO Z, put
she receded in the betting owing 10
her heavy impOst. and she was 10 l
AZ most time. Arasee was fairly Wen
plaved at 8 TO l. while the balance OF
the field ranged from 10 TO 90 TO J.
The race was peculiarly run. FROM
the riding tactics Of Mentry on Bub-
1,1f,g Water Garner on Chester Krum
and Glass on Arasee. these riders ala
not seem TO think that anything else
had a chance in the race and connneo
their attention TO one another w men
II was too late they reallzed that
cne1lbound was also to be considered
Starter Hoffman sent the field OF ID
good order. the start being an excel
lent one. E Martin rushed Endymion II
into the lead as they passed the stand
the first time, and Belfast and spell
bound lay a couple Of lengths BACK.
Going down the backstretch Duryea's
wear old Belfast took the lead for a
short spell. but was quickly passed by
Spellbound, Archibald sending MS
mount along at a good clip. Bubbiing
water. Arasee and Chester Krum were
fourth. fifth and sixth, respectively, and
the bows on these horses seemed 10 be
contempuous Of Spellbound. which was
openfng q big zap in the backstretch
Pritchard's gelding had lead Of
aboub eight lengths turning into the
stretch, and theb oys Of Chester hrum,
Arasee and Bubbling Water realized
now what was happening and went TO
work franricallV on their mounts IN an
endeavor 10 close up the big gap.
Spellbound weakened bit after max
ing the fast pace. but not enough 10
allow his field TO overcome the gap IN
the race down the stretch to the wire.
Chester Krum responded in game
fashion TO urging and he was eating
I'D the ground in the stretch, but II
was plain that Spellbound would win,
as he had a big lead and was running
fairly strong Bubbling Water was
weakening and Arasee had enough.
Krum found the task too big and
Afoyne's colt was two and a half lengths
ia the rear when SpellbOund crossed the
wire The distance was covered in
2-0s 3-5 a new track record for one and
a quarter miles. The former track rec
ord. 2:O5 Is, was made by Logistilla,
carrying 100 pounds. on March 81. 1908.
The former records for the Christmas
handicap were held jointly by Rio
shannon. Proper and Lubin at 2:06.
Speflbound's time IS but -fifths of a
second behind the worlds record time
for that distance. held jointly by
Broomstick and Olambala.
perfect afternoon drew out the
banner crowd of the season. The sun
shone brightly and the mild weather
encouraged the fair sex TO don their
hest and the riot Of colors in the stand
outrivaled the spectrum. Ihe gather-
ing was a strong testimonial to the
no1uIaritv of racing in California
N-It could not be termed a profitable
afternoon for the. big crowd, as but
one favorite found its way home in
front. and that was the consistent per
former Dahlgren, which won the fifth