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COAST RAINY SEASON BEGINS Expect Lighter Crowds at Tanforan Because of Weather. Crack Held Predicted for Saturdays Golden Gate Handicap if Weather Shows Improvement. SAN BRUNO, Calif., Nov. 30. The melancholy days are here and northern Californias rainy season seems to have arrived at last, much to the delight of owners of mud-running horses, but to the chagrin of the majority of the players and the Tanforan management. Certain it is that the crowds will be lighter should the present gloomy weather continue, and light crowds do not make for good business. There is a possibility that the weather may clear later this week or perhaps some time next week. Should the weather man ease the pressure before Saturday, it is likely that a first class field of sprinters will go to the post in the Golden Gate Handicap, which will be featured on that day. The Golden Gate is for a purse of ,000 added. First Kiss, Mr. Blaze, High Vote and a number of others will be gunning for the purse. Weights for the Golden Gate will be announced Thursday. HOLDS OUT FOR 5,000. Incidentally, the powerful Louis B. Mayer stable has its eye on First Kiss, the daughter of Osculator, which recently ran the fastest six furlongs of the meeting. Previous to her speedy dash, trainer Grimes of the Mayer stable is reported to have refused to pay 0,000. Now it is said that he recently offered 2,500, and owner Hurst Philpot turned it down, holding out for 5,000. Philpot seems to believe that First Kiss can win the Golden Gate Handicap if the track is fast and also thinks that she has a royal chance in the 0,000 San Francisco Handicap, which will be run the last day of the meeting. DOGAWAY OUT. Dogaway, which was certain to have been the high weight in the Golden Gate Handicap, will not be a starter in that event. The champion sprinter has. been shipped to Santa Anita to await the opening of racing at that point. With Dogaway out, we will not hazard a guess as to just which horse will be top weight in the sprint affair, although Mr. Blaze, which raced well in the East and won the Inaugural feature at Caliente, may be "it." This Mr. Blaze is a great traveler. He has raced on almost every track in America and always manages to hold his own. He is also a capable mud runner, which at this time might give him a slight bulge over the others. As has been stated previously, if the track is fast a good field will go postward in the Golden Gate. If -the strip is sloppy, muddy, heavy or slow the size of the band will be limited. In the event of mud but four or five may line up in starter Thomas machine. Aside from First Kiss, Mr. Blaze and High Vote, some prospects are Advocator, Olimpo, Lavengro and a few others. Brown Jade, Californias favorite, will not start. PICCOLO PROSPECT. An announcement is forthcoming anent the W. E. Boeing stable starters in the San Francisco Handicap. Parscout, handicap winner at the meeting will be one and Piccolo another. Piccolo is at present in training at Santa Anita and will soon be shipped north. He is a five-year-old Whitney cast-off that raced at Santa Anita as a three-year-old.- He was cut out to be a good horse but tailed off. Trainer Ted Horning thinks he has a chance to bring him back to handicap winning form. Despite Tanforan track conditions, racing secretary John Maluvius had little trouble filling the bill for Thursday. The best race is the Santa Clara Handicap, a sprint and the good mud runner Polvos Prince is in the field. Polvos Princes sire liked nothing better than mud up around his ankles and they say his dam was weaned on a diet of bran garnished with a dash of Mr. Soules number three mud. The Potter flyer will meet an entry in Earl Beezleys Susi Q., and Kozinsky Bros. Better Bet, while other contestants will be the bad-legged Sun Portland, the Canadian-owned Suffern and Below Zero and Kumreigh.
