Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-22
Hit and Miss Gossip Of Inter-
est to HOrsemen.
A Clergyman Tells of His Expe'
rience in Kentucky.
An Eastern Authority on Arion,
2:10z.
The Moor Family-Alcazar Going to
the Front at q Rapid Rate.
Winter Racing in Los
Angeles.

held IN this city close on ednesuay
week. The indications are that the sec
retary will receive fair list of entries.
1t IS expected that the northern part OF
the state will be we'll represented. The
Oakland meeting ended yesterday, and
the bulk of the horses will very soon be
brought to Los Angeles. The programme
is tempting enough to catch every horse
in training, and there are races to suit
all classes.
The Chicago Horseman has the fol-
lowing in the editorial column about
Arion, the most sensational trotter in
America
When one reads the latest perform
ance OF Arion, beyond doubt the trot-
ting phenomenon OF the century, he can
but exclaim involuntarily: "Will Won
.ders ever cease?' Who five years, aye,
one year ago, would have ventured the
prophecy that we would soon see 2
year-old tr0t mile in 2:10A? Who,
when Axtell was hailed as king Of trot-
ting stations, when 3.year-old stallion
record of 2:12 was accepted as
excelsior, believed that in only two
summers 2-year-old would envelop his
performance in total eclipse? Though
the aged stations Palo Alto, Nelson,
Stamboul and Delmarch, and the 5-year-
old Allerton, had all headed Axtell in
the stallion-record race, he still held the
championship for his class, and it could
in all fairness be argued that his 3.year-
old record of 2:12 was just as meritori-
-ous as those of his rivals who had great
advantage over him in years. But
neither the performance OF Axtell nor
that OF any other trotter that ever lived
bears moments comparison with the
radiant triumphs Of the young
California champion. "The king
is dead; long live the king"
Early in the California sea-
son Arion proved his quality by taking
race record of 2:2l. He went to
Stockton, where Marvin shaped him for
an assault on the 2-year-old record of his
kinslady Sunol. At the first attempt he
made a new 2-year-old record, trotting
in 2:l4A. At the next trial he went the
distance in 2:14l4, and Orrin Hickok
then pronounced him "the greatest
horse that ever stood on iron." Marvin
believed him capable OF still greater
things, and again challenged old Father
Time, whose campaign this year has
been hard and disastrous, on Tuesday at
Stockton.
The last number of the New York
Spirit of the Times has the following
gossip about The Moor family:
''Mr. l.. ]. Rose, to whose efforts and
luck as a breeder the family of the The
Moor owes its prominence, always re-
garded with special affection the horse
Alcazar. :201a by Sultan, the best son
of The Moor, out of his famous old
broodmare Minnehaha, that has five
trotters in the list. When he owned
both Stamboul and Alcazar he used to
stoutly maintain that while Stamboul
, caught the public eve and enthusiasm,
owing to his superb conformation, beau
ty and finish, together with his greater
speed, nevertheless he could show no
better foals than Alcazar. The public
has always continued to like Stamboul
best, and, doubtless, will continue to
do SO, for he is one of the most superb
horses that ever challenged for the
championship, and his new owner, Mr..
w. s. Hobart, is determined to spare
no pains to give him thevery best mares
that money can buy. AS far as we can
Judge of such matters Mr.. Hobart is
breeding 'on higher plan than Mr..
Rose did, for he has bought only the
best speed-p.oducing dams in the great
est families.
Not only his own liberal views and
ample pocket point in the direction of
advantages for Stamboul, but in addi-
ton to his own alertness the watchful
eve of his henchman, Samuel Gamble,
is constantly on the lookout for indica-
tions OF coming greatness, and it is an
eve that sees as far ahead as any of them.
Before the quality of Nancy Hanks was
suspected or heard of by the average
horseman Sam had her discovered,
bought and whisked away to the home
of Stamboul, and many another has
gone the same way, until the catalogue
OF the Hobart farm, when issued, will
he as rich reading to those who tie to
the blood OF great broodmares as can be
found anywhere in the same number OF
pages.
But great as the success OF Stamboul
is certain to be, the public are getting a
foretaste of the quality of Alcazar as
we'll. A right good 2-year-old has he
shown this year in Kehir, 2 :26, who, but
OF coming against such an unheard oi
nonpariel as the Electioneer colt Arion,
would have scored race record that
would have ranked among the best. Al
cazar has also put in this year Cotilda,
2:2814. The game quality of everything
closely descended from Minnehaha was
the pride and boast of the Master OF
Rosemeade. 1t was one reason why he
pinned his faith to Alcazar, horse who
began his races well, but kept coming
on to greater speed as he warmed into
the later heats.
x*x
Bishop Fitzgerald. who was recently
ordained, is one of those Christians who
have never yet mistaken dyspepsia fol
IAN evidence of piety, says the st. Loui
Republic. On the contrary, he tells al
anecdote in capital manner, and is tn,
life OF any crowd in which he hnds him
self.
Recently" said he, II found mysel
in section of Kentucky where the.
,t si lsE ~ N4.. 1T M