The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1898, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1898. 15 ROYAL PRICES P@dID roR FAMOUS RACERS W. O’'B. Macdonough Headed the List When He Brought Ormonde to California. ¥, beating Archduke with the nd Union Hotel Stakes, however, d to Archduke. Back to New ssigned top-weight in every race. ta cat him in the Flight Stakes, but Requital n old campaigner. Previous, with Sloan up, also beat Hamburg in the Flatbush Stakes at seven fur- 1c The Autumn Stakes, however, went to Ham- 9 pounds up, Archduke second. last race, and the one that settled the wo-year-old supremacy, was the Great ap at chead, where, with 135 idle, and giving away anywhere from to the c kK two- r-olds of the year, burg, with Taral won the race from start to h uv] a jog. 1In this race the bockies laid 8 to § urg. racing career Hamburg started in six- winning twelve, was second three times 1 once. is purse and stake winnings foot e sum of 337,175. He won the Great Trial Stakes, of the Double Event, Autumn and Great heeps the Flash and Con- ing Generation and ect and Excelsis ese ing. He ran third .audeman in the first section e Event at Sheepshead, was second to 1 Saratoga's Grand Union Stakes, and at d recently he finished behind Requital in t and Previous in the Flatbush. Story of St. Gatien. ffer of St. Gatlen revived an old story, with v of the present racegoers are familiar. The v that he is by Rotherhill or The Rover, , wh the latter horse stood ble two races easily, In the G wa £ & wling Brook and I Doubl ester, The Rover’s owner, el Shine of Listowell, County Kerry, in financial straits, and the Sheriff’s offi- seized The Rover, whose arnroximate value had much increased by St. Gatien’s showing in the ribbon event. Party feeling was at fever heat in County Kerry at the time, and, although the officers 1 to be keeping close tabs on their prize, he Rover lying dead in his stall one morn- throat cut. on to his dead heat for the Derby St. Gatien 12l racing career, during which-he suf- thr n four seasons. Meddler t his two-ye ason, but his His dam, Busybody, won a fortune dium of such notable events as the land, W & 1 1 his t Vinaway, was also a classic wine Queen Bertha, was a signal k and at the stud. Price.] Ho: 150,000+ hird da both on the t. Price, $30,000 30,000 Devil... hman. ke Blackburn . ) Duke of Magenta. Tortimer . ed hopes the above list wasn't worth $4 as a could never bear the Phil Dwyer gave ed what possessed . Walcott wanted , but Mr." Dwyer *ott owes Mr. Dwyer at least one of the rankest le. Snapper Gar- ived credit for spoiling him, but k long before the Snapper cut him to pieces that fine sunny afternoon in August at Monmouth Park. The Great St. Blaise. King Thc :nator Hea Two hours north from Na ille is Gallatin, near which Charles Reed has his Fairview farm. It com- s 1071 acres, and was purchased seventeen years ago from the old Franklin family. The size of the house and also of the mausoleum are evidences that s who built them must have been wealth ver seventy yearlings at Fairview by t s pt there, of wt e chief is, of cour: se, for which ve $100,000 at the disposal of the late Mr. v 1, held in Madison-square Gar- e is not the horse one would e such fashionable and sty h stock as from the horses which are St. E Mr. Reed would make and shape if the usual accepted as correct, shaped, he gets good cason of, his con- nd very blood like, with 2 Veck very good, t and quarters of bone and great mus- ‘ in fact, strength and substance the Double owl- were I next t of the 1 Laudem n a common c t T wa or St. Blase, as the word is appropriate to a son of > of the oldest of the canon- mburg won ized martyrs, who suffered death fn A. D. 216. While Bishop of Sebaste it is recorded of him that he per- formed a miracle on the throat of a suffering child, and Catholic churches annually hold ceremonies in commemoration thereof. Supplicants for the blessing of the throat kneel at the altar, and, as the priest passes in front of them, bearing an image of Christ and crossed burning tapers, he touches the sides of the throat. Ormonde, winner of the Derby of 1886, and com- monly called the Mighty Ormonde, is by Bend Or, winner of 1880, he by Doncaster, the winner of 1873, Doncaster by Stockwell, etc. . Ormonde was sold to the stud to go to South America for an enormous sum, $100,000, & sum only equaled by that pald by Charles Reed for St. Blalse, the winner of 1883. Ormonde was afterward purchased by Mr. Macdonough of ‘California for $150,000, the purchaser: taking all risks of shipping «the horse to the United States by way of England, and thence across the continent. ~He has had very, few