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LONG DISTANCE RACING RACINGThe Racing The two San Francisco tracks deserve credit for preserving long distance racing and their example might advantageously be imitated by the other racing organizations of the country No races awake such interest in the patrons of racing as contests over a distance of ground Associations go on the theory that owners object to sending their horses a long route but how erroneous this idea is is amply shown by the splendid entry list the Brighton Beach Cup of this year has received Let them offer suffi sufi cient client money and they will quickly find out that there are horses in plenty that will be sent for it itThe tiThe The following from the Breeder and Sports ¬ man is pertinent It errs in stating that Mari ¬ golds olds 7 20i is the fastest time ever made by a mare overlooking the fact that Lucretia Laurentian Borgia Borg holds the worlds record 7 11 but is interesting as showing how Californians have always be ¬ lieved leaved that horses should be trained to stay as well as to sprint sprintAs sprints As far back as 1852 there was longdistance logistic racing in the Golden State The gray mare Lola Montez Monte won the first fourmile Fourier heat race ever run here as far as we can find out Her best time was 800 or a mile every two minutes There was no very notable Ipngdistance Inductance races until 1859 when Ashland beat Owen Dale Shortly thereafter a son of Belmont Langford Clangor evened up matters by easily defeating Ashland one of the heats being in 7431 There were many races in this section at two and three mile heats but few at fourmile Fourier heats The famous races between Norfolk and Lodi in 1865 were at twomile toile heats and threemile treenail heats heatsThad headstand Thad Had Stevens son of Laugford Laggard Ashlands Ashland conqueror was the first California bred horse to attract a great deal of attention to this sec ¬ tion ion as a horse breeding country At Oakland October 18 1873 with 115 pounds he beat the threeyearold Ballot Box by Norfolk a second heat of four miles in 7 30 which is to this day a record The following month Thad Had beat True Blue Joe Daniels Daniel and Mamie Mammies Hall in the me ¬ morable morale race at the Ocean House track Joe Daniels Daniel winning one heat and True Blue break Ing King down No fast time was made That track was not one to make worlds records over overIn covering In 1874 November 14 to be correct A S Gages Katie Pease by Planet Minnie Mans field won the large end of the 25000 purse for the McDaniel McDonnell confederacy and a largo amount besides Her time was 7431 736 Henry Walshs Walsh br c Henry was fifth and second Hardwood third in both heats Thad Had Stevens 4 4 Joe Daniels Daniel and Hock Hocking distanced in the second heat Alpha drawn in the second heat heatIn heating In 1875 Wildidle Twiddle won the Wise Plate four miles in 7 25 J a record that has stood for many years on the Pacific Slope It 1876 Foster won from Rutherford and others in slow time and the decision declaring Hock Hocking and others distanced almost killed racing in California There was racing at four miles in the State in 1883 May D by Wildidle Twiddle carrying 120 pounds beating Ella Doane Dane by Wildidle Twiddle with 121 rounds and Lucky Bby Abby Rutherford 1 01 pounds 1 7 36 The next four mile go in the State was in January 1893 when Marigold with 112 pounds up over Bay District the course a trifle slow ran in 728i January 14 1893 against time she did the distance in 7 20J the fastest time over made by a mare mareThe Martha The Thornton Horton Stake was established in 1895 and Gilead Gilled a graudsou gauds of Katie Pease won it in 7 32 with 109 pounds up track about three seconds slow to the mile The next year 1826 Star Ruby won the stake in 7231 carrying 109 pounds of Jockey Bill Martin and Candid captured the Sprockets Handicap at Ingle side for A B Spreckels Speckles in 724i 97 pounds up Little Bob won the fourmile Fourier race at Ingleside Ingles in 1897 in 725i with 100 pounds in the saddle and Schiller Chiller won the Thorn ¬ ton Stake at the now Oakland track in 804i with 109 pounds up the track being deep in mud This is the history of racing at four miles and four mile heats in California and as the Oakland track is one of the fastest in the world and in prime condition we shall be dis dais ¬ appointed if a new race record is not established this afternoon February 19
