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Oregon Flier Wins Fourth Consecutive Victors Misty's Pride Defeats Andrew B TUESDAY, 14, 6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FEBRUARY 1905. OREGON FLIER WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORS MISTY'S PRIDE DEFEATS ANDREW B. COOK BY A NECK HORSES FINISH GANS PINES TAYLOR MUST IN A FAST-RUN FIVE-FURLONG SCRAMBLE. NECK ANDNECK FOR A FIGHT FACE CHARGES Fustian and Princess Ti- Al Herford Deposits $5000 Famous St. Louis Pitcher tania Run Exciting Dead With Sporting Editor of Is Under the Ban for Sad Sam, the Favorite, Is a Close Third Heat in Free Handicap The Call to Bind Match Alleged Crooked Work BRITT MAGNATES TO TRY I w; AnflvarUtLono SAN FRANCISCO— CALL'S RACING FOBM CHART.' HORSES WHICH INITIAL TIE AT ASCOT PBEFEKS JIMMY OAKLAND Feb. 13. Weather fine. Track fast. FIGURE BEST George WillNot Go Evidence WillBe Presented 7N75. Futurity course; selling; year-olds; value to first, $325. , P. McXear Gives the If Califomian Odds, Big j FIRST RACE— to to Player 1.,. Is Willing Show That Was a IIndex I Horse and Owner. UtSt. 14. %- Ptr. Fin. Jockey. Op. Cl. FRED E. MULHOLLAND Talent a Severe Jolt by Bark Man Andvari (Mrs. K. Knapp) 110 8 1 1 W. Knapp. to 7867 5 ... 2 2 1%1 % 8 20 First race—Georgre A. Knight, Isa- Landing Take on Any Lightweight Willing Throw Game 78M (Alone (Summers & Co.) 105; 3 ... 51553 61 2% Minder ... 3 5 at a Long Price Surprise. "Si* Grenore (J. Davis) '.<:<; 1lUI2%1 I(j32 Wright 16 25 beau, L/ady Catherine. ; 7864 jLjlyfolding (J. T. Collins). 100 4 ... 2h3n4n4n |Alvarado ... 10 13 — (Lagoria Co.). ... .. Second race^ Bob Ragon, Calculate, up plainly In NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-*-For 7625 Prinoess Zula &. 105 2 ... 4?i42 31 5% Bonner .... 3 16-6 LOS ANGELES, Feb. Free Joe Gans has loomed (7fvJ3) Millers Daughter (Charles).. 100 0 ... 81 84 7 2 6 3 J. Jones...] 8 18-5 MogTegor. J3.^The more. He first time in many years a bt FRED E. MULHOLLAND Mabel (G. Strobel) ' 8 16 handicap at Ascot to-day the pugilistic horizon once { 7564 Bates 105 7 ... 72 ftnfll 7h H. Michels. Third Water, Pick- resulted in a Britt, player ia to be placed on trial ell 7864 Harvester II(M. J. Daly) 102 1 64 73 81 8% \V. Daly... 3 7-2 race— Silent dead heat, pines for a match with Jimmy Misty's Pride, the Oregon flier, made 7700 J. South (De la Montanya) 95] 8 ... 60 100 the first ever run at the on ..[ ... 9 0 8 9 Barrett ... away, Agnes Mack. track, Battling Nelson or any one else who is with irregularity the A v hc-r consecutive trip down to the between Fustian and Princess of of th fourth ITlni"-:24, :48, 1:11. At post hi minute* Off at 2:09';. Andvari. place, 8; show. 4. Fourth race— Honiton, Mi»ty*»Prtd©, Tltania. Borghesi willingto take a chance. Last night The board directors v.lre in front at Oakland yesterday. Alone, place, 2; ihnw, 4-. Grenore, show, 5. Winner, b. c. by St. Aodrew-L'Ama- was third. The six I tional League will meet for th r — Rector. furlongs was Al Herford, the black demons man- t=am Jones* statuesque mare picked up zone. Trained by J. D. Stevens. Scratched San Jose, Can't Tell, Fay Templeton, Sac- — run in 1:1314. The finish poae to-morrow in city, wh charate. Herthus. Start good. Won ridden driving. Winner bid up Fifth Cinnabar, Theodora I* ager, posted a forfeit of JSOOO with the this pounds in five-furlong purse out. Balance race^ between Fustian and Titanla was an 112 the from $400 to $700 by J. A. Hooper and sold. Ar.dvari beet ridden. Alone can beat him. sporting of The Caii to bind a. investigation will be mad* afl event, drive • Grenor<» tired near the paddock. Princess Zula do better this. Miller's Channel. exciting one. the horses running the editor and In an exciting: defeat- should than — man who wants to charges against Pitcher Jack X Daughter speed. Run, any ed Andrew B. Cook a neck In 1:0014- no Harvester was sore and tried to run out on the turns. Sixth race Erne, Haven last sixteenth stride for stride. It was match with of the St. Louis Club in conn day favorites, Cigar- fight him. a game played at Had Sam. the favorite, ran third, beat- 787«. EECOXD selling; to first, Anvil. another bad for out with Pitisbu RACE—Six furlongs: four-year-olds and up; value- $823. lighter Herford explains how he came July 80 last. en than a length. Frarlk Otis,' the being the only one to finish first. purpose of less Index! Horse and Wt St. Str. Jockey. Cl. here with Gans for the In 1877 four players of the a foul Owner. Vt. V». %. Fin. Op. He covered the mile in George a ago — Lout*. lidor of Cook; lodged claim of 1:39%. meeting Jimmy Gardner month tJIm Clvb Devlin. H til. Crsva ;;Kainpt Jakte Jones the winner's pilot, f7N.