The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-23
TURF AND TURFMEN
An Instructive Letter by a Prominent
Horse Authority.
WINNINGS AND BIG LOSSES
Movements and Plans OF Owners
and How They Have Succeeded
and Their Chances of Future
Success on the Track.

| from san francisco to the Mercury;
he says:
While racing goes merrily on here,
there is really no falling off in class
1 or quality, many of the big figures are
looking toward the early New York
events. The National Derby at St
Louis is coming in for no small share
of discussion. as it promises to bring
the cream of the Western colts together
to meet Ben Brush.
Trainer HUM told me yesterday
that he meant to point Bright Phoebus
for the Suburban and expressed the
opinion that If things came around all
right he had a royal chance, particu-
| larly If the track should be sloppy on
the surface, but with a good bottom to
II. Bright Phoebus has the reputation
of being a great mud lark, but there
Is some mud that stops him. He is
not a horse of much substance. When
1 first saw the colt / was not much
taken with him. He is a bright bay,
with white points, and to the critical
eye has a deal too much daylight un-
der him. His later performances have
demonstrated the fact that he is the
best horse In training in California.
While beyond the reach of harsh criti-
cism, I still think that If nature had
left less space beneath Bright Phoebus
he would have been a better racing
machine. He has been laid up for re-
pairs. The trouble developed in his
last race, when Star Ruby beat him.
The track was sticky and a trifie stiff,
and Bright Phoebus does not like any
such travelling, despite his reputation
L thought so at the time, and Trainer
HUM has since confirmed my opinion.
The colt had up 1877 pounds and was
beaten, but by no means disgraced.
Ia lnA lo., .
that he had wrenched one of his Shout
ders and foreankles. A slight blister
was applied to the ankle, and the fever
has left the leg and the colt is galloping
again.
Here is Trainer Hunn's estimate of
him: II do not believe that Bright
Phoebus will stand many races close
together. If you notice, when Little
field had him, he did not race him
much, and 1 believe that is the way to
handle him. In future I will try and
keep him fresh all the time, and hope
to have him good and fit for the early
events in the East. He will probably
not start here again. I think the
weights all right. When you have 113
pounds up II enables you to get a man |
TO ride instead of some light boy"
AS to the other Californians in, much !
need not be said. Vinctor is we'll in /
both at 107 pounds, but he strikes me !
as horse that would not fancy a /
mile and a quarter. From seven fur |
longs to mile and a sixteenth is his |
clip. At a mile 1t takes real good |
horse to beat him. Claudius could 1
hardly have won with nothing on him.
He has not class enough to live with |
a Suburban field.
OF the two-year- olds that have shown !
here Coupon is the best. He is a son I
of the dead Martenhurst, and belongs /
to Walter Hobart. In his first start he |
easily disposed of Rey del TERRA, a
colt that has since shown we'll. In his |
second start he was knocked to his |
knees at the start, andthough he was
six lengths out of it at the head of the
stretch, at the eighth pole he was
ahead and golloping. 1t was an i'm
pressive performance. Coupons will
lingness to try after his first dissa-
pointment, and the surprising ease
with which he disposed of his field /
when he Strengthened out in the stretch |
showed that he possessed both courage |
and speed, two necessary adjuncts to /
a good racehorse.
Caspar. in the Burns & Waterhouse |
string, has won each of his two starts
in rather impressive style. He is a
good looking brown colt by the English |
horse st. Andrew. Just how good /
Caspar is remains to be seen. We have
htNCi otth MIN SlldlSHl yet Ilt mas
speed enough, but his courage has not |
been tested. He has left the gate each
time without mishap, and in front all
the way has never been challenged.
1 hope to see him disappointed in a race
and see how he rallies from 1t.
1t looks as If Jimmy Mccormick. who
has the Burns q Waterhouse horses,
has a clinking lot of two-year-olds. He
has won twice with a ragged looking
colt by Midlothian called Col. Wheeler.
lie is not taking to the eye, but he
seems to have all the requisites of a
selling platter. Col. Wheeler
will hardly be a Sir Walter. but he
has won races and will win others. The
second Midlothian is a bay colt called
Cendelaria- He is better looking
horse than Col. Wheeler, and on the
of a report that he could out
work Caspar was made a hot favorite
in his only start. He fiinched from
the starting machine. was off last in
the big field and was beaten a head
for third place. Rey del TERRA, a
good-looking Prince of Norfolk, off in
front was never headed. His party
think him a stake horse. i believe
Coupon will always beat him, but one
say much for the rest of the
that have shown up.
Greyhurst, a half brother to Draw
Scot. by Martenhurst. has won three
times. He is gray, small and none too
kind. and will win when placed right
That is about all one can say for him.
His half brother, Grandee, has a world
Of speed, but was insane. / saw Gran
dee at Mr.. w. OBJ. Macdonough's
ranch last Sunday. He was the first
winner Mr.. Macdonough ever owned,
and now has a paddock where his
equine wheels can revolve and his
equine heels fly without damage. The
comfort he has in his old age shows
that Mr.. Marlborough has plenty of
sentiment about his horses.