The morning call., 1893-08-07
TURF AND TRACK.
Sale of the Palo Alto
Trotting Stock.
MAUD S NOT TO BE RACED.
Sir Walter the Biggest California
Winner in the East-Poor Prices
Paid for Board Horses.

There is no longer any doubt about the
proposed weeding-out sale at the Palo
Alto stock farm. Tue report has been
verified by the following official announce
ment: "On account of the large accumu-
lation of stock at Palo Alto it has been
decided to offer at private sale any of the.
horses, mares. geldings. colts and fllies.
the get of Electioneer and his sons and Of
Wilkes, Nutwood, Piedmont, Nephew,
Glen Benton ard their descendants"
More than this, there will be public
sale ia about a month. Part of the stock
will he auctioned off here and part at Sac
| ramento, while the yearings will be sold at
Lexington, KY. Only about $50 head will
be retained at the famous farm.
The breaking up OF the great breeding
establishment of the late Senator Stanford
is generally deplored and has eau sed much
comment among hOrsemen. Every one
knows the character of the horses in the
trotting department, and those competent
to judge say the majority of the thorough
bred mares at Palo Alto are the equals of
any matrons in the country.
Running races materially enlivened the
meeting of the Golden Gate Fair Associa-
ton at Oakland, which closed Saturday.
The majority of those who pay admittance
fee at racetrack would rather witness
one lively run than dozen trotting heats.
They consider the system of two in three
heats much less mOnntOnOuS than the tire
some three in five.
Bigelow made an unsuccessful attempt
last Thursday to beat the worlds double
team pacing record Of 2:16 with Belle Butt
ton and Tom Ryder. When the PAGERS
fell S15 seconds below their own time in
their 2 :16 record at Woodland every one
was disappointed. 1t was announced
that another attempt would be made on
Saturday, but on that day it was an
nounced that an accident prevented the
trial. The nature of the accident, how
ever. was rot explained.
The bidding was not very spirited last
Thursday during the sale of trotters from
the Board ranch. Appended is sample
of the prices received: Alect, 2:26, by
Richards Elector. dam Nellie Nelson, c.
II. johnson. s475; Alect Jr.. by Alect.
Maddox, 5000; Flewey-FIew ey, by Memo,
dam McAullff mare, by John Nelson. c.
Fl. johnson, $500; Lizzie Wilkes. by Guv
Wilkes. dam Liz. by Barney Horse. S185;
Liz by Barney Horse, dam Mills mare, by
Hambletonian 725. =. j. Root, 500; Ruby
Wilkes. by Guy Wilkes. dam Ruby. by
Monte Cristo, II. Thompson. S145.
According to the New York Sporting
World the biggest California winner this
year is Sir Walter, the game little son Of
Midlothian-La Scala. This yOungster has
won several big stakes here in impressive
classed among the SIX best three-year- Odds
Of the present season. MorellO is probably
the best three-year-old OF the season, but
despite his pronounced victories at the
Washington Park meeting, il is doubtful
whe ther the Futurity winner of 1892 could
win if special race was arranged in
which the best three-year-Olds in America
connected at the Derby distance.
When asked recently if he had matched
Maud this year to beat Nancy Hanks
- IT t.
more truth IN that statement than there
would be in saying that you and were
matched to meet in the DrIZe ring next
month for $4,000 side. | have no inten-
ton whatever of sending Maud against
any records this season. She is in excel
given slow work all summer. l logged
her myself for couple of miles on my
farm this afternoon, and did not urge her
in the least"
DR.. E. L. Miller. in an able article in the
American Trotter on hackney versus
American t:otters. concludes with the fol-
lowing sensible paragraph: "While DR..
Webb is making strenuous efforts to sup
plant the American trotter with the hack
ney and French coach in this country the
orously to induce the English horse
breeder to send to America for some Of the
best-bred trotting stations to cross upon
the hackney and French coach mares.
The standard bred American trottng
horse OF good size will best fill the bill for
all purposes for go-abeed Americans.
Don't ape anything English in the horse
breeding line. for we have something
better. Let us improve on our own favor
lite breed, the standardized trotter."
The following is complete list of the
records broken at the late Washington
Park meeting: Newton lowered the two
mile record from 3:2sA to 3:27H; Yer
satile the mile and three furlong record
from 2:20A 10 2:19A; Maid Marian the
mile and twenty yards from Al u to 40.
and Wildwood the mile and seventy yards
from AL to IA. the latter time being
also tied uy FagaGay last week. MorellO
tied the mile ana quarter record on
circular track; Rudolph equaled the mile
and three-sixtee tbs, and Maid Marian
lied the mile and furlong record. Local
track records were lowered by the sp.in-
ters Pedestrian, Anna Mayes and Empress
of Norfolk.