The San Francisco call., 1909-12-22
R. ]. MACKENZIE TO
GO AFTER STAKES
Son of Canadian Northern Pres
fdent Already Has Fast String
in Training at the Track

Rod J. Mackenzie, the young Canadian
railroadman. son of the president of the
Canadian Northern viii come to En-
eryville shortly after the holidays and
take hand in the game until the sea-
son closes.
HIS horses arc rounding into shape in
care Of Trainer Ed Wythe, but it is not
lkeiy that they viii be ready to race
before the arrival o. their owner.
Mackenzie raced here four years ago
and had a good horse IN Wire In. which
was second in the Thornton and Burns
hanolcapS, breaking down in the latter
lace This year the young turfman
suffered III luck IN the loss of Tourenne.
Tor which he paid $4,000. He beat
Jack AtlEin in the Cosmopolitan handi-
cap and died two days after shipment
from Windsor. Ont. to New York.
The best Of the string at Emeryville
3S Fort Johnson, a clever mud runner.
which has won from good ones over a
heavy track. He finished second to
Donald Mcdonald at Saratoga. and in
front Of Arasee. the mile being run in
1.5s is. he broke the track record at
Hamilton for the mile and a sixteenth
on fast track going in I:45 %.
Among others in the string is Direct,
by Don de ORC. winner of two cups in
Toronto Among the yearlings in the
barn, Wytbe thinks well of a brown
colt by Handspring out of Pond Lily
and chestnut Ally by Blues, out of
Penitence H.
In today's featur race the Claremont
handicap. Boggs, winner of six vic
tories. viii be asked to carry 124
pounds, and Il is believed the package
win be too great for the game little
fellow
Antioch-Answering a query, there
was 40 show price quoted in the official
chart on Mana Nick IN the Pinole handi-
cap and probably none was laid, as he
was to 1 to win.
Schreibers Dargin well known local
i1, and Z. greatly improved horse on
the. eastern tracks. viii make his first
appearance today in the third race.
Lady Elizabeth is reported suffering
slight injuries IRON the jamming she
got in the Pacific Union handicap Sat
LrdaE
H. c. Be6well. who has been racing
his stable At the Juarez track, made
request by telegraph yesterday TO have
j stalls reserved for him at the En-
eryville track. He viii probably ship
his horses Rst once, as climatic condi-
tions at JraTez interfere with racing
there. Information has reached here
that BedweITs mother, who had been
at FL Paso mad died there, after a brief
illness.
The Saratoga racing association VIII
give away S225,000 10 horsemen next
season. THIS sum is $4,000 in excess
Of the amount, mentioned by the OH
Gals last week. The new figures We're
1ecided upon by the directors at a meet
ing Yesterday. Last season $lS7000
was paid 0ut TO turfmen- This money
viii 60 40 owners ia the form Of stakes
and over night races.
Embodied in the forthcoming report
Of the New York state racing commits
sion VIII be statement taken from the
books Of the various racing assOcia-
Iions, 10 the effect that the state has
est more tkan $500 coo by the opera
uons Of TIE aEtt-racetrack gambling
laws. Before the passage OF these laws
tne site collected a . per cent tax on
fne receipts of The associations In
1897 l4e .lcsu prosperous year Of the
f-l-f there, more tnan s25o,000 was pala
over To the state under this tax law.