The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-08
TURF NOTES.
Coming Sale of the Great Bel
mont Stable.
Nelson Expelled by the National Trotting
Association-Early Twc-Year-0lds to
Race-L. J. Ross's Colts.

The deaths of Norfolk and Electoneer,
which followed each other so closely, re-
moved two of the leading representative
champion sires from the running and har-
ness racing divisions. Both Of these great
horses have left, fortunately. sufficiently
large number of descendants to maintain
their regulations, and their blood lines will
be traced all through the records of the
future. Electicneer, through his greater
chances at the stud in having such larger
number of mares 20 mate with, has the best
stud record. a list of his gets best per-
formances will be Of interest TO trottlng-
horse men. 1t is as follows:
Yearling-Hinda Rose 2:36Is.
Two-yesI-olds-SuHOl 2:1S. NildfiOwer 2:21,
Bonita 2:2412, Fred Croker 2:2514, Bell Boy
2:26, Carrie 2:2712, Pe6lar 2:27%4 Palo A I
Sui>un 2:3ll2, Kinda Rose 1882, Ella 2:3312,
Chimes 2:3312.
2:19l2, Bell Boy 2:19l4, Pale Alto Belle 2 :2214.
Maiden %. MauzauitO 2:2314, Rexford 2:24.
Sphinx 2:2414, Conductor 2:254, Hattie d
2:2634, Antevolo 1884, Chimes 2:3os4.
touryesr-olds-Sunoi2 :1o12, Manzanlta 2:1e,
Bonita 2:1Ss4, AntevOlo 2:191a, Palo Alto
100. Lo5 Slocum 2:2i1s: A 40 2;2 az
Ton Bell 2:24l2. Ella 2:29 Adair 2:3o, Azmoor
2:3o14, Clay 2:31, eic.
THE BELMONT SALE.
In accordance with his wishes that his
SODS UCl commune 10 race TIE valuable
stable of runners that have carried the
Ma room and red cOlorS 10 victory in so many
important races, all the horses of the late
August Belmont will be sod at auction on
December 9th. The sale will be held at
the Nursery stud farm on Long Island.
n. Y. Twenty-eight horses in all will pass
under the hammer. OF these, ten are in
condition to race, and the remaining eight
cen are youngsters that will be tWo-year-
ODDS on January l, 1891.
CRACKS AT AUCTION.
Among those that will be sold are such
woTld-famous cracks as lakeland, Prince
Royal, 81. Carlo, Magnate, st. Charles La
Tosca, Washer aud that great two-year-old
Potomac, the winner of this years Futurity.
In stakes and handicaps this year Potomac
has won $500.
VALUABLE ESTABLISHMENTS.
A rough estimate of the value Of the
racing and bret ding establishments is
placed at between $4,000 and 100000 1t
is thought that Potomac alone will bring
$4,000 at the sale.
The total earnings of the Belmont Stable
this year amounted to S169,6l5. Mr.. Bel
August Belmont Jr., ever cared much for
racing. His son-in-law, S. S. Rowland,
however, is an ardent horseman and ex-
tenSive breeder at Mount Morris in Living
stone County. Mr.. Rowland is very wealthy
and may possibly determine to carry on the
NELSON Is EXPELLED.
Yesterdays Eastern dispatches stated
that the National Trotting Association had
expelled Nelson, the owner of Nelson, the
champion stallion trotter, for his completely
IN fraudulent race between Nelson and
Alcryon at Boston on September q 1889
Nelson fully confessed that he had bought
the race from Alcryon, and described how
hlcryon was rugged up with heavy shoes to
make certain tlat the horse should lose
Nelson made bis confession in writing and
also gave up The checks used in buying Al
- eryon's owners consent to throw the race
The horse Nelson was also expelled with his
owner.
DEATH OF sINALoA.
The experiment of Z. j. Baldwin in win.
tering his stable East is likely to cost him
dear. Last Saturday Sinaloa, one of the
best 10 the stable, died at Morris Park from
pieurisy. Sinaloa was a ihree-year-old fliv
by Grimstead-Maggie Emerson, and was
valued at $4,000. This season she won
seven races out of eleven, most of them
valuable stakes, aggregating in all about
$4,000.
IMMENSE SUMS ADDED.
Statistics Of money raced for at the regu-
lar meetings East this year are quite start
ling In showing the vast amounts offered by
the different associations In added money
alone ut Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Morris
Park, Monmouth and Brighton Beach the
immense sum of 1904, 495 was distributed TO
winning owners This year. In 1889 S7g3. 975
was paid TO the winners
The twelve leading horses of 1890 won
S5oo.137, against S43l,5 won by the dozen
leaders Of Tournament. Potomac,
Russell, Saliie McClelland. Strathmeath,
Salvador, Burlington, SinalGa III, Tenny.
Reckon, Torso and Banquet in that order,
against, respectively, Salvador, Chaos, I'll
Rio Rsy, Longstreet, Tenny, Senorta,
Protection, Spokane, RacelaDd, Cayuga,
Kingston and Torso. Tournament, the
premier winner of 1880, won SS9,575, against
Salvatore S71,370 in 1889, and Tournament
has The distinction of placing to his credit
the largest sum ever won by horse IN a
single turf season in this country.
The principal winners in the East. in