The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-29
SADDLE AND SULKY.
Nelson, the Great Stallion, Lamed
by an Accident.
Tha Bay District Track in Fine Condition.
By Holy Hay Be Reinstated-Hick-
ocks Grand String.

News came from Wateryille, Me-, that
the gfeat stallion Nelson (2.10) has met with
,.seri6us accident. He was being driven on
he streetbv one Of MI. Nelson hired men
when he SHE'D at a sled and got one OF his
---.fnd..Icgs over the crOssbar OF the sleigh.
4e went about forty feet on three legs and
.Aen fell to the ground with groan. When
.e was got M again he was re-barnesseu
nd started off lmping, and by the latest ac-
counts is stal lame. 1t Is hoped, however,
shat tie injury is not serious and that the
many admirers Of the great horse Viii not
5e.disaHp0inted tp the hope Of seeing him
-acethis season.
George Van G0rdan, who Tor several
vears past has been the manager Of tn
Hearst ranch, is visiting he city. lie stated
yesterday tLat.b6:did not intend to buy or
ease any horses this year for racing pure
noses, but that he you'd shortly start
Thoroughbred. breeding e>t3bllslmeAt OF ms
own. When asked as TO Tie ptoOaUle IOca-
siOu he7y u III sc ect, LIE sad, " am as yet
undecided. 1 own 3 couple Of ranches az
Pleasaufon aud il IS probable thai L snail
locale there. or l Way return to San LUIS
UbiSpO CCUlt'y which i think Is q IaYoIaole
part of tie State for breeding ana training
p uCTseS / think R8gua, Delmar, Alm7hJ
31ds-J3r Ross showed you folks last year
d iut9.wbat condition Lean get q string down
below" Captain IayfUT Is now uiliug al
IorQaD 5 ierMey position.
MARCUS DAYS STABLE.
The stable owned by Marcus DAILY, the
Montana hCTSen3u, VIII prove very Tor
mldabIe tLr ughout tie Eastern running
campaign. lbs tvo-ycaT-oldS a5e the pre-
geny of such Slres as d Ce Daniels, Gleuelg,
Sir MOdred, Alarm. Hldalgo and Tom Bow
ling. His starting point ike Matt Storms,
Will be at DeuYeE
Is & number Of local h0rsemen have al
ways been of Che opinion that the DUec-
tors of tie BlOUd-hOLSe Association acteG
verv hastly.in FuliEg b. L. Holly OF all
ejo OF fora year for laying up heat ID a
>purt race al the TALL meeting II has al
ways been cOusideTed IN California that the
aging IN Cf ae5iS, with view Of ultlnl-
stely winning tile actual race, Is perfectly
legitimate and until the new law was
dopted there WAS no rule against the prac-
ice. There WILDE q SJr0uE effort mad6 10
- set BY Teinstated, for all freQueDterS OF
. 1ur California TRACKS Will miss his shTeWd
set kindly face and artistic geneTalShlp IN
.tEe sU'ky-.
@ Tie Modesto spring races take place IN
der the aus ceS Of the S1nlSIauS Stock
Breeders AssUcIau Oh March -, 80 and
81 There IS a three days programme OF
% iIed uQtting aud racing Entries close
i IS it'll Secretary +. 3. Walthall on March 49,
-CT HULREY's sPRINTERs.
IL was reported that c. Mulkey was
training Theodore Winters string at
-WasB0e. This. is not the case, but y Will
20 East-With Lis famous Splinter Tim Muir
1hY, - DO landed such long Odds at the Bay
p District Track last fall and surprised the
-alent. Mulkey viii travel with Winters
string.
General john E. Turner, one Of the
shreH dest men iu the trotting-h0rse busi-
ness in Philadelphia, IS paying visit 20
CalIorEiu, and has been staying e. tile Pal
ace HuJei IN This. city. He possesses one Of
. The most. formidable stables in America.
