The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-11
NOTES OF THE TURF.
The Kentucky Derby and Brook.
Ign Handicap.
List Of Probable Starters in Both Events
CsliEornia's Fast Trotting Records.
Limit Of Big Coup.

and the Brooklyn handicap-wiH be de-
cided. and the leading cracks OF the coun-
Try, who have been in training Tor both
events, will have shown publicly whether
the estimate Of their proves was correct or
not.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
The Kentucky Derby, TO be run next
Wednesday at Louisville, KY, is first in
date, but not in Importance. It's ene-time
pre-eminence over all other spring racing
has greatly diminished during the past few
years. and in general interest is thrown into
the shade by tie Brooklyn handicap Still,
IT is tie great three-year-old contest of the
spring, ana by all Kentuckians is cherished
IS 3 time-honoTed institution. 1t closed
with eighty-tbree original entries, aud OF
those likely to come TO the pest the list is as
follows:
LIST OF STARTERS.
Ba lgowan, BrCokwood, High Tariff. Poet
Scout, Tarquin, Allan Bane, KingmaB,
Palestine, Hart Wallace, Harry Ray. Lo-
reno. Tom Mackin, Valera, Georgetown,
Tom Rogers, The POykey, SIT Abner, Car
- Red. Silver Lake and one or two out
%deTs. OF these Balgowan, kngman, Pal-
estiue, VALERA and GroTgetoWn rank
highest on public performance. The hnlsh
viii probably see BalgOwaD, Georgetown
and Palestine fighting the battle out be-
tween them.
BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
On Friday, the 18th, the Brooklyn handi-
cap viii be run. Out of the original
seventy-sjx nominations a starting field Of
twenty viii probably be had. The list Of
contestants Will be limited, it Is believed in
the East TO the following, who viii be
ridden by the Jockeys set opposite their
names:
STARTERS AND JOCKEYS.
Burlington. 12O pounds, George Miller;
Demuth, us, james Mclaughlin; Judge
morrow, us. George C0vington; Prince
Royal. III, ". Fitzpatrick; Tea Tray, 116.
Garrison; Los Angeles, 10 l. Murphy
CassluS. l15, Iaral; Castaway IL, 10;
Senorita, ia, George Taylor; Loantaka,
ll2, Marry Bergen; Banquet, 1OS, II -mllton;
EUu, los; Teuton, les, Allen; kenw0od,
Jos, Flynn; Cousin Jeems, lo6, Oyerton;
Russell, 1C5 +. LIttiefeld; Al FaTTOw, 100.
". Hill; SaunteTeT, 100, Martin; Onaway,
100, Barnes; Carroll 81, A. COvlngIOn.
Should the track be heavy Los Angeles
with 116 Up, n The Baldwin stable, should
about win. If the course be in frs class
condition n. Z. DIVERS Banquet, carrying
Ony los pounds, with Hamilton to ride him
locks 10 have a great chance.
In the betting Burlington is fayoritA, at
TO !, but Prince Royal, Banquet and Tea
Tray, al S 10 l each, are very close To him.
E0n, Potomac ana Teuton, at y to each,
are next in favor Ten IS still TennyS
price, but . to l may be had for the asking,
as it is regarded as almost a certainty that
ne VIII not start. CARROLL, DtMGLu anu III
lev are 10 to l each: Cousin JtemS, Loan
TAXA, Reporter, Russell, Sen0rita and Terra
Gotta, % to l each; Badge, Casslus, Judge
Morrow, Los Angeles and Ny Fellow, % 10
l each: Al EaTTOw, kenwuOd and Nellie
Biv, 80 to ! each; COme-tO- Taw Rh0nO and
Uncle Bob, &c to l each; CaStaway II, Gal
lifet, King Thomas, Onaway, Once Again.
Rsy del Rcy, Santiago and Yosemite % TO
/ each, and the others from 80 10 80 10 l
each.
