The San Francisco call., 1896-10-14
RACERS FROM The EAST
Buckwa and Scarfpin of Ed
Purser's String Recent
Equine Arrivals.
Atkins & Lotlridge Get in From
Windsor With a Big String
Notes of the Track.

AS the time approaches for the opening
of the racing season stables Of horses are
arriving almost daily from the other side
of the Rockies. At Ingeside Track. where
most of the racers are quartered, the track
is alive with gailopers these mornings,
and some of them are being sent along at
a merry clip.
On Monday a string of twelve, belonging
to Atkins q Lottridge, got in from Wind
sor, Ontario, the best known of the lot to
local turf-goers being the good Ell Rio Rey
colt Scarborough.
Beauchamp does the riding for the
stable, and is said to be a greatly i'm
proved lad in the saddle. With this lot
of horses also came five owned by the tall
Eastern plunger, Ed Purser, purchase in
the East as additions to his Cam bridge
stable, and including such good performers
as Duckwa, Scarfpin and Triumph. Scarf
pin proved himself one of the best money
earners among the two-year-old division
racing around the New York tracks, and
Buckwa should get many winning brack-
cts before the winter is over. Jockey
Frank Coady arrived with the horses.
Owner and trainer Sam HIldreth has
his hands full at Ingleside with big
string of fifteen that he is gradually get
ting up on edge. The makeup OF the
stable is as follows: st. Lee. Service.
C@sarian, Sister Mary, All Over, Cash
Day, Lucky Dog. William Pinkerton, Sill
verado, Cicero, Lincoln, Alvero, Fairiaith,
a three-year-old by Terra Gotta, and
yearIing brother to st. Lee that is looked
upon very sweetly by the stable. A
couple of years ago Cash Day was
considered about the best handicap horse
in the West, and ii he stands up should
prove very bothersome in some of the
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Dos is being schooled over the timb r,
and he may redeem himself for past mis-
deeds on the fat. Caesar an, Sister Mary,
Alyero and the Terra Gotta filly are the
property of w. B. Sink.
Edward Corrigan is expected to arrive
here to-day. Among the horses he left
behind at the close OF last racing season
were Colonel Clay, Bedford, Senator Irby
and Ducat. The first named three are all
doing well at the jumping game, the Sem
ator taking to it like duck TO water.
w. OBJ. Macdonough has thirteen
youngsters at Ingleside being trained by
"Chappie" Connell.
Del Norte, the brown horse, and Gov
ernor Budd OF Mat Storms string have
both been schooled over the jumps.
The steeplechase fever must be preva-
lent, for Broad Billow, in the stable of G.
F. Sanders, was given trial over the
fences, and steepechase rider Cook pro-
nounces him ''corker." Cook says there
will be more jumpers than fiat horses this
winter, and lovers of the rail ould sport"
are in high glee at the prospects.
Andy Blakely, who has had the leg up
on many timber-topper, is training Min
ME Gee, Mr.. Reel, Julia O. Showdown
Colonel Weightman and Jane Andrew.
Showdown has developed into strapplng
big horse, and is a good jumper.
Louis Ezell, the parson-like st. Louis
turfman, with the carload OF horses that
arrived at Ingleside track Sunday night,
now has string of over twenty.
Work on the Oakland track is being
rushed, and unless rainy weather should
set in everything will be in readiness Tor
the opening day, October 10.