The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-24
HE Is 1 MIGHTY TROTTER.
Mckinney Is the Greatest Raceherse in
the State.
DURPEE AED HIS WONDERFUL LUCK.
TIE State Record RaS Broken, the Cr0Wd Vas the
Largest Ever Seen and the Talent Vent
Csyly Up TO the Slaughter as Usual.
DURFEE LED HIS WONDERFUL LUCK.
Special TO THE MORNING CALL

STOCKTON, Sept. % ne pdfiiVn % d
three weeks institution here. IL opens
week ahead Of the races and continues
seven DAYS after the horsemen and their 1
stables have departed. Stockton IS lively
little city, and It's citizens are nothing If not
thorough. So while the races afford at
fractions cut at the track each afternoon,
they devote their mornings 10 stock pa
rades, ladies' tournaments and vaQuero ex-
hibiuons with wild horses.
full day put IN at such amusement gen.
orally leaves the good people somewhat
tired, and the pavilion suffers somewhat as
q matter of consequence. But when horse
men, trainers. Jockeys, drivers, booksellers,
touts and helpers have vanished, then the
festival in the big building on San Joaquin
street will set in with resistleSs force. The
large hall which branches from the upper
part of the balcony on the north side OF the
pavilion has been prepared and reserved
for the lovers of the light fantastic, and
next week the First Artillery band will be
kept very busy nightly with sort oil per-
petual ball.
Then. what would the Stockton Fair he
without its annual baby show? Mt mach.
Many are the anxious mothers Win babies
in training for display next Wednesday
afternoon. The Judges for this Interesting
feature have not yet been decided uuOn, but
it IS whispered among family circles I'm the
1
bachelor and thereiJre fee iInm ua"y OF
those pTejudjCes which married man and
& father naturally acquires tar1u-h io1S
experience in rearing BIS offspring, Viii act
IS presiding judge.
The pavilion itself is coma Iced ard 5
one mass Of tastefuIy Blended color. IaG-
neTs. bunting and bIlcht Cciared STEAMERS
arranged IA appropriate Ges Eiis Te, der &c
coup d'Gil exceedingly attractive. The
various eXhib IS are aCej 81 that thrre Is
n fz- ri n a % q
prise many OF the Leading manufactures OF
the coast The local furnishing houses
make brave show. and particularly con
spCu0us IS a magnificent furniture exhibit
in the center Of the ErCnrd floor, shaped
ike q huge Twelfth Night cake. covered
with tapestry. 1t contains SIX miniature
rooms furnished IN exquisite style. Ihe
various county exhibits, Will their display
of magnificent fruits and products, are $50
a great attraction, and, " tn the possible
execution Of the State Fair pavilion, the
Stockton PEOPLE undoubtedly possess the
finest exhibit On tie circuit II rebounds
greatly to the credit ct one OF the brightest.
ceanest and most prosperous little cities on
tie Pacific Coast.
1t Was Great Race.
Another free-for-all trot has been de-
cided and tie many thousands OF people
who packed the grand stand, leaving moth
ing but standIng-rOOm a"d precious htile
Of that were treated 10 the grandeSt and
The great Los Angeles hoTSe, Mckinney,
came cut on top to-day. He has proved
himself 10 be now tie fastest trOtter and
the greatest Stayer III the State, without
doubt. To-day he " as fit and vel. right
al himself, IN fact, ana when tie time made
IN the four heats Il HE raCe-2:15, , IL
2.16 ara 2:14k-Is considered, comment Is
rendered unnecessary 20 show that Charles
DuIfee has got racehoISe OF the premier
quality.
His race to-day adds many thousands of
dollars TO his value. and there is no doubt
that his progeny viii be 10 great request
THE CALL selected him to win the race
from The start, and stood by him all through,
and Mckinney has demonstrated that the
confidence TepCsed in him was not mis-
placed. lie is now FIVE years old, and next
year may be no with the best of them.
The weather was supeTb-a balmy sum-
mer day tempered by delicious breeze.
