The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-29
MET BUT ONE DEFEAT.
FIoOdmOre and His Long List
of Victories.
THOUSANDS 10 HIS CREDIT.
Wildwood. the California RaeehOrSe.
Dies at the Track.
THE SPEEDY CURT AND HER RACES.
IHgOmar Lifted His Sire From Obscarity
to a Throne Long ShetS and the
Boys That Landed Them.

but $3.50, and up to the present time has
won in stakes and purses $7150. Making
his first start at the meeting on October 81,
Floodmore won seven straight races, carry
ing all kinds of weight. At his eighth
attempt he finished second to Eli Kendig
in the Flood steeplechase, and it was said
came cut of the race with an injured
tendon. Certain it was that he did not
start again for a long time, and started in
Saturdays race with but small preparation.
Before becoming timber-topper Flood
more raced on the fiat with Indifferent sue
cess, his greatest achievement being his
win at three-quarters of a mile over an
ordinary field with 100 to 1 against him.
No doubt his victory in this race was
greatly augmented by the fact that the
favorite, Castro, was badly cut down turn
ing into the stretch and his racing days
ended Floodmore is a Palo Alto bred
horse, sired by Flood, dam imported
Patilla, and was looked upon with very
little favor at that farm, none OF his broth
ers or sisters having cut very wide swath
in racing circles. No doubt a goodly por
ton of Floodmore's victorious career is due
to Squeak" Allmark, who has ridden him
in all of his races. Possessor of good judg
ment and splendid finishing abilities, he
has often landed him winner when de-
feat looked a certainty.
Another very consistent performer at
the track is the little chestnut mare Quirt.
Starting twenty-five times, she has been
five times first, seven times second, four
times third, and outside of the money but
six times Her winnings so far at the
meeting amount to the tidy sum of $2410,
and if she does not break down this sum
will no doubt be largely increased, as her
owner evidently does not believe in allow
ing horse to eat its head off standing in
the stall. Quirt would have many more
wins to her credit had she been started in
selling races, but her owner, fearful that
some of the Eastern turfmen at present
soiourning at the track have their eye on
the daughter OF Joe Hooker, has kept her
out of those events.
Possibly he is right in his conjectures,
for to an owner with money to protect his
horses entered in selling events, Quirt with
ninety or ninety-tive pounds up would be
a source of much profit.
To Hinrichs belongs the honor of having
landed the longest-priced winner at the
meeting. On December he rode Sligo and
won in a drive, with SO. to 1 against him.
The same boy brought Motor in with 20 to
l against him, and on November % was
second with Morven at so to 1. Jim Long
and G. Cahill each rode winners with 40 to
1 against him, the former riding Lodowic
first in a hurdle race, and the latter
brought in Mat Storm S colt Loughmore.
Chevalier also landed some long-priced
ones. On November he finished in front
with Gilead at 20 to in the betting, and
on December he scored winning brackets
with the colt Hueneme, 40 to l shot in
| the ring. Willie Flynn has also been fairly
successful with outsiders in the betting,
| landing several with 10 and Is to against
= On 10
game leaped into popularity with one
| bound by finishing first on Sir Reel, a % to
1 shot, carrying good-sized bundle of the
crowds holiday money. But in point of
numbers R. Isom, the clever little colored
jockey in the employ of the Kentucky
stable, heads the list. Bob has landed Red
Pat twice, Snow Blossom, Mollie X. Red
| Bird, Ethel Dixon and Commission at
varying odds, ranging from % to 1 down to
8 to 1.
Charley Weber landed number of long
shots, notably Tiger, when he finished
| ahead of Installator, Major Mclaughlin,
Jim Flood and the crack Rey del Caredes
in the Norfolk stakes by wonderfully
clever piece of jockeyship.
Peter Weber, the horseman, is very much
taken with the southern country. No
doubt Charley will distinguish himself at
the Los Angeles race meeting.
Frank Van Ness good colt Monterey,
who has been ailing for some time, is rap
idly recovering.
Ingomar was the means of his paternal
parent being lifted from obscurity to the
lofty position of King of the Harem at
Leonatus stock farm, the property of
Colonel Jack Chinn. Ingomars dam Jose
phine was little larger than pony and
was presented by Colonel Chinn to a
young nephew. After being used as a
horse of all work on a farm the little mare
was mated to Bubbler and a fine looking
colt was the result. Colonel Chinn was
very much impressed with the colts looks
on seeing him and on asking his relative
the price at which he would part with the
youngster was told 500. The colonel him
self raised the price to $3.50 and took the
colt to his own farm.
The good-looking youngster developed
into the stake horse Ingomar, and has won
during his career on the turf in stakes and
purses over $40, 600. Attention was now
directed to his sire, and the despised Bub-
bier now occupies the throne of honor at
Leonatus stock farm. The career of
knight of Ellerslee was very similar, for
not until his son Henry of Navarro startled
the racing world by his conquests did his
owner realize the value of the horse he
possessed, and had bred him to but two or
three ordinary mares.
According to Secretary w. r. Leteher's
report, issued January 9, the list of entries
for the different stakes offered by the Oak
ley Association OF Cincinnati have been
most gratifying. For the seventeen stakes
offered, which includes three three-year-
old stakes to be run in 1896, the entries
number 2118. Adverse legislation in the
East proved a great boon to racing in the
West.
Waldo ], 2:13Z, the gray PAGER who
proved unbeatable on the California circuit
last year, will go East this year and be
campaigned through the grand circuit.
Old Glenelg is now % years old, but re-
port says he is still as frisky as a two-year-
old.
The pacing mare Whirligig, a, 2:1O, who
recently went under the auctioneer's ham
mer at Buffalo, brought but $1110. The
mare was very lame, which hurt her sale.
Pattie D, another noted member of the
pacing brigade, with record OF 2:12J%.
brought $3.50 at the same sale.
Chorn led all the other Jockeys with win
ming mounts last week, having nine to his
credit. Carr, Griffin and Chorn were tied
with four each and Hinrichs came next
with three.
Wildwood, the California racehorse-
''the statuesque Californian as the East
ern press termed him-is no more. The