The morning call., 1893-04-24

old. by Joe Hooker-Mattie Glenn; Una Col
0rado, a chestnut colt, -year-old, by Joe
Hooke!-Jess.e r: Dolly Mac, a two-year-
old, full sister 10 Dolly McCoDe; Virginia, a
bay FLY, two-year- old. by Joe Hooker
Bonita: Princess. bay tllly, three-ye r.
old, by Cheyiot- Music. and Gibson, the five
year-oid Splinter, by Joe Hooker who beat
Geraldine last fall, complete the lot.
>. Grave, the superintendent of Theodore
winters ranch, the home of Joe Hooker
and tile only Marion. who gave us such
racers as the Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke
folk, the Gar, Rey del Rey, Yo Tambien
and others, is in the city. having come down
from Reno yesterday. Grave says Winters
Is going to send string of nine east in a
few days.
They are mostly untried two-year-olds by
Joe Hooker and Jumbo. Tip Williams, " no
was for long time with Ed Corrgan, is
training them. They proceed 10 st. Louis,
where they are engaged.
A. Ottinger and B. d. Phillips do not own
". Wildwood; The gentlemen, as well as
formed the public that they do, but this
paper has it from reliable sources that they
have only leased the great horse.
They paid Brown $3.50 for a lease Of his
running qualities for one year, with the
privilege of paying $500 more at the end
OF that time and getting a clean bill of sale.
Now this Is all right. but these gentlemen
VIII lind that they cannot run the horse in
the Brooklyn handicap, or in any other
event 10 be run In the East.
These gentlemen seem to forget that Mr.
Philips was ruled off the trotting turf last
fall at oakland for pulling his mare Laura
X IN heat race. A ruling off for fraud is
recognized ny the Turf Congress CT the
running turf, as was shown in the case of
Frank Van Ness. Van Ness owns Morrello.
the greatest Of last years two-year-oIds,
o. NJ ct la 1,
stake events like the Futurity, which he
won.
Van Ness is at Memphis now and the fol-
loving from a telegTaphic report of the
races at tina. place shows how the matter
STANDS Upon producing the bin of sale
or Blll Howard and Zamppst, thus proving
William NJ. Singerly of the Philadelphia
Record owned these horses, Judge Clark
permitted them to run to-day after they
mad been transferred out Of the hands of
frank Van Ness TO the care of John Funk.
Van Ness now has petition praying Secre-
tary Steiner to temporarily rein state him,
which has been done in other like cases.
pending tine final reheariDg of his reorened
csc before The board of reviews of the
National Trotting Association May ., and
1t may be that the great MOrellO will vet
face The flag for the rich Cumberland prize
at Nashville on April 90"
Now Phillips is well thought of by horse
men, and there are none that would not
Ike TO see him Teinstated. He is very
wealthy, and came here several months ago
from Montana to make this State his home
he claims that lie only wanted to lay up
the heat with Laura R, and pleaded ignor-
aDc9 to racing rules.
This may De all right. but the people on
the coast would like to see Wildwood run
in the Brooklyn and Metropolitan handi-
CAPS, and unless Phillips is renstated, or
sells his interest in the horse to some one
else, lie VIII in all likelihood not be allowed
to start
As the gentleman Is Interested in the
Splinter Joe Cotton. that horse would also
be barred in he East.
Wyanshott is again in Billy Applehy's
stables. Williams bought him cut of Il sell
Ing race, but as Aprleby expressed sorrow
at losing him, he withdrew his bid of $500
and let the original owner take him.
Ed C0rrigRn, "the master Of Hawthorne"
at the request Of Il number of horse-owners
in California who have animals engaged for
the event. has consented to postpone the
running oil the Chicago Derby, Hawthorne
Park event. until some time in June, in
Stead of running it on May 16 as was at first
intended.