The morning call., 1891-08-20
COAST RACES.
Fast TrottiDg at the Napa
Meeting.
The FaYlTitGS Win Only One Race Out
Of Three
Good Sport at Red Bluff, Santa Barbara,
and Kent, WaSh.-What the
Pools Paid.


NAPA, Aug. 19-Why should alehemists
bother their brains 10 discover the secret OF
making gold out of dust when the much
easier process of the present day to make
shining twenty-dollar pieces is simply to bet
on horse races placing the venture simply
on what is considered by the talent as hav-
ing absolutely no chance at all to wiz:
Thrice the rejected stones of the picllof the
talent won first money in the events set for
discount at the second days meeting of
the Naps Fair Association to-day, and,
as has been their custom of late,
at the Breeders a.d San Jose
meetings the supposed greenies rode
home in barouehes. while the ''know-it-alls"
sampled the quality of tie Napa highway
dust, and instead of washing out their
parched thrOats with champagne were only
too glad to sample the tepdness Of the Napa
River water. The continued defeat Of the
favorites so far throughout the circuit and
the success of the field horses has SO fire.
ouenty been commented on during the cir
cult that it has become monotonous. A
number of the heavy losers among the talent
Tacoma WINS THE FIRST RACE.
The first event on to- days card was the
two-yeaT-old's District stake for purse of
$3.50. A. McGaden's Alien, by Anteo. was
made the favorite for the first heat at $50.
against Pa'o de Rosa, Tacoma, Stonewall
and Rustic King, the latter by Lazalle, who
brought S24 In the field z. J. Skaters
gray colt Rustic King. as became his country
turned Tbp tables fln ptlnr.
by taking the first heat on strictly square
trot, the others going TO pieces all over the
track, in ;43.
The suburban monarch was the fayoUte
at $50 against SIS for the field for the sec
ond heat. The favorite went very steadily,
but despite LacUna's snng-and-dance per-
furmsnce the latter's speed in the home
stretch enabled him to make dead heat of
It with the fayoTte. in :42la. At strong,
frst-ChoiCe prices the faVorite took the third
Third, PalO de Rosa fourth and StUneNall
fifth. lime. 2:41.
THE. SECOND RACE.
Nimrod, Griffin, Keepsake, Corcoran and
Lou Milton came out for tie $1,000 purse in
the 2:40 class, for the second heat. Pools
were sold Lou Milton 81, field S24. Keep
sake led all the way, Nimrud ten lengths
back and nearly distanced the field. Milton
and NjmTod brought $50 against Sl4 for
Keepsake. Again the shortened got in sight
by keepsake, who won very easily, after
leading Lou Milton sl the way by ten
lengths in 1872. Nimrod was again third
The last and decisive heat. the pool-hox odds
were. Keepsake $50, the field SO. This was
quickly annexed by Keepsake in 2:3Sk, Lou
Milton second aud NimrUd third.
THE THIRD RACE.
A special purse of $500 was the next event.
The starters were Agnew's Flora G, r.
Murphy's Maud D. d. Miners Matte p.
and j. DonneIly's Beaumont. Tie latter
was known to have gone in > % easily, and
though he Gas been in the stud for two
years Goldsmith. .1,lsnce made him a
ayorite for the first heat at $50 against
y for Flora e and SO for the
The big LIE Grande stallion easily took
the first heat in 1927, Flora q second Maud
d third snd Matte 7 last. Beaumont
brought $40 for the second heat with Flora
& strong second choice at S29, the field
bringing So The fayOrite was never
headed, and won by length from Flora G
In 2;26 Maud ID again third and Matte p
last.
A number of believers in the staying
powers OF Altoona, near here, began TO buy
tile shoTt-end; knowing that Dick Harvey,
one OF the best known and capable drivers
in the State, would be up behind her. they
paid Sl2 for her, and the others in the
field, against SO for Beaumont. The specu-
latIon truly was bright. Beaumont was a
tired horse when he came out, and Gold
smith did not rush him hard for the heat,
which Flora took by a length in 2:27, Matte
Z third and MaudD last.
FLORA WINS.
When it was seen how tired the stallion
was Flora and the others in the field were
made strong first choice. The game little
brown mare fully rewarded her support
ers confidence by winning the succeed
ing two heats and the race in
2:30 and 81. Matte p got second place in
the fourth heat, with Maud D third and
Beaumont last. Beaumont made an earn
est effort TO down the mare in the
last heat, but Goldsmith's best skill
could not make the tired chestnut stallion
win. Matte P was third in the last heat
and Maud ID fourth. Agnew was heartily
congratulated on his success.
RACE ARRANGED.
match race, best three in five heats. has
been arranged between Wanda and Silas
Skinner, for $1,000 with $500 added by the
association. The date for its decision has
been set for Saturday next. Ii Skinner is
Kept down TO square gait and If Wanda Is
not handicapped by overweight the event
Will be of much interest to all; but if
the home horse is allowed to travel
IN his last years go-as-you-please style, and
Wanda has some thirty pounds extra to haul
around the track, the match will hardly be
worth looking at and will be more or less of
hippodrome. Should the judges restrict
Silas TO square trot and Wanda be driven
by pilot weighing not over the regulation
weight then q close contest can be looked
for.