The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-20
HARD TO HARROW.
Difficulty in Preparing the Run
ming Track.
Arrival Of the Leading stables-E. J. Bald
wins Opinion of Jockey Barnes-The New
Race-Track Location.

lave q track III 10 race on next SATURDAY
they must send additional teams and har-
rows cut 10 the Bay District track at once.
In TIE CALLS account of last Saturday S
trottiBg meeting particular attention was
rcalied to the bad condition of the track,
tine upper clay coating having faxed OH In
large pieces all round the course.
Cv Mulkey, the track superintendent. mas
been Mt work steadily since the track was
turnpd over TO him in trying to get it into
condition fit for the runners TO gallop over.
YESTERDAY afternoon he was considerably ex-
:erejsed over the difficulties he had enc0un-
tired. The association has sent him out
f6ir horses to work the big Santa Rosa har-
row. Four weaker equineS il would be hard
TO find. and they are entirely unfit to do the
heavy work required Of them. The clay upper
:: coating instead of narrowing up fine breaks
: into large Jumps, and right underneath Is
a.surfaee to which concrete pavement Is a
feather bed in COMPARISON. With such weak
drawing force the ilarrowS glide over thlS
iron slab like roller skates. The consequence
Is that there are large Jumps OF caked clay
living over il footing that it is certain ruin
Tor a horse to pass over faster than al a
walk.
MORE HELP NEEDED.
Unless the teaming force is at least
. doubled and ecu lie of CuitiyatOrS or piows
~LL
:. trainer VIII dare TO start horse next Satur-
. dsv Although there are already some run
ncrs at the track that would Ike to do some
s.. sLarpening-up work over the regular course
not one Of them has DARED 10 take the rISk,
and rs the inside tack is too heavy for last
work the trainers are feeling much annoyed
II is the OLD repeated story that good run
ring track and good trottins track are
almost an impossible combination.
- Among the stables now at the track who
f,i-g npfI in a III tnntlnU =
made safe are The following: Piedmont
stable j. Jones trainer; jackson, GOrget !;
.Cy Mulkry'S Sinfax and Tim Murphy-the
latter is little tender-footed and may not
; round-to II time to start; Dehhisoh BROS.
Princes First. This promising three-year-
old is a fine specimen of Prince Of Norfolk's
get lie is Of NEST compact build and shows
great power, but is in rather high order,
hrvng been INDUCED con sderably since his
northern campaign, where he acquitted
himself with nucn credit. The Prince IS
, the only Nurse that the Dennisons will race
MA Foster Of Los Angeles has Nalcho Il,
Dan Murphy and Gamb0; all LOOK well, eS-
:. peciaIiy Murphy. Kennedy has Acclaim, a
two-Eear-old FLY that made ggOd showing
. tniS season at Oakland anu Sacramento.
Phil Siebenthaler has brought down Sheri-
dan ana King Hooker. Billy hurry of the
Lone stable has Power. Leland and cou-
pie of others. Mat Storm has Kildare,
Marigold, Cheerful and Mystery. Alb
Notice, Mabel L, Picnic and Lodowic.
= Ta1o Alto sends Racine, Muta. fearless,
Nero, Rosebud and imported Glimpse.
Racine looks very big, having been let UP
:. since his arrival from the East. and may
POSSIBLY not start in the only race he Is EN-
gH&ed in, the Fame stakes. one and three
quarter miles. The others look i'll excellent
. order Appleby's big string was expected
10 arrive at the track last night with the
Boots horses, aud the balance of the entries
viii all be there by this evening.
HoTSPUR SOLD.
. -Hotspur, well-known member of the
: Dennjson stable, has been sold to a Mr.. Har-
per. new accession to the turf, who will
" bring him and Jack the Ripper to compete
il the races where they are entered.
Billy Mccormick has been re-eDgaged by
Theodore Winters 10 train his horses and l.
= now at the Sacramento track with them.
None Of them are entered at this meeting,
however.
The Hearst western stable left the East
Tor the coast last Tuesday. Only four en-
tries are left in stakes by the Hearst people.
