The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-16
SADDLE and SULKY.
All Free Tickets to the Spring
Races Abolished.
Burns Favored Their Continuance Last Night
but Was Overruled-A Great TrottiDg
Stake-Calbine's Picture.

The richest prize ever offered In America,
or the world, for either the trotting or run
ming horse has just been announced. 1t Is
called the Progressive Futurity and its spon-
sOr is the Independence Driving Park Asso-
citation. 1t is for foals of 1892, to be trotted
as two-year-olds at the great summer meet
ing at independence in 1894.
1t is not guarantee stake. but to the
amount paid in by nominations the associa-
ton will add $4,000. and it is believed in
turf circles that the ultimate value OF the
event will be fully 100000. All the pay
mentS rendering horse eligible to start
will approximate only $50. which Is divided
into Tour instruments. covering an average
period between each of eight months.
Twenty foalS may be carried along In this
stake and the best one of the lot selected TO
compete month before the race, all for
$685. To the sum OF all investments in the
event the association adds $4,000
The money Is to be divided 70, Is and 10
per cent which inSurcs redhot contest for
first place. No stake was ever offered in
this country before, which affords so great
an earning capacity for so little investment.
aud 1t is expected 10 receive an enthusiastic
greeting at the hands OF the breeders.
Lee Bell, the Sacramento horseman, was
In the city yesterday. lie Is loud in the
praises of the local track. There is the
biggest crowd of horses and horsemeu there
fair time. w. o. Bowers has two splendid
Benton mares in foal to James Madison.
All the bangtails are working out for the
ood-horse and eastern meetings every
morIing, and the track Is daily q sight to
gladden. the heart of any horseman."
c. V. Topper Of Giroy is in town and
reports that a large number Of trotters and
thoruughbreds are being trained at the H0l-
lister and Salinas tracks. They are princi-
pally trotters, and will be raced around the
California circuit.
A fine water-color painting Of Carbine,
the great Australian horse, taken from life.
is now on exhibition in the window of the
branch office of The CALL on Market
street, and Is attracting considerable atten-
ton from lovers of the baDgtails
An important meeting of the Blood Horse
Directors was held last night, when the old
question as TO the granting of compl-
mentary admissions to the races came up
for discussion. This has always been
disputed point, but hitherto it has been
of free tickets to ladies, and also TO gentle
men.
President Dan Burns waxed very eloquent
on the subject He advocated free admIs-
sion to ladies all the time, and gave his ex-
periences of how well this system worked on
the Eastern tracks, where lie had ia ken OBJ
servatiOns last year. He also was in favor
OF juGiciously distributing number of free
tickets to local supporters Of the turf who
were connected with the institution. The
majority OF the Directors, however, were in
favor OF entirely dispensing with gratuit0us
admissions and the President was outvoted.
1t was stated that the entire spring pro-
gramme Is now complete, but it Was not
read and Secretary r. Mroy said last night
that be understood IL was not ready for pub
LEGATION yet, as il had not been shown TO
him, but he hoped 10 get il to-day.