The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-28
HORSES SHOW
MARKED SPEED
PAGERS and TrOtterS on the
Coast Circuit Surprise
Talent by Performances
CALIFORNIANS' SUCCESS
Sweet Marie, COnsuela S, The
Roman, George G Are Win
ming On Eastern Tracks
CALIFORNIANS' SUCCESS

Excellent racing has been seen on the
short California harness circuit this
year, the owners and trainers attribut-
ing it to the absence of the bookmak-
ing fraternity from participation in the
game. However this may be, the fact
remains there has never been a season
of racing in California where so few
heats have been laid up There were
only two or three suspicious looking
heats from Pleasanton to Santa Rosa
The fast time made this season has
been a surprise to the horsemen them
selves, who did not expect 2:10 to be
beaten by the PAGERS nor 2:15 by the
trotters. Dictatress, 2:0sA; Tom Car
neal 2:0SIA; Kelly Briggs, 2:09A; 70
lock, 2:O914, and Highball, 2:091s. are
some OF the new 2:1O pacing perform
ers the California circuit has produced
to date.
Among the fast trotters that have
dropped into the 2:15 list are Morosco,
2:12; Coronado, 2:12S4; Ole, 2:11A; H d
B, 2:15; Una X, 2:141.; Lady Madison.
2:1414; Briney K, 2:15, and Princess,
2:14.
The three-year-o ODDS that have ap-
peared in the stakes are a high class
lot. Murray NJ. a colt by Hamble-
tonian Wilkes, bred at the, Green
Meadow Stock Farm, Santa Clara,
holds the fastest record, having trotted
a third heat in 2:14 at Santa Rosa. He
was beaten the fourth heat and the
race, however by the little filly Mamie
r, owned by Mamie Reams of Suisun,
in 2:15E. These two are without doubt
the class of this years three-year- olds
in California, but neither was entered
in the Occident nor the Stanford stakes
at the State Fair.
The Occident stake proved the long
est drawn out race in it's history and
took seven heats to decide. Almaden,
son of that game racehorse Direct,
2:0512. that Monroe Salisbury beat all
the best Eastern PAGERS with, proved
the winner simply because of his
gameness and w. G.. Durfee's good
driving. He had been a sick colt un-
til few weeks before the stake was
trotted and did not have as much speed
as he showed in his two ear-old form,
when he won the Breeders Futurity for
two-year-olds and took a record of
2:22H. The faster colts. split the race
up and tired, and, coming back to his
rate of speed were at his mercy after
four heats had been trotted.
The trotter Morosco, by Wayland w,
which It. c. Cabney is campaigning
through the circuit, is the best and
fastest of those that have started in
the slow classes this year in California
lie is owned by I. n. Minor of Arcata,
and, while not a handsome horse, is a
bold-going and speedy trotter. The
no I'D
in laying UP the first heat of his race
at Sacramento On the opening day was
a surprise to every one. The prompt
action of the judges in fining him $50
was a mild punishment, but accom-
plished the desired result and taught
the reinsman lesson that he probably
will not forget for some time. Morosco
is capable of a mile in 2:10 under favor
able conditions, as his easy heat In ZIP
at Santa Rosa clearly shows.
The largest stake of the year for trot-
tiers, the $4,000 Massachusetts, was
won at Readville last Wednesday by
Consuela S, a daughter of the once
champion Directum, 2:05H. She was
bred by Monroe Salisbury, who is rae
ing her. She is ten years old. A pc
culiar feature of this race was that of
the three California-bre horses en-
tered in it all got some of the money.
George G, the $4,000 horse, was award
ed third money, and The Roman, the
son of Mckinney, bred by Frank H.
Burke of this city, won the fourth divi-
sion Of the purse. George G took a new
record by winning the first heat in
2:07%, which proves him to have all
the speed claimed for him. OF the
horses that We're expected to make a
great showing in this race were John
Taylor and Snyder McGregor They
were both frequent winners, but they
could not keep up with the Califor-
mans.
Sweet Marie, the Los Angeles mare
is the biggest winner on the grand cir
cult, having added nearly $4,000 to her
owners bank account since she started
at Detroit.
Lou Dillon, 1881, the champion trot-
ter, has fully recovered and will try to
lower a record or two at the two days
matinee meeting of the Association of
Driving Clubs, which opens at Cleve-
land, Ohio, August 80. She will prob
ably be driven to high wheels in an at
tempt to reduce the record of 2:0SA to
that hitch, now held by Maud S.
Arion, 2:0SA, will be sold at auction
during the Old Glory sale. In November.
He brought $125, 900 when the late NAL
colin Forbes purchased him from the
Palo Alto stock farm, which was after
he had made his record of 2:102 as
two-year-old to high wheel sulky,
record that has never been approached
by two-year-old trotter since.
News from Cleveland is to the effect
that the authenticated stallion John
A. McKerron was never in such good
physical condition as this year. He is a
grand appearing stallion in every way.
H. X Devereaux. his owner, is conf
dent he will improve his record of
2:041k. So far this season McKerron
has not been asked to go a faster mile
than 2:25, but from now on his speed
will be sharpened and he will be put on
edge for flight against time at the
Memphis meeting in October.
One thousand acres of the old Wood
burn farm in Kentucky have been