The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-09

i ne results OIL TIE EcctHL SaleS III Now
York of California trotting stock were quite
satisfactory to such owners as shipped gilt
edged colts by known performers ont OF
tried brood mares, and quite the reverse to
those who sent animals that were not bred
on these lines.
ROSE CAN'T COMPLAIN.
L. J. Rose, for example, cannot complain
very much about the price-S1l, o00-that the
two-year-old colt by Stamboul out of Min
nehaha brought. though it IS true that Mas
cot, his full brother, was sold two years ago
for $4,000 10 Marcus DAILY. A Mr. Forbes
of Boston bought the colt
DISAPPOINTED BREEDERS.
The Valensin lot went at an average of
SS79 for the twenty head offered. They
were mostly by Sidney, and Yalensin ex-
pected they would average at least $780,
The Burke colts only averaged about $500
head, another bitter disappointment for the
genial owner of the La Siesta Ranch.
A LOSING SPECULATION.
When it is considered that it costs nearly
500 TO take colt TO New ork and sell him
there, ii can easily be seen that there is
no great profit in such prices as the Valensin
and Burke consiguments brought. They
would in all probability have sold much
better at home.
ENTRIES TO CLOSE.
The BlOOd-horSe Association have decided
to repair the Bay District track for the
spring meeting, and the Track Committee
will shortly meet TO pass the necessary reso-
buttons and make a contract Tor the work.
The entries to races, which commence on
April 11th close tomorrow, March 10th,
with the Secretary ut 313 Bush street.
The San Jose entries close also on the
ion ltnrr a aCAd 90
extend them for one week, IN order to give
owners every opportunity to enter their
horses. 1t is not yet known for certainty
if the Hearst stable will be represented at
either meeting.
THoMPsoN's BANQUET.
Joseph Thompson. the Australian sports
man, who had at one time aspirations TO
build new lace track near this city, gave
a big dinner to the leading local bOOk-mak-
ers the other evening. The occasion for the
festivities has not yet been ascertained, and
guesseS en- the subject range from cheerful
ness over the defeat of the anti-PoOl-room
Bill to gladness that he did not succumb to
the wiles of owners OF suitable raee-traek
locations.
James ii. Goldsmith, the Eastern driver
and brother of john IL. Goldsmith, the
local trainer, is recovering slowly from
severe sickness brought on by nervous pros
tratiun. He is 50 weak that ne will hardly
he able TO do any driving before the cam
paign opens at Cleveland.
SOUND ADVICE TO BETToRs.
The New York Spirit of the Times makes
the following very pertinent remarks: 1t
is very common for owners and the public
TO say, He is a grand racehorse, for if he
had not gone amiss by getting lame, CATCH
ing cold, etc, etc, he would have beat them
all easy A really grand, hlgh-class race
horse very seldom goes amlSs, or II he does
his class soon enables him 10 recover his
lost form. Give me the horse whose last
performances are his best If he is to be
raced next season. Thousands who should
know better are continually and everlast-
ingly trying TO class lot If cheap selling
plaGers one against the other, by referring
TO his or her last performance, and such an
inpossibility causes many 10 lose what they
win on good horse.
''Bettors should adopt the rule never to
bet on poor horse. even against a poorer
lot; but pick cut n good tried horse, one
that has beaten good horses, even If he is
running against those that the touts and
talent say are unbeatable, and if you lose
you have lost on a good horse. not a worth
less brute; you have lost on one quite likely
TO win il back for you. Always make 1t
point TO bet on what are the highest class
horses, with the most coon's skins to their
credit; not on a lot OF Old maidenS, because
su-and-So has II, and is betting on MS horse.
LoNGFELLoW's GET
Speaking Of what the get of LongfellOw
have done as two-year-olGs, a correspondent
in the Sportsman says: The impression
that his two-year-olds do not race well is
erroneous, as the records prove. From the
time his sous and daughters first appeared
on the turf IN 1876 down to the close of 1890
over $50 per cent Of his twe-year were
Tinners, and the list of them. which is given
below, will also compare favorably with
those sired by any stallion Of his time. The
table which follows gives a review of what
this horse has accomplished in this line, the
number Of tWo-year-oid starters IN each
year by him, and the number of these that