The record-union., 1898-09-04

and whitewashers have made the
stands. blackboards, fences, etc, look
! like new
From the saddling paddock on the
north to the stables south of the special
stand distance of nearly oo0 feet, the
ground has been covered several inches
| deep in fresh, clean tanbark. Even the
| bookmakers' boxes have been rejuven-
ated, and the pencilers will need to ap-
pear in their best clothes to be in keep
| ing with the new order of things
| But Superintendent Wilson has not
confined his attention solely to the re-
habilitation of the buildings, fences,
| ETC. He has had lots of good, hard,
| businesslike work done on tue track it
| self, and horsemen who were inter-
viewed yesterday declared that it was
| in perfect condition for Mondays trOt-
| ting and pacing races. OF course where
| harness and running contests take
place en- alternate days it is not pcssi-
BILE to have a track in the best possible
| shape for record breaking running
races. but as near an approach thereto
| as circumstances permit will be accom-
| plished.
| None of the premium or exhibition
but some is expected to-day, and by to :.
morrow it will come in droVes. There
are, however, a great many racehorses
stabbed there, and others are arriving
almost hourly. A large contingent FROM
Montana got in last night, and others
from Nevada County, where meeting
has been in progress the past week
The Record Union has already pub
f,4in tn hn 81
events. which show the class of horses
| that are to be seen on the track dur
| ing the State Fair meeting and that of
the California Jockey Club that IS to
follow. The lists embrace many of the
favorites of last year and large num-
Der of new aspirants for records and
public favor.
The absence in the East of few
trotters and PAGERS of sensational
speed. such as Searchlight, Ana
conda, Dione, Chehalis and Klata-
wax. all of which can cover
mile in close to minutes, is really
blessing in disguise. For while peo-
pie like to see worlds records made
over a California track, they do not
like to see every other race SO one
sided that there can be no exciting fin
1SneS. EllneT one VI tic Hoi oCo AieAiii~A
is capable of spelling a race in which
he might start against field OF good
ones that were not in his class, ana
this was often the case last year. hut
with these ''phenoms' out of 1t this
season the racing should be of much
greater interest
FIRST DAYS RACES.
The races will begin on Monday at
1:30 O'Clock and will consist of five
harness events--three for trotters and
two for PAGERS. Following are the en-
tries in the several events. but it is pos
sible they will not all start:
Trotting, the Occident stake. for foals
of 1895, value of stake 500:
Green Meadow farms ch. f. Maud
Murray, by Hambletonian Wilkes, dam
Anna Belle by Dawn.
D. E. Knights b. c. Dos Minutes, by
Melvar, dam Elmorene, by Elmo.
d. f. Knights b. C. Lynhood, by Lyn-
mont. dam Knighthood, by Brigadier.
Santa Rosa stock farms b. f. Dolly
D., by Sidney Dillon, dam Dolly.
James Faris, Jr.'s b. C. George Buck
man. by George Dexter. dam Amber.
Thomas Smiths b. f. Maud Washing
ton, by George Washington, dam by
Mcdonald Chief.
Alex Browns b. c. Prince Ansel by
Dexter Prince, dam Woodflower, by An
sci.
Vendome stock FARMS br. c. Dr.
Frasse, by Iran Alto, dam Linda Oak.