Net Only was the race record Of the ctast
! smashed by Mckinney, but the attendance
Iecafd WAS also broken on the Stockton
track. The trades people gave a general
holiday to their employees and San Fran
cisco sent her contingent who never miss
tie lree-iOT-ail, and the result was a multi
tude that would have done credit to great
city. The crowd, in fact, was tie largest
ever attracted 10 any trotting-race meet in
the State outside OF Sacramento.
The fair has seemed sOmewh hat dull up to
now, but to-day made even the grumbicrs
happy
OtIibE lHB AFTERNOON LduN MAJ KHAN. Dy
Bismarck, out OF mare by " .eTD, paced
4 record mile over The kite-shaYed track in
2:07S4. She IS owned by r. ID. Ledgett,
and may be expected 10 show wei at the
ITotting-horse Breeders Tall meeting down
at the bay.
The afternoons sport WAS continued I'M
til dark, and passed OF without "A hitch.
Time, track and speculation we're all fast,
aud the star day Of his years Stockton
Fair DEVELOPED into y Seritab.e meteor
L.
the Pacific Coast was handed out tn the
first heaJ Of the 2:3j class pace. Only one
ticket was sold Oh the winner. jess =, and
the lucky holder received S552 s. i0T his
fYe-dollar piece.
The Unfiniphel Trot.
At / o'clock sharp the unfinished trot
over the kite track was TUrE out. Maud VI
sold for S2j, against the field Tor SIS, Annie
/ being Withdrawn. The faVOrite set cut
IN front, but broke badly before reaching
the quarter. jonathan then took tile lead
with McNasser and was never caught, win
ming babdily in 2:23 Dy couple If lengths
Clay Duke and CHbit now went to the
stable under the rule, and Maud N sold Tor
S25, against S18 for McNasser. The pair
went off even at the first attempt, and
trotted thus till nearly the quarter. Then
Maud broke and fell eight lengths behind
She came like a streak of lightning in the
home stretch, and Med we'll driving for all
he knew got up with McNasser ten yards
from the wire and made dead heat of it,
amid tumUltU0uS excitement. Many Of the
spectators thought McNssser won by a
neck. Time, 2:201A.
The deciding heat furnished horseracp,
as .he trotters Tapped right around the
track, Maud II winning by half length,
after desperate finish, in 2:21.
SUMMARY:
sTocKToN sept %. ls9l.-speeiaI unhnl shed
Maud II, Or. m. by Auteo lAfeDowell)..14 = 2 o
Colonel heNasser, ch 3, by Goiddust
Cay Duke. B. h. by Altoona MartnJ "A 55450o
Cubit, br. L., by Caliban (hlinkl .--....5 4 90
Annie, L. ~, By Tiiton AImont (suIli
Ths skin heat was assa heat O"-'
Tine,Z ;24-2 :24-2 :23-2 -2:2S-2:2012-2:21
First RAGS.
Donna Lila at first sold favOrite for the
seven furlong, twO-year- old dash, and then
a big rush was made on Castro. Billy
jonathan gave them fine Start and Oracle
went out TO make the running, Castro
lying second and Donna Lila trailing
Castro assumed command from the firing
Oracle in the lower turn and was first
into the stretch, Donna Lila coming fast
The latter challenged Castro at the draw
gates, and 1t was nip and tuck 10 the
wire. tie FLY winning handily by half a
length IN ] %. very good time. Castro was
oYer-handieapped.
SUMMARY
Same day-Rnnning; twoyear olds; seven fur
Donna Lula b. T., by Gano. dam Blue Mountain
Castro sSa b. &c c. by Si Sobranfe. ; iotj
Heli0d0ra, b. T.. by widid e 90 (McDonaldj - 3
Time :2g.
Oracle 100 also
Betting: Castro S25. Donna Lila s22. field Sl4.
Second Race.
Then came the great free for-all tr0t, and
the excitement was intense IN the enormous
crowd as the four great horses came out on
the track. The betting was something
wonderful. and it was quite fight to get
near the pool and mutual boxes Beaury
Nc the champion of the state Fair free-for-
all, was first choice at $40; then Richmond
Jr. at SIS, Mckinney for SIS and Frank If