. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,188 The Fair at San Jose. The experiment of holding the annual meeting at the Gar- den City in the early days of the Fall Circuit instead of the nether ehd Was a prbnoOnfled success. The eity was in the inidst of a real estate boord with £11 the attendant excitement, bnt the draft of the Fair was so strbbg ihat the a'SSociation had no complaints to make of inattention on the part of* the pnblic. The handsome grounds were at their best, the man- agement capital, the racing first class, and altogether it was a glurums week. T
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,188 The Fair at San Jose. The experiment of holding the annual meeting at the Gar- den City in the early days of the Fall Circuit instead of the nether ehd Was a prbnoOnfled success. The eity was in the inidst of a real estate boord with £11 the attendant excitement, bnt the draft of the Fair was so strbbg ihat the a'SSociation had no complaints to make of inattention on the part of* the pnblic. The handsome grounds were at their best, the man- agement capital, the racing first class, and altogether it was a glurums week. The only incidents that detracted from the general happiness were the deaths of Grosvenor and Lottie M. Grosvenor choked down and died on the track, in a race which he was winning as he liked, and in a heat in which bis owner had waived distance and ordered the horse driven for a record. Note of Grosvenor's breeding and general char- acteristics was made in tbeso columns laat week. Lottie II. met a violent death. She started on Thursday in the race for the 2:23 class, and was so rank and vicious on the bit that her driver, Willis Parker, had all he could do to keep her within bounds, In the third heat, aiter passing the half-mile mark, she settled and commenced trotting fast. Bexford, who was next in front of her, was driven wide of . the pole, and Willis palled his mare in next the fence. After going a furlong at a fast clip, she broke and swerved toward the fence. At that point there is a bank about eight inches â¢high that marks the inner line of the course, and, asilHuck would have it, she landed her fore-feet on this bank. This threw her off her balance; she stumbled, struck a post with her neat shoulder, and was shunted headloDg out into the middle of the track; the fall breaking her neck. Parker was thrown heavily and was badly cut .tip about the head and face, but escaped serious injury. Lottie was bred and owned by John M. Moore of Stockton; was by Nephew, 6rst
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