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EASTERN STARS DEFEATED. HIGH PRIVATE AND DESIROUS BEATEN IN THEIR FIRST OAKLAND STARTS. Cotytto Wins the Main Race of the Afternoon All the Way Voorhees at Odds-on Runs Poorly. San Francisco. Cal.. December 11. Interest in the racing at Oakland today was tremendously enhanced by the appearance of the two eastern turf celebrities. High 1rivate and Desirous, in the fourth and sixth races respectively. Doth had worked won-drously fast in private, but failed dismally in public. Tlicre were plenty of excuses forthcoming for each of the renowned pair. The Forsythc colt has been on the verso of a breakdown since, last August and stripped for todays race noticeably sore in front. The general public did not know this and on the strength of his great reputation hacked him persistently, notwithstanding that the steadily receding betting, from 5 to 5 opening to 4 to 1 closing, reflected his doubtful condition. .Moreover, track conditions were of the most trying kind. The course was a cross between a quagmire and a ploughed Held. Under the circumstances High Privates third to Cotvtto and Workbox. two of the fastest two-year-olds in training here, was a meritorious performance. Its excellence was further enhanced by the fact that several good ones Ocean Queen Dishop W. and Kose Oueen linished behind liini. With Desirous it win different, excepting th.tt it was jier first public trial in over a year, the grand-looking Hamburg filly having no valid excuses on the score of condition. She was simply irretrievably handicapped with the inexperienced Schmidt on her back. The field of horses opposing Desirous- was of hopelessly inferior class. It seemed almost inconceivable that a, royally bred filly costing Sll.flCO as :t yearling, and which subsequently developed into one of the good eastern two-year-olds of her year, could lose among such a lot of nondescripts. Schmidt, however, was equal to the occasion. The .start found him pulling up on the inside. Excessive urging brought diim into early close proximity on the pacemakers. Then began a series of suicidal maneuvers that landed her third at the finish. The betting on Desirous was phenomenally heavy. From the posting of the odds- at 2 to 1 until the close at 0 to 5, the layers were kept busy handling the money. Some of the largest single wagers ever recorded on the coast was sent on the supposed good thing, and her defeat created a mild sensation. Desirous ran in the name and colors of R. H. Hob Davis, a millionaire poolroom man of Xew York. otvtto was the only winding public choice, of the beaten favorites, two, Voorhees and Delle Kinnev. were at odds-on. The good card, backed by ideal weather conditions, helped to attract an unusually big off day attendance to the beautiful race course. Fordello, which was thought to have a mortgage on the race won. by Abraham, was a conspicuous au-Kcnteei because of falling lame while at exercise during the morning. Kdlla Colston offered to sell him to Thomas McCreery for $"00. Walter .Miller, who is now the most successful jockey here, has been engaged to ride Rosebon. .T. ". Core. County Clerk and Byrouerdale in tomorrows races.
