Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-27
THE COMING RACES.

Joseph Cairns Simpson, Secretary Of th'
/ Pacific Coast Blood horse Association. which
| is to give races here this and next week, thul
refers in yesterdays Call TO some of tbs
events OF the racing to take place here. This
| comments will be found of interest as giving
| valuable information concerning horses thai
are to compete:
The excitement which has followed the
| running OF the American colts in England
! has given an impetus to the sport on this side,
| and the outlook is very favorable for the
meeting at Sacramento, which commences on
the LIST OF July. The weights have been an
nounced, and are as follows: Ia the Coutts
J handicap, Il miles, Clara d.. 6 years, has ll5
pounds; rule weight, Ill pounds. Jennie
| b., 8 years, has Us pounds !; rule weight, Ill
pounds. Conner, 4 years, has los pounds
! rule weight, los pounds. Duke of Norfolk,
years. has les pounds; rule weight, 90
pounds. Haddington, years, has 80 pounds I;
| rule weight, los pounds. Nathan Coombs,
! aged, has % pounds rule weight, la pounds.
La the Capital City Railway Cup, q miles,
| Clara d. has 115 pounds, Jennie b. 113
pounds. Connor 106 pounds, Duke of Norfolk
| 100 pounds, Haddington 81 pounds, Nathan
Coomhs 80 pounds, and Fred Collier SO
pounds, the rule weight of the latter being 81
pounds.
This will be the first appearance of the
Santa Anita cracks this season. Last year
they were very successful, especially during
the fall meetings, when neither of them lost
a race. Clara d. won nine races in eleven
starts, Jennie B. eleven in thirteen. Clara
d. ran a second heat of two miles in 1886, and
the third in $40, both won so easily that it
was evident that it was not her measure on
that day. Lena Dunbar won the first heat
in 1888. The only races which she lost last
year was dash If Il miles to Lena Dunbar.
in 2:10J. and the Pacific Cup, q miles, which
Neapolitan won in 4G2. She won the Ne
vada Cup, the same distance, in 4.0l3, and
she ran three miles at Sacramento in 1929
without being at any time extended. In all
these races she carried Ill pounds, and the
additional year should give her the capacity
to handle the extra four pounds equally as
well. Jennie b appeared to be satisfied with
the second place, until she won pure on
the Bay District Course, after which she was
always victorious. She ran some capital
races, making mile In Sacramento in lay
with 100 pounds up, and carrying los pounds.
she won at two miles in 1887.
As will be seen from the comparison OF the
weights, Duke of Norfolk, in the Coutts
handicap, comedies Clara ID. and Jennie B.
IL pOuuQS edIH, SonLDt ~ i'ouLN-,
ton SO pounds, and Nathan Coombs Sc
pounds. He has shown himself to be good
colt, having run Il miles in the Winters
stake in 2:3oaa, ard was only just beaten by
Jim Brown In the .Spi,1t Of the Times stake
Il miles in SOC, after making very inju-
dicious run too early in the race. If he is
capable of yielding SO much aVordupois to
the Southern Bellies. Conner and Hadding-
ton, he is worthy of being classed with Hin
doc, Iroquois. Foxhall, ETC., and the race
will be well worthy of far longer journey
than from San Francisco to Sacramento to
witness.
In the longer race the concessions are
not so much in pounds, though the distance
makes the task still more arduous. For a
three Jear-old togive four-year-olds u and 20
pounds, fve-year-old S pounds. a six-yesr.
old pounds, and an aged horse 81 pounds in
q miles, is undertaking what Sam Slick
termed "hefty job" though strange things
are constantly taking place in racing, and it
may be that California is turning out young
sters which can "get away" with the older.
notwithstanding the schedule Of weight for
age" implies their iuferiority. Thus Fred
Collier gives Clara d. 2 pounds, Jennie B. s
pounds, Conner II pounds, Haddipeton %
pounds and Nathan Coombs 80 pounds. Con-
nor ran very good horse at the Spring meet.
ing, and though Haddington was not in good
order. he ran very well in Oakland, winning the
Consolation purse, and at San Jose. last fall,
he beat Lexington, Wiididler and Ella Doane,
II miles in 2:1la. The field in the handicap
is strong. and capital racing is sure to follow.
The valuation which is placed on the horses
in the selling races affects the weight SO that
there are sure to be spirited affairs, and the
colt stakes and purses in addition insure the
best spring meeting which has been held in
Sacramento for many years.