Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-18
TOMMY SANDY is
MAKING A HIT
OAKLAND LIGHTWEIGHT MAY
RIVAL DUGAN
Oakland Claims Title as Home of Suc-
cessfuI Jockey-Notes of the
Turf from Various
Points

Special to The Herald.
NEW RK June fiddle Dugan
who I'D to last week was considered the
peer of all new lightweghts making theli
maiden appearance on metropolitan
tracks, has brushed UP against rival
The little person who would hold Dugan
up for division of riding honors is no
less a parsonage than Tommy Sands,
whose debut into the local riding colony
was an event of no little importance;
Last winter after all the real big boys
had left for the east, Sandy was cnleI
cook of the pigskin brigade at EmeryVlile,
and his work on the coast while sporting
the colors of Doc Rowell and the many
owners for whom he trained was all 10
the good. The winter colony hailed the
youngster with delight, and promised the
effete residents of this section real show
when Sandy struck his gait.
And they weren't such long ways OH,
either. Tommy has already piloted four
winners out of twenty mounts, and the
regularity with which he finishes in the
to the bookies. Already the boy is ,ac,,
ouiring quite following, and he is nailed
on all sides as a real rider.
Turf Notes
Treasure Seeker. which raced at the
local track during the recent season, was
the medium of a small sized furry al
Emeryville recently. Bearing the colors
j
and Immediately NJ ID. Miller, who once
owned Cigarlighter, ran the price up from
500 to $1,000, but Trainer Wentworth went
him a five spot better and retained the
clever piece of horse flesh
j. j. Walsh the Toronto horseman who
raced at Ascot last season with more tnan
ordinary success, and who sold @ his string th
seasons close, is now negotiating for the
purchase of Salvidere, champion 2-year-
old of last season. In recent letter
Walsh instructed John e. Madden to Offer
Thomas Hitchcock, owner of Salvidere,
the sum of $4,000 for the equine prize.
Should the offer be accepted Walsh Will
at once proceed to New York. where. he
will gather together a formidable string
CT which Salvidere will be the most classy
performer, and make bid for the many
rich purses to be won on the metropolitan
tracks. He will return to Ascot next
year, provided that track is still in ex-
istence, and do things up in his usual
mastery fashion
ner during the season at Oakland, died
at the western track last week. The
good performer was a 5-year-old gelding,
and was owned by c. c. Gill.
Reiff Claimed by Many
Although California, and Oakland in
particular, claims Johnny Reiff as her
own, Kansas much be handed the real
Jockey who recently won the English
Derby. But at that Johnny was not to
blame. for as soon as he felt a glimmer
Of real sense penetrate his growing brain
he moved over to Ohio.
In that state the town of Findley is the
proud and happy possessor of all the
school boy anecdotes sprung about john
ny, but he soon tumbled to the fact that
the Findley rubes were not smoothed off
on the edges, and deserted them for Cali
fornia.
r1t--
the Reiff family, with Johnny in the lead,
migrated to Oakland, which is the spot
Reiff claims as the home roost. The vii
lage which made San Francisco famous
and his clan, and from that day to this
the Athenians have fallen for the Reiff
gag.
But at that Johnny Reiff is there by
leads to success, SO Oakland is happy III
the thought that she has something that
every other little village in the country
jockey, and a winner of the English turf
classic, together with a $4,000 fee for
Turf Notes Here and There
Joe Lyon, one of the most popular of
the stool artists at Emeryville this sea-
son, left yesterday for wedding trip to
Seattle and me northwest. At the con-
clusion of his honeymoon, which is shared
by her who was once Miss Hundt, Lyon
will make book at The Meadows; Seat
tle
Charlie Baird will book at Seattle dur
ing the coming meet but will not cut in
lin til the second week, as he has other
interests to attend to.
Lotta Gladstone, r. H. Harris clever
FLY, which raced at Ascot last season,
was cut down in recent race at Emery
vile, and NAV not sport colors for some
months because of the injury sustained.
John Freters and W. E. Cotton will
leave for Seattle with their horses on
Tuesday.
Plunger McManus is playing them from
the ground up at New York
Jack Atkin will make book for Barney
Schreiber at Butte
Jockey Brown won with 10 per cent Of
his mounts at the Louisville meeting
The crop of yearlings at the w. OBJ.
Macdonough ranch at Menlo Park num-
bers 43-27 colts and 16 fillies.
w. E. Applegate's Wool Sandals Is now
running out at the farm of j. D. Carr at
Lexington, Ky. 1t is expected that he
will recover from his lameness in time
for fall racing.
Jim Davis is booking at Latonia. He
quit the Louisville meeting $4,000 to the
good.
John Mackev who has been i'll for
months, has recovered his health and will
be able to superintend the shipment of
]. b. Haggin's yearlings from Elmendorf
farm to New York this week. Mackey is
still Haggin's adviser in breeding mat
ters.
C. E. Durnell has bought the 3-year-old
Faust from John E. Madden.
DIR. Gardner has recovered from his re-
cent lamenesS, but will hardly start in
the Suburban, in which he Is scheduled
tc carry 122 pounds.
Orders Fund Distributed