Elmira, Sacramento, Snowfall aud El
= Neranp. Whether any OF these will start or
not is unknown. Il is pity that some OF
Donathan's best were not entered in the
: open events, as the four above mentioned do
not amount 80 much.
JOCKEY ''PIkE'S' RIDING.
Readers of THE CALLS turf articles viii nc
doubt remember that Tor the past two years
attention has been continually directed to tie
peculiar riding of Pike" Barnes, the well,
known cOloTed jockey, who at The beginning
- OF his career seemed in a fair way to become
the leading jockey of America when Me-
Laughiin and Murphy retired When early
this spring it was known that Baldwin had
engaged Barnes 10 ride Ter him during the
Eastern campaign, Baldwin's particular at
teniiou was drawn to Barnes riding at the
. New Orleans " inter meeting, where lie and
ana another coIoTed jockey named Williams
had stable of cast-offS entered IN the differ
tut races, Baldwin was shown the critic
isius of Barnes by the New Orleans papers,
by which he was accused OF the most
fragrant open pulling and jobbery. Baldwin
was warned to keep a close watch on barnes,
=. However, 1t was not until the season was
Wei advanced that Baldwin could go East
to look after his racing interests i'll person
Up To that time Barnes kept losing race
after race, apparently throwing them openly
: away. When Baldwin arrived on the scene,
however, there was an immediate change,
aud his i0T0es commenced TO win valuable
stakes.
Referring to the above state of affairs
Baldwin, in a conversation with IHE
= CALLS turf reporter, thus expresses him.
sell:
BALDWIN ON BARNES.
-"All l can say about Barnes riding for
NE Is based on my own belief from personal
experience For what L shall say l nave ne
wuald have been ruled off long ago and fol
life If l could accomplish it. When l en-
gagged him / had heard many runors ahou
his being crooked. which l did not July be.
:. licyP, so | trusted him and am quite mum
Der Of valuable races out. My belief is this
that Barnes is either the most INSCRIPTIONS
robber in the country or that lie does mo-
know how 10 ride. l have personally seer
him lose races with nay horses that it looked
impossible for him TO lose without trickery
I hIlcya nd pal na In
under his guidance, when it was Lombard
:: street to China orange that they should
win.
PHIL DwYER on BARNES.
zone race in particular at Brooklyn was
lost by Barnes in such manner that Philip
DwJ er called on me, at the st. James Hotel,
Brooklyn, and said he was determined to
have Barnes ruled off for life, and also some
book-lhakers whose names he mentioned
At Michael Dryers request he reconsidered
his determination, though | personally was
strongly In favor Of it. Though there were
times v hen Barnes rode well enough when
his immediate interests required 1t; still,
generally speaking, he rode as If he had lost
his nerve and WAS afraid to ride a horst. out.
HAS NO ACTUAL PROOF.
while | cannot produce actual proof OF
= Barnes dishonesty still / viii say this
> that if lie offered to ride for me Tor nothing
in fact TO give me $4,000 for the privilege
of riding my horses, he could not do so.
would not trust him even inside my stable
doors. He has been all this year too closely
intimate with what is known East as the
= tolored trust and several sclltming book.
makers.
PAID HIM IN FULL.
"As TO his story that owe him $500, that
is all bosh. l have his receipt in fail.
ergaged him at $1,000 month salary for
. first call on his riding, and his contract
. with me was made up to November LIST. On
f1rtu h.sr 9Th I notified hin, I nj
him to ride at Elizabeth lie refused to do
81, and l at once paid him up, deducting
half months salary for the time he re.
fused to ride at Elizabeth. La fact. he broke
his contract, and | could have withheld
even tie half months salary did pay him
However, his receipt in full which mold is
proof enough that don't owe him anything
Next year Overtnn and j. Porter will ride
for me. and precautions will be taken to en-
sure my horses being squareiy ridden.
MUCH NEEDED REFORMS.
1.-The formation of National Jockey Club
and the licensing Of trainers, JOCKEYS AND