The herald., 1895-03-19
Jack Curry Purchases All His
Fast Horses
WHAT THE NEW OWNER SAYS
He Wants to Have All Pool Selling
Abolished
Benefited Were II Entirely Freed
From Gambling

DR.. X. d. Wise OF this city has sold his
entire stable of horses to John Curry.
driver of the famous pacing stallion, Joe
Patchen. The price he received for the
lot was between $40, 600 and $780, 900.
Even at the latter figure the horses were
extremely cheap. In the string are some
of the best race animals in California.
which Mr.. Curry was extremely fortunate
in getting.
He seems to feel that way about it him
self. Last night at the Westminster he
said:
II think I have got hold of some
mighty good ones. and they will be heard
from before the season is over. The best
of the lot intend shipping about next
Saturday. The others l will leave here
in charge of Mr.. Patterson, who was DR..
Wise's trainer.
aide McGregor and Adelaide Simmons.
and think they are both great race
mares. McGregor, that has a record of
2:l5H, | am especially pleased with.
Properly conditioned, she will be
mighty hard one to beat. You see she
has been drummed and hammered so
that when she got to a race she was apt
to be stale. She does not need to be
worked for speed. and l think she will
win with the best of them across the
mountains. DR.. Wise paid $4,000 for her
as a sucking in Kentucky. Her dam.
Adelaide, is now the property of Marcus
DAILY.
For Adelaide Simmons. that has a
mark of 2:14H. Dr. Wise paid $4,000 as a
sucking. She is half sister to McGregor.
and a mighty fast mare.
"Emin Bey, by Guy Wilkes, is a good
horse. He has a record Ct 2:2111, which
| think he can lower materially. Glen
Il. x..s l~,,A
hard to get to race: This year think
he will stand up all right. He has rec
ord of 20.
Among the youngsters is a cracker
jack three years old that is called Wise
burn. He is by Guy Wilkes, dam Semi
Tropic. Seml-Tropic is grand brood
mare, and from what Wiseburn has shown
believe that he will be very fast.
I'm the string there is 2-year-old by
Glendlne, dam Regina, that PAGES very
fast. | think he will turn out to be an
other Robert J. We've got 2-year-old by
Mckinney, dam Tempest, called Bohen,
that shows plenty of speed; Amsog the
mont and Hector Bey, by Emf Bey.
81 received a telegram today from w. H.
Brown of Kalamazoo. Mich, asking me to
bring east with me Athinx, 2-year-old
PAGER that he bought in Fresno. Athinx is
by Onward Sphinx, out of the dam of
AbnerCOll, Z:lIA as Il yearllng, ana Atne-
Mo, 2:1934 as a 2-year-old. Athenio is
the colt That Mr.. Geers bought the other
day.
''Patchen? Well, don't think there is
a horse living can beat him today. Ex-
cept Robert J. lie went more heats under
2:10 last year than any other horse. He
is going splendidly now.
Eyes, think | will come back to CAL
iforia next winter. like the climate and
the country, and I think it is the best
place to winter that 1 know of. We will
start to race on the grand circuit, which
opens in Saginaw, Michigan, some time
in July.
And right here I want to say word
about pool-selling. l wish that all bet
ting and gambling on race tracks could
be abolished. l think that if it is kept
up horse racing will be demoralzed. Ii
it is abolished we will more than make
up for the loss of revenue by the interest
that the better class of people will take
in racing"
DR.. WISE who by the deal with Curry
retires from the turf, is a well-known
physician of this city. He has spent
great deal of money in trying to get to-
gether frst-class string OF race horses.
In talking to Mr.. Curry he said that he
thought he had lost about $4,000 in the
effort For several years his sole ambi-
ton was to beat the representatives of
Palo Alto in the big events, and once or
twice he was successful in doing so,