Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18


any 2:30 class trot that I ever saw or
heard of. II there ever was anything
but pacing race that beat this, for 2 80
horses, l would be happy to read of it.
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The galloping season is near an end,
30 far as the east is concerned, and
Gravesend wound up it's fall meeting
Yesterday. Next Saturday, the games
begin at Morris park, and after that
closes up, racing will be left to the
winter tracks, where man cannot win
bet unless unless the bet is "thrown
of" to him. The presence of such men
as Marcus DAILY, E. j. Baldwin, w. L.
Scott, Perry Belmont, Foxhall Keene
and l.. j. Rose is always guarantee that
the outsiders will get run for their
money. Those gentlemen always turn
their horses out as soon as the autumnal
meetings are over, and leave the winter
tracks to the professional element.
Hence it is not to be wondered at, that
every race is rob of some sort at these
winter tracks. When an attempt was
made to establish winter racing here,
the writer did all he could to discourage
1t and the directors of the Sixth dis
trict agricultural society have since
complimented Ills sagacity in advising
them against it.
During the past week at Gravesend,
the great Kingston has been twice
beaten-at seven furlongs by Correction,
and at six by the California bred four
year.old, Doctor Hasbrouck. The latter
horse is by Sir Modred out of Sweet
briar by Impudence, from Maguetta by
Mahomet, from old Minerva Anderson
(dam of Miriam, who produced Magenta
and Maumona) by Luzborough. Magu-
eta was the dam of Pompey Rayne,
who was the first horse ever to run
mile inside of / IA. Now the selling
platers beat that figure, and the time of
6rst-class horses, with full weight up.
varies from :391a to LAP. have not
kept tab" on the races this year, but
believe there have been at least 40 of
them run in l Al or better. Kingston
has several times done his mile in Al
with overweight. The old horses ca.
reer as turf horse, is about ended. He
will probably retire next year, to the
Belle Meade stud, where he will have
Iroquois and the imported stallion 10y
alist for rivals and stable companions.
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One of the most desperately contested
races ever trotted in this state, took
place Thursday at the state fair, the
contestants being Truman, Lee, Flora
M, Strathway, and Grown Prince.
Truman got the first and fifth heats,
Crown Prince the second, Lee the fourth,
and Flora M. the third, sixth and sew
enth. There were four, heats inside of
c:20 and the pool box must have profted
enormously by it, as all the horses were
favorites by turns. The winner, Flora
NJ, is by Richards Elector out of
mare of untraced pedigree. The sire of
Flora M. had eight in the 2:30 list in
1891, and none prior to that time. He
does not figure, however, as sire of any
extreme speed, and his stud success ia
decidedly exaggerated.
**~ So
. Some of the races at the state fair yes
terday, have queer look about them.
especially the selling race won by APP
plause, who never can win with bis en-
titled weight, over that splendid cam
paigner, Almont, who has done his mile
in Al q with 116 pounds in the saddle.
The Blood Horse meeting comes off just
after the Los Angeles fair, and then we
shall be prepared for what we now po-
litely know as ''reversals of FORM" The
state 1alr 0ugnC TO nave sign nung up
over its gateway, "P(h)ools Sold Here"
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Charley Fairs first start-of as run
ming horse owner seems quite fattering,
with Dick Harvey (who rode Norfolk in
all three of his victories over Lodi) as
master of the 'grand preparation, as
Fergus Duplantier used to say. Wait
until he loses $50. 900 worth of horses by
death in the short space of three years,
has to- to pay 0SS $4,000 p worth OF OF Of for. Or
feits in two seasons, as plucky
old Theodore Winters did, and / don't
think he will like the game quite 80
we'll. It's all very nice now, as long as
he can win, but when the forfeits and
declarations come by the dozen, and the
victories are "few and far between, ;" the
young heir to "Slick Jimmy's' mill
ions will be apt to cough it up.
HIDATGO