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1 Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of March 5, 1904 Racing at New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angehs and Hot Springs. "Warte Nicht, which has been racing below his true form recently, came back into his own today and consequently was an easy winner of the feature race at Ascot Park, the San Pedro Selling Stakes of -,000 added, at one mile. He was also the recipient of a powerful and well-judged ride,, which helped materially in his victory. Four started, but Best Man stumbled at the quarter-mile post, having Stuyvc the favorite, Rag Tag and Warte Nicht to fight it out between themselves. Rag Tag showed tho way to the head of the stretch, where Warte Nicht took command and finished half a length before Stuyve, the latter beating Rag Tag for second place by a length. Hildebrand had the mount on Stuyve, the latter being his only losing mount of the day. Hildebrand had a total of five mounts for the afternoon and he won with four, Kathsrine Ennis, Golden Mineral, Iras and Jane Holly all winning under his skillful handling. It is seldom in a race as long as a mile and a quarter that the margin of a noss separates the first and second horses, but today, however, the finish of the Waterhouse Cup, a handicap of ,000 added, provided as interesting a stretch fight as has been thz good fortune of followers of the turf at Oakland to witness in many days. The winner turned up in Grafter, a six-year-old gelding by Cicero Leap Year, which carried the. colors of Blasingame Bros. Nine started and the entry of J. J. McCalester, consisting of Outburst and Horatius, were made favorites, the former being sent out to make the running for his stable companion, which he did for the first mile, then dropped out of contention, where Grafter, under a choking pull, easily took the lead and increased it steadily until at the mile and a half he was eight lengths before Horatius. Veterano, which had bean skillfully reserved for a mile and a half, rapidly closed up a big gap on the winner and headed him momentarily in the stretch, only to tire suddenly and lose the verdict by a nose. Horatius was probably handicapped by the slow track and also given a bad ride.
