The San Francisco call., 1898-07-29
California Gallopers at
 Saratoga, N. Y.
SOMBRE WAS BADLY BEATEN
SIMILARITY OF METHODS OF
 SLOAN AND CHEVALIER.
Nick S. Halls Canace, a Napa- Bred Filly, Second in a Fast-Run Race at Washington
 Park, Chicago.

The racing strings of the Messrs. Boots of Milpitas and Sam Hildreth of Ingleside are now quartered at Saratoga Springs. N. I. Racing began yesterday at the glorious Spa of the Empire State, and among the starters we noted Twinkler of the former lot and Hurly Burly from the Hildreth stable. The latter is regarded as nearly the champion sprinter of the mid dle West-at least she divides the honors with Mary Black, the Californian.
 In the list of mares recently purchased by General w. H. Jackson of Belle Meade we noticed California once very speedy race mare and one that won stakes for Tully Coulter both at Oakland and around Chicago. She recently broke down and was sold for a brood mare for about $l50O Diggs, who created a sensation as two-year-old by running six furlongs in 1:12&, and who defeated the best gallop- CTS in training at Harlem that summer, passed under the hammer at the same sale for $250. He is an own brother to Sutton and Olinthus. The latter was, next to Formero, the best .two-year- old colt in California last spring, winning four stake races for Galen Brown and Irving DlggS, his breeder. MT. DiggS lives in Woodland. This season he mated Lily Wright. the dam of Diggs, Sutton. Olinthus, ct al., with the renowned sire, Imp. Brutus.
 Sombre, the black daughter of imp. Midlothian, and the former turf queen. Miss Woodford, was disgracefully beaten | at Brighton Beach yesterday. finishing last in four-horse race. Backed down rom even money to to 10, she led for a little over three furlongS, then "blew up, even the skatish Dr. Fitzsimmons fin ishing. in front of the Ally that was ex- pected to set the Easterners afire with enthusiasm. Last spring Sombre broke the lngleside track record for four and a half furlongs and carried LIS pounds into the bargain. Olinthus and al the other two-year-old cracks had to take her dust. However Sombre is not larger than the proVerbfal pint of cider" tipping the scales at less than 700 pounds.
 The champion horse riding midget, Tod sloan, Will appear in the pigskin at the Saratoga meeting. He rode only a couple of times at Brighton, which was too pie beian for his ludship." The Eastern pa perS are deVoting a great deal of space of plotting race horses, and seem to be agreed that he stole his plans and specifi- cations from Snapper Garrison. They are all wrong. The chances are Sloan dozen races in his life, but he did observe little coffee-colored Chevalier put many a winner over the plate. and that's where the hunch' originated. Chevalier. was 1.-the and active, and when the wind was booming off the bosom of the broad Pa citic, blowing the sand around Bay Dis trict track in binding sheets, the little pickaninny would be out on the larboard side of his mounts neck. riding for dear life and offering as little resistance to the wind as possible, and when the horse would get into the homestretch Hippo lyte's face would be in close proximity to the gallopers ears.
 At the time of which we speak Cheva- Her was putting winners over the plate in way that narrowed up the proud and jealous spirit of Captain Tod" and that he gave the why's and wherefores consideration there can be no gainSay- ing. That he would now scoff at any one If they were to even hint that he ran away with a coon's ideas anent rid ing racers Is also pretty certain, but a comparison of the style of the pair In the saddle will at once lead one to be- lieve that there is at any rate a wonder full similarity. Furthermore, Tod'S rid Ing up to two and half years ago would not set the bay afire, and 1t is about that length of time since the midget man changed his style. And now Danny Ma her, they say, is patterning after Tod. bred by A. B. Spreckels, ran second to Batten in fast race at Harlem yester- day.
 Weenatchie, twice a winner at St. Louis within a week, is by the unbeaten Fl Rio Key, from Question, by Joe Hooker.
 The special commissioner of the London Sportsman says: ''In interesting converse. tion which I had with MT Lorillard, he fully haven II and exactly expressed my own ideas as to climatic influences in the breeding of race
  growing wheat year after year from seed raised on the same land. and it is the same with pota- toes any other products of the soil. You want climatic change in these things, and so fl is with horses You do right to bring Austral- ian horses here. They are sure to improve youl stock. have not the slightest doubt that 1t is change of climate which makes horse that has been a stud failure in England succeed when he goes to America, or elsewhere and as I have often said, if the Duke of Westminster would give old Ben dor a chance he would even yet sire a second Ormonde'
 There was strong talk lately of match race between the California lilly Toluca and Spirituelle. daughter of Spokane | which Hildreth's lilly had defeated. Lucky Star, the clinking good son of imp. Friar Tuck and Keepsake, recently passed into the hands of a Montana turf man, and the price was reported at S15OO He's a cheap horse at that figure.
 | Marcus Daily, at Butte, Mont, recently sold off a number of horses in training two and three years old mostly. Very fair prices were realized. animals going at $1250. s11OO, s9O0 and $750. Frank Van Ness of this city was quite a buyer at the sale.
 BRIGHTON BEACH FLYERS.