The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-05

! Chicago have placed snug bets on Marcus
Days candidate. the clever colt Sir
! Francis.
They claim that e. w. johnson has too
! tickle heart To permit him winning, and
| they despse Don AlonZo. who has been
running very siovenly this year. Jockeys,
opinions are a good deal like those OF
prize fighters. On big events it is always
| good bet 10 copper the opinions OF prize
! fighters regarding the winner OF some
great fstic event When mos OF them are
| of the opinion that certain man VIII win
the unexpected always. happens, and the
other one comes out on TO
The racing ventures of Richard Croker,
| tho Tammany leader, are proving as sue
| cess full as those of his in the political line.
| The racing season in the East is young yet,
but the gentleman has pulled Own aoout
$50 GOO in purses. He owns such cracks as
Yorkville Belle, Fairy, Prince George.
Lnngstreet and Dobbins outright, ana
half interest in the clever FLY Red Banner.
| One of Prince Georges recent victories
cost the bookmakers $4,000, while Dob
bins was nearly backed off the boards In
the events won by him.
Yorkvile Belle and Longstreet both
have victories to their credit, while Prince
George put more money into the pockets
of the Tammany warrior few days ago
by winning the rich TobOggan Slide at
Morris Park, beating great field OF sprn-
tiers. Fads sometimes pay graceful trib-
ute to the pocket.
new owner of thoroughbreds came to
the surface at the BAY District during the
recent meeting of the Galiforni4 Jockey
Club. John 6. Sohn Is the owner, and he,
in an innocent manner, betrayed that he
knew as little about hOrsP-raclng as
FIJI Islander. Sohn owns Wild Robin,
fractions brute whose speed IS as limited
as streetcar horse. He wished TO enter
him in race, and accordingly filed out
fru mi
Among other things printed on the blank
is the word weight" Opposite this the
owner is supposed 10 specify the weight
his horse should carry. Mr.. Sohn evil
IDENTIFY misunderstanding the applica lion
sent the horse to big scale and had him
weighed. He found that Wild Idle tipped
the beam at 1900 pounds, but fearing that
if the scales were wrong his career on the
turf might be cut short by the judge ruling
him off, wrote opposite the word weight
the following:
Twelve hundred pounds. I am not certain
whether the scales were correct.
The blank came to light few days ago
when the secretary was cleaning up his
office. 1t will be framed shortly and
placed on exhibition.
II is seldom that jockey, after race
in which he Is riding Is run, does not dis
play by some evident manifestation joy
over winning or regret over losing. 1t is
said though. that Midget Donahue, Jimmy
McCOrmick'S clever feather weight, now
riding in the East, is the coolest young ter
that ever sat on a horse.
Joe Flynn had the reputation of being
able to win or lose by nose, or as some
would say by an eyelash, and never move
muscle, but if he could see Donahue do
the same trick it is supposed that Joe
would turn green with envy.
Ormonde. the famous English horse for
which n. OBJ. Macdonough of this city
PAID Sl50O 600, will be brought to America
in July. All arrangements for the trip
have been made. and the horse will be
located at the ranch at Pleasanton, re-
Gently purchased by Mr.. Marlborough for
the purpose, and kept separate from the
balance of his horses. July is selected, as
the sea is then very smooth, and the Eng
llsh mares recently purchased will be
brought with the renowned horse Or
monde will be kept strictly as a private
stallion. His colts and filies will not be
offered for sale as yearlugs. Mr.. Mac
donOugh purchased the horse for the pur-
pose of breeding racers for his own stable.
VI course ne cannot train all he breeds,
and will b compelled to sell some, but
they will be only such as he does not want
for his own use. 1t is pleasant to reflect
that the great horse is so we'll appreciated
that sentimental considerations will gov
ern, and no attempts will be be made to
squeeze dollars out of him as stock
horse.
A racehorse has come all the way from
Barbados 10 show his northern sisters
how TO race. She is we'll bred, and has
Won forty-eight out of fifty races She is
said to be game and speedy, and it is the
intention of her owners to race her in the
East She will meet some better spriuters
than are racing in the Barbados.
The nomenclature OF the turf includes
everything on top of earth or in the sea.
Horses of every conceivable name are run
ming, and al the Latonia track every day
Of the week is represented by horses.
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
have already ran, While horses FAMED Sun
day, Monday and Wednesday are in the
stables to draw from.
One hundred and fifty .thoroughbreds
owned by Californians will race on East
ern tracks this year. They will be at their
best later on in the season, and then we
Will read OF them winning some of the
great events for two ana three year Odds.
Colonel S. the three-year-old brother to
Wildwood. is quite a colt himself. He
was better two-year-old than Wildwood.
and shows up well in his three-year-old
form, demonstrating speed and gamepess
by winning mile handicap at st. Louis
by nose from Minnie Bee after hard
drive.
w. OBJ. Macdonough's Eastern string
has no victories to its credit. His West
ern string, however, is faring exception
ally WELL The two-year- olds, Electricity.
Resale and Fatality. have all earned win
ming brackets.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club made
$4,000 out of their fourteen days race
meeting. No wonder they build fine
tracks IN the East and offer big purses and
stakes. The receipts from bookmakers
and other privileges netted 1915. 900, while
100000 was used for running expenses.
payment of purses, etc.