offspring. ‘006@0@@000@6@6@@00000&@090@00@090000069QOOOQOOQ‘@O@@@60@00900@000000000@@00: * : DARING CALIFORNIA EQUESTRIENNES. : @ @ 3 @ ¢ Miss Stella McCray Was Noted for Her Horsemanship When She ¢ 4 § Was at Stanford and Miss Rose Hooper Is Among the Best e . in San Francisco, and There Are Others. . :@@@@QQ@@@O@@O@00@@0000000990‘906000009000000@@0@0@@@@@@600@@@@0@@@@@@@@@@@@2 O ride a horse well and grace- fully is now, as it has long been in the past, a requisite part of the education of a gentlewoman; and she who cannot only do this, but is also skilled and fearless enough to be capable of controlling steeds which, by reason of their spirits and temper, are outside the pale of con- TAKING A FENCE ventional “ladies’ mounts,” is mistress of an accomplishment of which she may well be proud. Mrs. General Nelson A. Miles belongs to this class, as did also Mrs. William “IT WAS THE CLOSEST FINISH I EVER Saw.” C. Whitney, dent was so widely deplored; and to this class also belong many of our Cali- fornian matrons and maids, the grace and daring of whose equestrian per. formances has won them far more than local fame. whose unfortunate acci- Among the San Francisco society la- dies who are especially proficient as AT BURLINGAME horsewomen are Mrs. W. B. Hooper who, mounted upon her beautiful bay mare Caprice, has frequently given her friends charming exhibitions of tue true art of equestrianism. Miss Bee and Miss Rose Hooper are also accomplished equestriennes, the latter being particularly fond of per- forming feats so difficult as to be utter impc ties to any one less sure of r seat and her mount than sibi Tt At a recent invitation exhibition of the Riding Club here Miss Hooper dis- tinguished herself by driving a “uni- corn team” of three horses, harnessed one in front of a pair, and put them through the most difficult evolutions with perfect ease and grace. Mrs. Will Crocker and Mrs. Will Tevis are also excellent horsewomen, though they are so engrossed in social duties ‘that they give less time to the sport than was their custom formerly. Mrs. Joseph Tobin is a remarkably graceful rider, as is also Mrs. Fannie Lent. Mrs. Lent and Miss M. A. Far- quharson are fellow directors in the Riding Club and most enthusiastic members of that exclusive organization. Among our other society belles who are actively interested and proficient in horseback riding are Miss Caro Crockett, Miss Edna Hopkins, Miss Helen Hopkins, Miss Florence Stone, Miss Therese Morgan and Miss Marie ‘Wells. - All of these young ladies are extremely fond of this most healthful, invigorating and delightful exercise, and not one of them has been content to merely learn how to sit in the saddle properly and guide a well mannered horse along a quiet way. They are all riders worthy the name, even here in California, where to be classed as a really good rider requires that one should be possessed of little less than genius in that particular line. Miss L. E. Ward of Oakland is also an excellent horsewoman, and Miss Marie Oge is noted as being one of the best of San_ Rafael’s riders. So also is Aiss Mab McDonald of = Santa Rosa. Miss Stella McCray, now Mrs. Schofield, of Palo Alto was noted dur- ing her student life at Stanford Uni- versity as being the best all around non-professional feminine athlete in California. She was captain of the celebrated Stanford basket-ball team, and was a leader in all the athletic games and sports indulged in by the co-eds of that famous institution. More than this she was and is a most in- trepid rider of horses whether they be gentle or flery, amiable or vicious, trained or untrained. She can put a horse through his paces whatever they may be, her seat is firm and her hand and eye steady. No leap that is pos- sible has any terrors for her, and she delights in a ’cross country dash as thoroughly as did the late spirited and fearless Austrian Empress in the zenith of her youth and strength. The young ladies of Sacramento are also fond of equestrianism and the level roas outside the city are often made gay by “horseback parties,” the mem- bers of which organize and carry out impromptu races and “take” fences and ditches with great spirit and much friendly rivalry. ,Of the Sacramento riders who have won particular dis- tinction -are Miss Genevieve Henry, Miss Augustine du- Milieu, Miss Grace Farnsworth and Miss Bertha Gardner and Miss May Heath of Oak Grove. In the country districts of California the young woman who cannot ride is an exception to the general rule. While riding schools do not flourish outside the cities, the country girl.ordinarily learns to keep her seat on a saddleless horse at a very early age and upon this foundation builds wisely and well, .