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TONY FAUST A CUP HORSE. FIRST IN THE WATERHOUSE CUP IN A DESPERATE FINISH. Red Leaf Almost Gets Up to Win and Was Unlucky to Lose — Great Crowd Out to Witness the Running of the Popular Race. Oakland, Cal.. February 29. — Cup day at Oakland capped the climax for disagreeable weather conditions. This, however, had no deterrent effect on the attendance, which was around the 12.000 mark. A high wind prevailed and rain penetrated almost every nook and cranny of the grandstand at intervals during the afternoon. The limit of enthusiasm hereabouts was reached with the running of the rich Waterhouse Cup at the regulation distance of two miles and a quarter. Again did a Santa Anita trained horse in Tony Faust come out of the south and carry off a big Oakland stake. Furthermore, the traditional good luck of all Santa Anita representatives attended the winner with a vengeance on this occasion. The race finally resolved itself into a duel between Tony Faust, the favorite, and Red Leaf, the second choice, and with two crack jockeys in Dugan and Miller pitted against each other, a thrilling finish resulted, in which victory went to the younger saddle artist of the pair in the closest finish of the season. Some of the spectators disagreed with the official placing and believed that Jack Keenes game mire had got up to win by a head. Miller himself entertained that opinion and seemed much chagrined when he saw that the race had been decided against him. The tabulated history of the Waterhouse Cup is as follows: Year. Winner. A. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1902*Nones 1 Iff Ranch ,925 3:28 lOO.-.rShhlons .", 108 L. Jackson. 2.20.1 3:. VS lMH Graft. T 1; MR Crosthwte. . 3.325 3:58 1905 Horatius 5 111 Birkenruth. 2.900 3:581 8888 Corrigan 7 102 Graham ...3.270 3:59 1907 Ramus t 102 F. Jraham. 3.595 3:59i 1908 Tony Faust... 4 114 E. Dugan .3,410 4:03 ♦Distance 2 miles, flncreased to 2 1-4 miles. Tony Faust was the only successful favorite to reward the public. In a majority of the races the results were materially affected by bad starts. The secondary feature, the Piedmont Handicap, at one and one-sixteenth miles, which had preceded the big event, was also captured by a recent arrival from Arcadia in Light Wool. R. L. Thomas, the owner, put through one of his coups. Eddie Dugan showed conspicuous ability during the afternoon, decisively eclipsing Walter Miller by winning the two important features on the card, with the last-named runner-up on both occasions.
