Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-26
WHOLE NO ll.08l.
CALIFORNIA TROTTEsS,
Some of Their Brilliant Performances at
st. Louis.


st. Louis.
In the last number of the T5,rf F,eyd o1d
Farm appears the following brief but inter
esting account of races at the recent Mis-
souri, State Fair in which some of the
young California trottefs distinguished
themselves:
On the 7th instant the all-absorbing race
was between Patron and Manzanita II, the
Mississippi stakes, for four-year- -olds. Ea-
gle Bird started. but he was never in the
chase. Van Ness, who drove him. watched
the nag with anxious eyes. In the first
heat Fuller started out to make something
crack Marvin drove with equal determi-
nation. and the fight was terrific for Young
sters. Nose and nose Patron and Manze-
nita went to the quarter in 35f seconds. and
nose and nose they reached the half in
l;O1!. Around the upper turn they clung
to each other with d0-or-die effort. and the
watches split on them at the three-auarter
pole IN l:4l4. Down thestretch the killing
pace was Kept up until Patron made leg
tired break, and then Manzanita was eased
tTiiie The kentuckian Tapped the Cali
foTnlan across the line in 2:l79, and a
volume OF applause greeted the stub
born finish. Both of the competi.
tors cooled out well. Patrons breathing
was as clear as the notes of bell, but there
4 i
mile IN 2:l14 was as good as 2:16 at Cleye-
land, ard he was not seasoned for such an
effort, having been on the invalid list the
past summer tor ten weeks. Nevertheless
Fuller hoped that a weak spot would de-
velop in the armOr of Manzanita. The pace
was slower in the second heat. the half
being reached in 1:0S1 and the tbree-quar-
ter pole was passed in 1:423. Marvin kept
his FLY in hand and won by neck from
Patron in 2:193. There was, ermination
i'll the eyes of Fuller when he scored for
the third heat. He forced the pace, and
the two were at the half in 1:0S4. They
were flying at q death killing rate along the
backstretch when Patron flew into the air.
having become muscle tired, and then
Manzanita had things her own way to the
finish. She completed the mile in 2:20.
1t was great race. and the Californian
and the Kentuckian covered themselves
with glory. Should the two meet as five
year-olds, a duel worth seeing will be
fought
In the 2;20 class Palo Alto was a strong
favorite. He laid up the first and second
| heats, while Charley Hogan and C. f. Clay
| rushed at each other and practically cut
each others throats. In the first heat
Charley Hogan led to the half-mile pole in
1:079, but was beaten TO the wire by half
length by the fve-year-old stallion, C. f.
Clay, in 2:1S. This was pumping-out work
! for Clay, and he ceased 10 be dangerous in
the race. The second heat was a struggle
| between Libby S. ana Charley Hogan. and
| the latter got there first in 2:204. In the
! third Marvin began to drive, and he won
with PalO Alto, with comparative ease, in
2;21. He also captured the fourth heat.
without heroic effort, in 2:214. In the fifth
| } 1t Horace Brown was put up behind the
an mare Libbie s, but Albert France
uUllided with her on the first turn, and de-
stroyed her chances. Palo Alto made a
tangled break on the turn and dropped to
the rear. Marvin imprudently drove for
the heat, closing terrible gap, and got the
youngster off his feet again on the home
stretch. Van Ness lifted and flogged Albert
France, and succeeded in beating Charley
Hogan across the score in 2:24l. II was
growing dark, and all the horses were tired.
Palo Alto rounded the quickest. and Mar
win drove him with care. He won the
sixth heat in hand in 2:25. 1t was a great
victory for a four-year-old to score over
aged horses. The thoroughbred dam of
Palo Alto gave him finish and staying
power.
The track was in a little better shape
than on Monday, still il was not fast.
, Chimes, brother of Hinda Rose, loomed up
so powerfully in the Usage stakes, for two
year-olds, as to frighten from competition
all of the nominated except Victor Wilkes
and Georgette, the latter daughter of
Count Wilkes. Although Chimes is now
owned at Village Farm, Mr. Hamlin hay
ing paid Governor Stanford S12, 900 for him,
be was driven by Marvin. He had an easy
| trump ph-2:39I, 2:33l. If the track had
been better he would have been urged for q
record.
Miss Russell and her distinguished pro-
duee were shown in front of the grand
stand and critically examined. They were
shipped on Sunday night with the Palo
Alto string for California. Marvin goes
home well satisfied with his campaign east
of the Rocky mountains.