The San Francisco call., 1904-07-09
HARNESS RACING
DEV0TEES LOOK
FOR GOOD SPORT
Sensational Struggles Are
Expected When 3-Year-
Olds Score Up for Word
OWNERS ARE CONFIDENT
Several Believe They Have
in Their Barns Fillies
and Colts of Great Speed

Not since the memorable campaign
OF 1895. when Zombro, matchless son
OF the great trotter Mckinney, 2:11H,
and STAN B, best of the get of the su-
perb Stamboul. 2:O75k. fought for su-
premacy through the Pacific Coast
circuit, has so much interest been
aroused over three-year-old trotters
rs is manifest this season. Zombro
won forty heats that year, a record
that has never been equaled since. He
went into winter quarters with "A rec
ord Of 2:13. while STAN B beat every
horse that beat him and closed the
season with a mark of 2:15h. Zom-
bro afterward reduced his record to
2:Il and the son OF Stamboul is only
2 quarter Of a second behind him in
point OF speed. While il may not come
about that the California three-year-
olds Of 1909 will class with Zombro
and STAN 3. the outlook at present
Is that some high class young trotter5.
viii be seen in the three great three
Near-old events that are down for de-
cisiOn. The first 10 be trotted will be
the Pacific Breeders Futurity. a stake
inaugurated by the Pacific Coast Trot-
ting Horse Breeders Associatio This
stake is guaranteed to be worth $4,000
and as this is the initial contest there
is great rivalry among breeders and
owners over the outcome.
Almaden, a handsome black colt
owned by c. A. Durfee of Oakland
won the two-year-old division OF this
stake last year. getting record of
2.22ia Al Petaluma. where the race
was decided. Almaden is naturally
the favorite for the three-year-old di-
vision this year and as he has worked
heats better than 2:19 and is known
10 be a game and consistent colt.
the confidence in his ability is not
misplaced. News comes from San
Jose. however. where the colt is in
training. that Almaden has not been
right and a lameness in one hin ne
cessitated his being thrown out of
training for while. A seton was put
in, which is treatment Of ,the heroic
order. and it is said the colt is going
sound again. although far behind in
condition and training for Z. race that
viii come of during the first week in
August
Payments were made January . of
this year on fifty-four colts and fillies
IN this stake, and allowing 50 per cent
taking 10 the pacing gait there are still
enough trotters remaining to make the
stake one Of the greatest, numerically
that has ever been given in California.
Among those that have shown winning
speed is the chestnut colt by Prince
Ansel, dam Nosegay, owned by Alex
Brown Of the Walnut Grove Stock
Farm. Charley Spencer is training this
colt at Pleasanton. and is reported to
have worked him miles below 2:lS on
several occasions.
HI HogoboOm has a Mckinney colt
IN his string at San Jose owned by c.
j. Jones Of Modesto, that must be con-
sldered, as he trOtted an easy mile in
2-22 six weeks ago, while Frank IL
Burke's filly Wanda II. by Mckinney,
out Of the old favorite, Wanda, 2:I4st
is looked upon as one capable Of equal
ing her dams record this year Among
those that viii be backed for this stake
IS the flly Geraldine. by Zombro owned
by w. H Coleman Of Los Angeles and
trained bv the popular driver Walter
Maben. There will be a load of money
played on this filly TO win by the south
ern contingent The outlook at present
is FOR q field Of eight or ten starters.
with the favorite at least two to one in
the betting.
In addition TO the Breeders Futurity
there viii be the Occident stake, worth
more than $1,000 to the winner, and the
Stanford. worth at least $1,000. A three
year-old trotter that can win the three
stakes here mentioned will earn in the
neighborhoOd of $1,000 for his owner.
Two weeks from Wednesday next the
California circuit will open at Pleas
anton. where more than $1,000 will be
distributed among the winners Of the
trotting and pacing events in four
days.
Budd Doble, who drove Dexter. Gold
smith Maid and Nancy Hanks to the
champion records Of their day. received
couple Of keeDsakes from c. K. G..
Billings last week which he prizes high
~. They were one Of the hind shoes
which Lou Dillon wore when she made
her worlds record OF 1:5s5s at Memphis
and a neat gold-plated pin made from
one Of the nails which held the shoe in
place on that memorable day. Mr.. Do
bic has had them mounted in an appro-
pirate frame, leaving the shoe just as
II came from the hoof Of the champion
mare. without nicl1le plate or other
adornment- The shoe is only a thin
plate, and placed alongside the shoes
worn by Goldsmith Maid and Nancy
Hanks shows a striking contrast. The
Goldsmith Maid shoe weighs ten
ounces, the Nancy Hanks shoe three
and a quarter ounces. while the Lou
Dillon shoe weighs but two ounces
Two Suits for Libel