The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-19
THE FOUR MILE RACE.


THE NAMES AND RECORDS OF THE CONTESTANTS
As matter of interest to all lovers of the
turf, we publish herewith full list of the
entries in the great four mile race to be run
at San Francisco tomorrow, with their
several records. The date of the race was
originally fixed for the 18th, but was post
poned on account of bad weather:
The entrance was $4,000 each, and the fact
that this fee has been paid shows that the
owners of the California horses have not been
indulgng in mere daredevil venture. The
following is brief review of the pedigree
and most important achievements of each Of
the nine contestants:
Springbok, the son of Australian and Hes
ter by Lexington, won in his first race at
Jerome Park, in 1872 Katie Pease was in
the race, which was for two-year-olds. In
| 1873 he came in second, when Tom Bowling
won mile and half in 2:45s. At Jerome
Park this year he won the Belmont Stakes
with an ease that at once established his fame
with sporting men. AS a four ear-old he
achieved his greatest fame. Out of ten starts
| which he made he won nine victories, and in
the tenth was second only to Preakness, the
winner This year he beat Katie Pease, Wan
derer, Fellowcraft, Mate and Preakness. This
races in which he has been engaged, Grin
stead beating him at Saratoga, although he
came in good second, beating Mate and
| Olitian. For the Saratoga Cup he won the
| highest honors. The distance was two miles
| and a quarter He and Preakness ran dead
heat in 1864, the fastest time on record. In
this race he won over his present rivals, Ru-
therford and Wildidle. This was his last
contest in the East. His winnings this year
have been $342l.
| Wildidle, whose sire was Australia and
whose dam was Iilewild, won his maiden
race at Jerome Park in 1872 as two-year
old, against fourteen starters. He did very
| little goNd or bad during the remainder of
this year or the next Last year he suffered
a number of defeats, and as he could not be
got into good racing fern he was finally
Withdrawn. This year hs won the Fordham
handicap the Jockey Club handicap, Grand
Jockey Club Purse, and at Saratoga he beat
Rutherford in a dash of four miles. Ruther-
ford beat him in turn at Long Branch. In
| California, lately, he won four mile race
over Grinstead, Sherman and Revenue, Jr.,
in 7:255. over heavy track. His winnings
this year have been $780,
Rutherford, the son of Australian and Aero
lite, won his maiden race as q two-year-old at
Jerome Park in 1873 He made the distance,
one mile, in 1:47a. This was excellent time,
but he failed to follow it up. In 1874 also he
lost all of the eight races in which he was en-
| tered. This year he beat Wildidle, Big Fell
low and Bessie Lee in a four-mile dash at
Long Branch, and at Saratoga Wildidle and
Madge, He has been beaten by Grnstead.
Acrobat, and also by Wildidle. His winnings
for the year have been c1550.
Katie Pease was born OF Planet and Minnie
Mansfield. She won one race out OF four In
which she took part as a two-year-old. As
three-year-old she won four races out of nine
in which she was entered. In 1874, as four
year-old, she won nine races out OF fifteen.
Twice this year also she was compelled to
take up the running for her stable companion,
Springbok and won for him both times. This
season she has done little of consequence.
Grinstead, son of Gilroy and OF Dave, Sis
ter to Ruric, made brilliant entry on the
turf as two-year-old in 1878, but was entire
" unsuccessful in 1874 This year, however.
he has won five races out of eight gaining
: purses over Rhadamanthus, Fadladeen, DAr-
tagnan Carver, Spindrift, Rutherford. Aaron
Pennington, Madge, and other famous horses.
His winnings this year have been $1,000.
Hook Hooking last year won mile heat race
at Sacramento in As. :474 and Las. He came
: in sixth in the first heat OF the $4,000 four
mile heat race, and was distanced in the sec
ond He has no record this year.
His sire is Ringmaster, and his dam Young
Fashion by imp. Monarch
Chance was sired by Venture. His dam is
Annette by Lexington. He was unsuccessful
in the two races in which he was entered last
wear at Sacramento and San Francisco. He
has never won a victory.
Fanny Hall is by Norfolk. Her dam is
Miami by Belmont. She is little known to
fame in California and has no quotable record.
The same may be said of Revenue, Jr.
The race will be run over the Bay District
i Course, under the auspices of the Pacific
4 Jockey Club who have offered the handsome
sum of $50, 900 in gold as the prize. In the
pools sold at ntFrancisco on the day origin
ally agreed on for the race, Rutherford sold
: first choice, bringing $1,000 to $500 for Spring
box, 5000 for Wildidle, and $3.50 for the field.
In New York the pools sold as follows: Ru-
: therford $500, Springbok 1926, and $3.50. and
Q sometimes even with Rutherford, Wildidle
+, 5000, Katie Pease and Grinstead $125 each.
Q The field, made up of Revenue, Jr., Chance
Fanny Hall, and Hook Hooking sold at from
$50 to 500.
At Johnson's in New York, the rates be
tween the favorites ruled as at the Turf Elk
change but with Grinstead third choice, sell
ing at $50 to S125 for Katie Pease and $50
. for Wildidle. The field here sold for $50.