The morning call., 1891-04-20
TURF GOSSIP.
Talk of a Match Between Geral.
dine and Racine.
An Extra Days Racing at the Bay District
Traek-starter Caldwelrs Large Salary.
A Crack Filly.

The postponements last week of the
blood-horse races by the continued rains
have given the public one days more sport,
for to fill out the two coming weeks one
additional days racing will be had on Satur-
day, May I'd. The dates as newly arranged
are: Tuesday, April 21st; Thursday, the
23d; Saturday, the 25th; Tuesday, the 2sth;
Thursday, the 30th, and Saturday, May I'd.
If the weather is favorable the racing will
be much better, as many owners prefer not
to take any chances of the many accidents
always so easily incurred on heavy,
muddy track, and simply keep their entries
in the stalls But with a good, safe, fasl
track, which the Bay District is when in
proper order, all the good ones will be sent
out to try their luck, and larger fields and
closer contests can confidently be expected,
always provid ing no more rain falls.
ON THE SACRAMENTO.
When the races at the Bay District are
over move will be made by the horsemen
to Sacramento, where the newly organized
jockey club has arranged good mixed pro-
gramme, commencing on Tuesday. May 9Th.
The opening day will be devoted to the rum
ners. Tuesday to trotIing and pacing, Thurs
| day TO running, Friday to trotting and pac-
lnB, anu inc concluding odtuludy " iuu-
| ming, trOtting and pacing Good entries TO
| all the different events have been made and
| some Interesting racing will no doubt De
had.
A change will then be made to Oakland,
| where 1t is proposed to give three days
racing week until August. All the events
| then Will be Tor the runners, ana the man
| ayers expect to have good support both from
| the horSemen and the public.
UNRELIABLE FORM.
Much of the form shown at the two days
racing already had at the Bay District
| Track is unreliable and should not be con-
| sidered in estimating the true value of the
| contestants Such fearfully muddy tracks
| upset all calculations and cause many Sc
| riouS financial mistakes later on. This is
| especially applicable to the two-year-0ld
| event. When tile track is good and fast
Guidon, Zaldiyar and Topgallant should
give much better accounts OF themselves.
Ed Smith, manager OF the Shippee stables,
scratched LodoHi c in the Derby last Tues
day simply because heidi not choose to risk
such valuable colt over the track. He is in
the rich Realization stakes East this year
and will probably be reserved for the event.
By the way, Goodwin's Guide spells the
colts name as Lodowic, not Ludowlc or Lu-
dorwic as recently given in various neWSpa-
per reports
A PROSPECTIVE MATCH.
1t Is reported that Maltese Villa people
are anxious to match the flying Geraldine
against the Palo Alto crack, Racine, at one
half or three-Quarter5 Of mile for big
stakes. The Palo Alto division seems to
prefer seven furlongs TO either Of the above
distances, and would probably give heavy
odds at mile. At the latter distance Ger
aldine would not be matched against him,
nor possibly at seven furlongs, but at either
four, five or six furl0ngs Raclne's support
eTs need not fear but what they will be ac-
O6afp1 In the limit Charley RDDtS
thinks he has world-beater in 1Ivii alton,
and at San Jose expressed his readiness to
give Racine a race. If the association were
TO offer special purse for Geraldine, Ra-
cine and Invitation at SIX furlongs, and set
the date at such time that President Har-
rIson could visit the Bay District Track, the
interest would be at fever heat and the at
tendance enormous. The idea might per-
haps be worth the consideration Of the asso-
citation.
The book-makers are preparing to open
their rooms in full force at Oakland, but
judging from the storm of indignation al
ready breaking out in all the Oakland
papers their nefariOus projects will be
strongly opposed by the authorities and re-
spectacle element of the city across the bay.
The Brighton Beach Association. whose
racing meeting has been rendered failure
by the action of the New jersey authorizes
has rented the Buffalo track and will give
ten-days' meeting there on May 3oth.
The Scoggan Brothers won the Tennessee
Derby last Tuesday with Valera. The race
can hardly be called a Derby, as the distance
was only one and an eighth miles and not
the regulation one-and-a -half-mile route.
STATE FUTURITY STAKES.
The State Fair Futurity Stakes for trot-
ting foals of 1891, which closed recently
with only 10l entries, have been reopened
by the Directors, and will not close until
June LIST next. All the original entries
cta nd thA
In the o-year-old form the colts start for
a S25OO purse and can all start again as
three year-ods for the remaining $500.
The slres SO far represented are Electioneer,
Guy Wilkes, Sable Wilkes, Regal Wilkes,
Electricity, AZmoor, STEAMBOAT, Roy Wilkes.
Director, Hawthorne, Monday, Palo Alto,
George Washington, Mountain Boy, Sidney,
Altoona, Eros, Lord Byron, Prodigal and st.
Patrick.
IT PAYS TO BE A STARTER.
1t pays much better to be a race-starter
than President of the United States. The
work is much lighter, and lie is great deal
more of an autncrat Starter Caldwell, now
handling the flag at the Gutenberg races,
gets 500 day-C. o. D. Since the Eliza
beth meeting, which opened on April 10.
1890. Caldwell has earned the snug sum of
$50 800 for the thirteen months OF 275 actual
working days.
HAMILToN's FIRST MOUNT.
Hamilton, the crack c0lOred Jockey, rode
his first race this year at Gutsenburg last
Saturday week. He was up on the favorite,
Endurer, and won handily, riding with all
his Old SKILL. His young wife was over
joyed at his success, a 10y that was slightly
dampened by her dusky Anthony being set
down for week by Starter Caldwell Tor in
Subordination ut the post.
The best two-year-old FLY shown up
South this spring is the Avondale stables
Adalia, by Jils johnson. She is heavily en-
gagged and won her first race Of the season
in good style.
The entire Hearst stable of thoroughbreds
in training will be sold at auction without
semitic is without doubt the best OF the
three-y ear-olds and should bring good
figure. Chevi0t is as yet an unknown guam
tity as a sire in this country, but bis lot of
two-year-olds that are In the sale should
cause great competition. They are as fine
youngsters as have ever been sent East
from this State.
BITERS BITTEN.
The shrewdest bettors at Guttenburg are
reported 10 have been heavy losers of late.
Pittsburg Phil is credited with having
dropped $4,000 within few weeks Fred
Esbner. $4,000. and Pat Irish, $40, 600.
Longshot, by Duke of Norfolk, dam
by Langford, is California bred colt,
that is reported as being the finest look
Ing horse in training at the Nashville
track. In 1889 and 1890 he showed up
p. Siebenthaler for $1,000 to W. III. Smith,
the owner of al Farrow. Longshot was
taken East in the spring of 1890, and all last
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