The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

Belmont park meeting. AT present he
Is living in his fine house at Sleeps
head bay. He will start his horses
only when he believes them to be fit
and nothing will please him better than
to have. the racing associations of the
east offer $4,000 Brooklyns, Suburbans,
Brightons. Annual Champions, Bel
monts, Tidals, Coney Islands and Cen
turys. Hildreth brought from Califor-.
MIA the second strongest racing COM
bination in the country. Montgomery
is as fat as butter and his coat like
new satin. Meelick Is a bit jaded by
his hard racing In California and at
New Orleans. but HiIdreth thinks a lit
tie rest will restore his speed. Mont
gomery is as fresh and fit as he ever
was. These two horses and Uncle. his
100000 Star Shoot 8 year old, appear
to be in excellent condition, and he
is resting them with a view of win
ming big purses later on.
Herr, who was in California all win
ter following the Hildreth stable, pre-
diets that no horse past years old
a weight for age race. He believes the
little Pessara colt for whom he paid
$4,000 at Belmont park last spring on
the eve of running the jockey club
weight for age race to be as good a
horse as McChesney was in 1903.
Adolph Spreckels' gelding, Voorhees,,
known hereabout as "Old Voorhees,,
distinguished himself at Aqueduct on
Saturday by. winning the sixth race, a
handicap for 3 year olds and upward.
Voorhees, is 5 years old and was raised
by Mr.. Spreckels. In the race Satur-
day he was ridden by Jockey Deyle,
weight 112 pounds. Voorhees, COM
petitors were Halket, a 3 year old car
rying los pounds (Jockey -Gerst); Pre-
tension, years old, carrying 110
pounds (Jockey Chinn). and Castle
wood. year old. carrying SO pounds
(Jockey. McGinnis). Sir Lynnwood.
Blandy, Oxford and Colonel Jack were
half furlongs. Voorhees, went to
the front in the first furiong and
never was headed. Halket proved to
be his only competitor. and was beaten
by two lengths Time. 1:21.
Voorhees, was the favorite In this
race at opening price of to 8. closing
at 6 to 5. Halket was backed at to
5. Pretension, to 2, and Castlewood,
IL to 1.
After the parade those who watch
races closely eliminated Pretension
from their calculations and the result
proved they were right. The old geld
ing was sent to the post without blink
ers, though 1t is a notable fact that
this badge is proper part Of his
equipment. At no time was he in the
running. Hey was third only because
castlewood had no speed.
C. w. Hornick, general manager OF
the San Francisco Call. and V. S. Nc
CATCHY of the Sacramento Bee were
here this week to attend the annual
meeting of the Associated Press and
the American newspaper publishers
association.
Mrs. Isabel Stevens Lathrop of San
Francisco, who has been in New York
since the fire, is living at the Hotel
Flanders, IN Forty-seventh street. Last
at tea she had Miss Lawlor.
Edgar Mills and Robert Mckee as her
guests. g
william r. Wheeler of San Francisco
is at the Hotel Gregorian.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr. will
spend a part of the summer season with
her sister, Mrs Theresa Oelrichs, at
her residence there In May. earlier than
usual Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt have
gone to Miami, Fla, for few days OF
tarpon fishing.
Mrs. Fabius NJ. Clarke will early in
June pay a visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Dean O'Brien In her summer
home at Belvidere island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay are
now at their beautiful country resi-
dence at Roslyn, Long island
Californians resident in New York,
led by Colvin B. Brown of the Califor-
MIA Promotion committee, are arrang-
been searching for some place where