Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-08
THEY BEAT THE WORLD.
CALIFORNIA BRED HORSES FROM
DAGWORTH'S STANDPOINT.
A Long List of Brilliant Winners-Good in
all Classes-Some Records Cited-Ken-
lucky Must Take Back Seat.

California bred and California owned
horses have made phenomenal record
in the east this year. For several years
past, such horses have captured many a
stake; especially has this been done by
the Santa Anita flyers from this county.
Last year FL Rio Rey, the grandson of
the celebrated Norfolk, captured every
race he started in and defeated his fields
with such ease that many of the best in
formed turf writers in this county dub
bed him the greatest two year old that
ever appeared on the American turf.
This star performer went amiss and the
Kentucky breeders were congratulating
themselves on the fact that the blue
grass horses would have cinch on the
three year old events. But California
horses came to the front in gallant style.
"They can't beat uncle Bob, Judge
Morrow and Riley" thundered the
turf oracles in the big dailies.
Racine, the Palo Alto bred king, ap-
peared on the scene, and after beating
every three-year-old in Kentucky,
wound up by running mile at Chicago
in ! :39h, the fastest time on record
for mile over circular track. Racine
was next sent east, but went amiss
and was not started.
Still California Kept in the van.
Tournament and Sinaloa came to the
rescue. The former has won more mon
ey than any three-year-old this year,
while the Los Angeles bred filly is facile
princeps, the best three-year-old filly in
America, if not the best three-year-old
in this country: The wonderful mile
and quarter at Monmouth will not
soon be forgotten. The speedy daughter
of Grinstead ran the distance with III
pounds up in the sensational time Of
2:04. Sinaloa ran the first mile in 80.
In a nutshell, the best trio OF three
year-olds in America is Sinaloa, Racine
and Tournament, and every one of them
was bred and raised in California. How
is that for record?
1t is not necessary in this article to di-
late upon the sensational performances
of the California owned Salvador and
FirenZi. The former is the best horse
and the latter the best mare in America.
What more can be said?
How about trotters and side-wheelers
Well, California has this year made a
record that has surprised the trotting
world The fastest mile trotted this
year was made by the California bred
Sunol in 2:11la. The fastest time ever
made in a race was made by the Califor-
MIA bred Margaret S., who reduced her
record to 2:l21a, and the fastest time
ever made in race by a stallion was
made by the California bred Palo Alto,
who defeated Jack in 2:13.
The fasteners have always allowed
that California yearlings and two year
olds were more precocious than the
Kentucky production and could beat the
world, but they were loath to admit that
California could or would hold her own
in the older divisions. Then again the
California bred Alfred S won more races
on the grand circuit than any other
trotter in the fast classes. Cricket is
the name of green side wheeler from
California who astonished the natives
and ran down the line in brilliant style,
securing mark of 2:10 Column after
column could be written of the wonder
full doings of the horses from the golden
west, but enough has been said to show
that California is destined to be the
greatest horse producing state in Amer
lea.