Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-22
WHAT A STRANGER SAW At EARLY
MORNING HERR.

The sporting writer of the San Francisco
Cali appreciates the beauties Of early morn.
ing in Sacramento as we'll as the fine quail.
ties of the LoTses now in training at the race
course in this city. He thus begins: :. Busy,
very busy, are the trainers in putting the
finishing TOUCHES of tie preparation on
the horses which are to take part in the
Olympic games of the Occ;dent. The tracks
resound with the merry cadence Of the foot
falls of the race horse, which Virgil so closely
initiates in sounding hexameters, and the
measured ra.-tat of the square trotter is
music which is still more fancied by many OF
the admirers of the horse. There is some-
thing very inspiriiing in witnessing the morn
ing brushes of the thoroughbred, and there
are eager spectators who spend all the fore
noon in watching the trotters perform their
routine Of exercises. To see the graceful
aristccrats of the equine race, or, at least.
many of them together, the Sacramento
course Will have to be visited, and in order
to be in time, it will be necessary TO take the
afternoon train from the city. The trainers
of race horses are firm believers in the
virtues Of the early morning air, and he who
would see all of the strings at work must rise
hEeu Tic lSlUW rays arc ttlLStu5 t!lE 6uaI-
ows from the Sierras, and while the umbra
of night still hangs in the ravines. This is
not much of hardship in the mellihuous
breath which Aurora battles the upper coun-
try in in those bright autumnal mornings,
and the comforts Of Morpheus viii not com
pare with the enioyments which the spright-
lier goddess so bountifuDy lavishes. By all
means walk from the hotel to the Psrk; the
distance is short. and there is fragrance Of a
thousand flowers as well as the cooler air to
delight the senses. Twenty minutes, per-
haps, if you are tempted to saulter under
the elns and admire the floral profusion, the
grass plats such an effective setting, to reach
the course, and by that time the sun shows
the whole of his disc above the horizon, and
the lungs are filed with something far more
exhilarating than cunIiugly concocted cock
tails
This writer ia authority for the statement
already given locally, that 1.-THE largest num-
her of race horses are in training il Sacra-
mento-four times as many than are domi-
ciled at any one track" He expatiates upon
the walk and bearing of the thoroughbred at
length, and catalogues as leaders of the sheet-
ed youngsters that every morning may now
be seen in long procession on the course, such
as the Duke Of Norfolk, FL Arroyo, Fred
Collier, Duchess of Norfolk, the horses from
the stables of Baldwin, Winters, Hearst, and
Of Haggin, and long string of two-year-olds
of finest breeding and high form, such as Jim
Brown, and such horses as Clara D., Jennie
B., Anita, Albert O., Sunday, Rondo, Jim
Douglas, Minnie Norris, Winnifred, Rose
mary, Annie Laurie, Roderick Dhu and
Others. The scene at the Park at sunrise any
fine morning nowadays thus appears to the
eyes of this visitor
i" Every man has portion of his horses out
AL Il haf Inn ha
walking. trotting and easy canters are done
with and preparations are made for somethiS e
faster. Blankets, sheets and hoods have been
removed, the scrsper has cleared away the
moisture, the rubbing cloths haze straight
ened the hair, the saddles are carefully adj
justed, swallow Tor two of water givep,
and the boys tossed up % though they were
puppets. The trainer has given them In
structions, but these are reiterated in order
that there may be no mistake, and it is i'm.
portant that they be carried out to the letter.
It is not often that they break away franti-
calIy rs in a race, and they are well settled il
their stride before the brush takes place.
One round of the track may be at a strong
gallop, lengths separating the two, around
the turn the gap is shortened, half
way down the baekstretch the lag
gard moves up and away they come with
the speed of white squall. The boys
are as eager to win as if thousands of dollars
depended upon it, for they are wrapped up in
the horses, which are portion OF their life,
and for the time every faculty is absorbed in
the fierce strife. If the aurieular organs are
sharp, the click of the trainers watch will be
heard as they pass a point only known TO
him, and it is stopped where no one but him
is aware. Very critically are they examined
after they are trotted back, and the quartet
of surgeons in charge Of the President are not
a whit more anxious to note the effects. Oae
breathes quick. with nostrils distended, and
a sort of spasmodic effort, but he stands firm
on his legs, and his ears are erect. To the
neophyte he is apparently the most distressed,
for the perspiration is running in copious
streams down his legs, and the rapid respira-
tions have an oninous look. The other slowly
inhales the air. and it is some time before
expiration takes place. Tle totters as he
walks, his coat is comparatively dry. and
the fillets of muscles ON each side of
there is quite depression between them.
He has detected look-the eyes dull and
the ears dropping. The first is lightly
clothed, and walked back and forth, the sec
ond is swathed In heavy blankets and thick
hood, the rider remounted and he is sent
once, twice, perhaps three times around the
course. The wisdom Of this is apparent
when it is seen how much relief results from
the anomalous proceeding, and now be
scrapes out finely, and is an entirely different
horse. There are constant succession of
lively episodes. and the time passes so quickly
that the sun has got halfway to the meridian
before a note is made of the lapse of hours,
and the cup of coffee must be reinforced with
something more ia the nature OF such a
breakfast as viii meet the requirements.
The horse-cars are utilized for the return, and
dyspeptic can safely stow away dejeuner
which would be fatal without the exercise
aud the excitement"
THIS IS MONDAY. and if your anxiousness
to buy is equal TO Haies' in selling, it will be
profitable all round. Corner Of Ninth and K. :
a FEw more days, and Hale's last forced
sale will be at close.
WORTHY OF ATTENTION Those brocsded
dress goods for 10 and Is cents yard, at the
Rad House.
You should see those bargains in carpets at
the Rsd Heuse.
The assurances Of the people during the