The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22
THE RACING
SEASON WILL
SOON Be HERE
The Eastern Stables
ardy in Arriving.
JOCKEY DEVIN IN DEMAND
WILL THE TOUTS' COARSE WORK
AGAIN BE TOLERATED9
Moringa Has Proved Bonanza for
His Owner-La Goleta VIII Be
Hard to Beat-Other
Chat.
JOCKEY DEVIN IN DEMAND
WILL THE TOUTS' COARSE WORK
AGAIN BE TOLERATED9

With every body and everybcdy's friend
doing politics. il begins 10 look as if
the first week or Two of the coming rae
ing season. which. by the way, opens at
Oakland Oh Saturday. The 29th inst. might
pan out tride dU.. Then. 200, there IS
ak of scarcity Of horses. This should
he good news TO California owners. From
all accounts there are now CHARTERED AT
EmcryNille track not over $50 horses,
owned, with possibly al exception or
TWO, by local turfmen. Good lat purses
are offered by the California Jockey C-up
and these owners Of mediocre racing ma
terial should make hay while the sun
shines. The programme for the first TWO
weeks al the track over the bay has been
dubbed q trihe too high class" by some
of the more eNacting managers of horse
flesh. but Entry Clerk LewGea SAYS he all
ready has the card for the opening day
filled, and as Harry bears the reputation
OF making each and every owner think
he has fallen into q soft place. his asser-
ton carries considerable weight. The
season in the East this year will hang on
until the snow flies, and the stables from
the other side OF the mountains Will 10
doubt be dilatory in arriving
From the present outlook. there will not
De over nlteen books ChalhinS prices the
nrst day. Before that time draws near
tommy coleman viii have done shooting
ducks. Hughey Jones has his crew ready
George. Rose will nave a representative
mere mere, Harlan x Co, Hurlich, English
Blll Jackman, Ed Harmon. Walter Riggs
hrlpp & Co, Phil Archibald. Johnny
humphrey, George OXnaru and TWO OF
three other firms are up on edge anxious
y aW t'lJlng the opening OF the big show
Racing associations should have the as
SlSlance or all honest minded people and
are deserving OF praise in their efforts TO
purity racing. but they make one very
gTleVouS mistake. The riders themselves
are coopeu up IN a room, but how about
tilelF NaleIS This very enterpriSing class
81 gentry nave begun TO cut quite cen
ira inquire in racing of late. at least that
portion Of II conducted under the roof Of
the Saddling paddock. Many Of them
tIi-aSs pdnk rolls in a short period that
me olu-1ne SteeplechaSer Bourke COch-
ian would have had trouble in leaping
GUY tEey seem 20 escape the eye Of rac-
Ihs oHcla.s. They viii bear watching
ana SO VIII the thousand and one grave
t-ESrIS tnpioyed on the outside by
many OF the bOOkmakers. This latter
C!aSS, II possible, should be excluded from
TIE paddock.
and # racing is to be elevated another
depressing feature that should be eIirni-
mated from the game is the tout" once
80 called construed from his pres
ent vocation the tout IS nothing more or
-ess than a p-ckpCcket or petty larcenist.
Al no place where large gatherings Of
people congregate would his work be
loleIaleu and there IS no reason why
eye at this evil. The majOr.,v of them
when the racing season is over exc out
q miserable existence from the earnings
OF unfortunate and degraded women and
their presence in such large numbers IS
rapidly causing racing to fall into disre-
pute with the better class OF people.
Young Devin, the Sacramento light
weight rider, is rapidly crawling UP the
ladder OF fame. and unless his head out
grows his hair viii some day be quite a
hit on the race track. 1t is rumored
that Burns & Warehouse made over
lures TO get the youth and they NAV be
successful. Just now he reclines peace
fully under the protecting wing OF the as
tute trainer, Tom Boyle and Tom does
not care TO lose him. Boyle is a clever
coach and Devin might do worse than
listen 10 his advice.
If the firm just mentioned do not sue
coed in getting DeVin, they will proba-
bly, sign Tommy Butler 10 do their riding
Tommy is rapidly recovering from his ac-
cident, his work during the Los An
geles meeting will show. and he is pos
sessed of more Of the gray matter inside
Of his skull than half It dozen ordinary
riders. He is now buSily engaged In an
endeaVOr 70 get released from his con-
tract with Ed Lanigan. The latter. it is
TumOTed, viii sell RubicOn and Miss Reel
retiring from the list of owners. Tommy
has nothing but good words to say Of
Lanigan. but says Trainer Denny Lynch
is too wise for him.
It was thought that Marcus DAILY. the
Montana turfman, might send Scottish
Chieftain. the great son of Inverness down
here this winter. But 1t would appear
that, after hts great race at Great Falls,
when beaten out length by Tempo. over