The morning call., 1891-08-02
OPENING RACES
OF THE BREEDERS.
Lee Wins First Money in the
$4,000 Purse.
a Fine Exhibition Of Speed and Gameness.
ROwena Wins the Yearling Stakes, and
Baden Lands the Last Race.

Inc year at the bay District Track, ana In
the gamest fashion placed the largest slice
of the great event of the meeting-the $4,000
purse for the 2:20 classic the credit of his
owners bank account Ii Mr.. Theuerkanr
of Salinas does not treat Lee to the best
corn plaster in the market, the leading chiro-
podic artists care and flaxseed poutices ad
iibitum, he never deserves TO 90 to horse
heaven.
II is many a day since a better or more
interesting race has been trotted over the
Bay District Track. The best horse won it
Without any doubt. and strictly on his
merits On Thursday last as was pub
lshed IN The CALL the 70 flowing day, the
turf reporter of this paper saw one OF the
leading horse-shoerS of the State fixing Lees
left hoof and trying to remove the cause of
his lameness, large corn high up on the
heel, near the frog. which had practically
famed him so that he had TO be let up in his
work. That Lee WAS able to make the show
ing he did yesterday says much for the abil-
lty Of John ORourke, who attended to his
foot, and for the care and attention he had
from his rubber and trainer.
For Lee to trot three heats in exactly the
Same notch, 2;2OA, proves him to be as
staunch as they make them, especially when
1t is remembered that he finished each heat
stronger and stronger. In the last, had he
been pushed out, he could have knocked
probably a second off the mark. Though
the time made by him goes as 2:2OA, it
IGdiiS WAS al ieaSl Two SECONDS better all
round, for the best judges are unanimous
that the juvenile SIMEON that blew down
the hOmeStretch, right bang against the
horses, delayed the time by that much. Some
will say that If the wind was against the
horses on the homestretch 1t was IN their
favor down the back quarter. This is quite
true, but the last quarter TO home is the
crucial test, and the least adverse condi-
p IONS are increased greatly over what they
would be IN the hrSt half- Coming home,
horse trOtting at Lees gait quickly feels the
least disadvantage.
AN OLD LINER.
Lee is distinctly bred on old 10 lines. He
is by General Lee, son of George NJ.
Patchen Jr, aud his dam is by a son OF
Eugene Casserley, who was the son of Gen
eral Taylor. Both George NJ. Patchen Jr.
and General Taylor are well-known to all
old Californians. II is a great loss to the
breeding interests OF the State that such
game horse as Lee can leave no posterity
behlnd him 10 perpetuate his line.
For yesterdays opening the Breeders
were handicapped to a certain extent by The
breaking down of the Market-street cable
system, which affected the attendance some
what, aud secondly by the extremely un-
favorable climatic conditions. just as the
yearlIngS were called up for the first
event, cold bone-chilIing fog and a
strOug-biting wind set in, and those
who were without their overcoats suffered
considerably. AS to the track it was in
q good order as the time made shows, but
many old knights of the sulky, in their track
knowledge, thought that the track Super
intendent had narrowed it too deeply
However, with couple of tenderfeet like
Lee and Wanda, this deep footing was
rather in their favor. The attendance was
only fair aud possibly not over from Sl2oo
a4S15O0 was taken in at the gate. Many
ladies were seated on the clubhouse bal
comics and in the grand stands. though
their gay garments were somewhat dimmed
by the Tatery fog and lowering skies.
JUDGES AND TIMERS.
II. NJ. Larue was tie presiding nudge.
assisted by President F. l.. CUombs and
Colonel Gilbert TOmpkins, while l.. H.
Mcintosh, D. j. Murphy and Alfred Page
held the tickers and made eredtably clear
chalk marks On the blackboard in record
ing the Tins made.
