The morning call., 1890-10-27
TURF NOTES.
The State Racing Meetings Of the
Coming Month.
A Clash of Trotting and Running Dates-Ths
Bl,id Horse Fall Mse!ing-No Subscrip-
tons to Be Had.

Unless stopped by the winter rains there
will be quite a plethora of racing next
month on the Coast as wind up of the
State racing season. No less than four meet
iugs will be held: The supplementary record
racing under the auspices of the Breeders
Association, commencing on November Sth
at the Bay District track, and continuing on
the 14th and 18th; the San Jose running
races on November 18th, 18th and 18th; the
Stockton record races on the 18th and 18th,
and the Blood Horse meeting at the Bay
District November 22d, 25th, 9th and 10Th.
CLAsHING DATES.
There is a clash, rs will be seen by COM
pairing the dates, between the San Jose run
ming races and the Breeders record meeting,
but only as far as the last days OF both Or
CARNATIONS are concerned.
THE PUBLIC's PREFERENCE.
When it comes down to public popularity,
the runners have always the best of it, and
as every dollar counts, it might be quite
little snug sum in the pockets CT the trotting
people if they could rearrange their dates SO
as not to conflict with San Jose. Unless
they do, even such cracks as Sunol, Palo
Alto, Stamboul and Freedom will hardly
keep many from going to San Jose to see the
runners in preference to visiting the Bay
District Track and watching the harness
carriers do their best. Last year when
Sunol made her record of 2:10h, there were
not over 600 people at the track, though the
event was we'll advertised. The public
know what they like best, and that is a
running race. They would rather see lot
of evenly matched yellow dogs compete
Dor ia oil hA
StamboulS, Palo Altos and Freedoms 90 for
records against the watch.
FULLY DEMONSTRATED.
This has been so fully and so often DEM
onstrated here that the managers OF the
breeders record meeting, unless they wish
to incur certain financial loss, will do well
to consider the matter. If they could ar
range races in which the cracks would COM
pete against each other that would be diff
ferent affair, but simple goes against time
will not draw a crowd here.
SAFE BET.
1t is safe proposition to bet that the at
tendance on the day for which they have ar
ranged genuine race between Lee, Mary
Lou, Charles Derby, Maggie E, Washington
and Emma Temple will be double what the
other two days, on which only records are TO
be shot al, will draw.
COULDN'T COLLECT A DOLLAR.
The committee appointed by the Blood
horse Association to solicit subscriptions
have so far met with poor success, or rather,
according TO their report, no success at all.
1t seems most peculiar that in city ike
this, where so many rich and influential
business meu reside, all of them dir ectly or
indirectly interested in racing. not one
single dollar can be collected from them to
assist the very source from which they de-
rive so much financial benefit. How about
the book-makers? Ii is true that they pay
a daily rent to do business at the track that
helps the association along nicely, but still
they make so much money out OF the races
that, with proper representation, subscrip-
tiOns might be secured from them.
POSSIBLE NEW STAKES.
II would net be amiss to note on each
days programme such an item as the
Kingsley stake. the kilhp handicap, the
Whitehead purse, the Schwartz handicap or
the Nathan purse And then as a grand
windup the United Book-makers' Associa-
tons handicap, with $500 added, mile
heats. Then the cable-car companies, the
hotels, the leading liquor houses aud
upOn TO donate and have their names as
donors appear affixed to some purse or
handicap. All depends on their being
properly approached. 1t would be only
question Of breaking the ice for all the
others to follow. 1t might perhaps pay the
rustler aud good talker as Edwin f. Smith
of Sacramento to agitate the subject. I'm
fortunately the time is so close at hand for
the closing of the entry list that 1t will need
the exertions of a Hercules to make the
thing a 60. THE CALL some two months
ago suggested the above scheme, but as
usual the apathy OF the association was
immOyable.
1t is expected that at the coming meeting
Theodore Winters will be represented and
a, : ba nitlI norptbap ia
said to be on his way home with Almont
and others. The association thinks about
Seventy-fiyC horses Will Ue at the track to
take part in the meeting.
BLooD-HoRsE PROGRAMME.
The following programme has been ar
ranged: First day, November 22-lntroduc-
ton purse, one mile Ladies' stake, six fur
longs; purse for two-year-oldS, six furlongS;
November stakes, one and oae-quarter miles.
Second day, November 25-Selling purse,
three-quartera of a mile heats; Fame stakes,
one and three-quarter miles; Record stakes,
five furlongs; Handicap purse, seven fur
longs. Third day, November 27-Handlcap
sweepstakes, one and one-eighth miles; Au-
tumu stakes. one mile; selling purse seven
furlongs; purse, five furlong heats. Fourth
day, November 29-Handicap purse, fifteen
siXteenths OF a mile; Vertal stakes, one and
one-quarter miles; Holiday hand leap, one
and one-quarter miles; Owners handcap
purse, one mile. Should the attend ance
warrant, extra days racing may be pro-
vided for. Entries close next Monday, No
vember 5, with the Secretary, L. S. Culver.
313 Bush street.
THE KING AND QUEEN.
As an additional attraction the association
may obtain the consent of j. Il. Haggin
that Salvador and Firenzi, the champions Of
the American turf, now on their way from
the East TO the Rancho del PaSO stud, shall
be eXhi bited on the track during the races.
GERALDINE is SOLD.
Porter Ashe. disguised with his bad luck
East this year, has DISPOSED of his stable
that under Luke Kelly's management has
been racing and consistently losing at all
big Eastern tracks. On the 10th he disposed
at public auction of Geraldine, the we'll
known sprinter who holds the record at four
furlongs with a mark of 46 seconds, carry
ing ~ pounds. She was not looking her
best, aud though she was guaranteed able to
show half in 46H seconds right there and
then, she only brought $1,000, I. W. Shreye
being the purchaser. Flood Tide, who has a
dickey leg, went for $1,000; Sir Roe and Ro-
meta, two two-year-olds, for 500 each,
Ira Ramsdell buying ROmetta; Miss Nc
Govern FLY brought $500 and King Alta
$50.
The last number Of the Spirit Of the Times
On. " has an able article from the pen of
Secretary Ed f. Smith of the State Agri-
cultural Society concerning kite shaped
tracks. lie believed that the public, who
pay to see the races. prefer the oval courses,
where the start and finish can be fully seen
besides the race down the back-stretch and
along the side-quarters. The question of
klte-shaped tracks is taking up much space
in the Spirits columns and the views of all
the prominent harness men are being given.
THE NEW RACE-TRACK.
Joseph Thompson, q leading Australian
book-maker, is expected 10 arrive here
shortly to look over the situation for build