Show STEEPLECHASE RACE High Jumps Over the New Course at Oakland San Francisco Dec 4The 7000 patrons of the Ingleside track today witnessed a spectacle that was not specified on the programme The new crosscountry steeplechase course recently re-cently constructed at an expense of over 10000 was used for the first time today a field of seven horses contesting contest-ing for a purse which was the fourth event on the card The jumps were considerably higher than those heretofore here-tofore usedby the coast tracks and inconsequence in-consequence the race dwindled down to but two horses when the finishing pole had been passed Our Climate the favorite was the first to come to grief at the very outset two others fell at the second jump one at the third and to cap the climax Reno refused the fourth Jump Sllverado and Mestor the two s urv1vdrefoughit out at the finish the former winning by a length Reno was subsequently galloped over the course for third honors Fortunately Fortunate-ly none of the riders were seriously injured but it is thought one or two were badly bruised The Rancho del Paso stakes worth 1500 to the winner at a mile and threequarters had but three starters Senator Bland Imp Tripping and Judge Denny the first named being an oddson favorite Judge Denny the extreme outsider furnished the biggest surprise of the season by winning pulled up a dozen lengths in front of the field Senator Bland carrying a heavy impost was most injudiciously ridden by Holmes who took his mount in front making the first six furlongs in 115 flat and the mile in 142 The weather was fine and the track good SUMMARIES First Race Seven Furlongs Selling George Lee won Bonnie lone second Watomba third Time 130 Second Race One Mile Imp Trance won Parthamax second Horatio third Time 142 I Third Race Six Furlongs Selling Lost Girl won Zamar II second George Pose third Time114 Fourth Race Handicap Steeplechase Short CourseSilverado won Mestor second Reno third Time4291f Fifth Race Threeyearolds and Upwards Up-wards Mile and Threequarters Rancho del Paso Stakes 1500 Judge Denny won Imp Tripping second Senator Bland third Time 504 ½ Sixth Race Seven Furlongs Libertine Liber-tine won Bliss Rucker second Ostler Joe third Time 128 |