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Show Bj W. U. Telegraph. THE SACRAMENTO RACKS. ''GOLDSMITH MAID" AUEAIt. (Special to tho Herjjd. Smi Francisco, 15. A vast crowd of people assembled at Sacramento to witness wit-ness (he race. Uudiness generally was suspended. Pools sold in the morning, ' Maid" 50, "Occident" 5 to 16 favorite fa-vorite time betting dud. At 1 o'oiock several thousand spectators were within with-in the enclosure. Pools were made 100 "Occident" to 67 and selling slowly. slow-ly. At '2 o'clock the horses were walked to and fro. Pools stood "Maid" 2o to "Occident" 13. In tho first heat "Occident" drew polo, and commenced com-menced scoring at half past two. Nine false starts were made in scoring. Budd Doble, driver of the "Maid," always came up in front, Eoff holding "Occident" back. Eoff was fined $150 for refusing to obey the orders of the judges. Two more false starts and the horses fioally got off on the eleventh score, at half past threa. "Occident" .showed the lead at the first quartor in 331 see. and opened a gap of daylight at (he half mile, time Ilk- When approaching ap-proaching the thrco quarter post the "Maid" collared the horse, and passed him. Coming down the homestretch she pulled ahead, Doble laying on the whip. The "Maid" paBsed the line three lengths ahead, time 2:20r, "Occident's" time beiDg 2:21 "Occident" behaved Bplendidly and was not fretted by the scoring. Neither horses Bhowed signs of fatigue, " Occident" Oc-cident" still having many friends. On the second heat betting was about the same as at the commencement, commence-ment, 2 to 1. Both horses eame up fresh and got off at the first score. The " Maid" taking the polo drew out daylight at the quarter, time 34. The " Maid" increased her distance two lengths at, the half mile, 1:03$, with no change to the home 6tretoh, where the " Maid" drew ahead again and pa&sed under the siring 20 yards ahead. Time 2:20. No pools selling on the race at tho third heat. Both got off at the first ((core. " Occident" made a spurt and took a lead of three lengths to the first quarter, time 34J. The " Maid" gained slightly before reaching the quarter and parsed it about the same 1 time l:U8i. The " Maid" was then closing, and in the third quarter quar-ter " Occident" broke badly, and the ' Maid" passed him ten lengths before he regained his feet. Tlie 'Maid" then easily took the heat in 2.22, beating "Occident" by nearly three quarters of a distance. Budd Doblo, driver of the "Maid," charges Eoff with running into the mare before reaching the first quarter. Eoff ran the wheel of his Bulky against tho stulr. and then over the foot of the ""Maid." The mare'Bfoot was slightly scratched but not damaged to any extent. ex-tent. She will probably be lame a couple of weeks. This action on the part of Eoff is generally condemned. Alter the race Eoff quarreled with Jackson, the owner of the "Maid's" matt, and struck him, but was promptly prompt-ly arrested. This trouble grew out of 1 Kofi's action. The raae was a great disappointment to the people here, but was not unexpected. Gov. Stanford, owner of "Occident," stated publicly this morning, before the race, that his horse was either sick or had been tampered tam-pered with last night. This is not generally gen-erally credited, Next Wednesday ho runs against "Lucy," at San Francisco. Fran-cisco. The time surprised every one, particularly the sporting fraternity, who bet heavy on 2.16 and 2, IS. |
