Show 1 Twenty Twenty Six Days Days' Racing Fastest Track in Country I 1 J San Francisco Dec 15 six l Twenty six straight da days s 's of or racing with wih but Lul ono one real hea heavy track In 11 that 11 period loll ex explains ex- ex plains tho time lime tinie being matlo by Lii tho lie horses horles at Oakland For Instance In Instance In- In stance trainers nn and hand cappers back last East cannot believe lelec that Rapid Water ate was able on un Saturday ar November Xo 30 30 in the Fruitvale handicap to run a it amile tulle mile mie and a 0 hundred yards ards In 1 11 1 I 1 5 I n or UI Just 1 two wo of or a second tester luster than the worlds world's record h hold l Jointly by bJ I PIttsburg Phils Grand Opera Opera and Ananias a n California colt col At the tho liar Har lem hem course comMe Chicago III ill II Grand Opera ran mu tho time distance in Iii that time while on I J l ir if inn IO i 01 Ananias surprised t tho lie lo t students of racing form by racing showing an un exactly similar performance under 10 pounds lounds I Rapid Water Yater packed l- l poun pounds s an and won n-em galloping for Marvellous ur clous' Miller IIer b by two lengths The son of ot Rapallo Water ateI Girl could ha have done Ione it I In 14 1421 If It Rapid Hapl Water Yater can cn run like JO that h why would woul run half a that mile in iii nothing out there in California mie writes wiltes a n nonplussed follower of the i local winter game ganio from Irma Washington D. D C. C Be Do that as it Ju may handlers would find tho the fastest I woul course COULse in iii II tho time country here wh when n it Il Is dry r an and ready A summer of ot careful treatment Superintendent Jim Jiin Jr Grant a ti cl clever cl man inami with the wih tl harrowa and amid scrapers s with w ih a lon long term of or clear an weather has brought the lie the Oakland footing to the lie speed of or either elthel Brighton Beach or Ar ii 1 vr hH j I haven't improved c to to any 1 great grett I t d degree I Its It's Is the lie track which has hns taken on sJ speed ed antI elasticity tho 01 han handlers lers of the tho awa away an back In the t I hund handbooks oos anti and 11 rooms around Cincinnati Ohio Pittsburg Pa la Hot Springs Ark rl and amid Washington ashington D. D C. C shouldn't overrate the lie horses because tie of ot tho thio wonderfully fast time being made Inato O cr every tIa they day The the off ott used to do that when Del Del- Delmont mont parks park's straightaways begat began e an to settle and liven tip tp For or a while no one ono could understand the new found speed speet ii displayed e b by r Kiamesha lame ha i and Oxford Dont Don't make the tho same sarno mis mis- take In sizing up iii the tho Oakland fields Rapid Water is atel no 10 better or no worse than when he lie raced at top tOJI form forni about the New York courses courses Of or tho the west est era ern crl horses ses Frank Nugent a old year sprinter ter Johnny Lyons and Sugar Maid are arc about the best though there are arc quite a number Quie n of ur the tho jungle JunSIe equines equities to bo be 10 unco- unco tired ered yet ot Sam Sain Is just get get- tn imp Ills his n r. r TV T n I I I 0 v Dick Carman the toss rough gina gam bIer bler with a New cw York society prestige Sam Sam- ha had things all al his own wa way Scarcely a a day dait but lut he was first and second In iii tho the bl big race of ot the day a with wih on one of ot tho the till till-in Ul-in Ul events as an added source of revenue Now Non a change Is coming about Ii has ted started to win Before leCore the tho winter Is t nut ul ul Ton Tony TonJ- Faust will be tic Ic beating thu tho best in imi the Carman Carmen bat a Il n. n I Forty 10 books J opi 1 reou iK ma mas ines aft moon last year ear This was the high luSh mark up to today when two forty fortY u I bookmakers ls of oil all ul crr decrees degres s 11 Held field 11 corn corn- j lii 11 1 J S- S 1 3 u. and amid regular weighed 1 in for business I. I This Timis Is a a record 01 for California Califor ala nia showing as it i does docs the tremendous ous zest of oC the tho game wo are aro now enjoying Despite tho the talk ta of tight mono money there Is plenty of gold for the horse roulette In iii this part apart of or the country COUn tr Never be before be- be fore tore was n-as n Wl San Francisco so up u In racing as today to Everybody g dy Is Js CO cop con cernell in lii il racing Time The daily nl attendance runs to about and antI as many lan as l 1 saw Rapid Water ater win the Thanksgiving Than ks Day handicap hal A good Saturday Satur crowd crow 1 brings out per per- sons SOlS Ta Tall Talk about ab ut Oaklands Oakland's game be be- be I ing brisk k last winter It J Is Js I 0 t n n ICIng IC- IC u v so Just JUt now After the lie ter holidays the thc I ring ring- Itself will wf s scarcely accommodate the lie number of bookmakers desirous of mixing In iii the pla play Californians like to roll rol em elmi cr Once Otice Once the lie Oakland public g gets ts to beating a succession of favorites there thore is no tolling telling to lo what volume the tho dai dally daIly Via play ia may rise Of COU course rsc when the the lie Inevitable run of or out outside chances comes the ardor of the mob I is quickly cool cooled ll The Tho gossip of the Iho lie ring holds astory a u I story of or the thc lie experience of vC Bookmaker Bell Benny F Faik lk which shiichi 1 Is I's I Interesting two tn-c weeks ago a soldier sol from fromn the lie Presidio Pre Pre- sidio silio offered him a 20 gold ol piece on Lone Lne Wolf ol at four lo to one ono The Tho bettor bottor won oit UI his 80 SO all al rl right ht and antI took