TO RACE AT OAKLAND
Tie racing last week at Sacramento was
fairly interesting a few Of the running
events being closely contested. The fields,
however, were but small. The trOtung
races on the intervening days were of no
very special interest and were greatly handl-
capped by the muddy condition Of the track.
Next Saturday the runners come 10 OAK
land and race there a couple OF weeks un-
der the auspices of the Oakland Jockey
Club. Some 120 entries have already been
received. As at Sacramento the starters IN
each event vi II not be so numerous that the
management Will have to split the races TO
give the starter a chance TO get them OF on
equal terms. The same horses that Taced uD
at the Capital track viii run at Oakland.
StiI there should be some interes ting sport,
especially il tie Oakland Club insists that
every horse in every race shall be ridden cut
to win. To make the Oakland meeting
success the club officials must be on the qui
viYe and promptly punish 10 The
II they allow even one open sWlndle
to pass without proper Tebuke, they may as
well close up their meeting at once. Inc
last days extra racing OF tie biO0d-hOrSe
meeting here should give clear line to the
Oakland people as TO whom they should
look out for.
The new racing organization formed at
Chicago, IL, by L. C0rngan viii be
known as tie Chicago Racing Association.
Z he change was necessitated Gy the fact
rr4f rff T-a4 Qrrfh q
was chartered under the name Of the Chi
cag0 Jockey Club, 50 that the new body
could not lie incorporated under the latter
title.
Lucky Baldwin's horses have left Morris
Park OrfGraYe5end. The three-yeaT-0ld
hIly Esperauza, 3y Grinstead out of Her
mesa, has improved very much since last
season.
RAPID EQUINE GROWTH.
Talking with a tuTfman from Maryland
the other day, he informed me that the FLY
Mary Stone, by Sir MOdred, had grown
three and a halt inches by actual measure
Uent since last August when she returned
from Saratoga. She was hlghiy-trlpd nlly,
anu won a fine race at Morris Park IN the
spring, but went amlSS soon alter. ms IS
tie greatest case of rapid growth Of which
We had ever heard. l mentioned it TO
Wyndham Walden, who said he never knew
OF but one to approach it, which was the
Duke of Magenta. This colt as tWO-yeaT-
d measured fifteen hands under standard.
In one winter lie grew four inches, and as a
three-yeaT-Old came out full sixteen hands.
At two he was COLBY and punched up,
but at three he became transformed into
horse of great length. Taking this as
guide We had best look out for Mary Stone
the coming seasOn."-HOTseman correspond
ent
HOW MUCH CAN BE WON.
Among racing men a topic often discussed
is the amount Of ready money that can be
q p a
good thing" That is, tie amount that
can be won without reducing the odds to
non-paying basis. A Saturday at Mon
mouth is generally conceded 10 be the best
time ana place for coup Of this kind. Such
a Well-knOwn betting man as Pittsburgh
Phil, than whom there is no better posted
man on this subject In the country, was
once heard to say that 100000 could be
taken out Of the ring on a single race by
proper management without seriously re-
ducng he odds" This sounds incredible,
but the statement is probably 1Ot exagger-
ated. On a Saturday at Monmouth 100
b0OK-makers are frequently in line, every
one OF whom would accept 500 on
10 10 ! chance, while there are many
more who would accept $500 and some
$1,000 on such chance. BY waiting until
the public's money had been placed upon
the faYGrIteS the market would offer a set
tied and firm price against the good thing"
Five, better ten, men who are unknown TO
the bUok-makeTs could be secured to place
the money, and in fifteen minutes every
b0Ok-maker could be seen. In this country
where the odds are publicly displayed upon
states, book makers watch each others
odds very closely, and owing to this fact
100000 coup would be a more difficult mat
Ter to negotiate here than Ia England.
The sale OF Mr.. Belmonts great nursery
stud will be held in New York October 10Th,
the day following the close of the regular
racing season, and Mr.. East0n will hold the
hammer. ST. Blaise, the Derby winner and
and all the stations and fifty head Of brood
mares. Probably the weanlings will be sold