The morning call., 1892-10-31
TALK IN TURF CIRCLES.
Prospects Of the Blood Horse
Fall Meeting.
REVIEW OF THE FIRST DAY.
Rival Jocksys-A FLIP Will Be Given to the
L cal Bookmakers by the Eastern AR
rivals-General Gossip.

With the advent of the Blood-horse Fall
Meeting on Saturday the winter season may
fairly be said to have set in. Ii the weather
prove favorable the whole of the thirty
seven days advertised race programme will
be carried out, with possibility Of several
weeks tackled on to the end of it. II Satur-
days overwhelming success is to be taken as
q criterion then there is no doubt that winter
racing will become so firmly established
here that California will in the future be
looked upon by the Eastern horsemen as
their refuge from the chill blasts and storms
of their cold season.
Ghe time made in Saturdays races show
that we have some very fast sprinters here.
although the qualities OF the long-distance
riders have yet to be tested. Charmion's
seven furlongs in l :27A conclusively proves
that the fily. when right at herself, is all that
| Danny Miller claims her to be. She is
| crackajack Of the first water and should
swell tho popular Dams bank account next
| season la the East. Geraldine and old
| Sheridan more than fully sustained their
| prior reputation, while Princess and Ida
| Glenn also astonished their admirers by
the way in which they landed their respect
| i've races.
OF the new jockeys. Parkinson showed
| that he is no mean performer in the pigskin
| Lorraine and Red Prince, but Billy Hill
| can teach him just little at finish. Hill
| is one OF the gamest lads and best judges OF
| place at the track, and there will be very
| few races In which he will have to stand
| down while the present meeting is i'll prog
| ress.
| The betting arena has received several
| welcome additions from the East. Charley
! Kingsley and Phil Archibald, perhaps. as
| usual, did the heaviest betting SO far as
| large amounts are concerned, but EckeTt Of
| Chicago was the hardest worker, bet the
most liberal odds. one. two and show,
and, consequently, got the best OF the pat
| ronage from the general public. Eckert Is
| just the sort Of man TO liyen up our local
| bookmakers. who have got too used
TO having an alright cinch monopoly,
| and Lave bet sure-thlng prices as natural
consequence Of an enforced lack OF compe-
tition. They will have to chalk up wider
| odds now If they want to do any kind OF
business. Instead of Charley kngsley's
| familiar cry Of "a little evening money"
this or that. he will have to insert new
| catch prase for 2 and 3 to l chance.
| On Tuesday the programme Of the second
| day viii consist OF five races, and good
entry is certain. The heavy track, owing
| 10 yesterdays rain, will make them harder
| to pick, however, than they were on Satur-
| day, and the talent is not likely to cut Up so
much of the bookies' good money.
The men at the entrance gate OF the track
should be instructed to be more polite and
| less rough and discourteous in their man.
ner. These officials may be the sort of men
to keep undesirable persons out Of the track
and so on, but there are WAYS and ways Of
doing even so simple thing as take tickets
and inspect badges at a racetraek gate.
Rudeness on the part of these men should
not be tolerated by the directors, for if it is
such conduct will assuredly have its bad
effect on the attendance throughout the
meeting.
The experiment of publishing new rae
ing index in The CALL was the subject of
much favorable comment among the horse
men yesterday. Said one: ut will greatly
add to the already steady popularity OF the
paper among ali horsemen."
Now that ". Wood has accomplished a
mile IN 2:07 over the Stockton kLte-shaped
track, the local horsemen are anxious that
Our Dick should try 20 get "kite-notch."
After his match with Silkwood Mr.. 0ttinger
says he will have him sent against the clock
both on the regulation and kite.
To-day will be a great reunion for most
of the turtles. They have a days rest, ana
the various horsemen's resorts are likely to
be crowded. Phil Archibald and Gorge
Rose will be busy relating their numerous
adventures in the East to their large circle
of acquaintance, and racing topics in gen.
eral Will hum.