The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-08
TROTTING CRACKS.
Track and Horses in the Best
of Condition for To-Day.

To-day at the Bay District Track, and
under the auspices of the Trotting-horse
Breeders Association, the trotting cracks
Of the Coast will be sent against the worlds
records. Sunol. Palo Alto, Stamboul and
Vida Wilkes are billed to start, and their
contests against Father Time will be
watched with much interest by the trotting
fraternity. The track is in fine order, and
as good if not better than it ever was before.
The first half, which was not as fast as the
last, has been worked and worked until now
it is equal to its latter length Good judges
pronounce it perfectly equal all over the
mile. If no fast time be made to-day no
blame can be possibly attached to the
course.
10 Yesterday no fast work was given to the
horses that are to 60 to-day, and all they dld
was gentle jogging exercise, so as not to dull
the wire-ejged condition 10 which the sew
eral trainers say they have brought their
charges. Whether to-day's results prove
successful will. now that the track and con-
diton of the horses are said TO be satsfac-
tory, depend on the weather. If 1t be
warm day, with no wind blowing, then 1t
looks as il record or two would go by the
board. This is specially the case with Stam-
boul, who is in better fix than ever before.
If he should lower Nelson's mark, which
now entities him to the champion stallion
record, 1t will be a big feather III CALIFORNIA;
cap. Snnol is not, perhaps, in quite as good
order as she has been, owing to season lniiu-
ences, but she will doubtless show fast
mile Palo Alto will also do well, though he
too is said to be trife stale
With a rapidly lowering barometer and
light rains reported in the southern section
OF the State, ii Looks as if the rainy season
were close at hand, and the trainers OF the
tllers may not again this year have such an
opportunity as they will have to-day to
lower the records They should make hay
while the sun shines and take advantage of
t0-dayS conditions to make their marks, IN
stead of holding off until mkt Friday and
Saturday, for which dates the further trials
against time have been set
The rails and fences about the grand
stands, clubhouse and paddOckS AT the
track have been repaired and whtewashed,
relieving 10 some extent the general dingi-
ness and air OF dry rot that distinguished Tor
SO many years the Bay District Race-course
from any other in the State. The balconies
and seats have been swept clean and made
presentable to visitors, and altogether the
accommodations to-day VIII be better than
heretofore.
Besides the trials against time, there will
be race for $500 purse between Maggie
+, Wanda and Lee. The two first belong 10
the same owner and the real interest IN The
race lies between Mas gle L and Lee. On
Maggie's past performances she should win.
There Will also be 4 match race, two ~
thee. between Daylight and mare belong
ing to &. Nalensin, principally arranged to
give the Naiensin mare record. She VIII
be driven by Willard Sanders, the Eastern
crack driver recently engaged by Valensin
to handle his horses,
The pGol-rooms will close at O'Clock in
the afternoon to-day so as not 10 compete
too strongly with the track attractions, and
to-day's attendance will again afford an OPP
portuni ~ of judging whether the public pre-
fer trotting trials against time or running
races, even though they be had ut second
hand and through the medium of the wire
and blackboard