The San Francisco call., 1898-08-13
GREAT ARE
 DUR HORSES Success in Many States of California Flyers. LOTTERY OF HORSE BUYING RECORDS GOLDEN STATE CAN
 BE PROUD OF. Phenomenal Track Performances of the Heating, Mcdowell and
 Kelly Horses This
 Season.
RECORDS GOLDEN STATE CAN
 BE PROUD OF.

The California horsemen that sent strings of trotters and pacers to Denver and thence East are covering themselves with glory and filling their pockets with coin, incidentally. Searchlight, in Tommy Keatings hands, has won from the fast est pacers in the land, Is considered in vincible, and at Cleveland went three heats easily in 2:05%, 2:05A and 206A, with Chehalis of Oregon in the place. Pre- vious to this the son of Dark Night had established 6 four-year-old record of 2:04A. Anaconda, in the same string, also paced in 2:04az. He is by Knight, 2:22, from an Algona mare. In Admiral keat- ing's stable is the great Eros mare Dfone, who trotted in 2:09, She belongs to A. B.. Spreckels, who bred her. Of Dione the Buffalo World says; "Dione, 2:09M, by Eros, Is about the best race mare ever brought East from California, with the possible exception of Hulda, 2:0S15." As A. B. Spreckels also bred and owned Hulda, who was a half-sister to Dione, there must be some qualification felt by that gentleman in the fact that he reared and sent on the grand circuit the two best trotting mares that ever left Cali fornia. Tom Heating mas been very sick most of the time since he left the Golden State but McHenry has been handling the reins very skillfully for the Califor- nia horseman.
 Andy Mcdowell, who made a driving reputation at the East several years ago, when with Monroe Salisbury, has been having things come his way with the three-year-old pacing colt Klatawah, a brother to Charles Derby, 2:20. klataWaL aLh has made record of 2:0S14-one not like ly to be beaten in a very short time. It is odd that Klatawah should be brother to Charles Derby, sire of Dtablo, who made a pacing record of 2:09A when he was a four-year-old-then the best on
 
 himself by driving Lena N, the Sidney mare, a mile in a race in 2:05A, the race record for pacing mares. Another Cali fornia bred animal that has accomplished He He yon the very Fiqh Nj: & M stake stake land for his owner, John Kelly, who also drove for Monroe Salisbury and made good name for himself. The best lilly this season in race was that o1 Ellen Madison, 2:19a4, by James Madison, 2:17$4; the fastest by a four-year-old trot- ting Ally by Miss Beatrice, 2;I3A, by Di- year-old pacer that of Klatawah, spoken of above; fastest by an aged pacing geld the new pacing performers (stallions9 Is Donnough, 2:12%. by Norval (son of Elec- tioneer), and the fastest new 2:1O per, Logan, dam by Firetail, son of Norfolk. General Logan is by Alex Button, who was owned by the late George MoodaIFfd SIaIf
  fornfa horses are great in many spheres and wherever you find them.
 Norvin c, bay gelding. by Norval, re- gently paced the last three heats of a six heat race at Portland, Me, Tn Z:l3t4,
 Rico by Arion. 2:07A (sold for S125. O00). has made a trotting record of 2:12Sa. He is one of the most sensational Of the four-year-olds.
 Ben Kenney. for years the trainer of Marcus Daly's trotters and pacers, has resigned the position, and been succeeded by Joe Rea. The latter has gone East from Montana to relieve kenney.
 Torsida's recent win of the $2O00 Da!y stake at Anaconda with Los Prietos In the place, speaks mighty well Of Cali fornia-bred horses, for in that race was entered the pick or Marcus i Day af ,5o PIE PIE tie importance. California sent to Montana this season the best sprinter competing there in Miss Rowena the record-orea.K- CT; Lucky Star, Flashlight (who has run miles in 1:40 oftener than almost any mans horse), Dolore (who estabnshed new mile and sixteenth record). val encienne (Who ran six furlongs in 1:13H), Peixotto (who went the route at Butte in 1:131b) and many others fast enough to win anywhere up to seven furlongs. Torsida has always been good lilly, but her star was a trifle dimmed by the run ming of the phenomenal Briar Sweet at the local tracks last winter and spring However. ''Daggie" Smiths tilly was three-year-old miss that finished first yes- terdav at Saratoga at a mile and fur long in 1:54N. In fact, Martha IS at rreSent considered almost unbeatable at the far East at any distance from six furlongs to a mile and quarter.
 Oraibee the chestnut two-year-o!d geld ing which won at St Louis yesteroay Tor Dan Honig has a rather odd history. He was raised by L. J. Rose, who owned his sire, Orizaba,. and his dam Biondi- nette, by Joe Hooker. One day MT. Rose took a notion to sell off all his .wean- itnes and six by the then untried sires No1nad and Orizaba were disposed of For a sum not far from $200, Charley Kerr iamin of the Chronicle had concluded he Sidn't want them. Now in this lot of six that went begging for time at $zOo was OraIbee, yesterdays winner, Soid Tor her at Oakland last spring, and sold for s900 when 8 yearling, and last but not feast Toluca, which brought $500 as vearling and now could not be purchased }or s7000 Toluca is justly considered the best two-year-old lilly in the United States. and her wins over w. Overton, crrackeriacks 9t tt show that the estimate niaced upon her worth Is not too high. Ali this goes to demonstrate what q lot tery the purchase Of young horsenesh IS tbe hest filly in the country, stake-win- njne colt and a race-winntng gelding out nf a bunch of six sold for s20O! And there nav be others in that lot which aver naed S33 1-3 to make mark in aseu age racing fine. Toluca's sire, Nomad, cnuId cnu have been bought for $500 any day in 1897. good horse as he once was, but ,I, III LOU 11e suppose his owner would turn no r,o his nose at $2oO0 were it to be offered to him. -
 +a11ber 5 and thouoh fully 150 of our bnrses are racing In Montana, over hundred will have returned to the Gold en State by the time the bell rings for the first race on the opening day.
 This Weeks Wasp,