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STILL MUDDY AT OAKLAND BUT FAVORITES RULE THE DAY. FIVE TAKING THEIR RACES. Rubia Granda Victress in a Heads-Apart Finish of Six Bellwether Wins the Main Race of the Day. f . San Francisco. CaL, December S. Rain and mini enveloped horses, jockeys and spectators indiscriminately :it Oakland today. Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather conditions extraordinarily good and wholly satisfactory sport developed. The layers were left with clean sheets when Prince Nap won the opener. After that well-hacked public choices in traneis. Bellwether. Rubia Granda. iMav Amelia and Warden scored all down the program and the ring was relieved of its ready cash. The card was made up of well-balanced overnight races withoat stake features. The fourth and sixth were contested bv a good baud of two-year-olds, while the third brought out !f.0i?leitlf tlll ,K!st 111111 runners of the older division. All three races produced satisfactory spectacles. Ilie one at six and a half furlongs for two-vear-olds proved particularly interesting. The finish was the closest between six horses ever seen hereabouts, the order being Hubia Granda. I!ou Homme, Madman, twilight Queen. Dr. Ilolzberg and Anna I.. Dalev President Williams filly ran a remarkable race under Uillierts inadequate ride and. when she got up to win finally in the very last stride, the big crowd acclaimed her the best of her age and sex in training here. The other attractive two-vcar-old feature was captured by Warden. His victorv w.-u measurably due to .T. Lees vigorous and hustling ride, the colored riders exhibition of loekevship being particularly impressive on this occasion. The black and yellow or Thomas II. Williams were also successful on Bellwether, which virtually led his fast opponents for the entire distance of a mile and seventy yards. The sudden improvement shown by Billy Pullman in this race evoked comment. Thomas II. Williams and C. It. Ellison are about to trade Jockeys. Walter Miller -and .T. -Butler, under winter engagements to these two owners, are the ones involved. Johnny Glenn and several other Itookmnkers are planning to go to Buenos Ayres to ply their vocation next spring. George Limlon 5s the latest recruit to the layers ranks. Thomas QleCreery. formerly trainer for Fred John-win, expects to go to England and train a siring of racers there for nn American- owner next season. J. C Core was cut down behind in his nice and will not start tomorrow. Announcement is made that jockey 1. McCarthy will shortly resume riding at Oakland. This is welcome news to local race-goers, with whom the star lightweight rider was verv popular. Dr. Leggo. Joe Nealon. Jacomo. Ed Davis, horses formerly owned by C. C. MeCanerty. arrived todav from Seattle in charge of Frank Clancv. Two of E. T. Fitzgeralds. Zelina and Mill Song, were included in the shipment. They were also formerly thi property or McCajTertv. It. L. Thomas Light Wool will be shipped to Oak land immediately after his race in .Saturdays stake at Santa Anita. .Mr. Thomas says that he" is goin;. to England in the spring and remain to witness the running of the Epsom Derby, in which his Jockev C. II. ShiUing. will have the mount on Sir Martin, provided the Madden colt starts. .T. I. Miilin has resigned his position as trainer or Frank iTlittner, winner of the Crocker Stakes of last Saturday, and said to be. owned jointly bv a .Airs. McDpnald mid Mike Daly, racing under the jioni lie course of the Is Angeles Stable. Six yealings, the property of John Mackev. were sold last night at auction for small priees. Armv otlicers from the -Presidio were buyers. W. P. Fine paid the, highest price. 25. for a bav lillv bv Cano-pus Calora. The average per head was 39.. A dispatch from Los Angeles says iockev V. Powers will ride in England next season. Leopold de HoHis-child i alleged .to have offered him a retainer of 5,000 through August Belmont.