toole down two other b bets ts that afternoon Next a day the tho soldier beat Ical live no straight races and the lie day a following ho ma made four out of live lire bets hats stand un UP For Pm- two f fur 1 j I thor thier ho Ito his his luck winning i nl with l singular goo good 1 fortune 1 Here rc Is J- J Jl where the lie funn funny tiling lung thing of oC the tho affair araJI comes In The rite man Ian of ot war did dill not nut entrust his speculation to any n other bookmaker than thai Falk Why Wimy h FaI Falk has red hair and the sol soldier ler leras re was as ono one of liar lar bugs Lugs you'll encounter on a racetrack racetrack race race- track with wih a penchant for gray glay horses or redheaded ed bookmakers Something was In iii tho the hunch all al right for tor in the tho latter laler days of or the Ito soldiers soldier's success he lie was handing up OO pla plays 8 I to tothie the 1 layer er of au auburn urn locks But Dul what a chance ho Ime had lied Falk halk Just kept taking the lie monc money and an paying of off confident in the the lie knowledge ge that the hunch head neli would soon back up This Mr lr Soldier Dually did dil for fOI his last lust kick was an 8 S split across tho the boards to a a choice In the lie Pacific Union han handicap which choie didn't I conic come through I At one time line he lie had OO of Falks Falk's good gool coin Joe 13 1 chon of ot Latonia Is one of the lie sweet j winners in the tho vast past week weel while Joe Harbin I Is reported a star loser Harlan Joc trifled with wih a lot of or tho thin train from rom n P. F F Carman Rifleman se sewed il-I il hint him uj up while Carmans Carman's take off to Acrobat t re recently to- to edith was from the lie Harlan money pile plo Billy i is Js taking big Ingstrum muno money while Charley Charley Bowman Miley lle Pres ires ton tOi Johnn Johnny Lyons Lon Frank Bait Bain Dalu Geo Lindon Phil Phi Bill Hil Jim Lawler Johnn Johnny Coleman Sam Sum Simon E Ed Soule h and Miller ller George un und and Willie Applegate are mixing In the fastest play r Ev considered Oakland i Ir b the lie winter booking paradise Within a 3 short nhUe while tho lie trainers will wil be pointing some of their year yeni al- al I lings hinge for the thc lie blush of or 1 lOS O ju- ju racing Even Evon now the stretch Is hearing a a. a JOW lot lol tle of or talk tale of oC prospective champions among the lie yearlings year year- lings which are arc are soon to enter the tho lie serious se se- se rious and game of ot racing Of last wil winters winter's crop of or 1 year two wU T I If H 1111 Williams drew diew the tho hi prize hrize packet In imi 1 Firestone Novo None of or the others amounted amount amount- ed cd to lo much This winter there are arc mote mOLe coming coining two ye two olds t r on the lie coast than ever eCI before From 1 01 what whal one hears there rna may he be le several cral stones too too Sam has u a line band lne 11 ii I. I F. F Canaan Carman 1 says fas fa's lie he owns thu I. I best I f J l II America Hoots Boots Durnell 11 invented his early carh year ar winnings In yearlings He lie le lies has sonic some beauties according to lo the tho clockers One yearling colt col 1 by Star Shoot Is highly prized b by the young horseman offered etl Durnell cash for or him ono recent morn morn- 11 lug ing on elm the lie gallops ground but bitt bil only received a knowing Ilu laugh h from froni Durnell In In response That there thore Is Js not ko so 20 much campaigning a stable of oC thorough thorough- 11 even though it I be comprised of oC I star performers Is strikingly I borne bozic out h by his' tho tH he experience of Durnell fr this past ast summer Ho ITo lo took the tho lie Suburban handi cal cap as all the al turf world worM knows and many were tho ho races race ho lie took toole down with Nealon and amid bi bis l other horses Tie lie Tc earned carnell in purses a n little over ovet Oel In iii tour four our II months How much did of Of oC It D nn nn r. r f. f th l. l lie have hc-have I V I 0 HC 1 U Cluss high class Jockey jocko expert trainers I transportation ec etc On his own admission ad nd- nd I mission tIle the te earnings of oC his horses netted net net- lette let let- te ted him him not ilot more than on the lie yea eal year In r words It I costs more Inure than half what whal your horses earn to go o through a first flight campaign In Iii the East Tho The hea heavy forfeits to tin lie big 1 stakes are arc nothing more mOLo than tiL so man many wild wid gambles You may racy as well bet het it I in the ring a as In tho ho wel j bit tion ton books looks of tho the racing secretaries i That Is tho theory of man many an owner The Tho thing to lo do to noa nowadays as a's Is IH to breed or develop tIc young oung thoroughbred stock for Cor sale salo to the New cw York millionaires when hen they thie become smitten with w-iti u a. par pal wIl smart performance performance- at Del Bel mont park aik Tel Tel- palk or Bay In l the fit early arh summer time line It I Is with wih time the hope tw of ot unearthing hOJ u n real high chafe two- two year old on a small Investment in iii year ear ling hug stock that occasions Hildreth Durnel nell Dut-nell R. R r. r Carman Carmen sail and other Hl bl big owners IJ to 0 train nn and amid 1 develop for eastern Ilg I lacing acing a big hit band of yearlings cC a Wu out stone Stalin hero m Talking i. i of I Fire Fire- lre 1 I O will ill make laIe n m many a renowned three three- oVI I old year yeul ol next hustle season about New York On 1 01 al advice Owner T j Tt II H. Williams IH Is I. I resting t It up Firestone on I i his California ranch this winter 01 |