The morning call., 1890-04-28
SACRAMENTO RACES,
Why the BookmakerS Look
Gloomy.
Interest Attached to the Contests Be-
tween the TWO-Year-0ldS.
A Comparison Of Their ReGOTdS-Fairy and
Homer Away Ahead in First Place.
A Jockeys Record.
Special by the California Associated Press.


Palo Alto entries.
NEW CANDIDATES.
This year this was all changed. New stables
made entries and with the opening at San Jose
some most interesting contests were hoped for,
But all the expectations formed were upset by
the exceedingly wet weather which prevailed
all winter, preventing the two-year oIds from
getting the amount OF work necessary to nut
Them in proper order for the racing opening.
Only three OF the leading stables have been able
to get their youngsters into fix These are the
Rose, Undine and Palo Alto The Hearst
Thornton, Shippee, Murry, Kelly g. Samuels,
Dennison, Elmwood and others, in each string OF
which there are some of the best colts In the
Whole country, have been tried and found want.
lDg-nOt from lack OF quality, but from back
wardness in condition. The two-year-old fight
was, therefore, left TO the three stables men,
toned above. Their respective champions have
been: For Palo Alto Rinfax; for Rose, Fairy,
and for tile Undine, homer
WHICH Is BEST?
Now comes the question which is the best tw o.
year-old colt on public performance that has,
after the siftings OF the three meetings, shown
up In California this spring? The query can be
best answered by consulting the records Of each
candidate for first honors Take The first one 10
show up, Palo Altos eb. C. Rnfax, by Argyle
mela, great, Well-developed colt He made
HI.
the Debut stakes, four furIougs. Against him
started Wild Rose aud Joe W0olman All had
up ITO pounds. Riniax, on fast track, won
hands down by TWO lengths In o:5012.
dis next start was at the Bay District track,
where, with ITO up, in the California stakes,
four turlongs on April 18th, lie was unplaced in
field OF nine, TO Fairy I07, VINO won, with
Homer, 110, second; time, 0:49. On the last
day lie tied In purse, eleven sixteenths OF a
Cimeter and Sir Walter. The track was yery
heavy, and Rinfax was hot layorite at l 10 2.
Slnfax, who was ln receipt OF pounds, defeated
nun after game struggle by half II length in
1:l3$4. he next came up 10 Sacramento and
was beaten on Saturday in the Norfolk stakes
four furongs, over fast track by Fairy. Fairy
carried 1lS and RtHfaX 121. Fairy was The
favorite and won by teu lengths in :O1. This
record puts Rlnfax ont OF court now, whatever
he may do later on, lie having only one win 10
llace against three defeats.
PALo ALTO COLT.
Homer. b. c., by Shannon -Saliie Gardner. In
the Undlne stable, Which is trained also by
Alto string, next comes up for cons idera alton
he is remarkably leveimade colt, OF workman
IKE looks, and Is one OF the kind that keeps on
improving. lie has only been seen at tile blood
horse meeting, where lie started three times,
winning twice aud being defeated once. With
ITO up he ran second on the opening day 10
falIy, lQ7. IN The California stakes, in 0:49 On
The Tuesday following he ven a handicap for
two-year-olds, five fullongs, with fl5- up, from
Parapet, Joe MOolman, Miss Melbourne, SInfaI,
Arcade and Cimeter, giving from 15 to IL
pounds to his company. lie won by
ten lepeths in 1:o1s4 over fast
track On the Thursday lie came out again car
Tying ITO iu the Racine stakes, SIX furlOngs and
turned the tables on his former couQuerer FAIRY
10Y. The track was good, though shower or
two fell before the race came of. Fairy was
favOrte at to 8, while 3 to l was laid against
Homer IL was sharp fight between them un-
I'll near home, When Homer outstayed the flly
and won by two lengths III LISA. This made
Two wins and one defeat for Homer.
FAIRY's PERFORMANCE.
L; ). Roses lying hlly Fairy, handsome,
pnl Qd hxrA A
Rose, comes next. She won the California stakes
Tour furlongs, at the bood-hurseI with Id7
up In Q;49. defeating Homer and seven others.
linen Homer defeated her at six fuTloUgs by TWO
lengths in ;15A. On Saturday in this city, she
had practically a walk-Over, as The result showed
In the Norfolk stake, five furlongs with IFS nm
going The Toue IN :01, a remarkably good per-
formance. The record is 059 over a billiard
table Eastern track, made by the crack sprimters
Brlttanlc aud Fordhan. And in this last race IL
is again wonder how much poor Judgment is
exercised by hackers. On all her past perform
ances with Fairy tit and well II was any odds on
her winning, ana yet 10 10 was always obtain
able about her. She won by ten lengths III
speculatols would only reflect they would be bet
ter of.
