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NOTES OF THE TURF TURFJockey Jockey Weaver who could always be relied upon in a verbal way was recently aeked at S n Francisco to ride old Pronto one of the most doggy of the native pack The Breeder and Sportsman says that Weaver s declining answer ran like this Id like to but 1 really cantyou know Pronto cannot run fast enough to beat a dram Just take him down to the bay and if youll throw a stick into the water its a twenty dollar gold piece to a little red apple that he jumps in and brings it out It was not over a week ago that I saw him hiding a bone in his stall stallFolks Folks who study racing and its conditions are told from time to time that this and that Cali fornian jockey tossed itoff Tossed what off Tho race his cap one of his spurs the saddle cloth his whip himself or what Racing slang over racing terms and phrases is all right when it expresses more than regulation English and is generally understandable But tossed itoff is obscure Cockney English and out of line In Californian pigeon English it means lost the race raceUp Up to Monday last G C Bennett 5466 E S Gardner Son 5140 P Tomlinson Co 2405 H McCarren Jr 2308 FT Wood 2295 G W Poole 2228 and Arthur Benson 2182 were the leading owners in the New Orleans winning list Scherrer 37 wins C Reiff 35 Morse 30 T Burns 21 Dorsey 21 and Hirsch 20 were the leading riders in the New Orleans list of winners winnersBishop Bishop Pooles horses at New Orleans are running in Dan Hogans name nowadays Hogan sued Poole for some 3000 borrowed money and got the horses which are to be amicably used in the interest of both creditor and dobtor dobtorThe The Pacific and California Jockey clubs have entered into atftew agreement for two years to race every two weeks during the months of No ¬ vember December January February March and April The present California season will close May 15 15There There is much todo about an Eastern rumor that Ben Brush has thrown out a splint as big as an average turf item about nothing and that he is a probable impossibility for the Brooklyn and Suburban
