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MAIN MAffS ENTRY MISSING Not Among Eligibles for Yerba Buena Handicap at Tanforan. Curlahd Entry Probable Favorite for Saturdays Feature Race Carries ,500 Added Money. SAN BRUNO, Calif., Nov. 18. Main Man passed up the Yerba Buena Handicap, Saturdays feature at Tanforan, so the entry of Harry Curland, the caterer, may be favored over Advocator from the Seabiscuit stable of Charles S. Howard. Curland will start Sweep-alot and Masker in the event, and Sweepalot has the top weight of 117 pounds. Sweepalot, which Curland purchased last winter for a reported sum of 0,000, has been a mighty good horse for the Santa Anita and Tanforan concessionnaire. He has clicked in a few handicaps and has been close in others. Masker but recently started to race on western tracks and to date has been somewhat of a flop, but there is a chance for him to come through with a good effort in the near future. Advocator is one of the most improved horses racing on the Pacific slope this season. He was scarcely worth his oats for his first year in the Howard barn, but suddenly found himself and has been close up to the best in recent races. Although known as a bleeder, Advocator has not been afflicted lately and certainly deserves much consideration in the Yerba-Buena. Others in Saturdays race" are the Putnam entry of Wing and Wing and Wild Turkey, Parscout, from the Boeing barn, R. C. Stables Count Alas and Mrs. T. Loeffs Galla-clay. In our humble opinion trainer "Boots" Durnell is trying Wing and Wing and Wild Turkey a trifle high, but "Boots" is far from being a "green." Parscout, although a winner, must prove that he can race better, while Count Atlas and Gallaclay have not been beating horses the caliber of Sweepalot. The distance of the Yerba Buena is one and one-sixteenth miles, and the purse ,500 added. Main Mans failure to go postward in the Yerba Buena will be a disappointment as the Mayer horse gained many supporters by his victory in the Worlds Fair Handicap at Bay Meadows last Saturday. However, it is thought .that trainer Grimes does not wish to overwork the animal and may be pointing him especially for the big race of the meeting, the 0,000 San Francisco Handicap which is to be run December 17. A" veteran jockey also staged a comeback Thursday when Ralph Neves, the Frisco fireball, rode two winners. The Portuguese lad has had his share of ups and downs on the turf and it is pleasant to see him back in the picture again. His urge to win has led him into many suspensions but his courage and his loyalty to the stable of Mrs. C. B. Irwin are outstanding characteristics. And while Neves is up again, Allan Gray, his old jockey rival, is down and out with a dislocated shoulder. Gray will be out of action for about a month. Strange thing about Grays case is that he-recently paid a 00 fine which he was told officially went to a fund for injured jockeys but when he himself was injured and he approached the same parties for compensation which he thought was due him, he was given the cold shoulder. Mighty strange, the manner in which some of those rules work.
