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ED. CORRIGANS GOOD DAY. Describing the racing at Icgleside last Thursday W. W. Naughton says in the San Francisco Examiner: "It is whispered in turf circles that Ed Corri-gan will shortly publish a small handbook entitled "Every Owner His Own Trainer, " It may be that the rumor is simply in the nature of a pleasantry, but the fact remains that since the Master of Ingleside began getting up early in the morning his naes have captared a sufficiency of purses to pay the oats bill and leave a little something with which to play the next race. "Yesterdays results, for instance, bear testimony to Corrigans Bkill as a conditioner, showing as they do that his horses are right on edge. "To begin with, Credo carried the green and white to victory in the first race, and Ferrier followed with a win in the second. Ferrier, of course, is the property of m llionaire Hobart, but he is stabled and handled by Corrigan. "Next in order was Adolph Spreckels, the easy winner of the third event at a mile and a sixteenth. In the improvised fourth race the Corrigan entry, The Bachelor; didnt do uite so well. There were extennatiandg circumstances, however, the principal one being that he was ridden like a horse that was meant to land second. And that is just where he did land. "Owner Corrigan had nothing starting in the fifth, but in the sixth Maxello sported the green and brought it home in advance of all the other colors, thus making four firsts and a second for the stable. "The race in which The Bachelor ran second was won by Lodestar, the solidly supported second choice. The Bachelor was prominent for a brief instant when the gate went skyward, and the next that was seen of him he was chasing the others up the backstretch. Once past the half, "Skeets" Martin sent him along a bit and was Becond to Lodestar shortly after turning for home. Ho gained somewhat on the Midlothian gelding before the wire was reached, but, as already stated, he did not win. "Old Buckwa placed the seven furlong handicap to his credit, and did it in easy style. Highland Ball was second, aad it must be said that he ran a remarkable race. He was accorded as wretched a start as it is possible for an animal to get in a four-horse race, but he went in pursuit of his field and outran Hohen-zollern and Libertine before the stretch was reacbed. "While Maxello was at all times a favorite for the concluding six fnrlongs there was a heavy investment in Mercutio stock. From 12 to 1 the horse named rapidly dropped to 5 to 1. Then his price began to climb again, until at gate time it was 8 to 1. Mercutio carried a barrel of money at that, and there were some heartrending groans when a man with field j glasses yelled: Mercutio is left at the post. "
