The morning call., 1892-08-22
IT Is TALK OF The TURF.
A Week Of Big Record. Smashing
by the Harness Brigade.
Nancy Ranks and Hal Pointer and the
Fast Time They s-California Horses
to the Front-Nubs of News


excitement right through the past week.
To begin with there were six good days
racing at the Oakland track. Then came
the sad and startling news of the death of
the Pleasanton horseman. G. Valensin, the
owner of Sidney. On Wednesday Nancy
Hanks. driven by tina. great reinsman,
Budd Doble. lowered the worlds trotting
record to 207A, whole second faster than
Sunops champion time made over Stock
tons kite-shaped track. On the following
day Hal Pointer took three-f ourths OF a see-
ond off the notch of the game little Direct
(2;06) by pacing the fastest mile ever gone
in harness. namely 2:05A. Then as an in
teresting finish of the weeks sensations
Captain Millen Grifith's crack California
PAGER. Flying Jb, made mile in race in
2:091a, and Saturday the veteran champion
trotter of the world. Jay Eye See (2:1G,
having changed bis gait. paced mile in
2:0SA.
NAPA RACES.
To-day the racing opens at Napa and THE
CALL has made arrangements for having
special account telegraphed down from the
soda water" city. To-day there is a pro-
gramme of pacing and trotting, the entries
for which appear in THE CALLS tele-
graphic columns this morning A big crowd
OF San FranciScaDs will take in the Napa
Fair and great interest is manifested ia the
Palo Alto stable entries and chose Of Sena-
tor j. q. Fair.
There has been falling out between
Owens Brothers and their jockey trainer,
Vic Jenkins. and he left their employ last
Tuesday evening. He quarreled with
Cnarle Ambrose, the second lad, aud they
bad pitched battle on the Oakland track.
After long and bloody battle Ambrose
who Is taller and longer in the reach, was
getting the best Of il. so both mutually
agreed they were satisfied and shook hands
as heartily as if nothing had happened.
Jenkins subsequently had difference with
one OF his employers and quit their service
lie Will go over the mountains and pick up
horse or two for his own campaigning.
lie should do very well, as he is capable
trainer and good judge of horse. AM
brose Is now III charge Of Owens Brothers
stable.
b. C. Holly of Flosden, Cal. on the 18th
INST, at Denver, purchased out of selling
race for $1,000 the black mare .Corne Buck
ingham, four years old, by Powhattan, out
of Hattie Harris, by Marmaduke The
amount paid was $500 over the mares en-
tered selling price. During the previous
week Mr.. Holly purchased that good per-
former. Sympathetic's Last, out of a
selling race. He is brown horse, by Fair
play (son of Virgil and Crucifx by Licking
tom. dam Sympathetic. by Prolific (son of
imp. Sovereign and Kitty Hayes, by imp.
GlencOe), second dam Sympathy, by imp.
ScYthian; third dam Prunella, by imp.
Glencoe. When Happy Day, FL Rayo and
Green Hook are added Mr.. Holly has a
great string.
ANDY MCDOWELL QUITS.
Andy Mcdowell. the famous reinsman
who has been with Marcus Daily of Ana
eonda, Mont, for considerable length of
time. has left the mill0naire's employ, and
last Wednesday night returned to San Fran
cisco. On the same train came A, Ottinger.
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owner OF Geraldine, the PAGER; Ben Lee and
l.. A. David. 1t is understood that Marcus
DAILY Will no longer race trotters or PAGERS.
but will breed them and let the gallopers go
alter the coin. MIR. Mcdowell is looking
exceedingly we'll.
When the San Mateo stock farm horses
were in this city number Of hOrsemen
were very much interested in the peculiar
harness worn by the horses in John A.
Goldsmi:h's string. The saddle is different
from any they had ever seen. 1t cons ists of
a broad piece of flexible leather. suitably
padded to prevent slipping or chatting, and
1t Is claimed can be worn on the back of
any colt without injuring, One of the at
PENDANTS informed an inquiriBg visitor that
these saddles are used by General j, +,
Turner and other prominent drivers AS we'll
as Dir. Goldsmith, aud all of them praise IL
highly. The whole set is gotten up with
rare taste and workmanship and is known
In California as the Goldsmith harness. Ii
Herald.
REMARKABLE HORSE.
One OF the most remarkable race horses
IN American history Is Boston ST re of
Lexington. Boston was not raced until he
was hve years OF age, ana then went on and
won during his career 80 races al four-mile
heats, nine at tbree-mile heats and was de-
feated just six times. Here was stamina for
you ana Fashion had 10 break the worlds
record to defeat the old horse. While
Fashion was wonderful mare 1t must be
said in Boston's behalf that he had made
very heavy season in the stud and might not
have been quite himself.
The diversity OF blood lines Is now so
great in this country that, with the exercise
OF a little care, no really incestuous matings
need De feared for many years at least and
this danger is further removed in the
recognition OF the fact that it seems to be
the rule or law of nature in most instances
that inbreeding must be of very close con-
sanguin!ty and long and unnterruptedlv
practieed to bring about diminution Of
bone and stature in the product. While
breeding for domestic trade keep an eve on
the outside world, which is rapidly prepar-
Ing an enlarged market for the American
light-harHeSs horse.
When Garrison was going TO the scales to
be weighed for his mount on Racelaud he
was heartily applauded by the grand stand.
and 1t was smiingly received 1t was his
first mount since his illness. and he rode
with all his former vigor, but could not
land his mount better than third.
KICKERs.
There are always few doubling Thomases
around. They kicked at and actually in
suited the official timers at Monmouth Park
n few DAYS ago because kirSch ran a mjla
in L :3S. Now they holler murder because
another runs in :S7A. Because a dozen
horses in training can beat Kirseh and Kill |
deer is no reason why those horses didn't |
run in the time given out.
San Pedro, the Los Angeles hearse horse.
won his first race last Monday. and took a |
record of 217H. San Pedro is owned by Lee |
Mayberry of Los Angeles, who this wear. |
leased him to Monroe Salisbury. Two wears |
ago San Pedro pulled a hearse for a firm ON |
North Main street Lee Mayberry got an |
inkling that San Pedro was something out |
Of the ordinary. and had no trouble in pur |
chasing him for something like $3.50. The |
new purchase was turned over to Walter |
Nj ben, who led San Pedro out. with the |
result that he not only paced a mile under |
2:20. but sfterward trotted mile equally |
rs fast, showing that the hearse horse was |
equally at home at either the pacing or |
trotting gait He is by Del Sur, a stallion |
bred by l.. j. Rose. but the breeding of his |
dam Is unknown. San Pedro is now the |
fastest horse in the world that ever pulled |
a hearse, and Los Angeles once again is TO |
the front with new sidewheel wonder. |
San Pedro won the 2:30 pace on Monday !
last at the North western Trottino and pac