The morning call., 1893-07-03
READY TO RACE.
Six Events on the Card
for To-Day.
GOOD SPORT PREDICTED.
An Authority Predicts a Brilliant
Outlook for Future Trot-
ting Meetings.
GOOD SPORT PREDICTED.

There were only two sensational Incl
dents at the Bay District Track last week
One was the killing of Jockey Rstine by
the fall Of the unruly brute Late on last
Tuesday and The so-caIled reporters derby
on Saturday. In this race the spectators
thought there would be another catas-
trophe and an extra surgeon was In at
tendance. Soon after its conclusion Ed
Morphy's mount was discovered riderless
and the surgeons began to get ready for
business. But Morphy had not been
thrown, nor had he fallen. Realizing that
he could not check Overton'S speed snort
of a second mile he simply slid off as the
easiest way out of the difficulty.
Schwartz & Co.'S summer meeting Is
drawing big crowds and all are satisfied
they VIII get run for their money. to say
the least. There will be races at the Bay
District every day this week except
Wednesday. For the extra day to-day
there are six interesting events on the
card. The starters and weights are:
First race, FIVE furlongs-Ardente 113,
Claire Jos, Ricorda 105. Durango los,
Happy Bond 10S
Second race. five Woodbury.
.Jr 100. John A gelding 100. w Overton
107. LHcy S 81, Cassim 104. Vanity o..
Una gelding 100. Joe Winters 104, okohl
III. Red Rose 102.
Third race, half mile-Jack the Ripper
100, Clacquer 90, Lot d 125. Monte Carlos
Ito. Gypsy Girl 116. Joe d 100.
Fourth race. five furlongs-Cooper 100.
Volta 10S, North 109 Prince 100, Jim r
1l9, Cody B 112. Joe Hooker Jr. 107 Ida
Glen l07. Charger ia. Joe 90.
Fifth race. seven furlongs-Red Cloud
112. Louise 107, Queen Bee 107, Volta 9S,
Cody B ia. Nellie G 100, Bronco ia. o B
ia. Jack son ia, Wyanshott 103, Rain
drop 103, Dona Lula SO, Condo 103
Sixth race, one mile-Garcia 102, Dinero
1o5. Raindrop 105 Wyanshott 90, Atossa
100, Nellie g 10. Patrcio 115
Elaborate Preparations are being made
for the grand coast circuit. which begins
with the Tr0tting- horse Breeders Associa-
tion's meet at the Bnv District. This
meeting begins on the 22d inst. and con-
making eight racing days. After that the
circuit schedule will be as appended
Oakland. July 81 to August 5 Vallejo
August Z to II; Napa. August II to 10 .;
Petaluma, August p to 20; Woodland,
August % to September .; Sacramento
State Fair, September to 16; Stock con,
September IS to %; Fresno. September 5
to so; San Jose, Septem Der 81 to October
6; San Francisco fall meeting P. C. T. II.
Is. A, October 9 to -.
Reports from the trotting meetings held
so far this season show that they have
heen very successful, particularly in the
East.
1.-The attendance in all sections of the
country" says 4 turf authority, seems TO
have been all that was anticipated, and
many associations have realized com
Portable balance on the right side of the
ledger. Ii is true, however, that trotting
managers everywhere have looked upon
this seasons Outcome with considerable
apprehension. The exceeding stringency
in the business world, coupled with the
fact that the Worlds Fair is popularity ex-
pected 20 attract considerable portion of
the f1Hd annually devoted to summer
sports and recreations, has made the ont
look for trotting, so far as the public pat
ronage is concerned. peculiarly gloomy
one. The respondent and sluggish cOndi-
tion of the market for tr0tters was also be-
lieved 10 have affected the public interest
in the sport TO a degree that would have
been appraciably manifest in the gate re-
ceipts. In view o. all this, lovers of the
turf mole with pleasure that the results
thus tar support the belief that there has
been no abatement of the popular interest
in trotting. and that good races continue
to attract the multitude in spite Of the
combination of unfavnraole circum-
stances. Trotting managers will take
courage from this showing and strive to
make the pastime even more popular by
improved methods and the pruning of
manifest abuses and annoyances."