The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-28
THE GREAT INGLESIDE TRACK OPENS TO-DAY,

OF those argenauts still alive. can't remem-
Der them ali now. but some of the ones l see
now and again. some OF the old STOCK ana
good are: D. o. Mills, Alvinza Haywards, NJ. j..
Burke, Bob Graves, Bob Shawhan, A. p. Hota-
ling y T. Smith L. Z. Eyre. z. 4. tlnnigan,
". Isle. w. ". Dodge and-let me see. No;
1 cant think of any more just now. I'm think
ing OF the others
The old colonel weakened. a veteran
who has seen as many ups ana downs as
any man who has ever followed the turf;
who has won and lost thousands on the
decisions of Judges sometimes poorly
qualified TO sit in Judgment at any race,
without twitching muscle, bent his head
lower and furtiyely wiped away what
seemed to be 4 tear. He added after a
moment:
I remember them well. There was W. C.
Ralston a prince. You remember how he
died-suicide He was the Jim Fiske OF Cali
fornia Milton : Latham. the banker; c. W.
Kellogg Billy Sharon, W. L. Dean, Jim Flood.
Billy O'Brien, Leland Stanford, Charhe CROKER,
A. \ Towne, c. W. Wilmerdlng, J. ii. Tobin,
Joe Jones Abe Edgerton, Ike Bateman, w. S.
Hobart Judge MeSick. Joe Glover. It seems TO
me car. rereu Der more OF those old boys than
can OF the others. They are all dead now,
and this world is none the better for their
being gone.
Colonel Dickey had much more to say OF
the old track, its patrons, its glorious races
and of its graveyard.
Graveyard? Yes, there is graveyard in
the center field of the Bay District track.
Few people outside of the horsemen them
selves know that. Even the horsemen,
with all their love for the beautiful ami
mails they curry and care for as they would
a human being they love, forget which
fayorites are buried there. Colonel Dickey
remembers them or nearly all OF them.
There was Thomas II. Williams Return.
a Jumper. who broke his back on the back
stretch f. J. Baldwin's st. Cloud, who
was leading a bunch of seven, and who
bolted when he found the drawgate open.
He was going at such a speed that he ran
into the further post and broke his neck,
nearly doing likewise TO his jockey. Then
there was Sweet Alice with Chevalier up.
Everyb body remem bers the story of Sweet
Alice and her colored boy, who made a
small fortune backing her at so to l as he
walked down the line, whistling Ben
Bolt" Well, Sweet Aiice's last race was
run at the Bay District Track, when she
broke her leg and went to the center field
graveyard. BERTHE r. almost ruined
Chico Johnson, who had begged and
and borrowed all the money he could
get to back him. 1t was a match race, and
Berthe r was well in hand, full OF speed,
less than a length behind the other horse,
making the last turn. The leader was
the stretch, when his Jockeys cap flew of
and landed squarely on BERTHE RS nose
There it remained but few seconds, sui
locating the horse. He stumbled, broke
his leg, was shot, and now occupies an I'm.
marked grave in the center-feld. West
Georges Applause, Jack Splan's Bodine
and Gloucester all are in the equine silent
city, while not far from them in the west.
ern slope of Odd Fellows Cemetery is the
grave OF poor old Percy Wilson, the argo
naut of horserace reporters on this coast,
who saw all these horses die.
OF late years sentiment. has given away
to business, and the horses which become
disabled and have to be shot are worth $;
apiece TO the table lads, who sell them tC
the tallowmen or perhaps to the Gamers
1t was on the Bay District track tina
Foster captured the $4,000 stake, fou1
miles and repeat. Harry Wilkes won the
$4,000 trot and Wildidle took the $500
Live Oak stakes in a four-mile dash.
was also there that the two famous horses
Fullerton and Occident, had their mile
and repeat TO wagon and mile heats three
in five TO harness.
But this style Of racing has died out
just as the old Bay District is doing now