The morning call., 1893-12-04
RACING MATTERS.
A Glance Over Last
Weeks Programme.
Arrival of Schreiber's Chief String,
With Two Crack Eastern Jockeys.
Clayton Also on His Way.

HO pdct WOCh IdCluS HIS U6CU very
fully dealt with in these columns from day
TO day. and beyond mere passing allu-
sion to the failure of another three-year-
old stake event there is no need of any,
thing but the briefest retrospect of the
chief features of the five days sport.
The attempt to make sensational capital
out of Morello's defeat in the race over
the Futurity course on Saturday. when he
was beaten length by that clinking good
two-year-Old, Realization. whom he was
catching at every stride, shows lack of
Judgment in connection with general turf
matters that is somewhat astonishing.
There can be no doubt that Morello's run
en- Saturday was merely in the nature of
work, though it is within the bounds of
possibility that Frank Van Ness thought
that his great colt would win, though it is
known that he did not back that
opinion with any amount of money.
The wisdom of his withdrawal of
Morello from the Santa Anita handicap is
at once apparent when glance is taken at
-lhls week programme, in which his name
appears mong the entries for the Rancho
del Paso stakes. This should prove a yeri-
table cake walk for him on the terms on
which he is therein called upon to meet
the two runners in the Santa handicap
On Saturday he would have carried 127
pounds to Don Fulano's ia pounds and
Charmlon's 1O2 pounds. In the Rancho del
Paso stakes on Thursday, the distance of
which is furiong less, be gives Don
Fulano only seven pounds and Charmion
ten pounds. This makes it look gift for
Morello, and the smallest kind of a field.
II not walkover will, it is to be feared.
be the result-One more failure to be added
to the list of three-year-Old stake events.
IitQ N m m hnr nf ,frin s., b..
stakes. five furlOngs, for two-year-olds,
gives promise Of that proving one of the
greatest races the meeting 10 contest be-
tween the very best two-year-olds, outside
of Domino, d ibbins and a few others, in
America to-day. This list includes, among
others. such cracks as Broadhead, Articus.
Realization, Lucky Dog. Filtration, Rey ell
Santa Anita. Leo, Anna Mayes. Gordius,
AgitatO and ROmuius. 1t may with truth
be- said, from a look back over the racing
that has taken place here this fall and n
view OF that which is to come, that the
two-year-old events have more than com.
pensated for the utter want Of success in
the races for three-year-olds and upward.
The arrival of Barney Schneider with
string of eight horses, including the great
tw0-year-olds Pop Grav and Ono Belle,
whom he recently purchased, adds consid-
erable interest to the racing that is now
to follow. With him come two flrst-class
jockeys in Felix Carr and Jordan. The
former is under contract to him for the
season Of 1894 at a salary of $1,000. His
appearance here will be hailed with the
greatest satisfaction by owners of two
year-olds, who have so far had no look-in
for placing their horses in selling races
and all-aged handicaps of over a mile,
when their weight would be between
seventy and eighty pounds. Carr rides at
something under seventy-fve pounds,
whereas none Of our local lightwelghts
scale less than ninety to ninety-two
pounds. AS regards the three midgets
who came from the East for this meeting
and who have been doing good work here,
viz, E. Jones. Chevallier and S. McClaiEe,
the services of the laSt.named owing to
his accident are no longer available, but
all three, notably Jones on Trix. have
SHOWN what good little one can do with
lightly. weighted two-year-old.
A. Clayton, whom critic like Mr.. Fer
guson considers the crack lightweight in
America to-day. is on his way here and
will be seen in the saddle the present
week. Soup" Perkins. it turns out, has
decided 10 60 to New Orleans instead of
coming here. as previously announced.
The purchase of Yo Tambien by George
Hankins and B. j. johnson. which is ru-
mored is just about to take place, will. IL
consummated, probably see the peerless
daughter of Joe Hooker and Maid Marian
racing in her native State this winter.
A large party. made MP of the Eastern
horsemen now quartered in San Francisco,
including j. B. Ferguson. Colonel Jack
Chinn. j. Rowe. Clint Riley and others,
will take an early opportunity OF accept
ing w. OBJ. Macdonough's invsiation to
visit the world-famed Ormonde at his
home at the Menlo stock farm.
The closing OF Eastern meetings last
Friday and Saturday will considerably
swell the attendance of the Eastern turf
ties at the Bay District track within the
next ten days.