The San Francisco call., 1908-03-23
fourteen Stakes for
The Meadows
Size of Purses TO Be Increased
and Other inducements
offered Horsen1en
BY y r. Jeffery


ucsfiiOn OF handicappcr and racing sec
retarv for the summer meeting at The
Meadows. Seattle. opening June 20 ana
~ 1sing September Il, announces that
rfhe following il stakes, with guaran-
ICED cash values OF from s.. 500 10 $4,000
each. win be decided during the lo days
of racing al the northern track
,,s-e rsiue 81 500: value n 1907. 81 600
5snr e7-r,sdies' plate. > year olds. four and
hslr furlongs. value $780, value II 1sv''
nv Aceiebrstioa handicap. year olds
ans upward. mile and a sixteenth, value S-,ooei
ru5v li&Tscoraa handicap. s year olds snl
saTard. one nile, value se.ooo' value IN 1907
end upward. enc nile. value S,oeo' Fsine IN
July 25-seattle derby. ; yesr Olds. one and
. quarter miles, value sS.ooo' Faiue IN Asv''
August l-woodlands handicap > year olds.
Nre furlongs value $500. value II 1917. Sl.-se-
Aueusr s-Csiub Members handicap. year
o'ds snd upward one mile and an eighth, value
s. 0os. value in 1907. q .joo-
August 1880 Exposition hs1diesp. year
oids and upward. one and qusrter miles. value
5000; value IN 1867 S5-oee
August 22-lnterurb9n handicap year .s.as
and upward, seven furlonss, val1e 5000; Fsi1e
August 2s-Pnget sound handicap. fear olds
snd upward. two miles. value $500 value
september 5-King county selling stake. all
ages. SIX and half furlongs, value Sl-ooV;
m-c1rember Labor day handicsp- year
o7Ss snd upward. one mile and an eighth, value
s. 51o. value in 1907 81 200
September 12-Alssks handicap, year otes
anc upward, mile ard sixteenth, Fslue Sl.S'e-
VASE ii 1907. sl.25o.
sos 1901. S2S.150-
aside from the substantial increases
n tie value OF the stakes. Nathanson
made no changes IA the conditions OF
last seasons stake list. except in the
Interurban and Puget Sound handicaps.
-he distance OF both cf which fixtures
vas only six furlOngs last year.
The stake blanks. which viii be
readv for the h0rsemen today, contain
The announcement that the daily purse
distribution viii be increased TO not
less than $1,000. embracing TWO purses
~ s3o0 each and four OF sz0o and $500
each There viii be a special purse
each Wednesday. with from $500 70
$1,000 added Nominations for the
stakes viii close April J.
II may be accepted as foregone con-
csision that the majority OF the high
ass. stables now racing IN California
VIII be campaigned at Seattle the com
iag summer The stake list as ar
Esnged for this years meeting is more
attracIiVe and valuable than that for
any other summer track outside Of New
York and Il would not be a. all sur
:. nTfsinE should K attract horsenlen from
-le east where conditions are less
promising for the sport than on the
= Hand dfcapper NathsnSo- has already
shEounee6 that the better class of
forses VIII be extensively catered 10
s9 the northern track this season. with
-le aim OF eleTarfnS the sport TO a
.. leeel which the growing Importance Of
Seattle a racing center demands.
Al in all TIE prospects are very bright
rllat tie coming meeting at The
Meadows viii be the most successful
d. g.. the history OF racing IN the north
west and IL is a safe prediction that
r~hsn the season ends al Emeryville
there VIII be a general exodus OF
1iorsemen and turf followers 10 The
! Meadows The Butte and Denver
meetings undoubtedly VIII attract some
Calif0rnians. but the pick OF the horses
and the majority OF the turfmen viii
Elake Seattle their objective point for
the sumner
The announcement that E c. Hopper
IS 70 be presiding judge and Richard
. Dwyer starter at The Meadows, made
weeks ago IN The Call. is officially con-
frmed-
Nominations for the $4,000 guaran-
1eed handicap TO be run at The
Meadows during the progress OF the
Alaska -Yulzon-P Pacific exposition in 1903
VIII not close until about January !.
and conditions or this rich stake will
b be announced in due time.
N7he victory OF Lee Rose in the Bell
sake on Saturday came as z fitting
climax 70 the series OF clever perform
snces that the California bred young
Eter has 10 his credit From the time
Emeryville in the initial year old
race OF the year he has not failed to
run crecltable race. and that his rec
ord Is not one OF uninterrupted success
70 date is due entirely 10 the fact that
81 the two races IN which he met de-
feat he was the victim of bad racing
? luck at the barrier. In the light of
his recent victories IN the Colin stake
at Arcadia and the Bell stake at
EneryviIle. Il looks as though J. ].
walsh got bargain when he bought
Lee. Rose from O. A. Bianchi who bred
and developed the colt. for $4,000 The
youngster has already won about Sc eoo
I'm purses for Walsh and as much more
81 Usgers- Lee Rose is a youngste7
that seems 10 like any sort OF going
F.. and bis last TWO races lead TO the con
fiction that he can be depended upou
10 90 on when il comes 10 running him
heyond sprlntng distances. That ne
IS one Of the best year oids ever de-
vsloped on the coast IS certain. and
there IS every encouragement for be-
lieving that he Will be able 10 give z
good account of himself when he meets
TIE pick Of the eastern juveniles on
tie New York tracks later IN the year
sre is Lee Roses record TO date.
ElaerFsl sllle-January J. wen galIopinx,
thee tqrlonss. time 81 Is. l15 pounds M er
Tnucoy track. January s won easily three
tpronss- TINE ;56 Ia IL pounds heavy track
- lftt - 90 Cal4Qtliue three ard a hslf
iEr-olEs. time -s5 II. 1l3 po1nds muddy track,
March q secold. beaten q length four fur,
.el-s 5-me ~ -. III ponds heavy track:
Aarcl p. won easily. foar ard ais f,,-io7,s-e
Liie - 10 lle porncs. fast track
AT Arcalla--fchrsarr % OF rrrr -,-.,~1.- -.-r-
re an9 2 Asl fuflores. tine szl Ig7 pounds
tsst trafk; tefrusrF p Of <1fiy dnished 49,.
80 -elr f1iio1ss. time - 81. 20 ponds
- tE1ck' Aarel ~ won gziiopirg I've fur.
loags, time 100 -. 1le p9uuiS fast frsek.
The eastern press teemed with t,f
Draises Of sam IuIdreth's crack col:
Meelick- as result Of hts Crescent
city derby success TIE vOungster was
JAILED as one OF the likeliest 3 YEA,
dds OF the year. and keen interest ss
Icing taken IN his prospective appear
ance In the east as a contestant IN the