The San Francisco call., 1898-01-29
RANDOM NOTES
 ABOUT THE GALL0PERS.

It may be 8 subject for future contem- plation and regret among some of our breeders that the big numbering brown horse Stromboli was allowed to be re- turned to his home in the land of the Southern Cross neglected and nearly over looked. When first brought to this coun- try by the late c. Bruce Lowe he was placed in training, and under the guid- ance of Dan Halliday a number of very creditable races at the old Bay Dis trict track, one of his wins being at the long price of 40 to 1. His suspicious leg finally prevented further racing, and he was bred to number of mares, but it was said flaw in his pedigree held pros pective buyers aloof. At any rate he was one day put aboard of a steamer and sailed away to Australia.
 And now comes the first crop of two year-olds. Banewor, a daughter of his, brought the name of the departed brown horse before the public by winning very impressively the first time out with the silk up, stepping off the three and half furlongs within half a second of the coast record. Burns & Warehouse, the flly's owners, then began looking about for more of his progeny.
 Tom Boyle was the possessor of a big colt by the Australian who loafed along in his gallops until touched up one morn ing with the whip, when he nearly ran from under his rider. Willie Martin was then placed on the colts back and he ran four furlongs so handsomely that Burns 8c Warehouse wrote out a check for $2500 and the embryo racer changed hands then and there. This looks a big price to pay for an untried tWo-year-old, and his career will be watched with in terest. His dam, Clara D, produced Chew alier, which never showed to be any thing more than an ordinary selling platter.
 An Eastern exchange states that the managers of the Barksdale track gave a bonus of $50 to every jockey landing a horse winner with odds of over 10 to against 1t, and that the California rider Narvaez was one of the first to get the coveted prize On perusing this little item well known Eastern owner re- marked: Well, it would be a good plan if the management of the two big Cali fornia tracks would hang up the same amount for every jockey finishing in front astride favorite."
 Both Fieur de Lis and The Roman are carded to be taken East and started in one or more of the big spring handicaps- The run of The Roman on Thursday and the defeat of Buck Massie by Stemler's s mare yesterday will probably not have the effect of lessening their imposts with the handicapper. Perhaps when the weights and entries are issued in the near future the respective owners will have changed their minds.
 Many are inclined to look upon the per formance of The Roman in Thursday S handicap as a marvellous performance, but the writer cannot see it in that light. It was a rare good one, but not a great run. To begin with, Morellito, the three year-old, carried within one pound of his entitled weight at the distance Gazing back through the formbook it will show that Torsida, Count of Flanders and some of the other three-year-olds have taken the measure of the son of Morello.
 On form, if Count of Flanders had been one Of the starters in the race he could have strolled in at leisure. Another thing, Ingleside track is much faster than formerly, and people are too prone tf call 1t slow; allowing two or three seconds difference in time between it and Oak land.
 Conley is no longer worshipped as the idol of purity. On his arrival here his admirers were wont to say that a barrel of Klondike nuggets would not tempt the colored wonder. Now, on several sides complaints are heard of poor rides which are blamed to inactivity on the part of LongShot- The game here is rotten to the core, but 1t is to be hoped that Conley has not met the tempter and fallen He can ride at a very useful weight and has 8 brilliant future before him.
 Since yesterdays race the Eddie Jones stock has fallen a trifle The Morello colt shouldered 125 pounds and made a very credttable showing, but it was pounds below his real form. It was gos- eiped around the ring before the race that the youngster had been given very little work since his win of the stake at Oakland on January 22. At that time he looked as though rest up would do him no harm, and there is little doubt but that in the future he will redeem him. self. On the occasion of their match race Jones gave Torsida a twenty-pound beating, and there must be some cause for his indifferent showing yesterday
 F. E. MTJI,HOTIAND