The morning call., 1891-12-21
TURF TOPICS.
The Proposed Matching of Nancy
Hanks and SunOl.
Two Strings to the Corbett Bow-Los An
geles' Winter Meeting-Next Years
Youngsters

Now that Sunol, the holder of the worlds
trotting record, has been delivered safely in
New York to her owner, Robert Bonner,
efforts to boom the mare for next year have
already been made.
New York paper space writer's are
almost confident that she will be matched
in bona fide race against that game race
mare Nancy Hanks. AS Bonner never
allows any of his horses to trot for money
in regular race, it is almost certain that
SunOl and Nancy will lever come together
in a regular three in five contest. But
should they really come together it ought
to be dollars to doughuuts on Nancy Hanks.
Sunol is or was nice exhibition mare, but
Nancy is race horse, as her record this
year shows.
The Electioneer mare never has had
really hard race in her life, while Nancy
has gone through racing circuit and won
her race record of 2:12, which is the cham
pion race mark in genuine contests. But
as means of advertising Bonner and his
paper Sunol may possibly prove profitable
investment as an exhibition mare for char
table purposes.
Even on the tin cup kite track record
system Nancy has gone in 2:09, only three
fOurths OF second behind Sun0l.
RACING DOWN SOUTH
Tie Los Angeles Jockey Club commence
their winter running meeting next Friday,
Christmas day. -Four daily races are
scheduled for the five days programme and
according to the published list one hundred
entries have been received for the advertised
vents. A number of the local "bookies"
and outside players are going down to try
their no iday luck
No successor to Marvin as head. trainer
for the trotting division at Palo Alto has
yet been selected definitely by Senator
Stanford and possibly none will be, as the
policy OF the farm may be to simply breed
and sell, without racing the products of the
ranch. Should, however, anything very
slick be developed it may be sent East with
some OF the local stables that will cross the
mountains and go through the Eastern cir
cults. 1t is reported that Palo Alto Will
not be repre- Sented III the California circuit
this year.
TWO STRINGS TO HIS BOW.
William C0rbett OF the San Mateo Stock
Farm will have two strings to his bow next
year. Johnny Goldsmith, who by the way,
has gone East to settle up his brothers es-
tate, will take the cracks of the stable East
next year, and no doubt Will show that the
Wilkes are race horses from top to bottom.
Corbetts local string, so he says, will be
the strongest he has had out for many
year. and with the way the Guy Wilkes and
Sable Wilkes youngsters are showing up
the Corbett blue will be mere frequently
first under the wire than it has been of late.
A good driver is all that Mr.. Corbett now
needs Tor next season here, and il his efforts
TO secure one are successful San NJ ateo will
be the leading winner In 1892 in California.
Father Powers of Iivermore has what is
claimed TO be the fastest weenling in exist
ence. 1t is by Eltct0r. dam the thorough
bred mare Mamie +. The FLY is now but
months old she n I a 9 40 a
TESTING THE BABIES.
As usual at this time of the year. fast
moves Of yearlings that will run in 1892 as
two-year-olds are reported. The Horsenan
says:
The Wagner FLY really did move at
Monmouth Park in 36 seconds, finishing up
hill, and finished the halt-mile in 80 seconds.
She has since been sold to j. A. & A. ii.
Morris for $4,000. Lakeland has Duke
of Muntrose FLY which moved in Sc seconds
at Brooklyn, which is deep and slow, and
which makes the performance one of great
merit. Captain Browns Richmond Katie
A FLY did move at Morris Park in 3S sec
onds, finishing on the incline of the back
stretch. McLewee worked the Thnra colt
and the Round Dance colt on the Eclipse
course stTaiehtaway at Morris Park in 81
seconds, but that is a decline. The Thora
colt has since been reported to have done
half in 80 seconds, finishing on the incline.
Marcus DAILY is said TO have a colt which
moved at the Old Nj onm0utn track IN 81 sec
onds, finishing up hill.
But aside from these fast moves, the re-
ports have not been encouraging. Gideon
has large number of yearlings at Jerome
Park, but they are not great. as none of
them have beaten So seconds. John Hunter
has some TremOnts at the same place, but /
am told there has not been one of them able
to do within second of Dagonet's best
work year ago. NJ F. Dryer has several
fine-looking colts, but their work has not
been better, than 3S seconds. P. j. Dwyer
has several, and he has not first-rate one
in the lot. Mr. Withers is said to have one
which did a half in 40 seconds, but it is only
rumOr. They are trying yearlings half
mile now, instead of three furlongs, as for
merry"
HIGH FIGURE.
The Australian papers are responsible for
the statement that an offer of 100000 has
been refused for the Australian stallion Nor
denfeldt, winner of the Victoria and Aus
tralia derhys OF 1885.
A new system of shoeng horses has re-
Gently been invented in England. BY it the
iron shoes are fixed to others made of sail
canvas, which are then cemeuted to the
hoof. Shoes fixed this way have been worn
Quite thin without moving. The process
has been patented il England.
"A fast horse, is hep" "Trots like q
streak of creased lightning" "Well, that's
fast enough. What do you call him ?''
"What Ma Says What Ma SaysI That's
strange name Why do you call him
that?" Because what ma says goes"
A trotter is worth just what he can earn
on the turf or what he is worth 10 drive on
the road and when the wind has worked
out of the boom these two facts will deter
mine values.-Ex. To this estimate OF his
or her value must be added, the worth of
the animal. either as a sire (unless it be
geldiBg) or as a broodmare.
FALLEN IDOLS.
Oarsman. the once famous race horse.
was recently sold at auction by constable
at Gloucester, n. j., for SEEK. This is
just SIS less than Tom Bowling, the at one
time champion of America, was sold for at
auction couple of weeks ago