The herald., 1895-02-18
SPORTS OF THE hORSErlEN

One of the children of Director-General
Meyberg s fertile brain has been Gentle
mans Riding Club. Last year mounted
policemen rode before each parade of the
Fiesta and cleared the way for the COM
ing pageant. This year Mr. Meyberg aims
to head the parades with superbly
mounted cavalcade of horsemen.
To this end a Gentleman's S Riding Club
was organized at the Fiesta club rooms
last Friday evening. DIR. William lie Moyne
Wills was called to the chair and stated
the object of the club was to promote and
encourage horseback exercise and the
ownership of gated horses and also to
aid in the present movement for good
roads and boulevards SO much needed in
our city and county. DR.. Wills was elected
president; Alfred Solano, vice president;
f. X. Rule, secretary; l.. a. Grant, treas
urer.
Ii was agreed to have meeting of the
club every Saturday evening, at the Fiesta
Club rooms. The following are some who
have already joined the new club; l.. a.
Grant, Max Meyberg, Fred X. Rule, r. A.
Eisen, Alfred eolano, William LIE Moyne
Wills II. Frank 7. d. Stimson, W. G.
Bluett, II. W. Latham, John Schumacher,
Hancock Banning, Guy Barham, G, W.
Ford, John Bradbury, George Sinsabaugh,
r. W. Pridham, NJ. II. Newmark b. J.
Hail. James Slauson, Il. H. Lamme,
Douglas White, Major NJ. Y. Owens.
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The first engagement announced for
Robert j., 2:01 l-2, and Alix, :03 81 the
coming season is at st. Joseph Mo-, dur
ing the meeting from the Fourth of July
to the 9th
Ed Corrigan has signed Marty Bergen
to ride for him until May 1st, and if every
thing is agreeable at the end of that time
a contract will be made for the balance of
the year. After lAaving San Francisco,
the first point the Corrigan stable will
race, will be Memphis, Tenn. Charles
Boots OF the Elmwood stock farm will
have second call on Bergen.
Three hundred and siXty-four different
horses have started thus far at the present
meeting of the California Jockey Club.
OF this number Ill different horses have
been winners. Artist has eight wins to
his credit out OF ten starts, Floodmore
has the distinction of winning five
straight races without a defeat. The only
other horses who have not yet suffered de
feat are Tiger, who has two wins to his
credit, and Mendocino and Whitestone,
who succeeded in capturing their first
and only race at the meeting.
Pat Dunne's winter stable has under
gone many changes since he came West.
He sold Hawthorne to Barney Schreiber
and bought Motor of L. A. Legg. Artist
is also added to the string. He sold
Ohiyesa, California purchase, to Stoney
Clark on Tuesday for $1,000. Motor and
the remainder OF the winter stable will
remain at Bay District in charge of Tom
Kiley until the middle of March, when
they will be shipped to Memphis, where
they will be joined by his main string,
which includes two Derby candidates,
Flying Dutchman and Woodheld, and a
likely lot of 2-year-olds.
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Robert j. was not allowed to pace his fast
est mile in 1894, for the reason that if he
was he would have paced mile in 2 90 or
less, and not being able to better that rate
of speed would have become a back num-
Der and as such lost his value as draw
ing card. Mr. Hamlin understands max
ing Il stable of trotters pay as well as the
next man, and is always on the alert to
keep his fences in good condition. He
held the trump card of last years game,
and, though it almost seems incredible,
the little gelding may beat 200 AT Terre
Haute Robert J. paced half mile in
about SO seconds-some watches caught
it fiat, others a fraction slower, and still
others a fraction faster. In his great mile
he paced the middle half in 50 12 seconds
and the whole distance in 2:Ol IL. II he
can pace that portion OF thesmile in SO
seconds and maintain the rate of speed
shown, when he took his record, at both
ends of the journey, the trick will be
turned. Personally Mr.. Hamlin fully be-
lieves Robert J. can beat his record, and
if all goes well the gelding will: be accorded
every opportunity to do so. His trip to Cal
ifornia may do him good, If he gains the
strength he should in the Golden West
and gets back East again without con-
tracting any injury from cold or acci
dent the chances are that he will be a
better horse in 1895 than he was last year.
He has been pretty busy little horse
since he first appeared on the turf, but he
has never had more OF it than was good
for him. When he was a 4-year-old he
I was purchased by his present owners, and
though he had hard race or two with
Flying Jib, he was in nowise injured
The next season he was retired after
showing two miles in race in 2 05 3-4,
and though considered the fastest horse