The San Francisco call., 1909-01-10
Gossip of the Track

Ine next big event of the local rae
] ing season will be the Andrew Selling
stake at six and a half furlongs.
| scheduled for decision the coming Sat
urday. This is a fixture of the value
OF $4,000 In added money and the eligi-
bies number 129. Among the hkeliest
of the eligibles are LisarO, Chapultepec,
Booger Red, Smiley Corbett. ArgOnaut.
Royal tourist, Jacobite. Arasee. Sewell.
Angelus. Meelick, woodcraft. Rapid
Water, Spooner. Grace G, Roseben.
Madman. Native. Son. Blagg. Adriuche,
St. Francis. Burleigh. CloudIight Bub-
bling Water. Collector Jessup. Cotvtto.
Iorbellino, Deutschland, Golden Pearl.
Dominus Aroi. c. w. Burt GemmelI
Tentre Shot, Cressina; and Bellwether.
The Andrew Selling stake was estab-
nshed IN 1902 and the list of it's pre-
Ylous winners includes Sweet Tooth
Prlncess Titania, John A. Scott. Vona-
twice.
The following Saturday will witness
the running of the Iissak handicap.
one mile, and a week later. on Saturday
January 80. will come the decision of
the rhe Burns handicap. $4,000 added, the
richest fixture of the western turf, and
Tor that matter, the most valuable
event of the American turf this year.
Inc pick of the handicap horses at both
Calfornia tracks are being groomed for
thls rich fixture. and the field that will
contest II syiH unauestionably repre-
sent the highest class ever gathered in
g horse race in the west.
Various owners who have been en-
deavor1ng TO obtain control of Jockey
EDDIE Dugan until the time arrives for
nlm TO go abroad in March, have been
informed by the Jockey cub officials
lhal they can not recognize C. E. Dur
nelPs contract on the boy for the reason
that Durnell is not in good standing on
the turf; Durnelfs contract on Dugan
has until April to run, but he has not
succeeded in disposfng of 1t as vet. 1t
is expected that Dugan will be granted
renewal Of his riding license at the
uled to be held within a few days.
:. There were several changes in the
lineup OF books in the Emeryville ring
crease of one in the strength Of the
ring. Benny Falk. Sam Bradley and
lS Bill Moseley dropped out. while w r.
William Guncheon were the additions
to the list of those who had booked at
the previous cutin.
G. A. Mclaughlin. well TO do resi-
owner of Kamsack, Knight of the Grip,
and other horses in training at Emery
vile, has arrived from his home in the
north and will spend some time here
Mclaughlin is about to establish a
thoroughbred breeding farm on an ex-
tensive scale on his Oregon property
A1S dit0duy mas HNe mares Dy handsome
as the nucleus of his breeding estab-
lishment, and plans to purchase a stall
lion or two forthwith. Nisty's Pride
Wen known to California race goers as
the oregon express, is among the
mares already on the farm, which has
been named in her honor.
Jockey Dave Nicol had an interview
with Presiding Judge Hopper yester-
day and IL is likely that the boy viii
get the riding license for which ne
has applied next week Beyond some
talk that arose on the Canadian cir
cult last season the judges learned that
the eastern turf officials had nothing
against Nicol. The boy is pretty heavy
just now. He weighs 12S pounds in
his street costume, but expects to ride
at no.
Jockey Scoville has been suspended
by Starter Hoffman for 10 days as pun
ishment for the tactics which enabled
Rose in yesterdays year old race. /
This will not prevent Scoville from
riding for j.. o. & G. III. keene, his
contract employers, the suspension ap-
plying only to outside mounts
Jockey Joe Notter has made a poor
showing with the favorites that he
has ridden since his arrival on the
coast, having won with only ; Of the
p first choices on which he has had
the mount.
Jockey Shilling came up from Los An
geles yesterday to ride his employers |
Light Wool in the stake feature of
the program. The crack riders trip |
was not entirely in vain, for besides |
landing third money with Light Wool |
he won a race for Pal Dunno with
Ketehemike. Shilling goes back south |
immediately to resume riding at Ar
cadia.
Jockey Walter Miller sought a hear
ing from the judges at Emeryville yes
terday in the hope that the fine of $500 |
imposed upon him as a result of the I
Cloudlight-J t-Jacobite humping match I
might be remitted. but the officials re- I
fused to reopen the case Miller based 4
his plea for clemency upon the ground I
that Jockey Notter was as much to 1
blame in the matter as he. but the I
judges could not see it in that light
Lady Hildreths saddle slipped during |
the running of the race in which she [
was entered at Emeryville yesterday \
for the second time within a few days
This mare is of such conformation that I
It probably will be necessary to provide I
specially designed harness to prevent I
a recurrence of the mishap