Wien the millennium arrives, OF San Fran
cisco builds new race-track, then possibly
that ramshackle, diiapidated, dirty old dry
goods box, derlSYey called the press
stand that is glued to the clubhouse will
be Tslegated TO the wood-pile. AS it is now
its principal use is TO cullect all the dust,
refuse and old paper blown about by the
wind and give the unfortunate reporters
who have TO 60 into it aggravated cases OF
rheumatism and neuralgia. Ii the track
Superintendent would run the watering-cart
few times around the betting and club
house Enclosures and lay the dust, many Of
the mental blessings now invoked on his head
by ladies' with ruined toilets and infuri-
ated men with eyes, ears, noses and throats
tuli OF dust would be recalled.
RoYESA WON EASILY.
First on the days programme was the
gearing tT0ttlng stakes, dash Tor one mile,
for which three equine infants who had not
yet cut their wisdom teeth came out to take
their primary lesson in an actual track con-
test. Palo Alto sent out very handsome,
well-tuTned bay FLY, R9Wena, TO represent
the famous ranch, Charles Marvin, of
course, acting as her pilot. Captain Harris
bla colt Ole and H. T. Perkins black FLY
Maud Fox were the other starters. OF the
three, only Rowena looked in condi tiun to
90 even the single mile required of them,
and in the pools few tentative offers of $40
p her against SO for the other two were
made, with only a solitary taker or two. 4
little money went ON Rowena in the mu-
tualS; but It was very little, and hardly
made return for the bother of taking the
money out Of ones pocket and collecting it.
As far as the actual race was concerned,
only the favOrite was in it. Ga the sixth
score the word was given and the bay FLY
al once went 10 the front She broke at the
first turn, but was quickly caught, and when
the quarter was reached she was thirty
lengths ahead OF Maud Fox, who had about
the same advantage of Olo. R0wena kept
on increasing her lead at the half and three
quarters and reached the latter mark of the
route Rnen Maud Fox was ut the five
eIghths pole. Up the stretch she kept on
coming and finished very strong in the fair
time, considering the wind, Of 1884; the
rest were nowhere, Maud Fox being placed
second. R0wena hit the adveTsaries of
thoroughbred blood 10 the trotter a hard
blow as she is fully three-quarters thorough
bred. Excerpt for her boDble at the first
turn the flly trotted remarkably smooth and
even and VIII probably be .another star III
tile Palo Alto galaxy.
SUMMARY.
TearIing trottinz stake, mile dash.
Paio Alto stock Farms b. 1. Rowena, by Azmoor-
H. p PerEins' biz. I. Maud Fox, by Iris~Miss
Ihoiuas ~ A; !" Richmond Spencer
Acorn stables blk C. oIo. by sEaniord-Ecoia by
Time 3yI: BY quarters AZ :3iD5 :ooM
, Betting: No pools Mutuals paid Rowena So 10.
LEE IN STRAIGHT HEATS.
Next came the race Of the day and of the
meeting, the contest for the honors of the
2:2O class. La Siesta Ranch sent out
Wanda, with ViOget handling the lines; j.
l.. MeCord had Mary Lou, he doing the
driving; Corbetts San Mateo Farm was
represented by Una Wilkes, Johnny Gold
smith for pilot, and G. w. Tneuerkaur of
Salinas showed up Lee, steered by Dustin.
The Corbett mare was very gay and had
the pretty looks of the lot but she was high
i'll flesh. Mary Lou was in good order, but
might have been trifie higher keyed.
n Wanda was in the PINK OF condition, but
beTeB in her preliminary warming up she "a
vOred her nigh fore leg and did not move as
freely as last year The looks of the
LOT for pure Iusiness were with Lee, and as
Dustin warmed him up before they took
their positions, his even easy gait won him
many friends among the public. He showed
30 signs Of lameness, and went apparently
rs s0uud as dollar. Despite Wanda's
'totiy" going. and the fact that she WAS
heavily hand capped by Vioget's extra
weight of thlrty-seyen pounds, she was
plunged on in the pools before the first heat,
and made a hot first choice at $780, Lee
bringing $50, Mary Lou 800 and Una
Wilkes SIG. AT these rates rattle of coin
and rustic Of greenbacks soon filled up
the auctloneer's cash-boxes. Four times
they came up for the word, and
each lime Judge Larue called
them back. On the fifth score the
quartet were on good terms, and they
got the word, Mary indulgimg 10 break
just on leaving the wire. Lee, on the pole.