The morning call., 1891-02-02
TURF NOTES.
Betting on Newspaper Tips a
Decided Fallacy.
Inharmony in the Breeders Ranks-Loeal
Art-PoOl Legislation-English Racing
Statistics.

bers and their jealousy of each other. Many
of them want such and such races arranged
Just TO meet some particular entry of their
own; and if this is not done, they object
vehemently and block all business. II they
cannot get a known 2:15 or so performer in
2:1S or , 30 class, they will not enter, and
so on it goes.
TOO MANY COOKS.
So many remedies have been proposed for
this state of affairs by the turf reporters of
the daily papers that the unfortunate D-
rectors of the association are at sea as to the
best course TO pursue. What between in
ternal diSsension and gratuitouS outside ad-
vice they are fairly bewidered, and may
finally conclude to make no changes, let the
programme stand and take their general
chances of making the meetings pay eX-
penSes.
CLOSING THE PO0L-ROOMs,
judging from appearances at Sacramento
the closing up at an early date of the local
pOol-rooms seems an assured fact. A strong
bill to prohibit pool selling and book-mak-
ing, except on actual races at track in this
State has passed the Senate Committee on
Public Morals, despite the efforts of the
booksellers, and they received further
setback by the Senate refusing by a vote of
81 to 10 TO reconmit the bill back to the
committee.
THoMPsoN's CHANCE.
The closing up Of the pOol-rooms in this
city may perhaps prove a blessing in dis
guiSe to Joe Thompson, and materially as
siSt his new race-track scheme. The San
Francisco public dearly loves to speculate On
hOTse-races and the bOok-makers fully un-
derstand this. If forced to close up their
rooms they may join forces with Thompson
and help HIM to build the new track. There
seems 10 be 4 great opportunity for ThOmp-
son now to inaugurete winter racing on the
Coast Outside of the climatic di>adyan-
tageS to which Clifton, Gutenberg and
Gloucester tracks are subject, racing, ais
they do, over SnoW-banks and half-frozen
seas of mud, they are now under the ban of
the law and being closed up by the New
Jersey authorities.
WINTER RACING.
Why should not winter racing be had
here? There's not a day of the year that
racing cannot take place in this city. if tine
track Is prepared for running and not trot-
ting, and many horSemen in the East would
be only too glad TO winter their horses here
If they could now and then get chance to
pick up purse or two to pay expenses. Be
tween pool-ro0m betting and race-track bet
ting there can be but little difference of
opinion, but that the public has much fairer
treatment in the latter case than by Sptcu-
lating in the rooms. The question of eX-
pense decides this effectuallv. On race
track the bookmakers can afford to give bet
Ter odds and can see as well as the public
what is going on Winter racing here would
be OF great benefit to the Local horsemen and
bring the State breeding farms much more
prominently before the country The cues
tion is one that will bear much consdera-
tiOn. Thompson, however, can be sure If
pOOl-TOOms are not closed that lis race-track
schemewill not succeed.
D. Or
In tho No,, Wi, S,1.rts,ra,, 81 r,,,,,o-,.
oaTL tbara ia mil. bPd 49, Ia 80
articIe Win cvtended fsbies revia,,iHr thss
sncress nf hetfinG m naw,Snanar raci,,g tins
JITG1 Tco2 OIL No ~ - ,,t? ,iPe
Tnti',r,s f ,l, p NJ
o,,tbe Sf,.rlI5 r. T 70 al n' 1ioh
Sarstn9a yera nonsfdarsi md a. ro ",H
n,ada "a Feio c4nsiC5oeuaI M Tue result
tbsge frp iFS av S 55d St e races T4
tins f4rrad ON v-'lTa tGos al ,,o,, h, tho 81
" W ~ aIIosC 81 , Z" - 'nS iot-
Ionrnol oT PAL Tpis 'ne go, ouu'
- --''' '''-- 80 no " % 'N0 i0'u'''
a LusiNG GAME
Ont OF coo seiectlons LOT nrst horses the
star leaus Win 1ol winners, the journal
follows, giving l5s, and the sun l24: Play
Ins. 90 each III either Oh tile tnIGe SeiectlohS-
"ou!u involve au investment OF $3.50 Ac-
cordlnS 10 quoied odds the star winning
selectloho MouIu I9I Go invested on each
realize Sl24', Inc JournafS Sl224 ana the
chose tue otaT UPS as oeilg me most pr0hl-
aole' the result " oetIhS g on each SeI-c-
non W1uIu elltall Io,s oI $3.50 oolhe may
SlaIln tnat tIe lnNeSl9i 4lsAt II coup HilllSe!t
6 9y piaydng Se SG tH 4orSe SdieGoa7 ons
dlq space permit Tue WIItef cnuId prove from
taoles IN ms possession that tue result IN
tlal case Woutq De tqualiy disastrous 10
Illustrate briefly, the hTst Morris Park meet
Ing ihcluutu seven t5-SiA Iaces' when at %
eacn' SIasu' "nu pA"ce' "Ou" require
SID0.
Inc sun gives twenty hTst and seventeen
secouu "inuels, 5leluIhs' lot 20 invested
on eacu, so me journal eighteen nrsts
anu sixteen secohuS' pay llg SO the otar
tmeH.S-'u5 HISls anu IouIteen SECONDS, CIV
ing SlSO, tie fress sixteen nrsts and elgh-
teen seconds, pairing S22S. The loss in any
ol Tue selecuoAs lOI 90 pet "ouIu De over
S' T IT.. - -.---,.-..--,,-- -.
1ne sItcie sums up eunpIlatlcaliy tnat
,aI+Sr IN tn ~
. Better Success NAV he Achieved if onlv he
iudgment of a ronInetent borsenIan ia sheen
lated on" system betting is also stated Inv
him to be sure losing fallacy He CON
eiudes bv saving.
"Tbe rry of turf corruntion which oc
casiOnaIlv arises NAV cause some To snoff AT
the value of Judgment and eyDerjence i'm
backing horses. The writer does NOT nrn
pose defense of all racing methods. hut his
experience in Iuuning a stable for some
wears NAV iustify him in asserting that in
the maisfity of races at reputabie meetings
tbe batker gets an honest run for his money,
Inst hera at7 TT4oni.n tbCngnt srieas w.
it possible for the DrodnceTs 10 mite as ont
man in giving tine go-by to every race in
which "a oueer' Stable started il wouId
effectuauv cnt off the nroffs If crooLad
ness. VIZ f-0-'''
j. r. Hazlitt arrived at New Orleans re-
Gently from Chicago. bringing with him
Black Pilot. Louise NJ. Garcia Smoke and
Emma Nevada.
The Commercial saws. For many months
the impression has been prevalent that Ken
tucky's greatest race-horse. Proctor Knott.
would never recover from his lame,
ness, and there has been speculation among
the lovers of horseflesh as to his exact con-
dition. The winner of tie Futuritv and the
Junior Champion in 1888 is now as sound as
be was when he captured those valuable
stakes TWO years ago.
ENGLISH RACING.
The English Racing Calendar for 1890 re-
morris the nnn,ber of races RIM in FngIand
- 49, a =. -. - 100 - 5co967' or