-n):<-ousin Chrrte a (Gaylord)... 100 5 J n 1 8 18 Graham 6-2 8 HONITON IN THE P. McNear, at 20 to 1, upset all calcula- and that the match did not come — 1 ... 1%1 ... Nicheli were tried on v (J. charffi iviiich was not ailo-wed. Jum s= cut In 77W JHulford, 4 ScbneklOth).... 106 11 ... ft %4% 4 8 2n Alarie "6 7 tions In the first race, winning from through owing to several differences. in the int^r- <7Si>s) throwing games | toward the rail on stretch turn, I Adirondack, 5 (if. Shannon).. 107 1 ... 5 I'i3n 5 1 314 Travers ... 8 10 West Brookfleld and Confessor, lat- time, adds, he has the I 7543 War Times, 4 (Mrs. Greheim) 4 h Mlchels, the Since that Herford tain poolroom gamblers who when more a length in the load, ; 102 3 ... 3 I^s 2 2 n H. 15 18 HANDICAP. ter a red-hot The a been waiting watching for an op- ' than 77:14 str. Towers, 6 (Stockton St.) 105 8 ... 7 h 7 l'/.6 i,5 n Minder .... 8 7 favorite. five and and ated in Brooklyn. Hoboken an and mount ! Flaunt, (T. furlongs champion but later Jet Otis his 76<W a H. Ryan) 107 0 ... ShSn7%6%C. Miller... 15 25 half was run in l:07i 2. Weath- portunity to match his cago. Telegrams were inter' Wayne, 5 through. At the paddock Cook had 7MOJFort (A. Ross). 110 i... 2 1142 1 8 1 7 % League 10 20 • er fine, track fast. Summary: against some worthy boxer, but his ef- the players found guilty (Mr*. .. ... at 7555 iCloche d'Or. 5 Coffey) .105 12 ... 12 nil 1 8 n 8 |Fitzpatrlck 8 12 The feature event of the card Oak- — were ar drawn up on even terms with Misty's % ' First race, flva half furlongs G«org« forts have been unsuccessful. pelled I'rfdc, <7547)!T0t0 Gratiot. 5 (Mltnmh Stb.) 110 13 18 13 10 9 2 Tullett 20 30 land to-day Futurity course McNear, and a for lite from the and as -In- then outstayed the 7tiST> IMarelio, 6 .T\". Freters) ... ... is the P. 102 (Dugan), 20 to 1, won: West Herford is willing to pit his man 106J 7 ... 10 2121 11 10 % Bell 15 30 handicap, 1, League. They afterward made l>»y horse, itlooked as if she was best. 7r.si 'Oscar Tolle, (Klundr & Co.) 1101 105 10 11 V.lO i.,12 11 Bonner 20 30 in which Honiton will be a Brookfleld 107 (Lynch), 12 to second; Con- against any at pounds at , a ... .... fessor, 102 (Millar), 4 to 6, Tin*, of them 133 attempts to be reinstated, but winner was clicrice in the 7«2-J Sub. Queen, 5 (Winter & Co.) 10.% 6 4 h « n 0 1412 J. Jones... 8 9 starter. are all very third. ringside. is The second 1 ... The "different fields Sincerity Belle, Oiu Way and Sir 6 o'clock or 134 pounds He petitions rpfu?p<l "ST.n Instrument, 4 (Balrd & C0.).. \107 !2 6n 9 UIS "18 |Blake 8 7 evenly ' 1:07^. were_ and th* betting. ... balanced. Brlllar also ran. also willing to let the $5000 forfeit go men never again played pro An attractive card .and splendid Tlnr-- :49. post Carrie, 7-8; First race— Three and a half furlongs, maid- Second race, four furlong*—Expressing, 105 as a side bet, as a whole or to be sub- :24U. 1:14 At 1 minute. Off at 2:85. place, show, 4-5. en two-year-olds, purse. (Kelly), 2, won; nail in organized clubs. Even weather brought out a large crowd, Hulford, place. 5-2: show, 8-5. Adirondack, sbow, 2. "Winner, eh. m. by Midlothian- — 0 to Sliver W*ddin&, 115 wishea. Fred Bent (Scharets) ._.. «.110 (Booket-), second; divided as the other fellow professional and amateur team-< and the twenty-five bookmakers had Sister Mary. Trained by G. Bureer. Scratched— My Surprise, Revolt. Start good. Won .... 3 to 1. Ila, 97 (Mcßride). 3 Nothing is said about a referee in the cleverly. Balance driving. Winner had speed to burn. Hulford came from far back. Efllvado-Mi« Alice. — to 1. third. Time, :48H. Slrz, Daisy Brouck. fused to play teams that had no time for loafing. choices were Ancient Witch (Miller) ~.107 sweeping challenge, it Is likely Three Adirondack ran an excellent race. Too speedy Times. plenty .... ... Ralncloud. That's What, Bunttre, Silver Bu«, but men an na successful, the long players for War Flaunt had of Soroerer-Eva Dinsmore......
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