The morning call., 1892-04-18
TALK OF THE TURF.
A Short Review of the Past Five
Days Racing.
Winning Owners and Jockeys Notable 0c-
currences in the Racing World
During the Past Week.


During the Past Week.
A review Of the first weeks racing of the
Blood horse spring meeting shows that %
races have been run in five days. Dan Nc
Carly is at the head of the list of winning
owners with FIVE wins, scored by Bernardo
twice. Castanet. Cartridge and Adolph. l..
J. Rose has won two races with Fairy, b.
c. Holly two with Revolver. Wilbur +.
Smith two with Zaldivar. Orrin Appleby
two with Fanny f and Esperanza, Porter
Asbe one with Don Furlano. Palo Alto one
with Princess, W. Jonathan one with
Monowa, Kennedy Bros. one with Acclaim,
the Elmwood stable one with Initiation, Z.
Siebenthaler one with Sheridan, w. Rudy
one with Lottie Mills, E. A. Neame one
with jim II, Owens Bros. one with Captain
Al, and S. a. Ashe one with Ghost Dance.
OF the jockeys Joe NarvaeZ is way ahead
with wonderful record of nine winning
mounts and eight seconds. and he is said
by good judges TO be at least 10 pounds
better than any other lad at the track. Sui
livan, Ward. Hennessey, OHearn, Hart,
Jonathan, SpOoneT, Barton and Appleby
are the other jockeys who have scored first
under the wire up to date.
Great sympathy is expressed for By
Holly. as his great race mare Nevada has
gone lame in her eff fore foot. Great fears
are expressed that she will never race
again. She will certainly not run at the
present meeting.
CHALKED UP DUTCH"
To professional followers OF the snort of
Kings, several of the boOkmakerS 4? who
have opened out in the business this week
for the first time in their lives, have fur
nshed considerable and profitable amuse-
ment. On many races some have chalked
up dutch on losing books, i. e., by pro-
porti0ning his play hacker could bet on
every horse on the board so as 10 be a sure
winner. This sort OF thing, combined with
Saturdays hard luck. has put several of
them, to use racing phrase, completely
lover barrel" 1t is thought that at least
third Of the number Will be compelled to
stand down. ANYHOW there is not enough
betting here to give Is bookmakers chance
OF paying their expenses and getting lair
profit.
1t is said that one of the leading lights Of
the pool-boX went to church last Sunday
night wearing The same suit of clothes he
had attended the faces in on the opening
day. aud, moreover, he had failed To remove
the members badge which was attached TO
the buttonhOle CT his vest Strange TO say
when the collection plate came around he
developed an abnormal tendency TO absent
mindedneSs. AS the churchwafden pre-
sented the plale, the dreamy auctioneer
flashed his members ticket upon him like
shot and the plate passed on without q
contribution. 1t is said that the absent,
minded one thought it was Director Finne-
gan asking him 10 cash up al the Taceiraek
gate. Hence the play.
AUSTRALIAN CASH FIELDER.
Great curiosity is being manifested as to
what methods the Australian boOkmakers,
Sam Allen and Jim Wall. will adopt when
they QOan n huSinp on Tuesday m Eng
land and Australia the cash feeders bet out
OF bag slung around their Decks, and the
odds against TIE horses are not chalked up,
but shouted IN stentorian tones. Wall was
seen by CALL reporter Cd the subject last
night AID said;
Il see that an evening paper says we have
come here to show the Calif0rnians how to
do bus ness, but this is q mistake. We have
come here 10 learn the American methods.
We have both been fielding many years i'm
England and Australia, and / think we shall
be able 10 hold cur own, as soon as we get
used TO the chalking and the American
money. We don't expect 10 win much here,
but as some of the clever division have ex-
pressed their intention of playing us off the
track, all can say IS that we have fair
sized wad, and we intend TO give them every
show TO win tiff they can"
'sS0RTER's" FINES.
Among the boys riding at the track Is
Shorter Barton. so called on account OF
his peculiar manner Of talking, and at
times when he is excited he is almost unin-
telligible. On Friday last, while riding in a
race. Starter Ferguson fined him S25 for
disobedience at tie post. Barton COM
menced asking the reason and grumbling in
his peculiar style, to the intense astonish-
ment of the gentleman from Kentucky, who
finally lost all patience and shouted: Il
don't understand one word you say, but it
seems to me you are calling me foul names
for what / know, and fine you $50 more"
The "Snorter" then retired from tie en-
counter speeches. with indignation at his
bad luck, amid the laughter of his compaL-
ions Notwithstanding Barton rode we'll
judged race on JiEi L, is promising lad
and his services will be In great demand
during the remainder of the meeting
Jim Dustin, the track su erintendent.
who. by the by, is far from well just now,
says that the track will be in the finest
shape by Tuesday if the weather keeps fiue.
He was narrowing it up yesterday. and by
tomorrow it will be nice soft going, mod
erately fast and the horses will feel no III
effects from hard race over 1t IN the future.
Dustin has been warmly congratulated on
all sides on The splendid state of the course,
which is solely due TO his handwriting man
agement.
A wild Irishman went up to Phil Archi-
bald on Friday before the race which Cart
ridge won and shouted in rich brogue:
Give me SO on McCaTty's mare now
don't care how. as long as it's on that divil
McCartyfs." How would you like it, sir,
straight or place." asked the urbane Phil
wei" replied the Hibernian, "Oi'n take
fove in front and foive behind, since ye're
so particular" And he pocketed his ticket
with knowing wink.
DELAYED IN SACRAMENTO.
Dan Miller's string has been delayed in
Sacramento, owing 10 his three-year-0ld
fly Melanita. by Argyle out of Miss Coz
nelia, pulling up lame. He hopes she will
be all night again early this week, and he
viii then bring the lot down TO have O cut
in at some of the spring purses.
A well-known member Of the local ring
was talking with a smart youth opposite
Dickey's tile other morning, where a wagon
had broken down and wheel had come
off. Why" asked the young man If the
penciler, fought that wheel to be in the
Spouse. "Why?" because It's off its
nut" said the festive youth. "Well, we'll"
replied the bookie, ''I'll catch the next man
who comes along; you see IL Idon't," and,
hailing passing acquaintance, he put the
question about the wheel to him, and the
riddle was at once given up. "Why, my
boy" said the fielder, eager to catch his
frie nd, because lis off its axle" The
friend stared in blank astonis hment, and
yidenfly thoupht "a hnn Shn,,ld ba cant