The San Francisco call., 1906-11-06

Several horsemen reached Emery
VILE yesterday from the East after
having been delayed en route by heavy
snowstorms in the Rocky Mountain
region. Among those who arrived was
z. c. Hopper. who viii preside in the
judges stand as in former years. Judge
Hopper came directly from his home
at Eeustonvile. KY where he spent
che summer He reports that the feel
ing is general among the horsemen OF
the Middle West that the approaching
meeting AT Oakland VIII be one OF the
most successful on record, and many
of them have been Influenced 70 make
the trip here as q result Of the i'm
preston 10 that effect that prevails IN
The East From the very day Of the
disaster which laid san Francisco low
and brought the local racing season
10 an abrupt end Judge Hopper ex-
pressed the utmost confidence IN the
ability o< the California Jockey Club
10 resume racing under favorable con-
di1ons at the regular time this fall.
and the excellent outlook for bril-
liant season fully vinGicates Judge
Eopper's judgment
Gil Curry was another arrival az the
track yesterday He came in from New
York via Lexington. ky, and at once
made arrang ngements coT bringing Bird
Of Passage. Rusricste, LOrena n, Red
Revnar6. Joe Ross and other runners
belonging 10 the Curry stable in from
rhe ranch where they spent the sum
ner Ee VIII 80 today 70 the Brent
wood Stock Farm near Antioch 20 look
al q couple OF vearlings which he eX-
poets 10 buy from Ed Corrigan. the
Master of Hawthorne Il they look as
good as represented
Owner Lewis came IN from Texas
with e string Of seven. including Joe
Goss. who won brackets al Dallas, but
DE was obliged 10 seeore stable accom-
uodarions outside the track. as he had
failed 10 apply for stau reservations II
advance and The available supply is
exhausted with the exception Of q sin
sic one here and there.
Big BIZ" Knapp, the star jockey Of
former seasons. also arrived during the
dav. coming from New York He was
accompanied by his mother. two sis
rers and younger brother. Knapp viii
rice here during the winter for sam
Etldre1h and can do I04 pounds. which
is about the same weight that he was
able 10 make last season He is sun
under contract 10 E. r. Bradley. a
wealthy Eastern Eurfman, for whom
he rode on the metropolitan tracks
during the past summer with fair sue
cess
Boots Durneu is due 10 arrive al
EmeryVilIe TODAY or tomorrow with
Nealon. Eireball. ElwoOd and the rest
~ the stable which he picked Up in
the East for his California campaign.
Nealon has been entered in all the big
stakes. including the Burns handicap.
the Warehouse cup al two and a
quarter miles and the Thornton stakes
at f0ur miles. Durnel paid Barney
ScLrefber $4,000 for Nealon fmme-
diarely after Running Water had de-
feated him by q head ia the Belmont
Park weight for age handicap at two
and g quarter miles on October %.
Andrew Miller OF the Newcastle stable
hT the advice OF his trainer. offered
Schreiber $4,000 for the same three
year-old. but Schrefber held out for
more money. Frank Farrell. r. r
Thomas and J. 3. Brady were ali
anxious 10 buy Nealon. who was then
considered the best four -Tesr-Old pros
pecr OF the season, and any OF them
would have paid The price asked. but
Boots" Durneu had in the meantime
secured an option on the colt Al $4,000
and eventually closed the deal Neal
ons winnings in the past two sea
sons footed up s17.175- which with
the price al which he was sold figures
up s37.1-5 that he has yielded Schreib-
-. p addition 10 what his owner may
have won on him in wagers. The
record u his racing career TO date IS
as follows
year First Second Third placed. ms,
isos iss ...... -. 10 i5.iSs i
notwithstanding that he already had
SO many horses in his string he felt
obliged 10 dispose Of some OF them
when the opportunity offered. Walter
3 Jennings. the Virginia owner Of
Shor Gun, Proper. Ruby and other turf
celebrities, could not resist the tempt
alton 10 add q wei bred flly 10 his
string few days ago. when the trus-
tees Of the Stanford estate offered 10
sell him the vearling ROsegal q bay
flly BIZ Galveston out Of ROsOrmOnde.
As Jennings thinks very highly OF the
Ormonde strain and the FLY looked
good 70 him. she is now In the Jen-
nings barn. Nigrette and Delagoa are
two OF his string that he probably viii
part with ere long
L Williams. the cOlOred jockey, who
rode for Jennings IN the East during
The summer with marked success, is
expected 70 report 10 MS employer in
z few days. He left New York about