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HOPPER AT HOME. SECRETARY esterdays Cincinnati Enquirer says: cretary E. C. Hopper, of the Latonia Jockey Club and American Turf Congress, returned home from San Francisco yesterday morning. "The popular secretary is looking better than ever, and shows the effects of his long stay in the grand climate of California. Mr. Hoprjer was associated with Charles F. Price and Joe Murphy in the judges stand at the Oakland meeting, which closed last Saturday. Speaking of the racing on the Pacific coast Mr. Hopper yesterday said: "The last two weeks af the Oakland meeting were the most successful in the history of that track. The crowds were large and the betting brisk. This was unusual, considering the fact that nearly all the good horses and jockeys were at that time on their way east. Sofala w»s without doubt the best two-year-old filly on the coast. She a medium-sized animal, with lots of speed and endurance. The horsemen out there think her a better filly than Miss Bennett, but this has not yet been proved, as the youngsters have never met in a race. Ed Corrigans M. F. Tarpey was probably the best of the two-year-old colts. "Of the young jockeys that showed up well during the past season at the two Frisco tracks T.Walsh and Henry were better than the average. "Regarding the case of Willie Martin, who was ruled off last week at Oakland, Mr. Hopper did not have much to say. He, however, 6tated that the charges against Martin were fully substantiated by the evidence."
