view raw text
NO ACTION IN CALIFORNIA Westerners Will Wot Seek Legis ¬ lative Relief Until After War Pacific Coast Turfmen Now De ¬ voting Their Energies to Annv Enterprises By J II Jeff cry crySaratoga Saratoga N Y August 9 Unless the Avar should ome to an end meanwhile no attempt will be made by the friends of racing to obtain legislation favorable to the sport at the biennial session of the California legislature next winter This is de ¬ clared to be the program agreed upon by the in ¬ fluential Californians who have identified them ¬ selves with the breeding of thoroughbreds during the past few years with the idea and hope that eventually racing will be restored in the Golden State StateCaliforniaus Californiaus who are here agree that it would be in inopportune time to launch a movement to bring back racing on the Pacific coast even though the potency of the argument that racing would give a great impetus to the hcrse breeding industry on the coast at a time when all the horses than can possibly be produced arc a military necessity is conceded generally generallyThe The men who arc counted upon to go to the front for the thoroughbred in California at the proper time taUe the ground tlisit the present ISiur time to think of building new race tracks and de ¬ voting their energies to the organization of a new racing structure on the coast Most of them are in the service of the nation applying their talents to the great object of winning the war As the California legislature will not convene again until 121 those who have been patiently looking for ¬ ward to the day when the thoroughbred might again come into his own in the far west will perforce have to call upon their stock of patience still further furtherLion Lion dOr which was bid up from an entered price of 1200 to 2200 after winning a selling nice here on Tuesday in the colors of P A Clark is a juvenile of better than the average quality shown in races of this type and it is probable that lie would be reserved for the better class of races but for the development of osselets which threaten to limit his usefulness for racing purposes purposesHoward Howard Oots has five horses here In Kentucky he has some twenty turned out Mr Oots has de ¬ cided not to buy any yearlings this year For several years he has been a liberal buyer of young horses It is likely that most of the horses which he has in Kentucky will be taken up this fall and prepared for winter racing in Cuba under the direction of M Lowenstein who raced a string of the Oots horses with considerable success at Oriental Park lust winter J Burke an apprentice rider who has shown some promise in the saddle will probably go along as stable jockey jockeyH H BULLMAN TEMPORARILY INCAPACITATED INCAPACITATEDH H KuIIman R T Wilsons apprentice rider is temporarily out of commission on account of a nasal affliction which has prevented him from riding as successfully as it seemed likely he would upon his return from Cuba last spring after having shown promising form in the saddle there during the winter He is about to submit to an operation for the removal of adenoids that arc at the bottom of the trouble He has been galloping horses but when it came to riding in races lack of sufficient breathing capacity rendered himself practically helpless after going a half mile mileWhile While Billy Kelly was beaten in the Albany Han ¬ dicap under his crushing impost of 133 pounds he was by no means disgraced Indeed there were any number of good judges who were inclined to believe that the colt should have been returned the winner in spite of his exacting impost They maintain that lie would have won had jockey Simpson kept him close to the inner rail instead of permitting him to run wide in entering the stretch An additional factor in his defeat was that he was taken to the front and set the pace Those who know the colt best say that he runs most effectively when re ¬ served behind the pacemaker to the stretch He will be teen in action in the Sauford Memorial Stakes of 5000 which will be run over the three quarters course next Wednesday This is a penalty and allowance affair with the weights fixed by the conditions so that the winners of important stakes will have to make considerable concessions of weight to the other contenders contendersH H G Bedwell who manages Commander J K 1 Ross i ovcrful stable is iii an especially amiable frame of mind these days because Cudgel the pride f the stable emerged from his engagement in the Saratoga Handicap on the opening day of the meeting none the worse for having taken part in the nice against Roamer and other stars It was vrith wine misgiving that trainer Bedwcll 8eiit fidgol to the post for this race fearing that it might do him no good because he was not quite keyed up to such an effort after his respite of Continued ou second page NO ACTION IN CALIFORNIA Continued from first page several weeks To Bedwells relief the race did Cudgel much good rather than the reverse as shown by his subsequent demeanor about the stahln and while at work So it may be expected that Com ¬ mander Ross great colt will be at his best when he goes to the post on Saturday for the Chainplain Handicap of 3500 one mile and one eighth for which ho has l oen assigned 132 pounds The same weight has been allotted to his erstwhile conqueror Roamer and the two arc looked upon as certain starters Needless to suggest the renewal of the duel between these two giants of the turf is being looked forward to with undisguised interest Mid ¬ way which made such a meritorious shnwin running second to Sun Briar In his recordbreaking feat on Tuesday will be a starter In the Chainplain Handicap under 103 pounds anil jockey E Sande has been engaged to ride hint in this engagement engagementGipsey Gipsey George which W Perkins purchased from J B Respess before leaving Kentucky is being schooled here for jumping and is showing much aptitude in that particular sphere of racing racingOut Out the Way which Avon the opening race on Wednesday in the colors of II P Whitney was well regarded for the race on the strength of fast work which he had been regularly showing It is sure that he is capable of beating much Iwtter opposition than ho met yesterday He was so well thought of by his stable connections that he was nominated in the early part of the year for many important stakes both east and west He is eligible for all of the important events to be run during the remainder of the Saratoga season
