The San Francisco call., 1901-10-26

ARE READY
, AT OAKLAND
High-Class Field Will
Start in Opening
HandiCap===The
BOOkieS.
-HE prospects for a great season of

- HE prospects 1or great season o1
winter racing never looked brighter
than they do at present. The sta
bles at Oakland track are crowded to
overfOwing with horses, and many more
stables will soon be on the way here from
Chicago and New York. The boosters
for the New Orleans game in the Eastern
country are claiming everything in sight
and knocking California, usual, but
comparison of the two winter racing CEN
ters is about as striking as is the intellect
cf a South African gorilla pitted against
The brain of a college professor.
Last season Charley Ellison won in the
neighborhood of 900 out here, but be-
cause Tommy Burns, the jockey, could
not swell it to suit his own peculiar tastes
and departed in fit of the sulks, Ellison
viii not pay us a visit this year. Burns
reflects no credit on the sport, and with
Spencer, Bullman, Nash Turner, O'Con-
nor. COCHRAN, Monderly. Redfern.
and boys of that caliber. the irrepressible
and uncertain Tommy will not be missed.
Sam Hildreth will winter the pick Of his
stable at Memphis and race the poorer
ones at New Orleans, It's said. Still, it IS
barely possible California can bear with
this great misfortune, for others and big
ger stables will be out 10 replace the va
cancy.
Anent the opening handicap, the stellar
attra ction for Saturday, November 2, such
z superb lot Of entries were never before
Watercure, from the stable of Green Nor
Tis, will be allotted top weight. The son
and 9T o1gbt to p paR lead leads in all Of the
swagger events throughout the season.
Then there are Favonius, Nones, Gray
field. La Goleta, Articulate, Autolight, Sir
Hampton, Rey Dare, Hard Knot, Beau
Ormonde, The Fretter and other good
ones to furnish brain food for Handicap
per Brooks. 1t will insure a field fit 10
grace an opening day on any of the big
metropolitan tracks
uring on fourteen or fifteen books cutting
in the first day at Oakland. There will be
the two field books of Rainey & Driscoll
and the combination book of w. j. Lang
ford to start with. 1t is reasonably GER
tain that Caesar Young, Joe Rose, Jim
Davis, Joe Harlan, Paul Ridley, Johnny
Coleman, Hughey Jones, Jack Atkins,
Herman Hoffman and Barney Schneider
viii toe the mark, with several new firms
to be heard from. More than likely Billy
ConnorS will also be on the block for Aus
tin & Co. of Denver.
English Bill" Jackman, reported to be
track. will make a visit to Australia be-
fore coming back to California. Joe Rose,
who, it is said, quit the season about $10,-
900 loser, has a half interest in the Jack
man book.
The car of w NJ. Linnel, containing
eight horses from Chicago, backed up at
Oakland yesterday. Alaska and Goal Run
ner are about the best ones, the former
proving a very useful animal in the dis
tance races at Harlem and Hawthorne
tracks.
c. H. Pettingill presiding steward of the
New California Jockey Club, wires Cen
eral Manager Price from New York, that
O'Connor and possibly Shaw and Wonder
ly will leave for California at the close
Of the Morris Park meeting. Redfern
Bullman and Mounce Will fill engagements
at Aqueduct before heading this way. Mr.
Pettingill himself will be here Novem-
Der ].
According to latest report George Rose
will not start for California before De-
cenber ].
Handsome Jim" Norvell is a recent ar
rival 1t will be sad news for the fair sex
to learn that Jim brings with him a blush
ing bride. lie has been flooded with con-
gratulations from his many friends out
this way.
Phil Hamill. cashier for Barney Schreib-
er, is also on the ground.