The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-16


Will only take $40.
ALL ARE PAY OR PLAY.
AS the bets are all pay or play. the book
maker wins all the money on horses ina!
do not start But under 10 circumstances.
if he makes his book correctly, will he
stand TO lose more than 5000, let the result
be what il may. In most instances the
book does not fill his book on any
one particular horse the moment he puts
up the odds, and he governs himself by the
state of the market. the information he re-
ceivej and his OWN Judgment, i'll varying the
odds.
KEEPS HIS EARS OPEN.
Often ON horse that opens at 100 to he
only takes $40. Information us to its
chances reaches him and he reduces perhaps
the odds to 10. Standing already TO lose
thousand on the horse he will only accept
$500 more at 10 to / on this particular
chance, making $40 that he takes in TO
pay out 5000 winnings, whereas II the
horse had been filled on the first bet lie
would only have received $50 to Offset the
$1,000 winning he must pay If the horse
wins.
WANTS THEM ALL BACKED.
If all the horses in the race are backed
to the limit, or, of course, if an unbacked
outsider wins, or one out of dozen or 50
strong favOrites, the boOk-maker wins.
There are too many niceties in the art OF
making successful book to be described
in the present space at command, but the
general principle is that if the 0ook-ma ker
does not exceed his original limit and has
limit. he must win. The same process
applies to the blace betting for the race II
the bOok-maker also gives place odds.
Two-YEAR-oLD FORM.
The two-year-olds this year are of high
class, and generally equal if not better than
those of the past few years, but this ap-
plies only to the Eastern youngsters. In
the West the daily form is most inc0nsiSt-
ent and mediocre.
ONLY ONE, BURLINGTON.
Only one frst-class three-year old has
shown up yet, and this is Burlington, one
OF the best that has ever been saddled.
His win in the Belmont on Tuesday last
with 127 pounds up, one and quarter
miles, in ;0I%, stamps him the champion.
lie gave lots of weight away to his COM
petitors, and with luck has all the big three
year-old stakes tor which he is entered at
his mercy.
STILL IN THE REAR.
The California horses now in the East
have not made win during the past week.
AS long as the hoodoo" trainer Mat Allen
has the Hearst horses to mess about moth
ing need be expected from that quarter.
When the Haggin and Undine stables be-
gin to race better results may be expected.
l.. j. Rose has only one animal in his string,
Fairy, that will prove a reliable performer.
Ashes Geraldine is reported as being quite
sore from her naru battle with Fides in the
Toboggan Slide.
RINFAx SOLD.
The Undine stable has bought the two
year-Old colt Rinfax, that ran this spring at
the local meetings. from the PalO Alto pee
pie for $4,000. RinfaX has been shipped
East to join the string. He is big gang
ling fellow, who will be at his best late i'll
the fall.
SUSPICIOUS MEETINGS.
1t seems a chronic condition for all races
run at the middle Western meetings to
SAVIOR too much Of jobs. At Memphis,
Louisville, Ladr0nia especially, and now
at st. Louis, the most suspicious circum-
stances are noted daily. To say the least,
it looks very queer to ascertain that tele-
grams come pouring in on certain races
stating that the fayorite was stiff and to
play such and such hOrse-which wins.
The WOrkmate-Cecil Is race at st. Louis IS
case in point. Cecil b. the favOrite, was
announced in the dispatches to be stiff,
and WoTkmate given as the winner. 1t
turned out so. Cecil b was third.
THE LOCAL CIRCUIT.
I'm less than six weeks the local circuits
will commence and the trotters and PAGERS
will be given a chance to earn their oats.
This season the racing promises to be I'M
usually interesting In some ways the an
sence of the big stables East-llke Palo
Alto, HIckok, Pleasanton Farm and the
DAILY lots-will be conducive to better sport.
Not such fast time as last years may be
made, but the contests wont be quite SO
jug-handled, and the battles will be hotter
and better. Quite large number of stables
are pitting for the fray, and the number of
entries to the different events are remark
ably large.
A LIKELY STABLE.
In this connection one stable that prom
ises to show up quite prominently through
the circuit may be mentioned. 1t is
that of Thomas H. Griffin, which was
looked over Mt tue Bay District track last
Saturday afternoon by The CALLS turf
reporter The string mum bers ten, and al
though the material is new to local tracks a
better-lookiDg lot would be hard to get to-
gether.
GOOD TRoTTING STOCK.
All were in the pink of health and the
condition of the collection reflects much
credit on Grifiin's ability as trainer. The
first one Of the lot off whom the blankets
were stripped was 4 mediun-siZed brown
PAGER no has been christened McGinty.
Mac has no record, but las shown easy
miles in %. Valley, good-looking brown
siX-year-old, can 60 in 2lb whenever called
on. Next came very handsome dark
brown. Sol Wilkes, full brother to Lillian
Wilkes, record 2:lTA Sol is years old
and comparatively. green, but can trot
handily in 2:25. With a little more hand
ling this good-looker will make his mark
ana get his full share of the money.
THE STABLES CRACK.
The crack of tho string is about as at
tractiye specimen of trotting horsefiesh
as any one could wish to see. He Is Ed
Fay by Whiteman's Hambletonian, out of q
mare by George NJ. Patchen. years old.
or lIght-brOwn color. with black points,
Ed Fay shows remarkably good bloOd-lines.
Better shoulders, back and quarters could
not be desired, and when the hand is passed
over him the great solidity of all the mus
cles is Immediately noted.
CAN GO A FAST MILE.
This colt has no public record, but ever
since Griffin bought him three months ago
for $500 from A. II. Alters of Los Angeles,
he has shown faster and faster clips. I'M
der Grifiin's careful handling Fay has de-
yelOped great speed and can now go out any
day and reel off miles in 2,21H and handy
halves in :07%. This colt looks as if lie
would be first under the wire in all he starts
for He is owned entirely by Griffin, who
Is also solely interested in Valley. He was
named after the well-knOwn horseman and
wing shot, Ed Fay of the Grand Hotel.
Alfred ID, noted sire, is also in the string.
A LIKELY LITTLE LADY,
Kodak, a two-year-old flly by Sultan-Lily
hite, is a most taking-lo0king little lady.
She can show quarters in 0:35 and is owned
by Ed Fay. Three green colts, who are now
being educated up to track b,havior, COM
plete the string.
GONE TO SAN JOSE.
The entire stable left for San Jose on
Saturday evening, and will remain there
until the opening Of the circuit at Los An
geles. They are well entered throughout
the circuit, and with Griffin's well-knOwn
ability as trainer and driver should form
most dangerous combination to defeat
Inside of IA year Griffin has put two in the
20 class and three in the so division.
WHAT MARVIN SAYS.
Charley Marvin writes from Terre Haute
that "Palo Alto and Sunol are doing quite
we'll" Mr.. Doble has started to work Ak
tell slowly. Great interest is conferred in
the two four-year-oldS. Should both keep
right there will be desperate race between
them to settle the question of supremacy.
The rivalry between the houses of George
Wilkes and Electioneer is so great that the
conflict cannot be avoided.
Palo Alto will have useful stable for the
fall, despite their many sales. Peel is doing
fair work and is expected to stand up,