The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05
KISSING OF
 BYRON {. HOLLY A Sketch of the Noted
 Horseman. HORSE ITEMS FROM HAWAII HUNDRED CHANGE OF TRAIN FRS IN THE B. & W. STABLE. Small Fields of Gallopers at Sara toga-Danny Maher and "Fa-
 ther Bills" School of Riding.
HORSE ITEMS FROM HAWAII
HUNDRED CHANGE OF TRAIN. FRS IN THE B. Sc w. STABLE.

When Byron C. Holly passed away sud-
 denly at Butte, Mont. late Wednesday night one of the most famous figures of the American turf was no more.
 By" Holly was known on every race
 track from San Francisco to New York for he had campaigned both runners and trotters within that territory, and Nd won races galore with them during career as trainer and owner that began
 along about 1870 in Michigan. MT. Holly came to Colorado about 1875 and had horses of all kinds in partnership with Jim Carlile, well known politician of the State of Teller and Tabor They also bred horses at Pueblo, and had lease for time on Hickory Jim, who raced until he
 was twenty-one years old. Among the an- imals MT. Holly brought out to California in the early eighties was Fusillades Last, the mother of Fly, Montallade and Hor ton. He campaigned Ninena, Irish Lass,
 Sid and other gallopers with considerable
 success in the eighties, and drove trot
 ters on the California and Montana cir
 cults as we'll It was Holly that condi-
 toned and developed the trotting stallion
 Woodnut until he was considered to be
 worth $20,0O0 by Robert Steele of Phila-
 delphia, who paid that sum to the clever
 horseman for the son of Nutwood This
 sale and the money he won at Sacra-
 By on his financial feet, and he after
 ward acquired and fitted for track work
 such celebrities as Revolver, Happy Day,
 Sympatheuc's Last and Fl Rayo, and
 made great deal of money with them.
 For ten years or more this turfman,
 who was of gypsy origin. had resided on
 a fine ranch at Flosden, just few miles
 from Vallejo, Cal, and here he raised
 his own trotters and runners, among them
 many that by their racing ability made
 hNr- lrva rEs,t,
 ever. He owned for years Rosette (the
 dam of Acclaim, Royal Flush, Rosie F.,
 Francesca and others that won good
 races), Fusillade,s Last dam of Fly, Montallade and Horton) and Ninena [dam
 of Sidney and otherS). Horton, a crack
 erjack two-year-old. Is by. his, good Fl
 FusilladeS Last.
 There was a good deal of sentiment about B. C. Holly, and no man loved
 turfman owned select string at the time of his death, including Horton, Tor sion. Charlotte M and imp. Devils Dream, and with Lucky Star he had made considerable sum this season at Denver and Butte. However, horsemen got to running the latter up in selling races, and he let him go one day, not long ago, Montana turfman securing the fast son of imp. Friar Tuck.
 Four years ago the old turfman could have written his check for over S100 900 and had 1t honored, but he had met with several reverseS since that time, and his speculations had not always turned out well. so that it is doubtful if he died worth much over a quarter of the sum mentioned.
 MT. Holly, who was 5s years of age, leaves widow and young lady daughter to mourn his loss. and he was as kind as a father to Joe NarvaeZ, W. Clancy, Bert Hart and Tod Sloan, ali of whom owed their success as riders .ie at least in part of the art, and to his ability to impart that knowledge: It was Messrs: Holly and J. H. Shields who gave Tod Sloan his first real opportunity as horse pilot. That the swarthy, intelligent face of this acknowledged prince of trainers will be greatly missed wherever the Flosden will be cherished by a host of horsemen and racegoers throughout a broad ex- panse of this American country goes
 Harry Agnew of Santa Clara County Is back from a business trip to the Ha- waiian Islands. While In kanakaland he Oaks, for $75o When Agnew disposes of his stock farm near San Jose he will re- turn to the islands. and there take up his permanent residence. He says that Venus. the Verano mare purchased for $100 by MT Cornwall of that country, is considered the fastest mare ever brought down there. She won everything she went after. Venus once belonged to Dow Williams, ruled off the turf some years ago. together with Jerry Chorn, Cheva- Her and Little Pete''
 QA that ran several races over Bay District 1 course three or four years ago. is string l some very handsome colts on the island 1 of Maui. and is held in high esteem.
 The fields are uniformly small at Sara toga We noticed one day three races | where there but three starters, another l race with four entries, another with six | the latter the best race of the after noon.
 There is a strong rumor in turf cir cles that Jimmy Mccormick Qor the past | @I,,- xxrifh Hr No4a 4art,r as chief trainer) will shortly sever his | connection with the big racing stable in fact, 1t Is declared he will not accom- | pany the string to this coast from the | East next October. If this comes about | 1t is more than likely Ben Timmons will | be McCormick's successor. He has been | with Burns X Waterhouse about as long as Mccormick, Is a veteran at the busi ness and a very capable man. For years | he handled gallopers for J. B. Haggin. | Timmons Is handling about twenty two- Oakland track. Mccormick. who was | Jockey in his younger days, Is quite | wealthy and, t Is said, prefers to live has spent most of his life. He has been | in receipt of the salary of Congress- | man since he has been with Burns X Wa terhouse, and just what he will do If he l leaves Is not known at present. The Call i ifornia firm has had as high sixty | nine horses in active training at one time 1 and the string had to earn about s90,OO0 While it has won what looked like a large sum to persons that did not stop to con slider the enormous outlay, it is doubtful if the horses have been paying invest ment for the owners of the Candelaria mine. Brighton Beach yesterday and was third in the sixth race. He is pressing the older idol Tod Sloan very close for the riding championship. Maher Is a pupil of 'Father Bill Daily, from whose school | graduated Jimmy Mclaughlin, Snapper Garrison Lamle. Keefe and many other shining lights of the pigskin Armament