The San Francisco call., 1904-10-08
SIDNEY DILLON
IS TO BE SOLD
IN THE EAST
Lively Bidding Is Expected
When Sire of Lou Dillon
is Led Into the Ring
SALISBURY'S BIG STRING
Engages Forty Stalls at the
PIeaSantOn Track, Where
He VIII Winter Horses

California is TO lose another OF its
great stations. TWO years ago an In
diana man paid $4,000 for Mckinney
and took him across the mountains, and
now Sidney Dillon, sire Of Lou Dillon
G;5S5z), the worlds champion trotter,
is 10 be sold. He has been consigned by
the estate Of Henry Pierce to the Old
Glory sale in New York in November,
and viii be the star attraction OF that
great annual event. SpeculatiOns as to
the price he viii bring will be numer
CTS now that this announcement is
made. Last year the great trotting
stallion Bingen (2:0614) sold for S32, 900,
the largest amount any trOtting stall
lion has brought since StambouI sold
for $4,000. Sidney Dillon will excite
lively bidding, and two or three COM
missions from California bidders will be
sent on.
The Woodland racetrack, where the
Yolo County district fair has been so
successfully conducted in recent years,
has been sold TO Alexander Brown, pro-
prietor Of the Walnut Grove stock
farm. one Of the few extensive trotting
horse breeding farms remaining in the
State. The sale Of the property will not
make any change in the holding Of the
annual fair there. Mr.. Brown will re-
move his stations Nushagak and Prince
Ansel, together with his fine collection
of brood mares, TO his new purchase.
Walnut Grove farm was partially un-
der water last winter during the over
flow Of the Sacramento River, and il
was TO secure a place that is high and
dry that he purchased the Woodland
track.
Monroe Salisbury has sent word to
the PleasantOn track management that
he viii need forty stalls during the
training season this winter, which
means his string viii be larger than
that Of last year. The king maker"
viii reach Pleasanton within a week
or two after the Memphis meeting
closes. The horses under his charge,
the majority Of which are owned by
James Butler Of New York, have won
close TO $4,000 on the Grand Circuit
this year. and his is the largest money
winning stable.
one Of the greatest trotters on the
Grand Circuit in years is the handsome
big gelding Aristo (2:0SA), which won
the Occident and Stanford stakes at
Sacramento IN 1902 One Of his front
legs was severely injured early in the
season, and in all his races it looked
q bout twice its normal size. He started
in seven races, Of which he won two,
was second four times and unplaced
once. As he met Sweet Marie (2:05),
TivertOn (2:0412) and all the best ones
out this year his showing was remark
able. Ed Geers says he is the grandest
A,-se &c
amount to S7175 to date He was sired
by Nushagak, a son Of Sable Wilkes,
and was bred by Alexander Brown of
Walnut Grove, Sacramento County,
who sold him to James Butler of New
York last Nay for $4,000.
Work on the new trotting track and
fair grounds at Santa Cruz began this
week. The track will be a regulation
mile and an effort is being made to
have the State fair held there in 1905.
There is no doubt but what popular
sentiment is against the use of hopples
and a close observer can plainly see
that this sentiment is steadily grow
ing. The only thing, seemingly, that
stands in the way al the present time
is how TO accomplish the change with
the least injury to the owner of the
present hOppled horse. Several plans
have been suggested. Among the latest
and, il would seem, best, to the notion
Of many. is one emanating from Secre-
taTy Knight Of the American TrOtting
Association, for it appears to be prac-
tical in every way. His plan is to in
corporate in the rules a mandatory
provision that no horse can start in a
race in hopples excepting those that
have acquired a record while wearing
the Indiana pajamas." They would
have the effect of Immediately putting
a stop 10 the training OF horses with
the pajamas while green and at the
same time allow those who now wear
them to still use them. This would
also bring the change and complete the
abolishment Of their use without harm
TO any person. AS one writer says. re-
garding this plan: There would of
course, arise a question Of the handicap
that the unsteady, unhoppled ones
would have against the old hoppled
campaigners. yet this would not be any
greater. in fact would be much less,
than the other plan Of setting some
certain date, say, two years hence,
when hopples would be barred alto
gether, which would practically end the
racing career Of many Of the horses
that now race with their legs tied Al
together, knights plan is worthy Of
consideration and discussion with a
view to having a proper adjustment Of
the question when the turf congresses
meet this fall"
It looks as if the $1,000 Pacific Breed
ers' Futurity for foals of mares bred
this year VIII break all previous rec
ords for this stake. Of which this viii
be the fifth renewal. 1t does not close
for nomination OF mares until next Sat
urday. October Is, but Secretary Kel-
ley Of the Breeders Association has al
ready received more than eighty en-
tries. Last year one week before the
date of closing OF stake No. about half
this number had been received, yet the
stake received 403 entries. It is ex-
pected the number will reach 500 this