Del Cruzador Scores A Fast Record.: Defeats Righteasy in a Desperately Contested Drive--Prejuicio Takes His Race., Daily Racing Form, 1908-05-13

article


view raw text

DEL CRUZADOR SCORES A FAST RECORD Defeats Righteasy in a Desperately Contested Drive Prcjuicio Takes His Race Oakland Cal May 12 There was of course no stake feature at Oakland today but a Hue brand of sport developed from a card composed of purse races which included two bristling with good thor ¬ oughbred material for twoyearolds and three yeiirolds and over at four and a half furlongs and one mile res ectively ectivelyTwo Two juvenile stars in Del Cruzador and Right ejisy were engaged in the firstnamed race and the running was strictly confined to this pair after the start Both displayed dazzling speed Lucky Bald ¬ wins colt finally outstaying the Applegate filly in a grueliing finish through the length of the stretch after bumping her repeatedly Jockey Walsh came out of the struggle with a badly bruised left leg from contact with the fence and he limped up the stairs into the stewards stand to lodge a claim of foul This however was not allowed The time made 5 i seconds was within onefifth of the rec ¬ ord and stamps the winner a genuine craekcrjack craekcrjackPrejuiclo Prejuiclo in the colors of President Thomas II Williams won the mile race with Walter Miller up This was Millers second victory Ouring the after ¬ noon and botli successes were on favorites The other public choice which rewarded bis backers was the Andy Blakeley castoff Lord Filigrane in the fifth race raceOwing Owing to the inflamed condition of A Walshs right eye the stewards for the time being have re ¬ stricted his mounts to horses owned bv his employ ¬ ers ersJockey Jockey Walter Miller will ride out the season until June G on the local track Mr Williams lightweight rider Clifford Gilbert will do all the riding arrivesWilliam for the stable in the cast until Miller arrives William yalker has abandoned his projected Cana ¬ dian campaign and will race his big string at the coming meetingS Seattle meeting S C Allen Imught the fast twoyearold On Parole for 200 today todayRoy Roy Offutt will sell a halfdozen of his horses at auction next Saturday


Persistent Link: https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908051301/drf1908051301_1_7
Local Identifier: drf1908051301_1_7
Library of Congress Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/unk82075800