The herald., 1897-02-08
THE HORSE

The San Francisco Chronicle of Sat-
urday has the following interesting gos-
sip of the trotters:
Charles Jeffries, the Montana reins-
man, is no longer training for Charles
Winship, the millionaire trotting own
er. Jeffries took the place made vacant
by Tom Keating last October and had
the handling of Agitato, Otinger, and
other famous campafgners. The string
went into winter quarters at Los Ange-
les, but Jeffries could not agree with
his rich employer in regard to training
matters and retired Negotiations are
now pending whereby Heating may
again handle the lines behind Winship's
horses.
the worlds threeyear- pacing rec
ord, and he also drove Otinger in all
his memorable contests and gave him
the double-gaited record of the world,
as Ottinger has been both a PAGER and
trotter. At the present time Heating
is training a number of green horses
at Pleasanton.
harness racers at the present time. Full
ly 100 PAGERS and trotters are in train
ing. Among the well known knights of
the sulky training horses are Tom Keat-
ing, Andy Mcdowell, w. Murray, Lee
Shaner, ]. Mcclure. M. McManus and
J. Leonard, and already reports have
been received Of embryo wonders.
Bezenta, the famous trotting mare,
owned by Mrs. Stokes of New York
city, is being given slow work. 1t was
generally anticipated that Bezenta
would usurp the place of Alx as queen
of the turf, but she went amiss early
in the season.
Azote, the sensational horse of the
light harness world in 1855, is shortly
10 H.
of Whips is to be again placed in train
ing after let-up of year. Azote holds
the worlds gelding record, and was
undoubtedly the best campaigner that
ever left California, or any other state,
for that matter. Joseph Neal is also
getting ready for Griffith Brothers the
fast but erratic Flying Jib, whose sem
sational performances attracted so much
attention in one of the first strings cam
pagned by Monroe Salisbury. He also
has several very promising youngsters
by Direct. Griffith Brothers will make
an eastern campaign, and should GER
tainly have great free-for- all candid
ate in Azote, if he stands training.
The "eccentricities of the law" were
never better illustrated than in the fol-
lowing from the New York Journal,
showing how bookmaker was dis
cndTSeu DeCduSe lie was operating IN q
federal building, and was therefore out
side of the jurisdiction of the state au-
thorities:
Judging from some developments of
yesterday the federal building Is sort
of norman s-land as far as book making
is concerned. This would equally apply
to all branch postoffices where the entire
building Is used for federal purposes.
A precedent was furnished yesterday.
after the arrest of a man on the ground
floor of the federal building on the
charge Of bookmaking. The arrest was
made by Central Office Detectives Mil
Ter and Watt, who say that the prisoner,
who gave his name as John Mosler, was
doing big business in the corridor with
a crowd of customers around him.
Mosler, whose real name Is said to be
John H. Levine, was taken first before
Magistrate Simms, in the Centre street
police court. The magistrate said that
as the alleged offense was committed
on federal property he had no jurisdic-
tion. He directed that the prisoner be
taken before United States commits
sioner.
The prisoner was then taken to the
federal building and araigned before
Commissioner Alexander. Mr.. Alex
ander refused to pass upon the case, say
ing that he had no jurisdiction. The
law said to be violated was not in ex-
istence when the land for the federal