The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-30
TURF TOPICS.
More Great Record Work on the
Stockton Kite.
Charles Marvin Has Left Palo klto-His
Successor Not Yet Named-The Amsri-
can Derby Of 1893

More records were broken during the past
week over the Stockton kite track. When
halt will be called seems to lie simply
with the weather, not with the horses.
Each call on the latters' ability to cut off a
second or so is answered easily. On Satur-
day last Fausta, the yearling FLY by Sidney,
reduced her pacing mark of 2:24%4 the
then worlds yearllng pacing record, to
2:22A, beating the Eastern record 5s4 Sec
onds. Frou Frou, another yearling Sidney
FLY, who made the worlds record for q
trOtting yearling Of 2:26. went in 2:25A.
Direct, the champion stallion PAGER. went
against his worlds record of 2:06. Several
watches made his time 2:05h. some 2:O5A,
but a tie on the old mark 2:06 was an
nounced. A number OF others were also
sent against the watch, but no other sensa-
tional time was made.
MARvIN's SUCCESSOR.
Charles Marvin, after a most successful
career as trainer of Senator Stanford's har-
ness division nj Palo Alto, has severed his
connection with the farm and gone East
He will probably accept the position of head
trainer for Slbley IL Muller at much larger
salary than he was getting. Who his sue
cessor will be has not yet been ascertained.
1t is said that Senator Stanford will appoint
either George Starr or Richard Havey to
the position. Both are fully qualified. Ha-
in Marvin's absences East most success
fully.
NJ. f. Dwyer's br. h. Kingston. by Spend
thrlft-Kapanga, now in his eighth year, will,
ii is reported, not be trained again, but will
be relegated to the stud.
NEW CONGRESS RULES.
The annual meeting of the American Turf
Congress was held at the Auditorium Hotel
November 18th and 10Th. The resignation
of the Washington Park Club was accepted.
but the st. Louis Twin City Jockey clubs
decided to retain their membership. The
rule prohibiting dash races for less than one
| mile for horses years old and upward
was suspended for one year, and in 1892
short distance races for all ages will be
allowed. The rule defining the duties of the
starter and his assistants was amended so
as to provide that neither shall strike
horse while at the post. If the rule is vio-
lated the judges shall fine the starter A
new section to rule GS was adopted which
provides that when a horse is disqualified in
the deciding heat OF race he is not thereby
debarred from winning part of the money.
Rule los, which prohibited a book-maker
| from making book on any race in which
| he had horse running, was repealed. A
| new rule was ado pied, which provides that
| any person who offers or receives money to
| have horse scratched in any race shall be
ruled off.
A RACE-TRACK AT BADEN.
The question of building new race-track
for the convenience Of San Francisco race
| gOers is being again agitated, and the posi-
| blities of Baden as desirable locality are
| being considered. The proposed new track
| would be only eight miles from this city,
and can be reached either by road, boat or
| two electric roads.
The big brewers both East and West are
| becoming prominently identified with the
| turf. A racing syndicate of Memphis brew
| erS has recently been organized under the
name of the Gambrinus Stable. The brew
| ing firm OF AnheuSer * Busch of st. Louis
| has, IL is said, purchased the Pate stock
| farm. and Charles Fleischman, the Cincin-
| natl brewer and distiler, is organizing a
| formidable stable for next season. He re-
| Gently bought six fine yearlings in Ken
| lucky, all of them royalty bred. to add to
| select string already secured.
Snapper" Garrison, who has been doing
| but little talking in the last three months,
| said the other day that he was engaged by
| Marcus DAILY for two years, and that he
| would accept no outside mounts, except
| in stakes when the stable does not start one.
Comedy, the Irish mare which won the
! English Cambridgeshire and about which
| there was such a furry because of alleged
| Incorrect description, is owned by W. w.
| Fulton, a young Belfast ironmaster, who
won S53j,000 on the race. backing her to
win 1866, 900 all over England in one day.
Comedy only won once in 1881 before the
| Cambridgeshire, landing the Kempton Park
| Plate in runaway fashion last May. The
bulk Of the inquiry alter the race was as to
the mares previous running, which was
considered suspicious and in line with the
Fulton coup.
THE DERBY OF 1898.
The American Derby entries for 1898 at
Washington Park are 325 in number and
represent the get OF 40 stations, 81 of
which were bred in America, 81 in England,
in Australia and in France. The follow
ing is list of those having three or more
representatives: