The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-28
TURF GOSSIP.
Retirem ent of La Siesta Stable
From Business.
Arrival Of More Thoroughbred Stations From
Australia-The Bay District Track
Going to Ruin.

In all probability one leading stable dur
Ing past seasons in the local harness con-
tests will be missing next year from the
circuit. Frank Burke of the La Siesta
Ranch has advertised all of his horses for
sale from Eros down to the yearings. Eros
is the champion stud stallion OF the ranch,
and is one of the best sons of the dead
Electioneer. He has sired some excellent
race-horses. the best of which so far is
Wanda, who this year was considered to be
pretty near top notch in the e-for-all
class, and who sustained her reputation by
some splendid race performances. Eros
price is now set at $4,000. Offers in near
range of this sum have been received, but
the set price is held out for Burke's rea-
sons for retiring have not been made pub
lie so far, but the other day he stated that
after year or twO's let-up he might enter
tAe arena again.
AUSTRALIAN IsIPoRTATIoNs.
Some more thoroughbred stations have
been imported from Australia by R. E. de
Lopez, who several months ago brought
over a number from the Colonies. The last
shipment, which arrived on Friday by the
Monowai, consists of ldalium, full brother
| to Sir Modrid, now at the Haggn ranch;
| Merton. by Goldsborough, and Repose, bay
mare, by Yattenden.
CARBINE'S BROTHER.
| 1t is reported that j. b. Haggin has bought
| Maxim, by Musket, the size Of the great
Australian champion Carbine. Maxim is
| expected to arrive here by the next Aus
| tralian steamer. and will go into the stud
| Rancho del Paso.
GOING TO RUIN.
The Bay District track is going to rack
| and ruin at kite-track tin-cup-record rate.
h1AtUn Inv "a
| wind in 100-foot sections daily, the track it.
| self Is in a very bad condition, the sheds
| and stables are in the last stages of dilapi-
| dation, while for the club-h0uses and
| stand up is wonder to all beholders.
| Foxhall Keene has gone to England tor
| the hunting season. He will return in
| time to see his horses receive their prepara-
| ton for the campaign of 1892.
A FAST MOVER
Among!the yearlngs at Guttenburg there
| have been some good moves made. and a
| bay FLY by BlaZeS, out of Emma Wilson, by
| imported Glengarry, IN DR.. Citizens string, is
one Of the most promising. After having
only once moved quarter, she went three
! eighths of a mile, with 126 pounds up, in
$50 seconds, hard held and untouched
| Bitten has drawn great attention to his
promising young sire, and consequently
this daughter of his is being closely watched.
j. Nj. Brown, who is winterlng string of
twenty-seven horses at Montgomery Park,
Memphis, IN an interview the other day,
said Ed Corrigan would have the Tennessee
Derby at his mercy next year, as he has
huron, Phil Dwyer and others in the stake.
Brown himself has four entries, namely,
Tom Paxton, Julius Sax, Tom Elliott and
Little Billy, all of them winners.
MARVIN ON THE KITE.
Charles Marvin has recently given his
views on the Stockton track in particular
a in 10 Tpt
"a kite track is, in itself. no faster than
any other kind of track Some horses are,
however, SO constituted that they can go
over track of that peculiar formation
faster than over track where they are re-
Quired to make four turns, as on the regula-
ton track of an elliptical shape. Sunol is
not one of these, and given track of the
regulation shape made as the track at Stock
ton was, Of fresh, springy soil, and she
would have trotted as fast over it as over
one Of the shape that the Stockton track
happened to be when she was at her best
! and was tried for her record. Some horses
| that were at the track and were in perfect
condition could not tot over it as fast as
they could over one of the. old fashioned
| tracks, and they left Stockton without hay
| ing reduced their records"
AT THE SACRAMENTO TRACK.
A Sacramento correspondent says: ST
| went out to the track this morning not eX-
/ peeting to see any horses in training. There
| to my astonlshment, l saw Ben Trimines
had twelve head of as fine-looking two
| year-ods as a man ever laid eyes on, the
property of j. B. Haggin. The smallest one
| of them looked to me to be 15.2. TO my no
| ton the tueSt locker of all the colts is one
| by Hidalgo; he looked to me to be 16 hands
| high and had the action of a pony. w. NJ.
hurry was the next to show on the pro-
gramme He has stable of eight in train
ing, one by imported Cyrus. If he is
not race-horse, | do not know what a
race-borse is. Mr.. hurry has also hand
some FLY by Three Cheers, dam Dairy
Maid. The next best formed fily that I
| saw there was by Prince of Norfolk. The
turf veteran, Cy Mulkey, is wintering at
Sacramento, and has in his string the we'll
known sprinter Tim Murphy. To hear him
| tell it Tim is Kingston's superior WILDER
| Smith, 1t seems to me, has gone back on
| trotterS, for he has added to his string four
more gallopers; three of them, l am told,
are twO-year-olds. the other an aged horse.
| Besides, he has the great Zaldivar. l see
| Mr.. Watson has also three gallopers in
| training at Sacramento. and Mr. Dennison
has three or four in training. Mr.. Stemler
| has adopted a new plan in training. l see
| lie trains Ludowic, the son of Longfellow,
| on rope now Perhaps that will be more
successful way than before"