The morning call., 1890-09-08
TURF NOTES.
Some Prospects for New Local
Race-Track.
The Oakland Meeting Shows Unequal Grading
in the Different Tr0ttipg Glasses.
Sacramento's Fair.

Neither in point Of attendance or in quail
ity and interest of the racing can the Oak
land Fair meeting be said TO be equal to last
wears. The same can be said of an the
other meetings Of the circuits commencing
at Los Angeles. This falling off is mainly
due to the inequality of the entries in the
trotting classes, most of which have proven
gifts to two or three horses who do not get
together but are scattered throughout the
entire programmes.
OUTCLAsS THE OTHERS.
These entries so far outclass their COM
petitors that the races are simply gifts to
them, and this they prove by running in pro-
cessional order day after day. The runners
are more evenly graded and closer finishes
have been seen between them than among
the trotteTs, but then again the class of
horses now competing on the circuit is also
inferior to last years. The Sacramento
people have looked over the situation care
fully and realizing that what the public de-
mands in return for their admission fees
are races and not professions have declared
off the . ID trotting purse and also pacing
stake which would have been purely dona-
tions to two horses.
SUBSTITUTED RACES.
In place of the races having been declared
of they have substituted a trottiDg purse OF
5000, spen to Mary Lou, Wanda, Redwood,
Pink, Guide, Oaknut Lora, Mona Y, Victor
and all others whose record in not better
than 2 :23. A purse of $500 is also offered
to the free-for-all trotters, and one of $1,000
for the 2:1S class, thus filling up the iull list
of races advertised by the association. En-
tries TO the three new purses close tt clay
(M0uday, September Sth), fact it wll- he
well to remember by all owners and trainers,
To-day and Tuesday will conclude the
Oakland meeting, and on Thursday the rae
ing Of the State Fair at Sacramento will
commence. Everything points to most
successful meeting. as good as has ever been
given there. There will be many addi-
tional new. starters In the harness ana run
ming divisions, as many horses have been
saved expressly for the State meeting. Sec
rotary Edward Smith never fails to ma Ike
his racing complete success, and how he
manages to have every detail, how eyer
minute, Just so, is the envy and wonder OF
all other associations on the Coast.
a NEW LOCAL RACE-TRACK.
Alfred JOsephs leading Australian turf
man, is in the city on his way home from a
visit to England. He is looking over the
situation with view of establishing near
this city new race-track, and holding legp-
lar meetings all the year round. Joe Ihomp-
SON, the Weil-knoYn wealthy Australian
hoOk-maker, is his associate III the scheme.
The CALL, some two years ago, first drew
attention to the need of a properly regulated
and hurdled race-track near such race low
ing community as this, and has repeatedly
pOlGied out at length the money that there
is TO be made in the proposition. However,
Mr.. JnsephS, who requires no financial aid IN
the scheme, and only asks for the hearty
cooperation of the breeders and horsenen
generally Of the State, can be suro that to
make his pan a success, the proposed new
track must be located on this peninsula, AID
not across the hay, and 1t must be as easy of
access by street car lines as tine present Bay
District track, If he goes across the bay he
viii fail in his undertaking, as he will if he
locates <.say down the railroad where race
goers would have to take the train to get 10
the track. 1t must be so situated that street
car out to the new track can be boarded at
any moment, and passengers landed there
without delay aud loss OF time Unless Mr.
,Josephs can combine these two imperative
points the new proposition will Eot prove
having one. But tese conditions can he
secured, though it will take quite large
outlay.
At the recent Monmouth Park meeting,
S4ls2l0 was raced for. w. L.. Scott heads
the list of winning owners with S4S, 100 !;
q. b. Morris won S4S, 300. aud j. A. ana a.
Ii. Morris S35, 745.
Tycoon, who won good race a. a mile
last Wednesday at Oakland. was cut Daaiy
in the hind right leg, and will be probably
retired for the rest OF the season, though ne
may be fl to run at the blood-horse meet
ing.
MACKEY's CHOICES.
John Nackey, j. i. Higgins Seperlnlen-
dent, says the best horses he saw IN Epgian