Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-04
The Turf.

test is exciting more interest among
the sporting public of Los Angeles
than any event that has ever taken
place. There is little to wonder at in
this, when one looks into the condi.
tions of the race. The purse-$750-
is Of itself we'll worth winning, and
when is added to this the gate money,
which will no doubt amount to q
large sum, and the honor and glory to
the successful rider, one can hardly
wonder that each contestant is exert
ing himself to the utmost to carry of
the laurels.
Each rider has fine string oi
horses, and it would be invidious for
me to draw comparisons between
them, so evenly are they matched.
In order that the public may be
equally well informed on the subject,
l hope to be able to place before them
in the columns of the HERALD
of Wednesday next, the day before
the one appointed for the race,
list of the horses to be ridden by
each rider, with their performances,
merits and points. Mr.. F. j. Francis,
the energetic and able manager of the
race, has done everything in his
power to make it success, and it is
owing to his courtesy that l shall be
in a position to keep the public in-
formed Of the progress of the riders
and their steeds up to the day of the
race.
There is one point, the adopting OF
which l rather strongly urged, and
with which Messrs. Rodman & Co. the
official booksellers on the event,
readily agreed, that will convince the
public of the bona-fide character oi
the contest. 1t is, that before pool
is sold on the event, the horses to be
ridden by each contestant shall par
ade before the grand stand, SO that
the hespectators can judge for themselves
not merely of the abilities Of the riders
but of the animals to be ridden. II
will be remembered that in the late
contest between Pugh and Anderson
considerable dissatisfaction was ex.
pressed that the horses were not par.
AIDED till some two hours had been
spent by the gentleman in the pool
box; but with gentlemen of Messrs
Rodman & Co.'s standing such action
is impossible, and would not for a
moment be tolerated.
Many of the horses which were
fancied for the Suburban when the
weights first appeared have been elimi.
mated from the contest, and accord.
ingly the odds against some of those
left in have been considerably re-
duced. Kingston, as I predicted in
my last article, still keeps the pride
Of place as favorite, a place to which
his performances just entitle him
To those who back their fancy would
merely suggest that a trife put on
Laggard to win and place would not be
thrown away; but l would remind any
gentleman who follows my tips thai
an action to recover the money
lost on them is a fruit
less labor, as several scrolls
in Chinese hieroglyphics, testify to
my total want OF means to satisfy
claims of such a nature
Amongst the many bets laid by
MessrS. Rodman u Co. the following
are OF sufficient magnitude to show
the state of the market:
2000 to 100 Kingston, 1900 to AZ
Laggard, 1900 to 80 Linden, 5000 to
100 Orifamme, 1000 to 40 Sir Dixon
and 1000 to 10 Terra Gotta. Sil
Dixon has been scratched, so his
backer, who, by the way, is Phila.
delphia bookmaker, was little pre-
vious in investing on his chance.
Patsy Duffy, the well-known and
accomplished jockey, is at present il
this city, and intends to enjoy oul
climate for limited period. Dufy's
greatest success was with Tyrant
when on that horse he won the
Withers stakes Of 1884. His present
weight Il about 118 pounds, butt be 'car
easiIy zeduce y no roundS, hil