view raw text
GOSSIP OF THE TURF. A San Francisco letter to a Cincinnati newspaper conveys the following information concerning: a tnrf character well known in Chicago. "White Hat" Dan McCarty, who invaded the middle west and the far east with a good -string of gallopers several years ago, winning the American Derby with C. H. Todd, and several stakes years afterward with Sorrento, iB now the possessor of qnite a big stable of cheap bnt well-bred flyers. Last winter, backed by a well-known politician and capitalist of this city, "White Hat" bought about every yearling offered at the auction sales here which did not go over 0. He reasoned that out of the bunch of forty or fifty he secured there might be a Moringa or a Guido. At Ingleside he has the following two-year-olds in the hands of Trainer Billy Appleby: Master Joe, ch. g, by Islington Vera II. Reyarp, ch. g, by El Rio Rey Emma. Teragram, ch. g, by Loyalist Marcel. Sinned, br. g, by Verano Hook Blonde. Some Day, b. c, by Morello Peeress. Gurtmore, b. g, by Trade Wind Josie G. Orealla, b. f. by Clieveden Catalina. Minenia, ch. f, by Clieveden Miss Lou. Roseate, ch. f, by Clieveden Rosedale. White Hat, br. g, by Loyalist Regina. Brownie, br. f, by Oscar1 Marcella. May Gertrude, sister to Belle Boyd, by El Bio Rey Sylvia. Adeline M., ch. f, by Loyalist Levana, and Genevieve M b. f, by Flambeau Queen Bess. "Jerry Haliissy, a very promising youngster, by Oscar Rosetta, broke his leg last week and was destroyed. Some Day was bred by A. Joseph, an old friend of McCartys, and McCarty bred Gurtmore .himself. Of the horses spoken of above, White Hat and May Gertrude have shown well enough in private to make McCarty think they will pay for all the others if the remaining twelve prove worthless. Dans scheme makes one tbink of the plan of a Mary-ville Missouri, horseman in 1881. That season he purchased every youngster at the Belle Meade sale that did not bring over 00, and Egmont and Eastlake were in the bunch he secured. The first-named was about the best race horse in the middle-west in 1887 and 1S88. Moringa, a little Sobranje gelding in California that has won more than a dozen grand races, was sold as a yearling for 5, and at another Thornton sale, Guido, who captured upward of forty races, and is holder of the mile-heat record, passed under the hammer at 0. Moringa ran a mile in 1:391 at Los Angeles last fall, and has gone the circuit here in about 1:40 on several occasions. All of which makes one thing that McCarty may have done a very clever thing in buying up the cheap yearlings." An eastern exchange says that there is now a Blashing lot of youngsters in training in Ed Feakes charge at the Gideon and Daly farm at Holmdel, N.J. They will not be brought up until a couple of days before the opening at Morris Park. If appearances count for anything, the best of the lot is a full brother to High Degree, the filly that ran second to Martimas in last years Faturity. He is by His Highness Nettie, by Neptune, and is a handsome chestnut. Mr. Gideon is ready to back him as being the best looking colt in the country, and he promises to be a star performer, too. But of that Mr. Gideon, always a cautious man, will say nothing at this early date. Yesterdays St. Louis Republic says: "Barney Schreiber continues to enlarge his scope as a breeder of thoroughbreds, having just purchased in California The Swain, a 7-year-old stallion by Galore Pride of the Village. The Swain was a good racehorse, having won east and west for Covington and Kent, who campaigned the horse with success all over the country. Galore, the sire of The Swain, is by the great English stallion Gallopin, who sired the famous St. Siman. The Swain is said to be a large powerful horse of excellent conformation, and will doubtless prove a most desirable addition to the list of stallions at Mr. Schreibers Woodlands Farm. The first get of Sain made its appearance at Woodlands the other day in the shape of a largo, husky chestnut colt out of Caroline Hamilton. The latter used to race in the colors of H. Eugene Leigh, and will bs remembered as a race mare of more than ordinary ability. Her first foal, Tayon, a 2-year-old bay colt by Lissak, will be campained this season and is now at Little Rock with the rest of the Schreiber 2-year-olds. Sain is the youngest stallion at Woodlands. He is a grandson of the noted St. Simon, Englands greatest thoroughbred Btallion. Other foals reported from Woodlands are a chestnut colt by Balgowan Contest and a bay colt by Service Ottawa. Mr. Schreiber has also bought a number of brood mares in California this winter, which will be shipped to the farm shortly. The boys who recently served grandstand patrons at Ingleside lost their places at one fell swoop a few days ago, the whys and wherefores being thus detailed in.one of the Frisco newspapers: "Eight poolboys lost their places at Ingleside because they did business exclusively with one bookmaker, Fred Cook. The boys pay a license of .50 a day, including their admission, to do errands for the ladies. Some of them make as high as 0 a day placing money. But some wanted to make mora, and bookmaker Cook showed them how. He paid the young agents license in exchange for their patronage. Somebody complained that Cook gave poor odds. For fear of being reported to the association, the poolboys took some of their money to more liberal-minded bookmakers. This breach of contract incensed Cook, and he raised an uproar. When the Jockey Club heard about the affair it discharged the boys. The club would have made a clean job had it discharged the scheming bookmaker. A broker who will resort to such practicei has no business in the ring." The English Stud book is private property owned by the Weatherbys and the Jockey Club has nothing to do with it. For reasons not as yet explained Messrs Weatberby have decided to exclude American bred horses from its pages. The Sportsman of London says of the matter: "Messrs. Weatherby intend excluding from the Stnd Book in future all American stock which does not trace at all points to British importations, and I need not tell those who have studied tho subject that this would at once rule out about nine-tenths of tho race horses bred in America, for even the great Lexington traces at one point to native American sources, and such animals as Caiman and Myakka are really half breeds from our point of view; but it is to be hoped the stewards of the Jockey Club, who do not hold any control of the Stud Book, will never allow a similarly exclusive policy to be adopted in racing, nor does it seem easy to understand why Messrs. Weatherby, having in the preface to Vol. 18 adopted a perfectly reasonable scheme for offering the hospitality of tho Stud Book to our friends across the Atlantic, should now closa it with a bang, sotospeak. To buyers of Mr. Haggins yearling fillies last autumn these will not be tidings of comfort and joy." It would be interesting to know what the Weatherbys intend to do about the progeny of Umpire, Brown Prince, Preakness, Foxhall and other American breds that must now be in the English Stud Book registry. According to a dispatch from Louisville a member of the ancient and highly venerated tribe of "best known horsemen in the country" has the thing all settled and announces that the first six horses in the Kentucky Derby will finish as follows: Manuel, 1; Ordnung, 2; The Kentuckian, 3; The Barrister, 4; His Lordship, 5; Mazo, 6. This is good information kindly furnished. The discouraging feature is that since they now are fully informed as to what is to happen the owners of The Barrister, His Lordship and Mazo may conclude it not worth while tq start for fourth, fifth and sixth money and thus spoil what otherwise might be a really interesting race.
