The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-12
THE Whip And SPUR.
Great Preparations at the Bay
District Track.
John Goldsmith Convalescent-StalIio Show
at San Jose To-Day Prospects for
New Raeecourse.

All the trottng horses have been ordered
TO leave the Bay District Track. and room
is being made for the accommodation of the
bangtails. The strings will begin to arrive
after the latter part of next week for the
Blood-hofse meeting. Carpenters are at
work repairing the fences and stands, and
the surroundings are beginning to look in a
somewhat busneSs shape AS for the
track itself, it is in fine order. and John
Dustin is personally seeing after its dress
ing and regulation every day.
William Corbitt of the San Mateo Stock
Farm is in town and brings the intelligence
that Johnny Goldsmith is rapidly improy-
ing. and is likely TO be able to get around In
about ten days time.
A great stallion show will be held to-day
at Agricultural Park. San Jose. Most of
the leading breeders in the State are COM
peting, and large contingent will 60 down
from this city by the morning train.
Matt Storm will take his stable from So
mona County to Sacramento on Monday.
where they will receive thorough prepare
ton for the forthcoming season. he reports
that Centella, Marigoid, Topgallant, Mys-
terry ana his two-year-olds by Friar Tuck
are looking splenddly. He has named the
Friar Tuck flly Phoebe Ann and the colt
Hermitage.
Henry Pierce of Santa Rosa has purchased
from g. Nalensin six mares in foal TO Sid
ney, among them being the brood mare
Venus by Captain Webster. She is the dam
of Ad0hls, the PAGER (2:11R), Cupid {2:IS)
and Leah, who won all ner races as year
ling last year in the East. The prices paid
have not tranSpired.
The pros ects of having new track at
Baden are much brighter as Peter Ii. IIer
has greatly modified his terms. The new
proposition will be placed before the Blood
morse Directors on Monday, and a decision
one way or the other is expected.
Few men are quicker at deal than Dan
McCarty. At Thursdays sale he paid SS25
fer the bay flly by Soudan (2:271A) out of
Carrie Malone by Steinway, lS0S aud sold
her yesterday at big advance TO an East
ern firm. The FLY will go East in two
weeks. Dan has also received a liberal
offer Tor his two-year-old fly by Cheviot
out of Nellie Collier, the dam of Yosemite
and Vernon, bat Nv hite hat wants to race
her once or twice before he will part with
what be calls his little brilliant
III is general opinion among local horse
men that the judges should be independent
stipendiaries IN the future, and motion on
the subject is 10 presented tn the Blood
horse Directors on Monday. Such an official
would be precluded from betting, and could
not very We'll be laid open TO charges of
favoiiug one horse or the other on that ac-
count. The racing public will look forward
Win iutcltot 10 any Stcp ldhtfl III lnIc ulfec-
ton.
MATT BYRNES' RETURN.
Matt ByTnes, the trainer of Marcus
Days stable, has returned to New Jersey,
after his trip 10 Montana on visit to Mr..
Days ranch. He is delighted at the coun-
try aud has great opinion of Montana as
breeding place. as he says the climate is
so dry aud the air so pure that throat and
lung troubles are quite unknown. In fact
he says he did not hear horse cough while
there.
Monroe Salsbury's famous little black
PAGER Direct (2:O6) is stationed at Creigh-
tons stock farm on the IIUnworks Pike six
miles from Lexington. aud can he seen
occasionally being driven slowly on the
pixies for exercise. HIS sire, Director,
owing to a nail Icing driven too close 10 the
quick in being sh - before he left home.
has gone slightly lame. and is not yet
stabbed with the champion PAGER.
L. y. FlnnegGn. the wel-known horse
man, is contemplating making sn extended
trip TO Europe immed ately after the Blood
horse races. He may remain away two to
five years, and II so will resign his director
shD in the association.
A. Smith McCann OF PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
has purchased from Miller 81 Sibley the
six-year-old stallion Nav King q :23b). by
Electioneer. dam May Queen e :20, dam OF
MaTdn, :23 as thIee-year-old), by Alex
andeT'S Norman.