The morning call., 1890-06-09

Bay District and Sacramento meetings to
good advantage, won the Colorado Derby
and Mountain stakes at the recent Denver
meeting.
Mccarthy had not laid the whip on Geral-
dine In the Toboggan Slide handicap she
would have beaten Fides.
George Smith, better known as "Pitts-
burg Phil" is having phenomenal luck on
the. Eastern turf this season. Since the
spring racing commenced he has won
S9S,0o0. Phil" " had $500 on Sorrento at
10 to the other day and won.
BILLY DoNATHAN's STRING.
The New York Spirit of the Times corre-
spondent at Louisville says concerning the
Hearst string in Billy Donathan's charge:
Senator Hearsps trainer, Billy Jonathan, was
forced to obey orders and tear himself and his
charges away yesterday, just when he wished to
have shy at the Cup, III order 10 have his lot on
hand at Westchester to fill certain engagements
next Friday. l doubt II he has anything quite
ripe enough TO make showing with as yet, and
though AlmOnt is not very far of a race, yet l
don't expect 10 hear of his carrying silk quite so
early As this In the season. am not at all sure.
moreover, that The colts wind is quite all that IL
ought TO be, and am certain hat the COLBY An
archlst, the we'll named brother TO Dynamite, is
a wheezer To my mind the Hyder Ali year
old, Yosemite. is long way the pick of the
Hearst Western basket. aud hope that " Mr..
Nlgilant" VIII give him careful inspection when
next running his eye over The juveniles stabbed at
Morris Park.
LIKES LEIGHTON.
W. L. Scott has great hopes that his
three-year-old, Leighton, will show up well
this year. He recently overpOwered his
boy at exercise and went mile in AZ
Leighton il the colt that Scott thought
he could win last years Futurity with
Leighton went amiss and the stable had to
depend on Chaos, who, however, proved
good enough to win.
HIS BROTHERS. NEPHEW.
Rol,
Carlo are not full brothers, though most
people believe they are. Both are by st.
Blaise. but st. Carlos dam is Carna, whose
dam is Carita, and Carita is the dam of st.
Charles
In the East the question is being agitated
that owners should be forced to have their
horses ridden out for second ard third
places, even when practically beaten for
first position. SO much heavy wagering is
now done on the place positions that such
a regulation in the racing rules would be
very acceptable to the public.
UNFORTUNATE Ell RIO REY.
Good Judges believe that it will be o
miracle if FL Rio Rey ever wins race over
a distance again. His wind is said to be
SO seriously affected that it will be an i'm
possibility for the crack two-year-old of
last year to go mile. He was believed to
be starter for the st. Louis Derby last
Saturday, but did not come to the post.
The stable started Joe Courtney for the
opening event, a mile, and he was made
hot fayorte at tO5 He was only heard
of in the betting. Average, a two-year-old
in the stable, ran second in a fye-eightbs
scramble in 1905.
Johnston, 2:06A, the king of PAGERS, has
been recently sold by John w. Conley to E.
c. Long of ST. Paul.
SUSTAINED THE MOTION.
An important case on the question as to
whether money unlawfully obtained on
trotting races can be recovered or the of
fender punished, even where the track is
protected by the American Association,
came up III court recently in the East. The
facts are these:
The Grand Jury at Mersburg, Pa, adjourned
after finding two bills both against l., w. PO-
cock OF Coshocton. The facts thar led to these
bills are that at the Mersburg Fair last fall Po-
cock entered his horse under the name OF Billy
watson III TWO races aud the animal was protest
made affidavit affirming the eligibility OF his
horse 10 go In both races Tie horse went on
and won first money iu both.
The matter was reported to the Secretary OF
the American Association who made an iuvesti-
CATION and found The horse ineligible 10 20 In
either class In which he was enteiei. and that
lie went under an assumed name. Pocock, the
owner, aud john Adams, the driver, were eX-
PEELED. Pocock refused TO refund the money,
amounting 10 $40, hence the bills for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
A motion TO quash the two Indictments against
l.. w. Poc0ck OF CoShocton, found at the present
term OF court, for Obtaining by false pretenses
from the Agricultural Society here last fall
argued on May 22d before Judge DOwell. The
grounds OF the motion were seven in number, six
OF which were for informally in the charge, and
tile seventh was based on the Idea that the
purses offered by agricultural societies for the
fastest horses WAS a species of horse racing
which is prohibited by the laws OF Ohio, aud that
money lost at such races cannot be recovered.
Judge D0Well sustained the motion.