A comparison of these records clearly places
faliy and Homer away ahead in first place and
they are certainly the best yet seen. Faifys
nve-elshths 10 :ol, with 11S up, is her best per-
1ofmance Against this Is Homet's run over the
same distance with 115 up In ;01s4. Both won
by len lengths. Fairy's four furlongs in 40,
Falry al six fuTlongS in 1:154 is also nolieea-
bic. The inference to be drawn from the COM
parlSon Is that for four or fve furongs Fairy is
probably The best, while Homer at six furOngs
would De first al The wire. But enough has been
shown TO demonstrate that they are The best
colt aud hlly yet before The public on the Coast.
They will not meet here, Homer has not been
entered, but both are going East and will no
doubt fight their Coast battles over again.
MATTER OF JUDGMENT.
1t very much looks now as il when Mr. Rose
made his election from the Palo Alto yearliugs
that he took the test aud left the worst. Any-
how, the showing OF Rlnfax SO far places him
we'll below Fairy.
Al Fsrrow, now that he is in honest hands. Is
showing bis true value. He Is equally al home
ID sprint or at staying distance His win at
SIX furlongs on Saturday was quite easy. Al is
looking IN splendid older, and when lie reaches
tile East. II tit aud we'll aud not outclassed
many a time Will his number be hung up first by
The judges.
Phil Siebenthaler has very useful colt In
Sheridan, by Young BaZaarLost Girl. He has
won in good style both at the Bay aud here
Sheridan is a three year old and a better colt
than most people suspect. 1t is possibly his
breeding, which, while good Is not ultra fashion,
able, that seems TO keep horsemen from buying
HIM out OF the Sc Hing races he wins. AT SI5u0,
his entered price, Sheridan looks very cheap
bill of h0 setesn.
The society is well satisfied with the outlook
for the coml1g weeks racing. The attendance
VIII certainly be much larger now that the coun-
Ter attractions OF plcnlcs, ball games and re-
unions are out OF the way. II Is possible
that an extra days racing may be given
during tue week. Saturdays events were most
clock-w Everybody IS satisfied that the
racing is strictly on lis merits; indeed, there Is
not The least chance for job 10 go through with
such gentlemen III tie stand for judges as The
society has selected.
THE BooK-MAKERs.
The boOk-makers say they are losers on the
results of Saturday. one OF the DOCKS alone
paid out over $500 on Muta In the last race
Had the Jou JOu coup materialiZed the books
would have been hit very hard. As it turned
out, the lace was the only one of the four on
which they came out ahead.
A pleasing feature Of the meeting is the excel.
lent music furnished by the HuZzar Band at the
track. Popular selections are rendered between
by the ladies', who, in all the glories of sprlng
toilets, turn out iu force.
One peculiarly deep-rooted Sacramento habit
apparently would be lost. mo sooner do the
shades OF night cast their dusky mantles over
the bosky Streets" as either Lord Byron or Bill
Nye remarks IMAM, armed with pau tlIed with
sections OF cold, deceased hens stuffed with
sand, garlic aud sand, a misty lantern,
Chiefly serviceable 10 make the dark.
ihSss darker, darker, large percentage of the
shuttle around the streets (and The less fire.
quented they are the more the tamale fiends
sesan 70 IKE ~ and snuftle Ia husky growIs,
"taml" and such other changes on the original
word as their fancy dictates. This is kept up
until lnlly daybreak, when the tamale army re-
luctantly goes home TO manufacture, a new load
Ior Tue next night. Although even In
1he M rec recollection & OF the oldest inhabitant
Ism,fa no one ina mas ever ssgns been seen to buy
such Il fascination that once engaged in It oniy
the grave can break II up. 1t Is, however, sug-
gesied that that the tamale habit victims are paid
not To howl out In certain portions of the civ
and In this manner are rapidly making fortunes
CHAMPION LIGHr-wEIGHr RIDER.
Joe Naryaez, the Palo Alto lightweight, car
rled on the TiG.ng honors on Saturday. He was
second Oh Kitty Van aud Rinfax aud woe on