The record-union., 1892-10-27
TURF TOPICS.
A Chico Colt Gets Away With the
YearIing TrOt.
Not a Very Exciting Contest = Tk'
Pleasant Grove Club Soon to
Have -FOUR Races Here.

The yearling trotting colt meeting held
at Agricultural Park yesterday, under
the auspices of the Capital Turf and
Driving Club, did not attract large at
tendance, owing to the fact that it had
not been advertised; and perhaps it was
just as well. since there were no attrac-
tions other than the colt race, for it was
anything but an interesting affair.
OF the original seventeen entries but
three colts showed up-F. L. Duncans
(of Chico bay colt Roodee, by Signal
Wilkes, dam by Mignonette; w. 0.
Bowers tofSacramentoj sorrel colt Silver
Bells, by Silver Bow, dam Belle Mack;
II. S. Beals' (of Sacramento) sorrel colt
Albert B., by Albert w, dam by Berlin.
Duncan drove his own colt, Wilbur i.
Smith was behind Bowers colt and
Wiley held the lines over Albert.
In warming up before the race Bowers
Silver Bells showed to the best adj
vantage, and had there been any betting
on the result he would have been a strong
favorite. The Chico colt is Il big, slash
ing fellow for yearling but, although
he had trotted at Marysville III BOO, he
was not looked upon as the equal of the
stocky little son of Silver Bow, which
had shown great speed in his training.
Besides, Roodee seemed to be low in
flesh and not in good fix for race.
Albert b., while a speedy colt, ap-
peared to be several months younger
than the others, considerably less ex-
perlenced, and was not thought to be IN
the way of either of the others.
The judges were j. w. Wilson, Ed
Carragher and Daniel Flint, with G. II.
Todd, Frank Bergman and l.. Tod
hunter as timers.
The colts scored about a dozen times
before they got the word. and Silver Bells
became quite nervous. The consequence
was that when they were sent of the colt
was quite unsteady. Before going fifty
yards from the wire he left his feet
and fell hopelessly behind. Roodee
went right ahead, and at the half was
nearly hundred yards in front, Albert
b. bopbing and running, and Silver Bells
breaking frequently.
BY the time Roodee had reached the
head of the stretch, coming home, the
others bad scarcely passed the half mile,
but from there on Silver Bells got in some
good work and trotted fast. Roodee came
on. however, without skip, and although
pulled up near the wire he won by about
one hundred and fifty yards in 3:04 Sill
yer Bells second, and Albert last. The
Bowers colt was trotting finely as he came
TO the score, and had he kept his feet all
the way it would have been a close and
mary:
AGRICULTURAL PARK, SACRAMENTO. October
26, 1S92.-Fall stakes for trotting colts of
1921; seventeen nominations, of which four
paid up.
F, l.. Duncan of Chico names b. c. Roodee,
by Signal Wilkes, dam by MignOnette-.. ]
W. .. Bowers Of Sacramento names ch. s. c.
silver Bells, by Silver Bow, dam Belle
MACK
H. :. Beals OF Sacramento names $. c. Al
bert D., by Albert W., dam by Berlin.......
INSIDE THE LIST.
r. e. SnIder had the good fortune Tues
day to get his horse Erin inside the 2:30
list at the Oakland races. The race was
Tor the 2:40 class, and had four starters.
The first heat was won by Cody's Win
wood in 2:34, and Erin Won the next three
in 2:334, 2:293, 2:33i.
Erin is but three years old. and is by
Dexter Prince. now one of the most ia
nous OF trotting sires.
DUNCAN's HEAVY Loss.
L. L. Duncan, the Chico horseman,
did not profit much by his colts success
yesterday. During his absence from
home on Tuesday night his barn was de-
stroyed and his fine stallion, Duncan
Wilkes, valued at $4,000, was burned, to-
gether with lot of furniture, books,
records, etc. Duncan's eldest girl was
slightly burned about the face and hands.
The loss Will amount to about $4,000.
There was no insurance on the property.
IT WAS NOT MATT STORM.
Some time ago the papers printed a
Chicago dispatch relating briefly the cir
cumstances of an assault committed on
street-car conductor in that city by Matt
Storm. 1t was stated that the assailant
was the well-known California turfman,
who was then in Chicago. 1t is learned
from the police department of the Lake
City that the individual arrested was a
liveryman Of Chicago, in no way related
TO the Californian, though of the same
name.
SPORT FOR NEXT MONTH.
The little village of Pleasant Grove, at
the junction of Sacramento and Sutter
Counties-which some years ago dis
carded the less euphonious but more eX-
pressive name Of "Gouge- Eye''-has a
driving club which frequently has races
over its track. The club mas arranged for
days sport on the 10Th of next month,
when it will move bodily to this city and
hold forth at A griculIural Park
There will be three running laces and
one rotting race, and a great deal of en-
thusiasm. The events of the day will be
fully announced before the date of the
meeting.
Two Small Cases.