The Anaconda standard., 1898-03-11

racing. and while one or two excep-
tional horses may come TO the front
especially in the 2-year-old division. the
public has about seen the best of them
go to .he post.
1t looks as IL the best half a dozen
youngsters out this season in Califor-
MIA are Magdalenas. FL Mido. Milt
Young. E-Come, Sanity and Obsidian
Several others have not vet been seen
at their best, but the next month may
give racegoers a more decided line. If
anything. Magdalenas. SANITY and Ei
Mido are perhaps the best but Milt
Young's race last Saturday in the mud
was a rafting performance. There is no
doubt. however, that Magdalenas is
queen of the 2-year-old lilly division.
Probaly the best 3-year-old colts are
Count of Flanders, TTayerser. Maxelio
Moreilito, Eddie Jones. Bliss Rucker
Marplot and Fonsovannah For Derby
route the chances are that the Count of
Flanders and MorelIito have the best
claims for recognition. but Maxello may
prove a decided element although he
has never yet been seen over distance
of ground. AT the sprinting distances,
Traverser is. perhaps, the best, but il
begins to look as IL he win not go the
3-year-old distances for classic events.
Marplot has shown TO be sensational
colt at long distances, and his two and
stamp him as one OF the most wonder
full young horses seen in America. Bliss
Rucker IS a very fast youngster, and is
credited with running mile in his .
year-old form In lao fiat. Lord Mar
mion, before he trained off. demonstrat-
ed that he was an exceptional sprinter.
Odds ON. Eddie Jones, DR. Sharp, Fon-
savannah and Midian are quintette of
fair performers.
Owing to her win in the California
Oaks, Briar Sweet must be awarded the
palm of being the best 3-year-old filly in
California, with Napamax a close sec
ond, and, perhaps, Torsida, the third
best. Morinel is the most consistent and
game filIy seen out this season. and is
a wonder for her size, That viii mill
tate against her ever becoming a stake
filly, but she is sure to develop into a
first-class platter. Martha is not the filly
that she gave promise of being when
she was a 2-year-old. St Calatine is a
class filly at the sprinting distances.
but she will hardly do at anything over
seven furlongs with her entitled weight
up.
In the all-age division Fleur de Lis.
The Roman and Geyser are the three
best over a distance of ground with
weight up. At a mile Satsuma should
doubtless be included. as the old son OF
Nacduff displayed wonderfully good
form in the early part of the season.
Whether Geyser quite classes up with
Fieur de Lis or The Roman at one and
one-quarter miles Is somewhat matter
OF conjecture. At all events. Geyser has
proved himself capital performer up
to a mile and he should certainly run
any distance. Fleur de Lis is, facile
princeps, the queen of the California
turf and is a first-class weight packer.
while the palm should be awarded The
Roman as the best horse. He gave early
evidence of his ability by his wonderful
race in the Burns handicap when g.
year-old.
In the next division might be included
Ostler Joe, Installator, Senator Bland,
Paul Grisgs, Colonel Wheeler, Judge
Denny Buckwa Salvado, Maruuise and
Libertine. Buckwa broke the worlds
one and one-half miles record before he
went amiss. but he certainly did not
display enough form in California this
season to be classed with either Fleur
de Lis or The Roman. Ostler Joe has
run number of smashing good races
and is one OF the most seryiceable
horses in California. Senator Bland was
10-pound better horse in Montana than
Ostler Joe. but he has developed as a
rank in and outer and Is a most difficult
horse TO intelligently size up.
over long distance Judge Denny has
stamped himself a great horse and
his brilliant victories in the tWo-mile
and four-mile stakes have brought the
son of Fonso into prominence all over
the country.
In the sprinting class OConneu, Gey-
ser and May w. are perhaps the three
best, while Montgomery must be con-
sidered over a muddy track.
Altamax, if he had not gone wrong
would doubtless have been included in
the select list with Fleur de Lis. The
Roman and Geyser. 1t will be a rare
piece of bad fortune If Altamax should
have to be retired to the stud without
showing his real class but he WAS a
clinker at one and one-quarter miles or
farther.
The poor form displayed by horses
that came from the East with great
regulations is one of the peculiar angles
of the racing game, Buck Massie. Rubi-
con, Howard Mann and Tom Cromwell
are the most notable cases. while Don
Carillo Wheel of Fortune, Caspar,
Scarborough, Soufile, Magnet and Scarf
Pin have either gone wrong or have not
run up to their records of the previous
season.