The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-04

at 80 pounds, is strongly fancied By traIneS'
Tor the Metropolitan handicap, to be run at
Brooklyn. There is, however, the ever
peryadihg doubt of the ability OF three
year-c!d 10 win in the spring months against
the best CT the alleged class. No three
year-2ld has ever done so, although Loc1-
.batchee came within an ace of " inni Ing the
eventa year ago. 0Ae reason is that three
year-olds have been weighted at or above
weight for age and were meeting old horses
with weight off. In last years Suburban
His Highness gave away lot Of weight to
every horse in the race-twelye pounds to
Montana. the winner, and sixteen pounds
10 Major Domo, while Lamplighter, who
was third, conceded four pounds to Mon
tana and eight pounds to Major D0mo,
weight for age. IN England three-ye ar-olds
are treated better and are never we ighted
much above 100 pounds. Foxhall, VIII oran
second 10 Ben dor in the City and Sub
urban. had up only ninety-one pounds as a
three-year-old.
The Metropolitan is The evsnt in which
the California three-year-old MonOwai
starts with 50 pounds, and Wildwood, the
four-year-old. with III pounds.
Stables of horses are daily leaving the
Bay District for me East. Yesterday Dan
second string to ST. Louis After The meet
ing at that place they will JOIN that under
Waish's charge at Chicago.
The string is made up as follows: Bessie
W, 4, by Darebin-GIendOra Wicklow.3. by
Leinster-AuGt Jane; Rosale, ., by Hyder
Ali-Rosemary Valencia. 2, by Hldalgo-
Yum YUM. Abbess. 2. by KyFfe Daily
Abra; Ovation, .. By Three -Cheers-Hattie
Ball. chestnut fly, ., by Sir Modred- Faux
Pas; bay fly, 9, by Kyrle DAILY EN- otioH !;
Bonito,2, by Ben Ali-ChiquiJa; black colt.
2 by Hidalg0-s ster 10 Jim Douglass; chest
nut colt, 2 by Chevio'-Lizzie p; bay colt, 2.
by JOE Enthusiastically; Border, 9. by
Cheviot-siSter TO Ruth Ryan; chestnut colt.
by Cheviot-Aunt jane brown colt. by
Cheviot-Bertie w; bay colt, by Cheviof-
Verona; chestnut COLT. by CheyiOt-Little
Flash.
Charles Kerr of Bakersfield, owner Of
the Antrim stables, has sent his large string
to Sacramento. where they Will join that in
charge Of Billy Mccormick. and proceed
East on May IS.
A stab composed of Pescador, Lottie
Mills, Misty Morn and Rosebud will leave
for ST. Louis the latter part of this week.
A number of the friends of Jockey joe
Narvaez. who has been suspended indefinitely
for an alleged crooked proposition, as well
as the jockey himself, are anxious that the
directors of the Blood horse Associa ton
investigate the charges made against him.
Clancy, 10 whom Narvaez is said to have
proposed the crooked work, denies that
Narvaez ever approached him on such
subject.
The entries and weights for to-dny's
races are as follows:
FIRST race. five and a half furongs-R Re-
mus ll5, Tillie 5 los. Carmel 10S, Wartago
los Poiaski 1O2, Button 90
Second race. six and a: half fnrlongs-
Greenback 120, Vendome 120, Leialia lis.
OIta lis, Charmer 115. Clacquer 120.
Third race, one mile-Red Cloud 40, AL
mont los, Initiation O6. 81. Patrick 81, Stead
fast 81.
Fourth race, one and a sixteenth miles
Wild Robin 126. Red Cloud .122, Martinez
log.
Fifth race. six fuFlongs-- Bronco 1914.
100. Drummer ITO. Huguenot SO. Alfred b
107. Gladiator 108.
Sixth race. six futlongs-Lady Gweun 1l2,
Broadchurch 109. Nero JOG. Vanity JOG,
Leore;t FLY 105, Volta 9S, Miss Mallory 9S.
Sidney So, Lucy S IS.