The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-15
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Stable Gossip

| "A Frisco special says that Johnny Bull
| man. the Helena lad, under contract to
Ed Purser for the year 1899. is the idol of
| the hour around the coast METROPOLIS He
| Is the greatest hustling never-say-de
rider that has sprung on the public out
thls way Tor years, If, indeed. there was
| ever a boy in California who came out
of obscurity with such a rush as has
Bullman.
Last tall at the Sacramento State fair
meeting, he first came into notice by
putting 10 ko first over the plate in
seven and a half furiong dash. beating
scarborough (the California Derby win
ner), Colonel Wheeler and other good
ones. So little was 10 10 thought of that
the none too-liberal bookies at that meet
ing laid 60 to l against Bulimans mount.
lie Won a couple of races besides at the
| meeting, and then the big meeting at
Oakland finally came along. At first there
was no frantic rush to secure Bul.man
to ride. and Ed Purser through Trainer
Billy Murphy, signed the boy on his own
terms. Then pullman got his first real
chance to distinguish himself and en-
braced it, with the result that good
judges even now pronounce him a strong
er rider that H. Martin, even good as
"Skeets' undoubtedly is. Spencer is the
only boy at present before the California
public that is riding better than pullman,
such good judge as Jimmy Rowe de-
clares that there is no rider riding in
America at present superior to Henry
Spencer.
With a little more experience pullman
has been riding only two seasons and has
been on skates for the most parD 1 be-
lieve the jockeys in this whole country
who can put up Il more vigorous ride
than Bullman can be counted on the fin
gers of one hand. He is utterly fearless,
knows the shortest way around the race
track, as a "hand rider has few equals,
is SO strong that he can ride a horse
every inch of a two-mie journey, and
when it comes to the finishing he just
puts it on them all alike. At Ingleside,
in the Lakeside stakes. mile and half,
it was Bullman's superior strength and
finishing ability that enabled him to land
Lady Hurst first over the overwhelming
favorite, Sardonc, ridden by "Skeets'
Martin.
The California Derby, says a San
Francisco exchange. is little more than
a month away, and the present indica-
tons are that a big field will go to the
post. If there a winter book there
is no doubt that either Sam McKeever or
First Tenor would be the favoTite The
former colt ran a smashing good race on
Saturday. He must have shaded 1:40,
which is quite a performance for a s.
year-od with lis pounds in the saddle. A.
this time the most prominent candidates
are Sam McKeever First Tenor, Olinthus,
Obsidian. Gauntlet Los Medanos. For
nero. Corsine. Survivor, Horton, Lime
water and possibly the winner of the
California Oaks. Unless Formero regains
the form that he showed in the East the
chances of a California colt winning
the race are not very bright.
Yellow Tail, the fast 2-year-old in the
Burns & Waterhouse stable, will probably
not be seen at the barrier again here. He
will be reserved for his Eastern engage
ments.
Imp. blk. M. ), by imp. Wagner-Found-
ling, was given 40 pounds in the Brook
Ign handicap, and some are inclined to
think the mare is in light In the West
she is called 1.-The black whirlwind,' but
her Eastern performance did not stamp
her as a particularly high-class mare.
Perhaps the change of climate had much