The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-22
TURF NOTES.
A Possible Hegira of Australian
Book makers.
The Belmont Sale-Trial Of Its Two-Year.Ods.
Colonel Barnes Did Not Know It
All-starting Troubles.

Two Australian book-makers arrived from
the Antipodes last Saturday on the steamer
Mariposa to take look at the racing pros
poets of America next season. 1t is be-
heyed by many who are posted on the
Australian race-track betting proposition
that II the new arrivals find things K
Their reports home will induce quite hegira
OF "bookies" from the land of the kangaroo
10 the roosting-place of the eagle
AN EDUCATED PUBLIC.
According to reports the Australian pub
lie is getting what is vulgarly known as too
hy." They know as much as the .booaies,"
consequently they want a finger in the pie
themselves and are as anxious now to buy
the odds as they were before to take them.
With ten ''bookies" to one hacker there is
not much money to be made. When to Law
the odds is inconvenient many of the former
hackers who formerly played every race, to
r the vast joy and financial increase of the
'bookles,' now wait and wait and wait
until the real good thing turns up and then
they plug" It much to their benefit This
the "bookies" of Australia do not like and
they are casting about for new fields, where
the hackers are legions strong and the
"bookies" comparatively in a strong mi
nority.
NEW FINANCIAL PASTURES.
American racing is always well bet on
witness that even now at the midwinter
snow and slush races of the Gutenberg and
Clifton tracks, as many as seyenty-tiye
eook-makers find daily remunerative bust
ness. The American public bets more
reeklessly than the Australian, and this
plunging is what the recent arrivals. when
they are assured of the fact will be pleased,
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meet.
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.
There is also something a little deeper
down that may have some connection with
the recent arrivals. The Legislature meets
early next January, and the statesmen have
already announced that they will take ac-
ton adverse to the further keeping open of
the local pool-roOms. Action by the last
Legislature was STAYED off by Boss
buckley and purse of $4,000 furnished
by the bnok-makers. As San Francisco is
much too rich betting field to abandon,
an outlet for the present desire to bet daily
on races will be provided. And this can
only be done by having a race-track near
Ihe city, where racing may be had either
daily or tri-weekly, if E..t oftener 1t
would suit the local book-makers much bet
ter TO make books on races run on tracks
v4ere than on the Eastern events, for then
they would not have the present enormous
expense OF telegraph bills, room-rent, etc.,
TO pay. Also would the public have a
fairer chance for their money by actually
seeing the horses run than by guessing sim
ply on blackboard chalk marks.
sHREwD JOE THOMPSON.
Joe Thompson, the Australian Leviathan
book maker is one of the shrewdest of the
shrewd. If the Australian betting market
is as good now as il was in the past, why
should he have abandoned it for the pur-
pose of building and conducting race
track in San Francisco? Thompson is not
hn nd ia H., ! H.
change from Australia to this country, he
must have had strong incentives to leave his
established home in the AntipodeS. Should
Thompson's plans succeed. and the new
race-track be built, quite number of Aus
tralian 'bookies" may come here to do
business.
In connection with these latter possibil-
ties. the following clipping from tile Horse
man IL of Interest:
"F Ridgeway Griffith, Secretary of the
South Jersey Jockey Club. has resigned his
position in order TO go to California in the
interests of Joe Thompson. the Australian
boos-Elaser, who wants new race-track at
San francisco. Prior to his connection with
the South Jersey Jockey Club Mr.. Griffith
conducted the racing department of the
Philadelphia Times"
THE BELMONT SALE.
The sale of the great Belmont stable will
take place next Saturday at Babylon, L. 1.
- Only the horses in training and yearlings
will be offered at auction, the breeding stock
being kept back for sale early next year.
The following is the complete list of those
to be offered:
Raceland %, by Billet; winner of % races.
Prince Royal %, by Kingfsher; winner of
IS races. st. Carlo (3), by st. Blafse; winner
of the Great American stakes. etc. Magnate
81. by III Used; winner OF Algeria stakes,
etc. Potomac (2), by st. Blaise; winner Of
the Futurity, ETC.; st. Charles e., by ST.
Blaise; winner of the Juvenile stakes.
Washer q, by Ill Used; second for the Flu
turity, La Tosca (2l. by st. Blaise; winner
of four stake races. Flavia %, by ST. Blaise-
Bella; winner.
Alliance, oh. c.. by Hl-Used- Affinity, by
kingfsher. Bellissima, b. f., by IL Used
Bette Bette BY Fiddlsst d s. r, Captive. !: 6.
b. c.. By Ill-Used-Simple Gold, by Bullion.
Mongolia, b. f. SISTER to Magnetic. Mag
nate and Masher). His Highness. b. c.
Qlalf-brother to Prince Royal and Her High
by Monarchist TarantelIa, b. f., by III
Used Tarbouche. Caliph, b. C. (brother to
Padisha), by ST. Blaise. st. Carolus. CHI. c..
Fsa + By By St. Sar Bas BY s Bai b. f.
Toilet, by Kinghsher. st. Mark, br. c. (half-
brother to .AmbulaDce), by St. Blaise: Bel
Bemonio, imp; br; C., by English Uneas-
King Crab. by Kingfsher. Victory, imp.
b. C. by Brag Viola, by Kisber. SchuylkfI,
oh. C. (brother to Potomac, by st. Blaise.
Potomac's engagements, which hold good,
are the Realization stakes and American
Derby. Washer is in the Realization alone
The yearlings are all in the great trials
and friendly stakes of 1891, and all but ST.
Felix, st. Florian and st. Mark in the Flu
turity OF next year as well, while Fidelio,
Magnolia, His Highness, st. Carolus and
Victory are also in the Realization of 1892
On September goth at the home farm, with
leo pounds in the saddle, and on September
22d, with 11S and 120 pounds, the following
trials were made at three furlongs:
po,sr Is.n. % a.. 90