The San Francisco call., 1899-09-20
OUTLOOK IS
BRIGHT FOR
FINE RACING
Horses, Jockeys and Bookies
in Plenty for the Open
ing on Saturday.

The California racing season of 1899 and
extending well into the year 1900 will en-
JOY renewal at Oakland track on Satur-
DAY, september q. The crack Jockeys of
the country will not be seen in the pigskin
on the opening day, nor will all of the best
handlcap horses of the day face the bar
rler But by the foregoing statement it
must not be construed that there will be
no competent pilots or good horses to
Place Wagers on. Every incoming train
from the East brings a fresh supply of
equine talent, the very latest to date be-
ing the stable of P. Ryan, one of the most
consistent that ever ran here Mr.. Ryan's
string arrived at Oakland on Sunday, and
comprises the following very useful per-
formers: Synia, Summer, Jerid, Marcato
Silver Tone, Cyril, Afamada, Racivan and
yearlfng by Fonso. Besides there will
be represented locally Burns & Water
mouse with an immense stable of bread
winners, including their two St Louis
purchases, Bit of Fashion and Southern
Girl j. G. Brown, out of Libertine, Bam-
boulia, Monrovia, Diomed and dozen
others; the lighter strings of "Curley''
Shields, Mcmahon & Gerhardy, John
Humphrey, Tom Boyle, Caesar Young,
Dan Honig, S. F. Capps, McHugh & Lin
nell, Hanger" Jones, Daggie Smith and
a host of others.
The Jockeys, for the greater part, are
not above mediocrity, including among
them Quill Morse, Eddie Jones.
Macklin, Frank, Duffy Tommy But
Ter, Johnny Sullivan and Ruiz, but
they are all capable of doing good
work in the saddle. Buchanan is an
extremely promising lad, and if Atkins &
Lottridge can persuade Monk" Coburn
to wear an ice cap every other day he
too can win an occasional race OF course,
Charley Thorpe, the Western favorite,
Will be on hand, and praise in this in
stance is unnecessary. His past record
speaks for itself.
To start off with the bookmaking brig
ade will be limited, though at present it
looks as If the ensemble would be some
thing like John Humphrey, Schwartz &
Co, Harlan & Co., Hoffman & Co.. Paul
Johnny Lyons. The latter was here last
winter, but did not book. He has a bank
roll large enough to derail a Southern Pa
ciiic % train and will give, the chalk and
toned are almost certainties, and there
will perhaps be a dozen or more in all lay
ing prices:
An evening paper which has been decry-
ing the wicked horrors of a racetrack
war with all the attendant atrocities of
the naughty ungovernable turf advisers
recently printed the following significant
paragraph: Mr. Corrigan finished his
season at Chicago Saturday. He will be
here directly and then there will be war
in earnest. If the writer had said 1.-The
season finished Mr.. Corrigan at Saratoga
and he had retired to Hawthorne in
ytGl which track he owns $4,000 worth, of
he would have hit the nail on the head.
Corrigan will probably hold a grand pow
WOW of all the medicine men at Haw-
thorne Lodge, signal fires for miles around
will Illuminate the heavens, weird ghost
dances will end the wild orgies and we
may expect to see the grand old chief of
with war paint and bedecked with feath-
ers as we never saw him before.
Golden Rule, greatest of the bad lot of
Oakland last spring, cheap platter at
Saratoga, has finally found his level He
can, win at Hawthorne, make Time turn
found q Chicago reporter the other day
who believed it and printed such stuff in
the paper he represented. Don't these peo-
pie know that good selling platter can
run rings around a trashy bunch of plat
ers and almost hang up a. record? But
cap horses, and his name is utterly for
got at the finish. The poor fellow is car
ried so fast the first part of the journey
that he cracks and asks the others to
"break the news to mother"
Zeke Abrahams, once Well known as an
impresario in the pugilistic zone, is now
fairs; Zeke had the betting privilege at
Eureka, where he taught the rural visit
ors the intricacies of the percentage sys-
tenn He leaves tonight for Boise, Idaho.
where he will also manage the ring.
Dick speakman. the lifelong friend of
Jockey Willie Martin, arrived from the
East on Monday evening. speakman was
recently warned off the turf and Martin
had his license revoked by the stewards
Of the Jockey club Dick told friend
matters up If Martin energies from
this last gale with spinnaker and gaff
topsail all set there ought to be a chance
for Patsy McDermott to win the Arctic
handicap to be run at Cape Farewell
Greenland in 1906.
Stump" Golden is a rider of more or
Jess renown in these parts. but he lost
his job at Sacramento. That is, he does
not pilot the horses of Crane & Owen
the meeting, Amasa, a horse owned by
the firm mentioned, didn't feel well; at
least the trainer said SO, so Golden was
told of it, with the customary instruc-'
tions, no doubt, don't abuse him and
the books. also heard about it and laid
some good advice by the dealer" also a
ticket or two, and went out and won.
giving the books "such a headache" "
They were reported to have lost s3900
Robbed Chinese Store.