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FEATURE TO DON ENRIQUE. RUMS AWAY FROM CRACK OPPONENTS IN OAKLANDS THANKSGIVING HANDICAP. Tremendous Attendances Marks the Holiday Occasion Roscbcn Warmly Received and t Wins in a Canter. Li?- San Francisco. Csil., November 2i. A big Thanksgiving Day crowd witnessed high-class card decided at Oakland today. Roseben made an impressive debut oit the California track in the third race. The ring took unwarranted liberties with "The Bis Train" in Hie betting, steadily advancing prices until be rencltcd even money. A reaction left 4 to 5 on offer at the close. Roseben appeared trained to the hour when going to the post. lie was mobbed continuously from the. time he appeared on the track until Dast the clubhouse, so intense anil eager -was the curiosity on every hand to see the wonderful horse all had heard so much about. The lucrative price wis chiefly due to Ellisons misguided plunge on his entry. J. O. Core. It was only an exercise Kallop lor IDavid Johnsons celebrate! meal ticket to beat his moderate opposition at even weights. In the first low strides he established a commanding lead and thereafter almost pulled Holmes out of his saddle while running in the remarkably fast time of 1:10.? over the difficult Futurity course. By the time of the decision of the rich .Thanksgiving Handicap the thirty-one layers were hopelessly insufficient to handle the business on the big race. The crowd had swelled to tremendous proportions and many intending bettors were unable to penetrate the layers inelosure. The Held was reduced by Lawrence 1 Daleys withdrawal to six starters. Dorante was the storm center of speculation from the beginning, backed down from an opening of 2 to 1 to 7 to 5. There was mild support only for the Ilildroth pair and seemingly none at all for Ellisons or Astronomer. It appeared that ovcrylwdy at the track had a wager on Dorante. taking for granted he could run well in the deceptive going. It proved a serious handicap. as IDon Enrique, despite a poor start and excessive early use to make up lost ground, easily held the favorite safe when the test rami1. Tony Faust lasted in front just seven furlongs at a terrilie pace with Royal Tourist. Don Enrique and Dorante all in. forward pursuit. The first named was finally anchored in the deep inside going when looming up ai menacing contender in the last furlong. Montgomery meanwhile was a hopeless trailer and unable to raise a respectable gallop. Ilildreths horses, while seriously handicapped by poor jockeys, seemed both unfit. Koerner was unable to get anything telling out of Montgomery and .McCarthy was too weak to keep Tony Faust together at the end of seven furlongs, when lie surrendered Vpiiekly and was shalllcd to the rear so suddenly that the spectators thought the horse had broken down. It was jockey Butlers first success in his new em Dloycrs colors, and Ellison gave him 00 for winning the race. Worth ,900 net. The owner beforehand was supremely confident of victory and said he had won one of the largest bets of his turf career. The remaining races brought out moderate class horses, with one exception, under selling conditions. Their running was replete with sensational upsets. It legan with the first success of tho meeting for A. G. Blakeleys Oowen, he leading eleven two-year-olds home. Mike Askeim. quoted at CO to 1, spreadeagled his opponents in the second. Magrane. even money favorite, broke down hopelessly at the end of half of the journey. Fulletta. a notorious sulker. ordinarily slow as a hucksters horse and nearly left, passed the favorites at will on the backstrctch. beating them off at the end. Outside of Butler and Walsh, riding honors went to inexperienced, but promising riders of the Kebmidt. Taplin and Holmes kind. The weather was perfect.
