. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 8 <®ljc gvee&VTe anif gtjwrtsromt. [January 6,1S94 CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES. [Continued from Page 3-1. THIBD DAYâWEDNESDAY, JANUYARY 2. E SMILED to-day. By " he " we mean the weather clerk. Following the smile came some clear weather, some sun and a raw,countrified sort of breeze. There was an increase in the attendance, but the track was the slowest of the slow. It had reached the mucilagenous stage several hours before racing was be- gun, so that the short six furlongs in 1:193 and five furlongs iu 1:07i was the sort of track found this
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 8 <®ljc gvee&VTe anif gtjwrtsromt. [January 6,1S94 CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACES. [Continued from Page 3-1. THIBD DAYâWEDNESDAY, JANUYARY 2. E SMILED to-day. By " he " we mean the weather clerk. Following the smile came some clear weather, some sun and a raw,countrified sort of breeze. There was an increase in the attendance, but the track was the slowest of the slow. It had reached the mucilagenous stage several hours before racing was be- gun, so that the short six furlongs in 1:193 and five furlongs iu 1:07i was the sort of track found this afternoon. It was a very chilly day for favorites, one only (that one in the first race) getting his nose in front at the finish. No very long shots were successful, however, so that the talent may have seen worse afternoons than tliis for making money. Charley Weber again rode a winner, and other successful jockeys were , \V. Clancy, Peters and Donathan. Braw Scott captured the first race very easily. He raced aloug with Ed Stanley until the latter's condition began to tell, and then came on to the front at will. Paulus, pur- chased only yesterday by "Doc" John Robbins, got the place by a narrow margin in this race. Orrin won the second race by a head after Peters had gone to sleep on Alliance. Silver Plate and Gold Dust raced off in front, and had nothing left to finish on. Alliance looked all over a winner up to the very last two jumps. Orrin, the winner, ran away about five furlongs before this race, along with Bank Note. Realisation showed nis quality to-day when he defeated such cracks as Glee Boy, Pescador and others of note. He came away from Glee Boy at the end with wonderful ease, and is undoubtedly a great mud colt. Monowai ran promi- nently for nearly half a mile, but finished a poor fourth. Ricardo dumped many a friend into the Slough of Despond when he lost the fourth race to Johnny Payne. The latter's victory was an easy one. Claire got the
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