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HISSES INSTEAD OF CHEERS. VAST THRONG AT OAKLAND EXPRESSES CONDEMNATION OF MCAFFERTYS TACTICS. Dr. Leggo Scores a Decisive Victory in Burns Handicap, but Previous Defeats Prove to Have Been Beneficial to This End. San Francisco, Cal., January 27. Dr. Leggo, heavily backed at fours, won the Burns Handicap, at a mile and a quarter, and the richest handicap stake in the United States west of New York, in decisive fashion at Oakland this afternoon. The vast assemblage of enthusiastic turf devotees that witnessed the colts brilliant victory at first received the result in profound silence. Then the few scattering cheers, from lucky investors on the horses chances were drowned in a general storm of hisses. There was universal condemnation for the juggling tactics pursued with this horse to get weight off and the local press is unanimous in the harshest of criticisms leveled at owner C. C. McCafferty for bis audacity in winning with an animal that, has recently leen disgracefully beaten more than once by selling platers. Proper, the favorite, which got away slowly and was roughed at the start, ran a grand race under skillful handling. Ued Leafs achievement was a noteworthy one. Eugenia Bnrchs hopeless position throughout was Inexplicable and portends possibly a serious illness. I.os Angeles horses had their Innings in the successes of Orchan, Sir Wilfred and Fireball. C. E. Durnell was represented by the first two and report says that large winnings were garnered by the Gates combination in the different poolrooms throughout the country. . iJ ikiliowvn t rate rsr eriliand,borse.-Ilflyal. between the claimants Westleott and Blalock, the Etewards awarded possession to the last named and fined Westleott and Nealon, the original owners, 30 for collusion in a friendly claim arrangement. They immediately appealed from this decision to the Pacific Coast Jockey Clnb. This is a case in which the court will have to reverse itself to afford them any relief. Samuel Ross, of Washington, D. C, owner of Grazlallo, was a distinguished visitor at Oakland this afternoon. His horse carried a fortune In wagers in the closing race, but ran unplaced.
