The San Francisco call., 1910-08-02
Would Sell His Stable.

: H.: G.: :BedweIi lis seeking a modification of the
ruling agiinst him so. that he may dispose of bis
extensive stable: He has forwarded a commun
cation to Secretary Bidwel:o the Kentucky state
racing commission In which he expresses himself
as considering the ruling far from fair in not
allowing him to- sell his horses. lit is expected
that Chairman Clay will call meeting early this
month and that the Colorado turfnan will then
go before. the commission to seek relief at least
ITO the extent of getting CONSENT TO dispose of his
stable .with'the assurance that the horses will be
restored TO good racing standing. whenever they
,change hands Bedwell does not expect to get
anything like full value for his horses. but the
way things have gone@he is willing to make. the
mately hopes to be restored to good standing on
the turf The big string owned. by Bedwell is
at Latonia. -:
Butch Fisher will train the stable of George
Van, Gorden at Enleryville during the coming
season. Fisher handled Wheel Of Fortune and
other clever performers and is one of the best
known trainers in California. He will take up
the Van Gorden- string at the farm in about. a
four 2 year olds Miss Roberts and two yearlings.
Robert Hurst, Malakwa; Eddie Mott and an Or
fuli brother to Miss Roberts and a hiy by Gen
eral Roberts out Of Motto, formerly a well known
performer en local tracks
The indefinite postponement. of the. Fort Erie
meeting. owing to the strike on the Grand Trunk
railway system. came as great disappointment
Dominion handicap last Saturday with Fitzher-
bert In preparation for@the event the great son
or EtnelDert worked mile ana an elgntn IN
clever style and shipped to Fort Erie in
charge of Dave Leary. Carroll Shilling was to
have gone from Empire City to ride the horse.
The Dominion handicap is the richest prize on
the Canadian turf
Tom Welsh shipped the horses of the New
castle stable and other strings to Saratoga, but
left number of well known horses in charge of
r Ryan at. Empire City. Among them are Beth,
Royal Meteor. Pretend. Danger Mark, Barn
Dance Madcap, Sixty and Leah.
The Quickest man in England this year is
Captain T. H. Rabau, who drew the winner,
Lemberg. in. the Calcutta sweep on the English
derby. On an investment of less tman So he won
100000. If he had kept bis nerve his winnings
would have amounted to $250.000 ON his original
So-the greatest In the history of turf betting.
But when he learned that he had rawn Lemberg
he sold a portion Of his ticket for s37500.
The fortunate officer is In England on year $
leave Number 93.21I was his winning ticket.
He is assistant military accountant of the first
class In the Indian army accounts department.
He bought two other tickets for members of his
family.
The history of the sweep has many romsnces.
1t was started by the Calcutta turf club as a
comparatively small fair. but 1t has yearly
grown in popularity until now nearly every
sportsman in the east and the colonies takes
one or more tickets. 8One year the first prize of
$150000 was won by the year old daughter OF
year the prize fell to the lot of an officer who
had just lost his all through speculations Of his
son. The Derby sweep last year was won by a
valet In the West End club London. who sold
half his ticket for DoOO bought "a large farm
on the proceeds and retired.