The San Francisco call., 1908-05-21
Gossip of the Track

Soionel y z Applegste. who holds the con-
Iaci On Jockey A. Walsh. is seriously CON
sise1ing TIE ldea Of taking the boy east to
@ -lue On ne NeW York tracks during the sum
ner, instead of following out his previonsIv
LII 9iateo plans for a sumner csmpssxn Al
stsLlie- Nalsb has shown such wonderful i'm
proFemenI in the ssddle Of late fhst AnDiersfe
1eslIeS . give him every opportunity Tor sd-
Eancement in HIS chosen Taestjon In fhs
APpfegate string are several clever > raar ,l5s
lnat preoahF would make good On the eastern
tracks and Walsh would Rave no fTo,'bIs -
getting plenty Of good outside mounts shouId
ne continue 70 show the same rieve-naSs fhat
. has characterized his riding Of late The hoT
. - --f - lntle @ ssSln Yesterday with brace
I o winning mounts which is getting 10 be an
/ ever day stunt with him now he * su-elr
ne JOCKEY Development Of the season. 50 far as
loe ~est Is concerned, and Il IS doubtful If his
equal as jockey prospect can be found in the
~noie country. Barring accident he viii surely
De one o. the topnOtchers Of 1903. Ia spite Of
the numerous falls in which be has fgured. his
nerve remains unshsken and he is as ready 10
take chance now during the days when he
was first coming TO The front when he es-ned
LOT LOT himself the reputation OF being S veritabIe
htte daredevil.
The Sheepshesd Bay club was fortunate TO
crop out of tie ranks OF the layers st Emery
vile yesterday for virtually all Of the % books
thst took stands al the semIweekly cutin were
bard hlt Among the big losers were ". p,
Engstroin - 500; Johnny Lewis Frank Bsiu
ana Joe Rose 5000 each; Bill Jaekmsn. 50 ooo
Colonel " 2. Applegate g. zoo; Ed souie
Szig0- Joe Hsrlsn- 81 600: Nelson Jones. 81 600:
his marc WOolen n his book instead OF favoriur
her. as he considered the ODDS too snort. sn5
lost s. so TO the race whereas rad he been
On the ground he probably would have won a
which ice Rose il Interested lo~+ hs-51- - =.
the race in which Msrster broke leg. as they
lsld show ODDS against both ATontellus and
Spring Ban. despite the fact that there we're
only four horses in the race. Arontellus was
soaked By Rose and his associates three WAYS
as good as 70 being laid for third. which II
( looked impossible for the horse 10 lose. Even
money to show was laid against Spring Ban
and Nillism Hawke, the owner and trainer
Of that mare. could not resist the teInpta ton
10 put 4 good bet down Jockey Buxton who
3 rode her. was promised bonus Of so If he
succeeded il landing Ser in the money and
Hawke did not QuiBble about Pzying the bonus
Ban would have run unPisced but FOR the
: aceidcnt - Mars.er-
Calvin ~as excused from starting in the
handicap feature Of the card for the reason that
: he developed cracked heel while being worked
( for tie race J. H. Brsnnon laid the case be-
I fore Judge Hopper and said that he feared his
horse would run poor race in consequence Of
the trouble
Jockey Kent drew = suspension for the 70
msinder ef the meeting as punishment fol
nariuS ele Saoisnoa On ~ she neso oi sst tas
AFouiellrs. Jockey Walsh vas obliged to pull
. Cadiehon up sharply and the horse thereby lost
The program book for the FIRST IS days OF the
Butte meeting was distributed among the horse
men yesterday by Manager Stove-. Owners Of
/ tie cheaper sort Of horses that are planning Il
+ ship 20 Butte are especially grsfihed over the
conditions OF many Of the races. which have
been framed with view Of catering extensively
10 horses Of that class.
The stables q f. w D0ss Joe Dinkelspiel
". y. Finn and J. II. Brannan left last night
Tor Denver. where ihey viii be raced fol
awhile ard then sent on 10 Butte. JOCKEY
E HeatheTton accompanied ". ". Finn. Dos,
VIII follow his stable 10 Denver Sunday. His
JOCKEY. J. Mcintyre. viii remain here 10 tbs
end of the season 10 ride under the management
OF Joe Dinkelspiel-
The horses owned by Irving II. wheatcroft
president and general manager Of the Kentucky
( TsfleF railroad. will be shipped from Louisville
70 Seattle at the close OF the Churchill Downs
meeting where they have been raced in ths
nsme Of H Clark co. They will be cam
James stable. which name vas selected bl
Wheatcroft in honor OF his old home al st
James island. near Victoria 3. c.
Former Jockey Eugene Hildebrsnd reached
Emeryv5lle from Los Angeles yesterday witt
his stable. which now consists Of only on'
horse, The Englishman- Hildebrand had planned
10 race at Butte during the summer but hsi
changed his plans and WIN go TO Seattle.
seeurity. with which Miller beat the gat.
after the horse had acted badly at the barrie
IN the last race. has been ordered 90 fh'
schooling list BY starter Dwy.r.
.sKsnsasp Prices stable is quartered at Tn,
Meadows. Seattle. having been shipped nortl
several days ago.
Dick williams string OF le horses was shippe,
direct from Arcadia 20 Butte.