The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-11
TALK OF THE TURF.
Prospects of Grand Racing on the
Fall Circuit.
Opening of the Grand Trotting Circuit-The
Corbitt, Hickok and Valensin Stables.
Racing Gossip.

RdClES UQSS1p.
With the close of the entries for the
Pacific Coast TrOtting- horse Breeders As
ISOLATION on the Goth inst, symptoms of
activity in the local horse world will begin
TO show themselves.
FROM ali quarters comes news of the fast
work Of the California strings Of trotters
which have stayed at home for the fall
circuit, and soon the bulk of them will
move down to the Bay District and Oakland
tracks. both of which are in capital work.
ing order.
Inc runners are expected back from
! EUREKA THIS week, and the encouraging re-
ports OF the large number of thoroughbreds
In active training at Sacramento, San Jose.
Santa Rosa and other places show that
when the first of the fall running races COM
menceS at the Golden Gate Fair on August
10 there will be 10 lack of competitors. In
fact. there are plenty OF the runnlng-horse
men growing quite rusty" for want of a
lew purses to send their cattle gallopIng
after
Colonel Harry /. Thornton will dispose
OF his complete list of trOtting horses.
brood mares. colts and Files on August 10
IN this city, 1t Is a good idea To hold the
sale during the first week of the circuit as
IL Will give all the breeders attending tie
races a chance 10 add to their strings, They
are grand lot of individuals. and among
tnem are such champion sres as EIectioneer,
director. Abbotsf0rd, Al coma, George NJ
Patchen Jr. and James NJ adison.
GRAND TRoTTING CIRCUIT.
Tomorrow the grand trotting circuit COM
meDces at Philadelphia, with four days
racing. At the seven meetings no less than
S22j,000 In purses will be hung UP. Among
The stars which will make their appearance
at the Pennsylvania capital will be Bud
DObie, who has got Nancy Hanks, Axle,
Jack. Belle Fara, McDoel. Victor, Jimmie
Temple. Kate Spark and Sea Girl on the
spot.
Next week the procession divides up be-
tween Plttsburg and Detroit. the latter city
at It's "blne ribbon" meeting of five days
giving away SO, coo in purses. Callforniaus
will be all agog to hear the results at both
cities, as here the three leading local
strings -C0rbitps, Hickok's aud Valen-
SIN s-wlll make their first appearance
Although Johnny Goldsmith can keep the
performances OF his horses in their work as
C OSe asthe next best trainer on the track
yet the toutS have not failed to keep keen
lookout FOR the popular drivers most dan
ger0us horses. From the latest reports
John has been giving all moderate miles at
anywhere between 2 20 and 2:30 gait. The
fast work has been done i'll halves and
quarters.
Hazel Wilkes will give the best of them
brush in the 2:20 class. while Una Wilkes,
Vida Wilkes and the PAGER Rupee VITA the
invaluable assistance Of Goldsmith in the
sulky, Will be certain TO land q sackful Of
the good money.
HICKoK's STRING.
OTrin Hickok. now he has lost Ariel,
relies on the PAGER AdOnis (2:1116, Huida
Wilkes and HuSsar (2:2012) to carry him
through. All agree that the popular and
genial Jim Dustin has the chance of his
lite now he has got the great string OF g.
Nalensin under his care. Anyhow. the
three great stables are going 10 make it
lively for the Eastern people. It is under
stood that half the Corbtt string will go to
Detroit and the other half to Pitlsburg
Martin Carter of the Nutwoed stock farm
will have very strong stable around the
circuit George Swan is handling the horses
Among those holding records the PAGER
Ida W (2:1SA), Maud c 2:I9 and Nut
wood Wilkes e :2o12), while there are sew
eral very promising youngsters who are
certain TO get in the list.
The Blood-horse directors do not seem to
have made start on the promised improve
mentS at the Bay District track 1t is net
yet decided even that the trotting-her
people will rent 1t for their summer meet
ing. IrOtung does not now attract big
crowds of The outside public TO witness 1t,
and certain 1t is that the horrible state of
the stands and stables will keep both spec
tators and Lorsemen down to the smallest
limit.
Among the winners at Eureka during the
past week Billy Sanborn's great son of
Ironclad, 1nkermaB, walked away with
six-fnriong dash in :145, and Oryille APP
pleby's useful mare Fanny f got home i'm
the mile and 40 yards race in :4Ss!.
THE RIDING OF ZALDIyAR
a great deal of blame has been poured
cut on the head OF Wilbur Smith by several
Eastern journals, but the Chicago Horse
man has taken up the cudgel in lis behalf
In the following style:
"a number of the armchair Jockeys whose
valued services illumine the columns of the
chicago daily press are much aggrieyed at
the riding of the California lad UHearn on
Zaldivar IN The American DERBY. and have
been gratuitously aud publicly bestOwino
upon Wilbur T. Smith an astonishing
amount OF valuable advice as to how to train
and race horses. Wilbur T, Smith ia a
clever aud intelligent Californian, right
good hUrseman and quite competent to man
age his own stable, though no doubt he
highly appreciates the expert advice so gen
erously extended The esteemed Herald
discovers that Mr.. Smiths conduct is sun
sportsmanlike,' simply because he chose to
trust to his own jockey, whom lie knew and
who knew his horse, in preference to some
stranger OF wider fame. This discovery
sheds new light on the essentials of mod
ern sportsmanShip. OHesrn did not ride
brilliant race on ZaIdivar, but 1t is quite
likely that Jockey BIitton was nearer right
than the office Jockeys when he said that in
all probability OHearn did as well with
Zaldlyar 10 the Derby as any other Jockey
would. Zaldivar lost the race by getting
away from the post so badly
FIRST MEETINGS.
The first five meetings in the fall circuit
which commences on August g. are the
TrotttDg-hOrSe Breeders summer meeting.
the Golden Gate Fair at Oakland, the Mana
Fair, the Petaiuma Fair and the stare Fair.
All the programmes have been published in
full with the exception of Napa, and are
giving the horsemen, both trOttng and run
ming, plenty of food for thought. The last
to issue has been Petaluma, with a schedule
of twenty-five races, ana purses ranging in
amounts from 500 TO $1,000. Tie energetic
secretary, Thomas Maclay has made ar
Taugements to ship horses and stock direct
TO Sacramento for the State Fair, without
change OF ears, which should prove a great
inducement to owners, after the trouble ex-
perienced in shipping during the past few
years.
AT CHICAGO.
BY Holly was 10 the front with Ell Rayo
last week at Chicago, but McCarty did not
strike any luck with his lot. Last Tuesday
Hercules did not run enc, two. three, and
the versatile Dan also played his two-year-
old chestnut FLY Pal0mita, by jim Brown,
but she failed to show. The Washington
Park meeting continues this week again,
and all the boys are waiting to hear of Ber-
uardo getting winning bracket, and they
would also like to see Zaldivar get better
than placed. Where are Dan Miller and
Charmion? Al Hall says this is question
which must he settled forthwith
AT the recently concluded meeting of the
Coney Island Jockey Clnb S230, 900 was dis
tribuied. The biggest share OF this comes
this side of the Rockies. as Marcus Daily,
our Montana nelghbor. easily heads the list
of winning owners with the neat total OF
$4,000 tn his credit Jack Folansbee took
down $500 while l.. j. Rose had 10 be cou-
tent with $50.