The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-02
TURF TALK.
Success Of the Present Blood.
Horse Races.
Locking Up FOx's Pedigree-Entries for the
Worlds Fair Derby of 1898 -Doubling
Up on Jockeys Mounts.

Half of the blood-horse fall meeting pro-
gramme has been run off and so far has
been quite successful. The attendance has
been gratifyingly large and the racing the
best yet given by the association As it
now looks the association will be well
ahead peeuniarily when the meeting closes.
LOOKING UP REWARD.
An day yes terday all back racing records
in the city were diligently thumbe over
and profusely dOgeared in vigorous dig
for the correct pedigree of Fox. the
inner Of the very fast heat race last Satur-
day. Whom Housewarmer, Fox's alleged
sire, really descended from has been topic
Of much discussion and one that has not
yet been satisfactorily settled Nor has
FoX's dam been definitely located. Some
say that HouSeWarmer Is by son of old
Gray Eagle and that he has been doing stud
duty in MendOcino County for several
years; also that Fox has been plating
about in the northern counties since he was
2 years old. The Sheriff of Mendocino
County is also said TO be part owner in
|. Fox.
I If Housewarmer is really Fox's sire ard
a name be lacking for Fox's dame, why
might not FRYING Pan do for her? Then
HOusewarmer' name might be exchanged
for Cook Stove and FoX's for Rooster or the
Grill. Such a scorching as Fox gave the
talent last saturday Will Iln9er In their
memories for many a day, and blistering
event ike it deserves red-hot nomenclature
MANY NAMED TO START.
Tomorrow one of the most interesting
numbers on the card will be the H-mile
handicap. for all ages, for a $500 purse, the
entries for which closed last Saturday.
Declarations are due Tonight. So far the
entries, with their assigned weights, are
AImOnt. 119; Sir Walter, 112: Lodowie, 112:
Marigold, 10; Canny Scot, 100; Nero. 100;
Wild Oats. 80; Gladiator, 80; Fanny +, SO;
Ont Ora, 90; Rube, So; Annie Lewis, 10
Request, 90; Sheridan, 10; Idaho Chief,
10.
Who the Handicapped for the association
is has not yet been ascertaned. though
many owners and trainers are very anx ious
to find out.
TEN YEARS INCREASE.
The growth of horse racing in the last ten
years Is Illustrated by the fact that in 1880
the money 10 prizes by the racing assncia-
tions amounted TO about $4,000; now it
reaches nearly Sj,000,000:
The total amount realized at the sale of
Lord FalTaouth's stud in England in 1889
was S571, C9S The Belmont stud, closed out
this year and last December, brought $780,
$50.
The PAGER Direct, 2:o6, now carries the
least weight of any barnes. performer before
the public. His front shoes weigh but three
ounces. his hind shoes two ounces each. They
are mere strips of steel and only last during
one race.
There will be no more mixed meetings at
Denver, Colo, says the Field and Farm.
The people have been developing decided
bang-tailed proclvities lately, and it is now
announced that for the next season the
spring aud fall meetings will be given over
entirely to the thuroughbreds and their
friends. A trottlng meeting will be sand
wiched in during the summer if the date can
be arranged all right.
THE WORLDS FAIR DERBY.
The American Derby to be run at Chicago
in the Worlds Fair year of 1893 promises
| To be one Of the richest and greatest events
| of the turf. 1t is expected that the entries
| Will number al least 32j. as over 800 have
| already been received by Secretary Brew
| ster The greatest number of entries to
any English Derby was 27S, when Sir Bevys
| won in 1879 % starters going then to the
post. In 1862 there were "a starters. Be-
| sides the entrances. $4,000 is added to the
| American Derby of 1898, and this rich prize
| Will be matter OF International cOmpeti-
| tion, as some of the leading English owners,
| notably, Colonel North, the nitrate king;
| the Earl OF Durham, The Duke of Beaufort,
| +. Tattersal and r. Fowler have made
| nominations already. OF American owners,
| the largest batch of entries in this Derby
| came from the estate of August Belmont,
| twenty-thrne being named. Next comes
| Marcus Daily with sixteen. the Santa Anita
| stable with twelve and +. G.. McLewee with
| nine -FOXhall keene, Wacott e Campbell,
| ID. I. Pusifer, NJ. +. Dwyer. Z. J. Dwyer
q Son. A. }. Cassatt, J. A. Il A. II. Morris,
| Jacob Rupert, G. b. Morris, Fred Geb-
hard, John Hunter and Nathan Strauss are
| among the Eastern nominators, while be-
sides Baldwin and DAILY there come Cali
fornia entries from Palo Alto, l.. j. Rose,
| Z. w. Ably, Theodore Winters and others.
DOUBLING UP.
During the season there have been
| numerous complaints of jockeys losing
| form. Last spring Fred Taral was In such
| bad form for while that it did appear as if
he never would win race. Later Tony
| Hamilton lost form, and mounts as well,
| because he failed to win with horses which
| on public form appeared 10 hold their races
| safe. From the following, which we clip
| from . Rapier" in the Sporting and BRA
matte News England, 1t would appear that
| loss OF form in jockey is by no means con-
| fined TO this country:
| George Barrett has, / supposed, quite
| passed the record OF a fairly successful
| jockey in losing no fewer than thirty-nlne
| races In successlon-last week he had not
| less than twenty, and / calculated that
| hacker OF his mounts on the doubling sys-
| TEN, beginning with a G5 n0'e)would have
| lost about 9l,300,000. A correspondent,
| 'Punter. writes to suggest that figures
| mount Up with a rapidity which makes a
| first stake OF 45 unduiy large, seeing how
| losses accumulate; and so it is, no Doubt
| he thinks that II one means doubling one
| or two soverelgns Is quite enough to begin
| with; and so l fancy 1t would have proved
| in the case of George Barrett.
Let US begin to imagine ourselves in the
| position Of extremely modest hackers who
have started backing this jockeys mounts
with one humble sovereign. At Hurst Park,
on Monday afternoon, we should have
found ourselves out a trifle of-what does
the reader suppose? like to be quite ac-
curate, and fearessly advance these figures,
| for they have been proved by the 'Captous
Critic" real flyer at Mathematics, who
conjures with ms and RS" brackets,
dashes, and all sorts of mystic signs and
formula. Well, the hacker Of George Bar
Iets mounts on the doubling system afore-
| sovereign, would have teen out exactly
e549. 1855, sl3.SS7. If our imaginary back
| er had been man of mod
crate means it is of course con-
:ceivabe that he might have stopped one or
two races short of this. but II not he would
have had to back Sea Wave Mt Hurst Park
on Monday for 81, O99. 511. 627.774, and if it is
true that some members Of the ring have not
been doing very well this season there
might have been delay II not absolute diff
Guilty in getting on the last flyer or SO.
| IL will ha rtr11a a