Gossip Of The Turf., Daily Racing Form, 1898-02-04

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VIRGINIA BRADLEYS BRADLEY TRAVERSER TRAVERSE cir c 3 BY ROSSINGTON CROSSING BETSY BROECK BROCK GOSSIP OF THE TURF Last week DAILY RACING FORM published the names of the twentyfive twenty horses in C Fleischmanns Freshman eastern string Daily Telegraphs traveling correspondent Kelston Keelson has recently inspected the lot and has this to say of some the horses These youngsters like all of the string are an good winter condition but with the exception of three or four they are rather ordinary look ¬ ing King compared with some strings of 2yearolds The Topgallant colt out of Ala Baba Baa is my pick of the let Like most of the get of his sire he is a bit leggy but he is a lengthy cleancut cleanouts beautifully balanced colt quick as a flash and andI and I expect he will be heard from early in the year The Ollie Mollie Johnson colt is quite a nice young ¬ ster steer but he has not the smart racy look of the bloodliko bloodline Ala Baba Baa colt The Eppie Empire L colt is a lengthy goodlooking boohooing young Hindoo Indoor and will race A bit on the light order but very racy looking is the Sir Dixon colt out of the King Alfonso mare Alpena Galena The sister of Typhoon TyphoonII Typhoon II hn fair substance and has the same clean cut speedy lopk lop as her 4yearold brother had at her age he Cleopatra filly halfsister halfwit to Caesarian is ffin fin the small side but very neat and racylooking crayoning Of the fillies however the most promising looking is a rakish brown with good bone and a wearandtear warrantee look by byrvidere bridler rvidere rider out of La Diva by Longfellow she out of Elkhorn Lass LassThe Lasted The Spendthrift colt is on the plain orderbut order is an improving sort Of the older horses Leh Leah ¬ man looks as fresh as ever while Irish Reel which will shortly go on a visit to Knight of Ellerslie Wellesley has put on a lot of flesh The inten intend ¬ tion ion is to keep her in training another season or at least as long as advisable should she prove to be in foal foalThe Father The 4yearold Haphazard is going to be schooled for jumping and with his turn of speed he ought to prove smart at the game George Keene has not grown much taller being now barely 152 but he is a lengthy well fur ¬ nished noshed 3yearold on short legs and as he is sound and clean of limb this game son of Onon Onion daga dagga will be heard from in stake events eventsNosey events Nosey has furnished considerably but he lacks scope and reach to do anything more than of the sellingplate selling class That consistent per ¬ former Dolando Orlando I had almost forgotten to men ¬ tion ion and he looks as if he might prove better than ever Uncle Louis 3 by Iroquois is the first foal of Yorkville Orville Belle Ho is a nice little horso hors on the pattern of his dam Mr Baiter Biter the highpriced highbrowed Iroquois Carlotta colt has grown well too The judicial axeismuch ageism in evidence about Ingleside Ingles Owner W J Speirs Piers started his 2yoar old Santello Antelope thrice In his first essay Santello Antelope was last In his second ho was next to last In his third he was backed heartily at long odds and departing from his previous modest de portmentj portent galloped home at the head of the pro ¬ cession Result Owner Speirs Piers was presented with a sixty days vacation from Ingleside Ingles Ow ¬ ner near J H Shields has also been forced to accept a measure of abstention from active occu occur ¬ pation patio as a turfman Truman because of unac lunacy ¬ countable variations in Joe Terrys Terry stylo style of running The measure of suspension was lighter in this case because of mitigating cir ¬ cumstances cumbrances Tho Theo Texas firm of Nolan Tholl Toll have also been awarded leave of absence for sixty days because of the surprising vagaries of their 2yearold Also Ran II Little Cripple because under the supposed influence of dope he did something he had never done before and could not have been reasonably expected to do beat a lot of fair horses at a mile and a half was banished from the track for the remainder of his horse life Such proceedings vary the monotony of every day racing and enhance interest through the lively expectation of other things to follow More power to the judicial snickersnee snickers It is a weapon far too mildly applied appliedConcerning Concerning four of the best known horses in California the San Francisco Examiner says Charley Boots good colt The Roman will be laid up for a few weeks Mr Boots says there is nothing serious The horse either stepped on a hard spot in the track or a rock recently and spread his foot He may be ex ¬ ercised excised with a bar shoe but will probably be given a rest as the foot is bruised a lit ¬ tle tale Installator Installation wrenched his ankle a short time ago but is improving rapidly and will be given slow work next week Vinctor Victor who has been amiss ever since the State Fair is gallop ing King along all right now and may race in a few weeks Lucretia Laurentian Borgia Borg is being given a spe spec ¬ cial cal preparation for the longdistance logistic events Boots hopes to still further reduce the oldtime oldie records with the little fourmile Fourier heroine heroineTrainer heroine Trainer Jim Garland has received seven high ¬ ly bred 2year olds from the Santa Anita ranch and judging from their appearance they should earn more laurels for the celebrated Baldwin ranch The youngsters are El Astro Castro by Lord Chesterfield La Cienega Science dam of Estaca Staccato Los Medanos Medians by Lord Chesterfield Janova Jan Reina Regina de Cuba by Emperor of Norfolk Cuban Queen dam of Ramiro Altenago Alternator sister to Rey Frey del Carreres Carriers by Emperor of Norfolk Clara D El Durazno Durango by Amigo Clara S Ocorano Acorn by Amigo St Cecilia sister to Volante Volant and Rey Frey del Rio by Rey Frey el Santa Anita Magdalena San Francisco Examiner


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