The San Francisco call., 1908-11-30
CLASSY CARD FOR
BIG CROKER
STAKES
Crack Horses From Arcadia Ex-
pecfed to Compete for Purse
Worth More Than $1,000
By J. K. Jefery

The big thing in a racing way at
Emeryviile this week viii be the decis-
ION OF the Croker selling stakes next
Saturday This event is at one mile
and its list of previous winners in
cludes Bernota, Evea G. Fossil. Letola.
Bearcatcher, Don Hamilton and SeweII.
The race will be worth more than
$4,000 to the winner and it is expected
that some of the cracks now racing at
Arcadia will be shipped up from the
south to compete with the local horses
that will try for the big purse
Among the most promising of the
eligibles are Pinkola, W. T. Overton,
Lisaro. Royal Tourist, Don Enrique,
Arasee. Sewell. Veil. Restigouche, Dan
delion. Angelus Maelick, Frank Flitt-
ner. f. Neugent and Cressina.
In all there were 81 nominations for
the race and the indications are for a
large as well as high class field of
starters.
The management of the Arcadia
track is evincing a determination TO
emulate the example of the officials at
Emeryville in their efforts to keep
racing clean An indication that this is
so is furnished by the action of the
officials of the southern track in max
AilS d request 1Or COnQ0enIlal 1nIOrmd-
tion concerning the standing of several
turfmen whom report had 1t were
given to understand that their room
would be preferable to their company
at Emeryville. The Arcadia officials
are credited with taking the view that
II the owners in question are looked
upon as undesirable here, they can not
be expected to regard them in any
other light.
Harry Slower has received informa-
tion from Montana which convinees
him that there is little danger of the
passage of any anti-racing legislation
which will interfere with the operation
of the Butte track next summer.
There was some slight agitation on the
subject tnis fall. but the results of the
November elections in Montana We're
decidedly favorable for the continual
tion of the sport, according to the ad
vices received by Slower from his aSso-
ciates in the management OF the Butte
Jockey club
Rudolph Spreckels' horses, which
have been quartered at Arcadia since
their return to California from Seattle.
Will be sold in a week or two, in the
carrying out of their owners deter
mfnation to retire from the turf. Rob-
ert Leighton, who was SpreckelS' racing E
representative, and William Covington,
his trainer. are arranging for the dis
position of the horses at the Arcadia
track. To demonstrate that the horses
are in good condition, Trainer Coving-
ton Will start as many of them as he
can prior to the date of the sale. St.
Elmwood is carded to go today.
Willie Knapp, who is seeking rein
statement by the New York jockey club
so that he may resume riding in Cali
fornia this winter, is still in the east
He telegraphed relatives here a few
days ago that he had received positive
assurance that favorable action would
be taken in his case by the stewards of
the New York jockey club at their next
meeting.
Al Koenigsberg's crack filly. Rose
Queen, cut down during the running Of
recent race, is going along once more
with her work and shows no i'll effects
Of the mishap.
p. P. Pomeroy. associate judge and
clerk of the scales at Arcadia, has an
fornia his home for good.
Tom Shaw, the book maker, says, in
discussing proposed match race last
summer between the year olds Fftz
Herbert and Fayette, which did not
materialize:
'Hildreth and Madden talked Favette
to me and | wanted to bet any amount
that Fitz Herbert could beat him. each
TO carry 126 pounds, over any kind OF a
route. They did not take uD my offer
but bought Fitz Herbert from Herman
of him with weight up. Put 100 pounds
on Fayette and he can fly. but that is
about his limit"
Madden always rated Fayette not far
behind Sir Martin, and at one time re-
fused an offer OF $4,000 for the former