The herald., 1893-05-07
GOSSIP Of THE RACE TRACK,
The Greatest Racing Year of
America Now Open.
Judge Morrow Likely to Repeat His
Brooklyn Victory.
The California Strings Now ON Their
Way East-Death OF Bryant Will
liams-Charles Fairs Flood
Gate Sick Uysto Death.

donough being divided into tive strings
each, Emanuel Harding has one string
of Baldwin's horses at Latonis, KY, OPP
posite Cincinnati, while Dow Williams
has the other lot at st. Louis, where the
games begin next week. The best horse
T. in either string is the 5-year-old mare
Santa Anna, but there is but little GER
tainty about mares at this season OF the
year. Mr.. Baldwin's only Derby candi-
date is a great chestnut mare called
Queen Bess, by Emperor Norfolk-Aritta
She may win that race If specially held
out for it, but her appearance is not that
of general campaigner.
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Macdonough's eastern string, headed
by Monowai, and trained by the veteran
Henry Walsh, b as probably reached
Coney island before this, while the
western string, in charge OF Dan Dennl-
son, is off for Chicago some time this
week. The Undine stable of Thomas ID.
Williams h as not yet started, but will
get away in day or two. 1t is, in all
probability, as strong q stable as ever
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horses on to compete in their classical
events, if we except the Santa Anita
stable of 1885, when Silver Cloud won
the Derby, Rapido the Oakwood handi'
cap, Solid Silver the Drexel, Volante
the Boulevard stakes, and Grisette the
HYDE Park stakes. In 1888 Mr.. Bald
win had a fairly good stable, but the
Emperor of Norfolk by far outclassed
everything else in the lot. The En-
peror is the only horse that ever won
all three Of the great 3-year-old races at
Chicago; and there are those who be
believe he was superior to either Luke
Blackburn or Hindoo at that age, and
at least five pounds better horse than
Salvador.
Mr.. G. Day has about concluded to
aend his fine young stallion Dictatus
down here and let Walter Maben work
him for a record. He could not do bet
ter. Walter broke the colt before be
was cold to Mr.. Reed, and is thoroughly
acquainted with the horse, who ia said
to have grown into an equine giant
Dictatus ia bv Red Wilkes, who led all
the stations OF last year in 2 80 perform
ers, and his dam is by Dictator, who also
got the dam Of Nancy Hanks 2:04 On
Thursday night reporter Of the Herald
who looks after the racing part of the
nuarus street, wnere he saw q sucking
flly by Dictatus, out of the Rudesill
mare by Del Sur. This mare is an enor-
nous red chestnut, and won purse for
''greeno horses at the fair OF 1890, get
ting record Of 2:32. Her filly by Die
tatus is Of good size, and very sensible
for youngster only a week old Her
sire is q trotting bred PAGER, but the flly
knows nothing but to trot.
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The death Of Bryant Williams, son of
the late General Thos. H. Williams, OF
San Francisco, took place last Tuesday
and is the fourth death in that family
within the past ak years. Percy Wl-
liams his brother was killed at Fresno
in October 1890, and Mr. Thos. II. Will
liams, Jr., is the sole survivor of the
sfamily. Bryant was pleasant young
man but had no such head on him for
business as either of hie brothers. Thos
H. has now over 81 900, 600 worth OF re
claimed tule lands which rent from
So to 81 per acre annually. Some of
these lands are highly improved and are
paying interest on q valuation of $3.50
per acre. Toms colors have not been
seen on the tracks since his brothers.
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it is hardly possible to imagine two
brothers of more opposite elements OF
disposition.
They are running the running horse
business into the ground up north, with
lot of old crabs that ought to be pull
ing soda-water wagons or grinding ba. k
in tannery. All the really goo
horses, except Mrs. Bybee's, have gone
east and those that are left are
OF the kind that do not
command admiration of any
connoisseur. The best judges in the
state were in attendance at the blood
horse races, and yet there were a dozen
jobs lugged through by the owners of
these old skates. What it will be with
three months' meeting at Oakland it
ls hard to prophecy, but it looks as If
z they would have to get the rubbers to
go up and judge Il Q races before they
get through with it.
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Judge Morrow won the BROOKLYN
handicap OF last year. and. accoi ding to
the New York Spirit of the Times, has
fighting chance for it again this year
That paper says; That Judge Morrow
is good and that he will be hard horse
to beat Tor the Brooklyn handicap waa
evident to all those. who saw him move
mile and furlong when he wake
over for the stake. With Major Gov
ington up and carrying l27 pounds, the
son OF Vagabond went the distance in
591s in most impressive STYLE From
first to last the major held him under a
good steadyinR pull. When he finished
the old horse was pricking his ears and
was just beginning to feel like running
when he was pulled up. He did not
finish in any way distressed, and kicked
and lasbed out with his heels when
cooled out as though he had iust come
in from jog. This public trial was
very fine when the condition of the
track is taken into consideration. This
was slow, a deep layer of three or four
inches OF top soil that was as bad and
worthless as losing ticket tending to
make the going very far from fast. There
was hardly any bottom to the track.
and some OF the jockeys who rode over
it said that in spots it cupped cut from
beneath the horses feet. When this IL
considered, it will be seen that Judge
Morrow's mile and furlong, with the
weight up, ia about as good a trial as
was ever made SO far in advance of a