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TANFORAN TO OPEN SOON Horses Prepped Daily Over San Bruno Course- Opening Handicap Is First Objective. SAN BRUNO, Calif., Oct. 1. With the opening of the twenty-five day fall meeting less than two weeks away, trainers are beginning to bear down on their charges, honing them up for the ,000 added Opening Handicap, inaugural feature at six furlongs Thursday, October 8. As one speed star after another appears on the racing strip opinions are widely divergent as to which is the fastest sprinter at the course. Consider some of the contenders. Red Wagon is the hope of Ivan Parke, and little Red Wagon can really "turn it on," as they say around the barns. Hes an "11 runner," and a good one, with a burst of early speed that has carried him to the top of virtually every field with which he has raced this summer and to two notable triumphs in recent starts. The cause of H. C. Hatchs Uppermost does not lack for supporters. This fast chestnut mare has just recently rounded to under the watchful eye of trainer Kay Spence. Shes picked up weight; not fat, but good, hard muscle, since she raced in the spring. Her present trials indicate that she may be taken off her top form and the record books show she deserves high ranking in the sprint division. "SEA HORSE" PREP. Alviso, a California-bred, deserves special mention. Given the "sea horse" prep at Harry Unnas Imperial Beach ranch, he has earned an enviable reputation by his sprinting feats this summer. In fact, he can step away from his stablemate, Bartlett, and this speedster went the first six furlongs in 1:10and in a mile race, going around two turns. So Alviso, coming off the track bucking and playing these mornings, is quite able to espouse his own cause. Trainer Darrell Cannon has several fast ones in the Maj. Austin C. Taylor barn Indian Broom. Special Agent and Torolee, to mention three, but it is likely that he will send the first two in stakes at a mile or more and let Torolee look to the stables laurels in the sprint events. There are a dozen others which rate consideration. Don Roberto, the California-bred three-year-old, which is unbeaten in two starts; Blue Boot, a conqueror of Indian Broom this summer, can go a fast three-quarters, although she looks hopelessly out of it in the first part; Primulus, another good one that has a decision over Indian Broom, will give a good account of herself. These are some of the horses on the grounds. The invading contingent from the East will swell the array of sprint stars, making it the finest division that has ever campaigned at this historic course.
