Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-07

L commence placed IN her by winning
, somewhat easily. There was n weari-
| some delay at the post, which WAS chief
, ly due to the fact that the lad on genoyis,
: repeatedly refused to join his korses.
and it was only after an interval of forty
minutes, the monotony of which was
broken by break-aways and false starts, :,
too numerous to mention, that the
flag fell to a fair start. Lady Helen.
made the running, followed by Fandango
and -Four Aces, the rest punched close
up, and they kept this order to the
stretch, where Four Aces got much the
worst of scrimmage and was virtu-
ally put out of the race. Wild Oats
here apr cared dangerous, but his
effort was but momentary and
the contest narrowed itself to q
whipping finish between Lady Helen
and Fandango, and though the filly
rather shirked under the whip, she
beat Fandango three-quarters Of q
length, Wild Oats length off third.
After the race, Wicks, the rider Of Four
Aces, attended on the Judges, and had q
complaint against Howson, the rider of
Wild Oats, for foul riding. "Frisco,"
the rider of Fandango, objected to the
winner on the ground of cross. The
Judges dismissed the complaints without
even hearing evidence.
The press representatives are confined
to the lower portion ofthe Judges stand
from which a very poor view OF the rae
ing was obtainable, and it was hardly
possible to give an authoritative view of
the matter.
The second race, dash of mile, free
for all, brought eleven runners to the
post, and it will be long time before the
Los Angeles public see prettier contest.
or rather contests, as, owing to an unfor-
tunate contretempts, it had to be.
run twice. After several false starts,
owing to the righteousness of Sprey, who
refused to join her horses, they got away
starter neglected to drop his flag and the
rider of Sprey pulled up. The remainder
of the field ran the race right through.
and after pretty finish Laura Gardner
beat Idalene Cotton by an open length
in :43. The Judges after questioning
the starter, very properly ordered the
race to be run over again, and after
several breaks away the flag fell, with
sprey in the lead, closely followed by
Moses B. and L. Gardner, the rest we'll
punched. GARLIC pulled Sprey back
rounding the turn and Moses B. took up
the running, closely followed by l..
Gardner and Idalene Cotton. At the
half Moses B. and L. Gardner were still
racing neck to neck, the rest, with tho
exception of Orc and Gladstone,
both hopelessly beaten, well up.
Sprey drew up to the
leaders at the three fourth
pole and for moment looked dangerous,
only to drop back again into the nick.
Entering the stretch Moses B. challenged
Laura Gardner, but the bay mare out
stayed him, winning by length and
a-half in :4334. This time must be con-
sidered remarkably good, looking at the
hard race the winner had already run,
and the spectators cheered Justify at the
double victory of Appleby's colors.
After finishing the firsttime Del reared at
the draw gate and threw his rider. Frisco.
who, however, was fortunately not
much hurt. Del was by permission
scratched out of the race, and it is unfor-
tunate for his hackers, as they lost their
money without having a run for it.
Money is only refunded on non-starters,
and Del having been under the starters
orders was considered starter under
racing rules. The pacing race intro
duced very smart three-year-old filly
from the Pleasanton Stock Farm, Gold
Leaf by Sidney, out of Fern Leaf, who
won in three straight heats, her only
dangerous opponent being Belmont Boy
The trotting race was not quite such a
walkover, but after Puck had won the
first heat, Maggie demonstrated her
superiority by carrying off the next three
in succession. In the third heat, owing
to an unfortunate Misunderstanding, the
drivers OF Albion and Puck pulled up after
going about 200 yards, and only pro-
ceeded after being warned by the Mar
shal that it was start. Under these
circumstances the Judges waived the
distance clause and allowed all the
horses to start on the next heat. The
racing taken all round was very good,
and excuses must be allowed to the
starter as it is an exceedingly difficult
task to start two-year-olds at any
time, much more 80 when he
has little or no control over the
riders. A little wholesome advice and
strong application of stringent disciple
nary measures would teach these gentle
men that the starter is not to be trifed.
with and the sooner it is applied the bet
ter will be the racing and the truer the
running. Owners and public alike suffer
from the unsatisfactory results of strag--
Cling starts and it is useless to expect a
starter to get his field away on even.
terms, when each and every rider is
determined to be guided by his own
judgment only regardless of the authori--
ty of the official fagman and his subor-.
dinates. Poolselling was brisk and the
persuasive eloquence of Mr.. Whitehead,
had the desired effect upon the pockets
of of sthe investing public. The latter
took fairly we'll to the Paris Mutuals and
these will doubtless receive more patron
age latter in the week. MIR. L. J. Rose
officiated as Judge. Messrs. M. Sauls-
bury and o. Hicock as timers and Messrs.
A. Basilton and D. Sheehan as starters
and flagmen. The following are
THE RESULTS:
No. 1. Running purse, $500, for 2
vear-olds-$195 to first, SIS to second,
$50 to third. One.half mile:
Mr.. H; Williams b. +. Lady Helen, Hitch.
Capt W. H. Fields ch. O. Fandango, Frisco.
Mr.. W. L. Appleby's b. c. wild Oats, How
Also ran odette (stuart), -Four Aces (wicks,.
othello (Garcia), Naicho B Cook, Senovis,
| (Frisco).
Won by a length. length between
second and third; time 501.
Pools Lady Helen. $685. Four Aces,
$19; Wild Oats, $1l; Field, $25.
An objection to the winner on the
ground of cross, was overruled.