The morning call., 1892-04-25
TALK or THE TURF.
The Changes i'm This Weeks Rae.
ing Programme.
furses to Be Reduced and Declaration Fees
to Be E1acted-TrOtting and
Running Gossip.

= Before the spring meeting commenced
.he blood-horse directors announced that
. no purse would be less than $500, with
entry and acceptance free. There is. there
fore, great deal Of grumbling by the horse
c. men at the action Of the board in cutting the
purses
In the published. programme OF this
weeks racing most OF the purses TO be hung
.ap are only s4G0 Then again, the free
declaration is placed within circumscribed
limits. and declarations are now only to be
free I'D to p NJ. on the day preceding the
race. ter that hour SO penalty is to be-
enforced.
- 1t is stated that the association has Melted
a very handsome sum on the first nine days
racing and still the purses are cut down
and a declaration fee is to be exacted. The
boOknYakers say that they have also to pay
an extra SO per day for each race over and
above four ON the pr gramme. -!tis evident
that they are out for the stuff, " said sn
. time. horseman last night. Perhaps
they are going to build new racetIack, he
added sententiously.
SHOULD SHEAR SHEEP.
Ii is a pity that the association has not
engaged q professional Handicapped as well
es starter. The performances up to date
in this direction are woefuiIy 1neQuitable,
ana the result mas D6cD Il large DuinUtE Oi
scratchings, ergo smaller fields. Alb Stem
Ter and two other well-known trainers were
riding home from the races on Saturday.
We'll" said Alb, whoever the handicap
per is, be ought to be down country on some
ranch shearing sheep. WHICH 10 my opinion
buy, Alb, when the shearing was over. the
wool or the sheepp was asked by one of
his companions II think I'd take tie
sheep at a price" was Stemler'S response;
There would be more lett on the sheep than
taken off If he sheared the same as he b an
dicaps." But then. ABB is known as
'chronic kicker
Those hackers who are playing Narvaez
mounts Oh a system will have 10 look out
Tor a successor il Joe goes East Tomorrow,
as is bis present intention. Some think
little Sullivan the next best boy, others
favorsDck Ward, while not few think the
services Of Nike Rennesspy, old George
Evans OF Hill will be in the grea est de-
nsnd. The talent Will therefore tud
hard TASK IN picking favorile rider 10 fol-
low.
POPULAR BooKIEs.
The Australian bookmakers have been
the cyaosure Of all eyes In the betting arena
through the week. As soon as their odds
are listed there Is { regular fight 10 get near
them and perfect forest OF hands goes up
trying to get bet Oh, owing 10 the liberal
prices chalked. Until they got used to
American money some laughaOle Incl
dents occurred. On the first day
they opened up, business BY Holly
came up with a roll Of gTeenbacks
and wanted to play $500 to win 500 on
Fairy, at the same time handing Jim Wall
the notes. The latter had never seen 500
bill before
What do you call theseP What are they.
anyhow? ' asked the puzzled bOokie.
We'll, l reckon there's 5000 there" said
Holly.
Hunt [ don't know; but as you look
straight. III take your blooming word for
it Write the ticket, Sam"
This innocent TelOinder ELECTED shouts of
laughter from the bystanders. although the
AntipOdean could not see the joke.
Sam Aliens bump of cautiousness is well
developed by his lengthy experience on for
-eign racetracks.
where's your diamond pin, Sam?"
asked friend in tile crowd the other day.
as Allen mounted his box.
You must take me for fool il you think
I'm going to sport that Oh q strange rae
course" he replied, to the amusement of
his listeners. I'm not going to take any
chances Of getting the little sparkler
pInched il know it"
a NEW CATALOGUE.
The neatly gotten-up catalogue Of the
trotting stock OF WilfTed Page and Brother
of the Rancho Cotah, Sonoma County, has
been received. Tie three great stations of
the ranch are Eclectic, 1871. by Elec-
tioneer, dam Manette, 10y Nutwood own
brother to Arion, 2:10a); Mortimer. $780,
HambletOnian and Sabeham, by Sable
Wilkes (2:1s) dam by Whipple's Hambletn-
MAN. The stock ON the farm is of the very
best quality in breeding, ana the Messrs.
Pages enterprise will doubtless meet witt.
the approval and support Of the lovers of
the tr0tting- horse.
Budd DObe. one Of Americas greatest
trainers and drivers says: 81 have two
colts in my stable Of especial promise,
Axle, a son OF AXtel and DrextelL year
ling. full brother to Axtell. / shall not
r. train him. however; inst jog him and keep
him well In hand. do not believe in fore
Ing colts. My theory Is there is but so
much In horse and lie will last longer if
not forced. l know the stock farms have
succeeded, but IL has been at fearful cost
have been ruined In this way. The failures
are the secrets of tile breeders. / know
there have been exceptions, but very few
colts have stood campaigning Yet in the
ODD days the trotter was IN his prime at ten
years.
TO LOWER HER RECORD.
:Sunol will probably be shipped to Mead
3" vile. Pa; shortly, to try to lower her record
OF 2:08A over the kite-shaDed track there
Mr. B0nner believes she can accomplish the
task. Marvin. will pilot her.
Direct eco and James Madison (2:17A)
. are, respectively, the fastest little and big
= horse on any stock farm.
. - A meeting Of the blood horse directors
will be held tonight, when it is said that
the III Rayo matter will be further investi-
gated. Strange stories are floating around.
,bnt most Of the horsemen think that the
diffeIeRce In the two performances of the
horse was entirely due 10 the better jockey
chip of Joe Narvaez. AS some go so far a.
to say that the latter is at least 20 pounds
better. Elder than any other boy engaged
here, the reversal of form may perhaps be
rightly attributed 20 this fact