The morning call., 1893-08-28
An Exhibit of Our Horses
at the Fair.
WOODLAND RACE MEETING.
A Fine Speed Programme Presented
and Records May Be Broken.
The OrIoff Trotters.

turf authority, land there is no doubt but
that California horsemen will send their
very best to the fair to open the eyes of
our friends at the East to California; s
wonderful resources. All the Golden
State Qike the racehorse) needs is develop
ment. Every lover of racing that has
returned from the East this summer re-
ports that large number of horses are
coming from all the big racing centers, and
this Is rendered certain now that the Mid
winter Fair is assured"
That racing affairs in California are
booming is shown by the success of the
fair meetings in the grand State circuit.
Next on the circuit is the five days meet
ing at Woodland, which begins tomorrow.
1t will be big fair, as no less than S15. .OOO
will be distributed in purses and premi-
umns. Here is the programme of speed,
which speaks for Itself:
Running. one-half mile aud repeat, purse
5000; trotting. two year-Olds, 2 40 class, $500:
pacing. 2:25 class, $500; trOGIine. 2:2O class,
$500; running. One-mile dash, $3.50: troIImg,
three -year-Olds, 2:35 class, $500 pacing, 2:35
class, S4O0; trOting, 2:24 class, $780, run
ming, three-quatiers of Il mile and repeat, $500
trotting, 2:30 class, $500; pacing, free-fOr all
500; trOtlIng, 2:22 class, $500; running, five
elghtns OF Il mIl- dash. $500; trottiug. 2:27
class, $500; douOe-team race. free -for-all
(hVe to enter. THEE 10 StaTt) $500; match
race (between Haywood and Lucky b, $1,000:
running, one ana one-quarter mile dash Che
I. b. Gibson & Co. puIse), S400; trOtttng. free
fOr-all, 500; 1ive-mile dash novelty race, $500.
TO the horse winning the first mile. per cent
of purse; TO the horse winning the second mile,
10 per cent; 10 the horse winning the third
mile, 10 per cent; to the horse winning The
fourth mile, 20 per cent; to The horse winning
the hfJh mile and race, 80 per cent. Pacing
2:lS class. nurse $500; twenty-mile race for
purse of 5000; entrance 10 per cent; three TO
inter, TWO 10 start.
1t is said that record bres king is sure to
be feature Of the Woodland meeting as
horsemen aver that they can drive tfotters
and PAGERS faster over that track than over
any other in the State. Tne peculiar
>pringy nature of the soil makes the track
fast aud safe.
The following trntters took 2:3O records
at Napa: Secret, by Secretary (sOn Of Di-
rector. dam Pastime, by Rustic, 2:26% :;
Don L0well, by Don Marvin (>on Of Falls,
2:23l. dam Esmeralda, by Brigadier,
2:234; Major Brown. by Philoso-
pher. dam Miss Brown dam of
Oakuut, 2:4A, by Browns Volunteer,
2:2S; MollIe Patton, by WhinpletOn, dam
Uy Naubuc, 2:2Sb. The following made
pacing records: Like Like, by WhippIe-
ton, dam by Naubuc. :26%4. and Cyrus, by
Captain Webster, 2:l7. The following
trotters lowered their records: King
Orry, by Altoona Clay. 2:24A to 2:23 /;
| Palatine, by PalO Alto. 2:3O to 2:29% :;
Blonde Wilkes, 2:23A 20 O2:22A Mustapha.
2:25b To 2:23. and General Wilkes, . :26H
To- 2:l015.
| The hurses belonging to the estate If
the late DR.. NJ. w. Hicks will be sold on
| the Sth proX. during The State Fair at
! Sacramento. Among the offerings will
! be Richards Elector FLY, two Silver Bow
/ t2:10 filiies. TWO colts by Hero, son Of
! Director, 2;l7. aud fily by Creole, 2:2O.
/ all from dams OF the most approved
/ breeding. The mares and lilies are mostly
/ all broken, and are lit for most any har-
! ness use, either track or road Twelve of
| them have been bred 10 Director Jr., a
| richly bred son of Director. 2:17, and
! brother in blood to Direct, 2:05%. Director
Jr. is horse of great speed aud promise
as a sire, and his colts from these mares
| should be of great value. The sale is by
order of court. and will be without reserve
superintendent CylMulkey of PalO Alto
farms thoroughbred department will have a
good string To race here next tall Flam beau
and Charm and several two-year-oldS are
now being trained by the veteran. Charm
is by imp. CheviO1. dam imp. Fairy Rose
dam OF Racine and Fairy.
he breed of Orloff trOtters in Russia
three of which are soon to arrive at PalO
Alto farm in exchange for three of the
American breed, originated. it is said, by
mating the gray Arab stallion Smetanka
with Danish mare of great weight. The
gave EOUu lp-tn Dul DOOT
action. One OF the colts from This Danish
mare was then crossed with a Holland
mare, which produced Bars |, which gave
renOwn 10 the race.
OTm0nde anu the mares imported by w.
O'B. Macdunough are eXpectei tn arrive at
their California home some time this week.
Three horses have trOtted in 2:09 or
better this year. Nancy Hanks trotted in
2:06A in mile against time; Nelson trot-
ted IN 2:C9 In mile against time, and
Hulda trOtted in 2:0S12 in the third heat OF
well contested race, and her performance
is by far the best of the three. What she
may be able TO do IN the future is of course
unknown, but those who saw her perform
at Buffalo believe that she can not only
beat any trOtter In a race, hut that If
fitted to 60 mile as fast as she can, she
can go mile as fast as any trotter has
vet gone. Nancy Hanks mile in 2:OSA is
a remarkably good one for her first at
tempt to go fast mile in public, and the
conditions under which she did it encOur-
aged Mr.. Dobe TO say that TO him it indi-
Gated her ability to beat . :04 under favor
able circumstances.
Over S520.000 was paid out in stakes and
purses al the Monmouth race meeting. OF
the winners the keenes head the list with
S54, 600 and DAILY was second with $4,000.
An English sporting writer says:
Those utterly fatuOus persons who are
so morally and commercially blind as 10
travel more or less toward The brink OF
bankruptcy, and. possibly. ruin, by back
ing horses. may be interested to know
that few Of the racing correspondents of
the great London papers ever back their
own opinion to the extent of one half
penny. The same gentlemen, who mix
with the very pick of the owners and
jockeys, who attend every important race
meeting in England. who see the horses
themselves and the trials and often prog
nOsti3ate great victories. listen calmly 20
yerybody's advice and never risk farth.
ing. They know too much of the turf
and Of the value of turf opinion to back
horses. The man who last season was by
common consent declared the most sue
cess1ul giver of tips on the London press
was content TO draw his salary and fees,
and never made a single bet during the
whole easOn.
1t woLld be we'll for certain turf writer's
in this State to DO likewise. Every time
they lose a bet they endeavor to roast"
every one connected with the track and
see something CROOKED" In every race.
How to Save Money.
New York sun.
The other night man and his wife sat
In a Hungarian cafe in East Houston street