Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-02
TOPICS OF THE TURF.
HOW THE YOUNGSTERS AT PALO ALTO
ARE SHOWING UP.
The Haggin Consignment for the East
Opening of the Trotting Season
Tomorrow at Terre Haute.

A member of the Breeder and Sportsman
staff spent day at Palo last week, looking
at the trotters aud runners there. of the
former he writes:
Fourteen drivers on a track at one and
the same time is sight hardly to be seen
on any public track in the country, let
alone private one, yet still we had this
pleasure at Palo Alto, and many were the
fast ones brought out and speeded while we
were present.
dick" Havey, as is well known, has
charge of the trotting division during the
absence of Mr.. Marvin in the East. Hayey
is no stranger at Palo Alto, having trained
horses for Senator Stanford in DAYS gone
by. There are at present in the neighbor.
hood of eighty trOtters undergoing the
| requisite amount of work to enable them
to stand campaign this year. When the
season opens up, some ten or dozen of
| the best of these will be sent to uphold the
supremacy of Palo Alto. Among those
which Mr.. Havey is handling himself are
| Electricity 5S44 by Elecdoneer, dam Mid
| night (dam of Jay Eye See. 2IO, and
Noontide, 2:2Oi) by Pilot, Jr, H. Electro
| city is large brown horse, with rear hind
! white feet, l62 hands high, foaled 1884; he
mas always had great amount of speed,
| but has never been able to come to the
wire owing to an unfortunate habit of in
terfering, habit which hiss caused one of
| his legs to badly swell, no matter what
boots or other appliances have been put
on to prevent it. Mr.. Havey is under the
| impression that this sort of ANNOYANCE can
| be obviated, and already there are decided
signs of improvement.
Whether Electricity will still remain in
good fettle or not is impossible to saw at
present, but if he does there is no cause to
| doubt but that there will be another of
the Electloneer family to go in 2:20 or
better.
Express. 2:21, is by Electioneer. dam
Ester by Express, grandam Colosseum bv
Colossus, son of imp. Sovereign. This
bay gelding is, as can be seen by the pedi.
gree. one-half thoroughbred. and as bis
head is much more level than it was last
year, he may be fully expected to lower
his present mark considerably.
One OF the most graceful horses to be
seen at Palo Alto is Sport, 2:22S, by Pied.
| mont, 2:174, dam Sontag Mohawk (also
dam OF Sallie Benton, 2:174, aad Eros,
2:29D. He is fine, big, strapplng fellow,
beautiful dapple gray in color and is as
handsome horse as one could wish to see.
Almoneer is bay colt 2 years old, by
Alban 1892, dam America (dam of Bonnie,
2:25, and Benton, 2:27a.) by Hambletonian
10. This is handsome little fellow and
gives promise of great speed.
Another OF the two-year- odds, from
which much is expected this year in the
way OF speed, is bay filly by Electioneer,
dam Lady Ellen by Nam brine 1,739. This
elegant young lady is of splendid appear
| ance, with smooth easy way of going
that convinces the beholder that she is
able to keep up the reputation of the farm.
| Elleneer was able to trot very fast as a
yearling. and she will undoubtedly be an.
| other OF the phenomenal eproductions of
Palo Alto.
Rebecca, the dam of Rexford, whose
| three-year-old record of 224 made him
| famous, was bred in 1885 to Ansel (2:2O).
her production in 1886 being the bay FLY
Ariana, and, bar accident, she should be
| able to give another fast record for Cali
fornia trotter. She is of handsome appear.
ance very taking in her gait, and goes her
quarters already fast enough to warrant
the belief that she is entitled to place in
the stable which will represent the Senator
on the circuit.
Another of the Havey string which is
showing up very well is Susette, by Elec.
| tioneer, dam Susie (dam of Suisun. 2:25)
by. George NJ. Patchen, Jr. Susette is
full sister to Suisun and has shown speed
enough to convince Mr.. Havey that be has
first class mare in charge. Susette is one
| OF the brood mares of the farm and already
has brown colt by Nephew, but it was
deemed expedient to try and get a record
for her as she has shown so much speed at
the trot.
Of course, there were scores of other
horses seen going through their work, but
the sight presented was more of moving
panorama than anything else. And while
pedigrees were given without number it
was hard matter in the short time we
had at command to take notes of all the
fast ones that were exhibited.
CALIFoRNIA-BRED COLTS IN DEMAND.
To day nine carloads of thoroughbred
colts from the Rancho del Paso breeding
farm of J. B. Haggin, near this city, will
leave for the East in charge of Superinten-
dent John Mackey. Referring to this ship
ment the New York Spirit says:
1t is apparent now to many that the adj
vantage possessed by the California-bred
colt in climate is very great, especially in
two-year-old racing. Later in life it does
not amount to so much, but at two it is
very apparent In proof of this take the
racing of the Californian two-year. olds
within the past seven or eight years-El
Rio Rey, Geraldine, Emperor of Norfolk.
King of Norfolk, Volante, Mission Belle.
Alta, Cayuga, Tournament, Balarat, etc.
The TACT is two-year-olds are the horses
most sought for nowadays. They are the
most valuable simply because they can win
more valuable stakes than any other class
of horses. This is apparent when we re-
member that the Futurity is worth over
$4,000, the Junior Champion and Eclipse
Stakes each worth $4,000, the Great
American $4,000, not to speak of the
many others worth IN the nelghborhood of
$4,000, and the Matron Stakes. of 1892.
which will be worth about SIS OOO The
big money" is all in the two-year-old
races, and it is becoming more so each
year. Last year thirty-fve two-year. oIds
won S4SS,S55. Of these Chaos won S63 $50;
El Rio Rey, $47,525; st. Carlo, SOS 95S;
Protection, SEE, 225; Cayuga. s22 965: Torso
| S2l Gas; Reclare, $40, 1856; Deyotee, SIG 600:
Gregory, $15,565; Judge Morrow, $15.19O;
Tournament. $l4.517; Onaway, $14 305;
Civil Service, S14,0S9; Magnate, $1239O;
Burlington, Sl1, 915; Padishah, Sl1 ,910.
VERY LIKE LOTTERY.
Some of the greatest turf performers the
world has known sold for the most insig-
nificant prices previous to their develop
| ment. Some very wise horsemen think
they can tell how fast an unframed colt
will go by simply looking it over. No
| horseman that ever lived can tell absolutely
by looking at horse how fast he will 60
That is beyond the ken of horseman of
any type. The appended list will show
the prices at which some of the very great
est performers were sold before their great.
ness was suspected. Would any one of
them have been sold for any such sum had
their owners been gifted with any presci-
ence?
Maud s.. 2OSa. $3.50; Director, 2:17, $500;
King Almonf, 2:2l4, $500; Epaulet, 2:i9,
$3.50; Tucker. 2:l94. 1926; Noontide, 2.2O3,
500; Rosa Wilkes, 2:1si, $500; John W.,
2:233, S7S; Flora Temple, 2:193, $13 so; Ma
iolica, 2:15, $500; Princeton, 2:23, $245;
Guy, 2:10t, $500. The list might be in
creased TO great length, not excepting the
famous California horse Occident, 2:l63,
| which was sold for 500.
THE CALIFORNIA CRACKER. JACKS
| Tomorrow, June Sd, the trotting season
opens at Terre Haute, Ind, and the Err
press says: The arrival of the California
| 'Cracker-Jacks" with the good weather of
the last week has famed the trotting in
terests to white heat. The stream of visit
ors 10 the ground keeps up, and every day
| is gala day. Sunol and Palo Alto are
1 the center of attraction. The filly. whose