The morning call., 1893-07-24
TURF AND TRACK.
Comment on the TWO-in-
Three-Heat Races.
California Horses Making Good Rec
ords in the East-Pierre Loril-
lard Coming Here.

Excellent programmes are being ar
ranged for the various interior tracks in
the course of the grand State racing cir
cult. which opened Saturday with the sum-
mer meeting of the Trottinc Horse Breed
ers' Association. Generous purses are
offered, particularly at the district fairs,
and although many good California horses
are In the East. enough fleet 0ues remain
to make the events very interesting.
In the events on the programmes for
tomorrow. Tuesday and Saturday at the
Bay District track some promising trotting
and pacing youngsters will start. The
system Of mile heats, two in three. in
stead of the old style. three in five. has
causad some comment and discussion.
Hero the tw0-in-thres system is popular,
because it prevents tilesome delays in
concluding race. .en the other side of
seems to Se preferred. One OF the leading
turf journals has the following to say
upon this important Su bj3ct:
"rhere is probably not much to hazard in
the assertion that the twu-in-three system,
so far rs its results can be judged by the
meetings that have adopted it this season.
il conspcuously unsuccessful in fulfilling
ing with satisfaction at the hands of the
public. The testimony of secretaries who
have given the plan fair trial is, in the
majority Of Instances. q positive and em-
phatic declaration that they will not re-
peat the experiment. From what we eau
now Judge Of its results the tw0-iD-three
system Is most essentially failure from
tie spectators standpoint, in the fact that
it robs the race Of the fascinating element
Of uncertainty. and from the standpoint Of
the association In the fact that it curtails
the betting, thus materially reducing the
revenues from that source. The best race
of two heats that has been trotted this
season was spiritlpss when compared with
a three-n-fve affair whose heats were
split and close, and in the ma jnrity Of
events of the former sort the poOl-seiltng
has entirely ceased after the first heat"
A week from to-day racing begins at the
Oakland track and continues until the
9Th prox. The meeting will he held under
the auspices OF The Golden Gate Fair
Association and will be attractive. Book
makers have been barred from the run
ming events, but there Will be sufnelent
chances to gamble in the auction coOis and
Paris mutuais. Perhaps the finest race
ON the programme will Da for the Golden
Gate Futnrity purse of $4,000. This was
closed three years ago. but the horses
that remain are all fast. An exciting race
will probably DO the free-for.all pacing on
the opening day.
The classes and purses are as follows:
No. /, free for all, trotting. purse $500 ;
No. 2. 30 class. purse SUN; no. 8, Z:2s
class. purse $500; No. 4. 2:24 class. purse
$500: No. s. 2:27 class, purse $500; No. 6,
$50 class. purse $500; No. Z. 2:40 class,
purse $500: No. S, free for all. pacing.
purse S700: No. 9. double team, pacing.
purse $500; No. 10, 2:25 pacing. purse
S4CO: No. Ii, $50 paeing. purse $500; No.
IL, two.mile dash, pacing, purse $500; MO-
H. two-mle dash. trottine, pu:se $500.
Only few California tr0tters and PAGERS
are anpearing on the Eastern circuits
.But what they lack in numbers" says a
turf authority. 'tboy more than make up
in ouaiity. The game trotting mares by
Guv Wiikes-MuIa Wilkes 2:l1, Hulda
2;12. silva 2:13A and Hazel Wilkes 2:13A
are dangerous even IN Their class, ana
the reputation their mighty sire has
achieved in the past VIII ne piaced on II
tbasa fnur land some others that have not
vet appeared) will DO for him.
..Monroa Saiisbury's string of tr0tters
owl nncers are also doing well, bat their
real racing has hardly commenced.
Orrin a. Hickok has not made great
showing with his string OF horses yet.
Like Salisbury he Is just setung into tn.
IN
trrsa and the performance Of Halda
Thursday al Detroit will give fair IDEA
ii the degree of perfection in which he has
his trotters.
ton among Californians and that Is, with
one exception, the Cnii10rnia slres are the
most successful of 1898. Aimont Jr., the
Buffalo stallion, leads with seven. Sidney
has six. Epctioneer tive and Chimes five,
new ones in the list. =
In the trottinp-horse and thoroughbred
departments Of Palo 4 Ito no changes have
been made since Senator Slanford's death.
The colts ana FLIES are being worked
every day, and later in the season the
names OF the youngsters will be seen
entered in the lists OF entries at all the
fairs IN the circuit Mrs. Leland STAN
ford, it is believed, will perfect all the
projected plans in regard to the great
equine departments on the farm that her
husband made. Although not generally
known, it is nevertheless fact that she
always took deep interest in the trntters,
and was gratifed TO see the progress made
by them wherever they were. on the farm
or on the circuit.
Pierre I.orillard Is to have a Southern
California residence, and tn. racing indus
try Of the State is TO be augmented by the