The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
SPEED IN THE
 WESTERN OZONE Selling Platers Become
 Stake Horses. SEVERAL CASES ARE NOTED CHINooK's VICTORY OVER GHE
 BRITISH CRACKS. Future of the Mighty Hamburg. California Race Meetings-Gos-
 sip of the Turf.
 Notes, Etc.
SEVERAL CASES ARE NOTED
CHINooKs VICTORY OVER EHE
 BRITISH CRACKS.

California climate Is certainly great for race horses. Candleblack, a Candlemas colt brought out here to race last winter by B. J. Johnston, was so much benefited by "the glorious" that he graduated from the selling-plate class into the stake and was purchased by W. H. Clark of Sara toga last week for S6000 The same gentle man also secured the chestnut colt Ban aster, by Barandole- Blessing, therefore a half-brother to the frequent winner, Montgomery. Elidad, who could not win here last winter, has captured two races at Hawthorne this week. Martha was so improved by her trip to the Golden State that she beat the best stake horses at Chicago and Saratoga, and was sold re- gently by Tom Griffin for $400O to ex-Seo- retary of the Navy Whitney. Many other almost similar instances could be cited of the wonders Californias climate has worked on beast as well as man.
 Ahom, the strapping Sir Dixon colt that won at Saratoga on the 18th for Pitts burg Phil" Is half-brother to the fa- nous Ben Brush. winner of the Kentucky Derby.
 Mrs. Byron McCleIand's colt, His Lord ship, worked six furlongs over the Sheeps- head Bay course late last week in 1:l4 fiat, with about 100 pounds up. His frac- tional time was :23A, AS, 1:01 and 1:14. In consequence he is considered to have 8
 
 all two-year-oId stake events.
 Chinook, a well-named three-year-old lilly by Sensation. from Breeze, won the Nassau Stakes at the recent Goodwood, England, meeting, beating the 1000 guinea winner, Nun Nicer, Orpha (by Orme) and five others. As the American representa- the party is supposed to have made a neat cleanup. Besides, the stake was worth about $415O. Eau Gallie, who ran in Richard Croker's colors for some time, won at Goodwood for MT. J. ONeil, and changed hands at 200 guineas. There Is practically no betting on the St. Leger, 1t being conceded that nothing in the stake has chance to defeat Jeddah, the Derby winner.
 Hamburg is not going to England or any other country to race, as several ann bilious writers have had it of late. It now transpires that Trainer William Lakeland believes the colt would not stand training much longer, and now that he has demon strated to the public that the famous son of Hanover is a stayer as well as a sprfn- ter, the horse goes to end his days at the Bitter Root stud, Hamilton, Mont. Mar GUS Daly has on that place the finest col lection of English mares in America. and with these the mighty Hamburg will be Daly never had any idea of sending the colt against Ornament in a match race. averring that while the four-year-old Is undoubtedly a good horse, he has been beaten too many times to make 1t any great honor for Hamburg to defeat him
 A Chicago paper says: Willie Sink Jr., who refused s12,5OO for Formero, Is under going treatment at the hands of Madi- son-street phrenologist."
 Next Saturday. the 20th, the Santa Rosa trotting- pacing meeting begins, and not only are the best performers at present in California entered. but there is a lot of raw material to be sprung on an un- suspecting public, of which much Is ex- pected-at least by the owners. At Sac ramento there are lot of good green" great force. One of the best meetings in the history of the State Agricultural So newly-elected president. is an enthusiast on contests between horses of all gaits, and the coming State Fair meeting Is cer- tain to be a rousing one.
 Long Shot, Conley was set down for the meeting at Hawthorne last Friday and fined s1OO besides for riding ,foull!y. bumped here last winter.
 Anaconda's showing in the POS pace at Columbus on the closing day was a glorious one. The Sacramento gelding two, then won the fourth in 2:07. the last heat in 2:0S. Of the oregon pacer Chehalis the Buffalo Horse World corre- spondent said regarding his race on the last day: His second mile in 2:04A Is the fastest race heat for either trotter or pacer this season. He showed great at Cleveland, and will be one of the hardest of the pacing brigade to beat for the remainder of the year" Directum Kelly had little trouble in the PA trot, and trotted the fourth heat in 2:131z over a soft and sticky track, this being one of the best performances of the year. Last week he won easily at the Fort Wayne
 The great searchlight was beaten at the Portland (Me) meeting by Roan Wilkes, who stepped off the three heats Ben Walker was called upon to drive Searchlight, who was beaten length in the first heat, good deal more than that in the second, and more than a length fa St
 Nico, the son of Arion. 2:O7a4, and Mag gie Sullivan. by Sultan (California breed- (Me) meeting he beat the superb Eros mare Drone, who took the second heat in 21OA, in 2:091A. 2:O9A, 2:1112. Stam-- General, by Sidney, fourth. Verify Cali fornia made a showing in this race, in which there were thirteen tsarters Nione is the i fastest Ns Enaland by Drectum, 2:65A.
 Phyllis, Kelly. a sister to Directum old trot at Glen Falls, N. y.
 Andy Mcdowell of Pleasanton, Cal, has driven the following champions 1n6,. to and Klatd~na Lena & in nO S65H the fastest & miie ever paced by mare in a race.
 IT looks now as if the Pleasanton track would be considerably widened and 300 good box-stalls erected by a syndicate of enthusiastic harness horse lovers. The Pleasanton course will then be about the meetings will be held on it at least a couple of times each season.
 Thompson, the little colored lad ruled off after the Brighton Beach meeting, has only been riding a couple of sea- sons. His father is 'Coley" Thompson, the well-known colored turf correspond enf who used to be with the Gardeners, TOW owners of the Arondale stud, Saun-
 O Keene purchased Braw Lad of
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