They are rev Al An Ter PARK, Pa, under
the care or the :GeueTaIs son, Frank, Who
only began haDdI.Ug haUseS last year, and
. acquitted himself yell as driver Tie Iul-
lowing horses are comprised In the string
. Happy Bee II .I7-4 brown mare, by Happy
Russell from Bees wing; NambTlnU H3nnls
2:I63aI a bay. gliding, by Hannis; Ab5je
.-E5Zlc1E[ bE-3 QeTdeeui w anita l-;Lu ~,
.-Oan .IuaTe, J-y Aberdeen out Cf Wyoming
Belle. San Nste0 AIaId ,2.-sl a brown
mare. by SautB-G laUS, dam uy George \
PatcEen JT; SiglEAt 90 .2'. bay geidng,
by Sign5i; Robin, PAGER l-.2Jizl by y all
can s.; Daley AicUtt = .-0., fouT-year-O.d
3. chestnut colt, ~ Albeit vs. from Cecilia,
and uuueT0uslCt oil youngsters and horses
60. 8hchshaye 3 OF yet gene into tie list
There has been q great deal of talk & bout
the BAY District Track being IN ruins and
e. unfit to race unon.' 1t was IN splendid con-
Shauer and tie other trainers out there all
agree thatzfOr Tcfkiug-0ut it could not be
ID better tx, 1t is true that the grand
stands and tile fences are IN a somewhat
diiapid8telCCndlUOn but not more so than
they were attLe recent blOod-horse meeting.
Anyhow. il is now decided that the spring
races Will be held there, as the Oakland
rack is 10 Slch+a terrible state that it could
. nGL be gotlnto shape in several weeks, and,
moreover, the San Francisco public viii not
lock over TO tie track across the bay.
~ AT BAY DISTRICT TRACK.
Speaking. OF the Bay District course,
Superintendent jim Dustin said 10 q CALL
reporter yesterday: Several writer's have
been trying to give the track black eye,
but the proof Of the pudding is ia the eat
Ipg There are no less than styeuty-6ye
h0l ses working there rlEhtnow. The other
fraineTS have given me a helping hand, and
p no one caB say but that tie track en- be got
ready for any kind Of race meeting with
very little preparation. As for the stands
and fences, Will guarantee that they can
be putin frst-rate tx at three days notice,
ana with COmpaEaLYely little expense. All
L the trottlng-h0tse men say that they will be
sOrTy.to have TO- slacken up y ork when the
blOOd-hCrse races commence.
r.. In Tamble round the Bay District stables
yesterday afternoon, prominent hOTSeman
said; ''FOT thoroughly brilliant business
string OF tTotieTs and PAGERS commend me
70 hesta5le GRIN Hickuk is going to take
East" 4 casual inspection of his truly
grand combination fully bore out the state
Eenb First and foremost is thar great
stallion StambUul. the son Of Sultan and
FleetwiRg, whose record OF 2:11 was made
IN 3 style never to be forgotten at Stockton
IN the fan of 1890 He is looking as fine as
silk, and going Ike the wind in his work.
Hickok says he has great hopes Of his lower
ing the worlds record before the year is
over. Then, what locker and mover
is the famous bay pacing gelding
Adonis, by Sidney out Of Venus.
He too is in splendid trim, and even Il be
fails to lower lis. present record (2IIh let
MIN only equal it and he VIII give the best
Of the PAGERS East a hard battle. hickOk
telegraphed his entry TO Cincinnati on
Thursday for the 5000 free-foT-all pacing
race, with Direct Hal Pointer and YOlO
Maid barred. The remainder of thls for
midabe lot comprise the PAGER Our Dick
l217), CeuT de Lion "a f0uT-ycar-old with a
notch Of 2I9), AdolDh Spreckeis' mare
Huldie and neT own brother Aptus Wilkes,
Ariel DathrOp's green PAGER by Guy Wilkes
out OF Lucy, and young horse by Whips,
that great producing son Of Z ectionPer.
Hickok also hopes town few races at In
dependence with Prince Warwick, 4 grand
looking son Of 4 ltOns. He Is somewhat on
the big side, but can be worked out into
racing condition 10 few days
= A meeting Of the Pacific Trotting-horse
Breeders Association Will be held next
Monday. --.