Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13
SADDLE AND SULKY TALK.
The Approaching End of a Bril-
liant Season Of Racing.
Marcus DAILY and His Winnings for
the Current Year.
Stamboul's Second Battle Against the
Old Man with the scythe and
Hour Glass-The Late
Melbourne Cup.


Forbes of Boston, now holds the Swear
old stallion record as we'll as the 2-year-
old record of 2:1034. Charles Marvin
has him in charge and is confident of
his ability to trot in 2:08 before he is
laid up for the winter. Truman, an
other Palo Alto colt, has again lowered
his record from 2:131s to 2:12 on the
kite-shaped track at Stockton. The
Californians are making a terrible
havoc with the records. this year; and
look for Stamboul to 60 below 2:08 if
he can get good day and track. Not
only that but l believe he can do mile
in 2 10 at Santa Ana or over the regula-
tion track at this place, where the
weather is more favorable.
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Some people have not yet done talk
| ing over the mysterious way in which
Our Dick was beaten last Saturday at
Santa Ana. Good judges say that he
fell off worse in the third heat there
than Silkwood did in his third heat
here; and that while Silkwood did the
heat in 2:14 without being greatly urged,
Dicks mile was no better than :1616.
As there is no record of Dick having
been separately timed in any heat of that
race, there is no way of proving what
has been said to that effect, and If there
was what good would it do, here or else
where? The race is over, the purse and
pools paid off and Dick has gone to
Texas, and 80 the least said about it the
soonest mended.
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1 cannot help thinking that Mr..
O'Brien McDonough is making a mis-.
take in shipping Ormonde back to
England and thence across the Atlantic
to New York. 1t would be far better to
ship him to Rio Janeiro and thence to
Aspinwall, and thence. across the
isthmus to Panama, from which point
to San Francisco he would be sure of
less than 20 hours of rough weather in
voyage of II days. Ormonde had q
brother named Ossory, a very handsome
horse but not his equal as racer. That
horse was sold to Milton Young OF Ken
tucky for $12, 900, and died on the voy-
age across the Atlantic. I hope it is
not yet too late for Mr.. McDonough to
reconsider his plans.
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Iroquois heads the list of winning
sires for the year 1892, with about $780,
600, but the bulk of his credits come
from four horses-Tammany, Huron,
Helen Nichols and Red Banner. II his
next crop of 2-year- perform as we'll
as the two fillies last named, he will 20
over 5000, 1000 for 1898, whether he heads
the list or not. The second place is GO
ing to be pretty close between st. Blaise
and Longfellow, while the fourth place
will be a matter of contest between Sir
Modred and Eolus. The latter is the
sire of the Futurity winner, Morello, but
had no other representative of any value
on the turf this year. If Sir Modred did
not get such tremendously big horses,
he might head the winning sires occa.
sionally. but thes2-year-old stakes are
evidently intended for smaller and
easier maturing horses.
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Now is the chance for the California
Blood Horse association to get up q
novel sort of futurity stake, to be called
the South Continent stake, or the
Antipodes stake, free to all foals of 1898,
but to close December 81, 1892, open
only to the produce of mares served in
1892 by stations bred in Australia and
New Zealand. In the latter class are
Maxim, Cheviot, Idalium and Sir Modred.
In the former class are Darebin.
Paramatta, Chesterfield, Loyalist,
Suwarrow, The Hook, Plenty, Trade
Wind, Del Mar, San Pedro and Mariner.
This should guarantee the nomination
of not less than 70 mares at $1OO each
for starters, with $50 for those that de-
cline as yearlings, and 500 that make
only the first payment after foaling.
The added money for such a stake
should be at least $1,000; and if San
Francisco cannot afford to give it, Los
Angeles can give it trial.
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Marcus DAILY, the Montana copper
millionaire, is second on the list of win
ming owners this year, with SIG, $50 to
his credit. He won the Suburban with
Montana, the Realization and Omnibus
with Tammany, and several other good
little stakes with Uncle Jess. Mr.. DAILY
has named three English. bred yearlings
for the Derby of 1894. These are colt
by st. Gatien, out of Glance, and two
colts by Hampton, one out of Cherry
and the other out of Bat. Cherry is full
sister to Energy, and is by Sterling, the
sire of Isonomy. 1. F. Walcott of New
York has made five nominations for the
same race, and will send them over
there next February to be acclimated.
Mr.. Daily has been fortunate man this
year. He gave $25O0 for Tammany and
"won him out' as 2.year-old, SO that
the colt owed him nothing at the open
ing of 1892. This year Tammany has
won $102, ITO in purses and stakes, to
say nothing of outside bets, go that Mr.,
DAILY has no cause to regret his purchase.
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The most terrific betting race that has
taken place in California for years came
off at San Francisco on Saturday of last
week, in 2-year-old sprint of half q
mile, in which the added money was
only $500. Dick O'Malley, owned by
Owens Brothers, led into the stretch,
but was quickly passed by Charley
Fairs Princess by Cheviot. Suddenly
up went the cry, "look at Charmion, !"
and here came the pretty daughter Of
Tyrant, bowling over her horses as
though they we're standing still. She
passed O'Malley, but could not pass
Princess. and it was given in for dead
heat. Then came the most terrific bet
ting that had been seen in San Francisco
for years, $500 for first choice being
nothing unusual. One Of the great Re-