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HILDRETH PARTS COMPANY WITH KNAPP. Defeat of Gypsy King the Direct Cause Davis Is Suspended for Five Days. Oakland, Cal., Novemler 27. There exists a well founded local belief that no racehorse, however superlative his class, can escape at least one beating on California tracks. In the past a long procession of equine stars in their day have met their Waterloo here. This very fact kept the majority of the speculatively inclined public from betting on Gypsy King in the fourtli race at Oakland today. In the light of the recent victories of the Hildreth three-year-old, metropolitan layers would have held him at 1 to 10. Here he was at 7 to 10 and neglected by all save his owner, whose commission ran into five figures. Gypsy King could do no better than finish fourth in slow time. A charitable view of Knapps ride is that lie was rattled. After his horses failure Sam Hildreth stopped long enough on his way to the stewards stand to inform the reporters that lie had released Knapp. "I will not ride him on my horses in future," he said, adding, "that boy would break the Bank of England." The stewards later on announced that a five day suspension had been meted out to It. Davis for cutting across In front at the start with Martinmas, causing the favorite to pull up. Afterward Knapp pulled him up a half dozen times of his own accord. Jockey Eugene Hildebrands riding days are nearly over. Today he said that he would retire at the end of this season. "I intend to get together a stable of ten horses for a campaign on the Pacific Coast, principally at Seattle next summer," he explained. "I am getting too heavy to ride. It took a lot of hard work to reduce to 100 pounds today and it Is very weakening. I own two youngsters already. They are in Georgia just now." C. B. Durnell Is due at Oakland tonight with his big shipment of racers. "Canada Jack" Atkins string arrived during the day. Morendo was bid up from 00 to 00 and retained.
