The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16
GOSSIP OF The TURF,
The Burns & Waterhouse
String Arrives at Oak
land Track.
Weights and Entries for the In.
augural Handicap-Horses
En- Route.

Two carloads of horses owned by Burns
& Waterhouse arrived at the Oakland
racetrack yesterday after a successful
campaign the other side of the noun
tains, their principal earnings being
made over the Detroit, Milwaukee and
ST. LOUIS tracks. Trainer James McCor-
mick did not arrive with the horses,
being still under the PHYSICIANS care in
New York City. Sweet Favorable, one OF
the stars OF the string, who has been on
the sick list, was left over at st. Louis,
coming on later with Pat Dunne's stable
OF horses. Charlie Thorpe and Eddie
Jones will do the riding for the stable
this winter Clarence Waterhouse, one OF
the owners of the stable, stated that the
firm was also negotiating for the services
of Tommy Burns, clever lad who can
ride at so pounds.
]. d. McEvoy's stable got in at the Oak
land track on Monday from Denver. Nc
Light, Mary and Captain Rees are the
principal bread winners.
Bookmaker George Roses string is now
ouartered at the Oakland track. Annette,
who won so many races for the Garden
City stable, will hereafter run III the book
makers colors.
William Godfrey will again get out the
programmes for the California Jockey
Club, and Joe Langendorfer has secured
the same privilege Ter Ingleside track.
The Baldwin stable of horses at present
racing in the East will not leave for Cali
fornia before Novemb Der l.
Dave Young. the New York book
maker, who has been keeping an eye on
the horses at the Sausalito poolrooms, will
probably cut in the opening day at Oak
land.
Jockey Marty Bergen's string, consist
iEg of Pecksniff, O'Fleeta and a promising
two-year-old are among the horses stabbed
on the track across the bay.
A string of five horses owned by Johnny
McHale came across the continent with
the Burns & Water ouse stable. The
best OF the lot is a colt named after the
owner-Johnny McRale.
The sta BILE Of Barney Schrelber will ar
rive at Oakland this forenoon.
Rachael, 4 winner q Latonia yesterday,
Is full sister to ] G. the jumper.
Dave Sloan will bring Lakeshore, Agi-
tato and Altonwood to California. The
first two named horses are owned by Tod
Sloane, it is said.
AT the coming race meetings horses will
have TO run under their owners names
and not under stable names. This is a
recent Turf Congress rule.
Joe Murphy, who will be one of The
Judges at tne oakland track will leave ST.
Louis for San Francisco Saturday evening.
October II, on which date the meeting at
the former city will close.
The weights for the starters in the In
augural handicap, over mile, TO be de-
cided the opening day at Oakland were is
sued by the handicapped yesterday. They
are as follows:
Libertine 122, Sweet Favorable 100, Rosebud
90, Candelaria 92, King Street 78, Vinctor "a
Installator l1S. Nebuchadnezzar 105 Annette
103, Wheel of Fortune 116. Chartreuse ii 97.
Little Cripple 80, Sir Play 90. Lobengula ll2'
Favory 90, Walter J 95, st. Lee los, Csesarfan
10, All Over 108, Thelma 80, Ruinart lit,
Torsina 10Y, Tea Rose n.
Entries for the first days races will close
at the secretary's office at the racetrack at
II o'clock noon, Saturday, October II.
in the scaleroom at the same
hour of each race day,