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FITZ HERBERTS FAST RACE. TAKES THE OAKLAND HANDICAP EASILY AND MAKES A NEW COAST RECORD. Woodcraft Also Scores for the - Hildreth Stable Great Attendance Views the Sport . Killcreen Dies. San Francisco. Cal.. November 11. Fitz Herbert, a two-year-old owned jointly bv S. C. Hildreth and John B. Madden, carried scale weight and won the Oakland Handicap, wortii .5-10 net. from eleveii oe the best horses lit training at the Emeryville course today. The time. 1:18 tint, creates a new Pacific coast record for six and a half furlongs. With tin-solitary exception of Jack Nuiinally every starter in the race -was in receipt of big weight concessions from the victor, which, as one of the Hildreth and others entry, which included Smiley Corbett and Tony Faust, virtually dominated the running from start to finish. The favorites. C. U. Ellisons entry. Royal Tourist and Don Enrique, were as good as left at the post. The former, ridden bv Walter Miller, made a phenomenal effort but could never quite get up. though going three feet to the leaders one at the end. The three placed hordes at the finish, which Included Jeanne dArc and Native Son. were all favored at the start and in the early running, while the majority of the others were immediately elinil-nated and were never able to get up into contending positions. With the possible exception of the winner the race was therefore regarded as a lluke. Fitz Herlwrt. which cost his owners exactly 0. 000. was one of the star two-year-olds of the first half of the metropolitan season of racing. The winning of the Oakland Handicap marks John E. Maddens first success on the California turf. Hildreth asked the stewards during the morning for permission to ride Shilling on the colt, saying that he would have to scratch him otherwise, as lie stood no chance with diminutive Lptou iu the saddle. The result, however, proved otherwise, but Fitz Herbert ran unbacked so far as the owner was concerned.- Woodcraft, at 1 to 5, was the second successful starter from the Hildreth barn and carried a stable commission representing the exact amount of Its afternoon stake- earning. Favorites, again monopolized the racing honors aud helped to enrich the big half holiday crowd present. The good two-year-old. Killcreen brought to the coast by E. W. Heffner. died tills morning unexpectedly of pneumonia. He was taken sick on the train -shortly after leaving New York, but seemed to stand the long journey so well that it was thought he would pull through. The stewards excused Itockstone from starting in the fifth race on account of pronounced soreness. W- Cahill bought the crack two-year-old filly, Hannah Louise, today at private sale. Lawrence and Comstock passed through Oakland today on their way to Santa Anita with three cur- loads of California racers, twenty-six in all. Roy Hindoo was the star of the lot. An increased number of bookmakers, twenty-five, went on today. The new additions were Benny Falk. Joe Rose and Hector Comlskey.
