The morning call., 1890-09-22
TURF NOTES.
Horsemen's GrOwls About the
State Fair Meeting.
E Large Humber of Kicks Registered-Paris
Mutuals Betting - Salvador and
Firerzi Soon Coming Here.

session was not in a great many respects up
to past standards. The Pavilion exhibit
was very mediocre, and especially in the
depar ments of agricultural and horticultural
displays. The fruits shown were very few
in quantity and quality. AS to the art
gallery display, it was absolutely chamber
of horrors, and a worse lot of daubS were
never got together before. A Sacramento
evening paper devoted much space daily to
exposing its glazing deficiencies.
GROwLs AT THE TRACK.
Atthelrace-track the general handling of
the track and stand accommodations were
not half as good as last year. The horse
men all round were much exercised also
over the programme arranged for the racing
The harness division events were very uu-
evenly classified, resulting in many one
sided contests.
LOST BY POOR RIDING.
The running members lost most of their in
terest through the grossly incompetent rid
ing. Never were 50 many races thrown
away by bungling shoemakers Of jockeys.
The starting caused also much COMPLAINT.
resulting in the resignation of the original
starter appointed by the Directors at the
opening of the races. The faSrOas In the
one and a quarter race and in the three
Quarter race robbed what were the two best
Owners Of trottiug entries complain OF
the action of the Directors in declaring
events off after full entrance moneys had
been paid and the horses brought TO the
meeting. The general dissatisfaction will
probably result in heavy falling of in
number of entries fer the future.
NEW MEASURES NEEDED.
It is in order for the Directors at once to
take steps to remove the just grounds OF
complaints, wake ND to the situation and in
ITnduce vgor into their arrangements.
There vas as much growing over the
horse and cattle Judging as over the racing.
Statements that open fayoritism had been
shown in making tie awards were made by
responsible exhibitors.
THE STOCKTON FAIR
It looks at present as if the Stockton fair
would feel the effects of the dissatisfaction
EXPRESSED at Sacramento. No entries of the
Corbett or Burke stables will compete there,
the CGrbett horses having gone direct to
Fresno and the Burke lot back to the ranch.
number of the harness and ing
divisions also left yesterday to attend the
Reno and Carson City, New, meetings, and
their absence will also detract from the III
terest in the Stockton racing.
PARIS MUTUAL BETTING.
All throughout the circuit there has been
growing discomfort against the Paris Mu-
tual system of betting 1t was very strong
at Oakland and stronger at Sacramento.
Taking it any way. this system of betting Is
tbs most unsatisfactory If any. II the re-
turns made are correctly inquired, then 1t Is
the most ridiculous method of specializing
vet invented. In about seven instances out
If ten an investment of So in the mutualS
made no larger return than about6O 70 cents
profit. If thr returns are Incorrectly figured,
as il would be hard to convince the general
public that they were not, nothing Is too Sc
we're a punishment for those who made them
Under any conditions the system Is a ruin
oUS one. even TO successful chooSer Of WIN
DerS, as the PER cent commission VIII speed
ilv eat it up, coupled with the minutes mai
sums dOled out in the way of profits. There
IS so much opportunity for trlekery, eSpe-
cially where the INITIALS are sod on every
heat as a winning one, in harness races that
that the boxes should either be suppressed
CT else taken under the official care OF the
Directors. Ii has been repeatedly suggested
10 the Directors that they should appoint
perfectly responsible men to watch each box,
verify the figures, report them TO the judges
and then that the latter should officially guar
antee their correctness by either announcing
them from the stand or by posting them N
q conspicuous place. This would satisfy
the public, who would be properly protected
and at the same time have their eyes opened
to the dement's OF this method OF betting. 1t
is dollars to doughnutS that not one man
who won a bet in the mutuals even on the
longest kind of an outside shot, was fully
satisfied with the returns made.
Secretary Smith states that the attendance
nj this fair fell short in admission fees about
5000 from last years, which, however, was
an exceptionally large one, Indeed the best
ever known by the association. But 1t COM
pared most fayorably with the preceding
years.
WHAT THE BAND COST.
The expense of engaging Liberatfs Band
for the week was $500. The sum of $500
was expended on the amateur athletic games.
HANKY-PANKY WORK.
There was considerable hanky-panky
q harness
Notably, the pacing race of Tuesday, the
Lynette race of the same day, last Satur-
days Silas Sknner-Frank NJ race, and
several Others Belle Buttons performance
in the pace on Tuesday, when she was nc
where TO the winner in 2:16R 2:20, 2:21R,
and then on Thursday when in the Cricket
Patcher race, when she went to the half by
four lengths in :05lh, a2:11 gait, was most
remarkable. Lynette's time. too, needed
looking into. and SINNERS performance
was something most peculiar All were
very f>hy. An odOr Of Jobbng was very
strong all throughout the meeting, despite
the best efforts of the judges to prevent the
theying.
APPLEBY TRANSLATED.
Every one interested in honest racing is
much pleased with the reinstatement of w.
l.. Appleby, whose expulsion for expressing
himself too freely to the judges over what
he thought was an injustice to him in the
one and quarter miles fasco, was ordered
by the Directors. Appleby has an enviable
reputation for honesty, and his and his
stables retirement from the turf would
have been great detriment to racing.
SHOULD BE PREPARING.
If the Pacific Coast BlOod-horse Associa-
ton intends to give a meeting this fall, it is
high time they should take some steps in the
matter So far they have done nothing.
They should at once state to the public if
they intend to race this fall or not. This
they owe to the public, whose support they
ask for
THE NEW RACE-TRACK.
The proposition of some Australian racing
men to build new track close to he city
and conduct all the year round racing as it
should be, seems to have fallen into abey-
ance for the present, through their inability
to secure desirable location at anything
Ike far price. Ground that would have
filled the bill was he'd at such eXOrbitaut
figures that no definite arrangement could
lie arrived at.
The Fresno Fair opens on the Goth and
lasts week. The Directors have been most
liberal tn the horsemen, tieing no strings to
the purses offered simply to pull them back
after the entering horses have come to the
track. A successful weeks racing is ex-
pected.
SALVADOR AND FIRENzL
John Maekey, the superintendent of J. B.
Haggin's Rancho del Pa>o stock farm near
Sacramento, wi go East about October 18th for
the purpose of bringing the two cracks of
the year, Salvador and Firenzi. to the ranch.
Both Will never race again and VIII be used
solely Tor breeding. Next spring Salvador
VIII be bred to Frenzi, and what the price
of the offspring will be when put up at auc-
ton is hard to even guess at.
FL Rio Rey, last years crack is on his way
home from the East to the Winters ranch.
and will be placed in the stud on his
rival.
1t is stated that the new Saratoga man
agemeut will offer special inducements for
record breaking next year, giving 5000 ex-
ira when a record is broken in purse race
and $1,000 when such all occurrence takes
place in connectiO with a stake race.
JOCKEYS HABITS.
jockeys are nscrutable institutions says
the Sportsman. The best of them ride like
artists on Monday and like farmers on Tues
day. On Wednesday they are suspended
and on Thursday we find them reinstated.
On Friday they are generally drunk, in con-
se9uer c. of which on Saturday they ride
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