Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-12
THE RACES.
One of the FavOrltes PoisO ed In
Her Stall.

One of the FavOrltes POisO ned IL
Her stall.
Yesterdays races, which promised to b
the most interesting and enjoyable O
the winter meeting, proved very disap
pointing to the three or four hundred
people who faced the cold north wind il
the expectation OF an afternoons sport.
Through no fault of the management
which it must be conceded has acted in.
variably in the interests of it's patrons
each of the three events of the day wa,
marked by unsatisfactory features. The
first race was marred by an unfortunate
misjudgment, several horses bel ng badly
three starters bolted with their feather
weight riders at the first break, and the
third was declared off altogether. This
action on the part of the judges was
highly commendable, as it was learned
that Kittie Van, the favorite, had been
dosed with aconite, about two
hours before the race, and as
Gambo had been scratched, and
only three horses, Painkiller, Rondo
and Sid Law were left to run it of,
there was naturally strong suspicion o +
jobbery. The doctoring of Kitty Van
was considered as one of the worst mis-
demeanors ever perpetrated upon q
racetrack, and could the guilt have been
fastened upon any individual at the
time the announcement was made, it
would undnubtedly have gone hard with
him. At 1890 O'Clock the mare was
locked up in her stall by Mr.. Ross
trainer, who went over to the mill for
some grain. While on the way there he
was met by Hazlet, the jockey who was
engaged to ride her, and at his request
the keys of the stalls were turned over
to him. When the trainer returned he
found the mare downin the straw. suffer
ing from spasms. Mr.. Ross, her owner,
was notified, and w. ]. Oliver, a we'll
known "vet," was summoned peremp-
torily. On examining the mare come
forty minutes later he pronounced her as
suffering from poisoning by aconite, and
administered big dose of belladonna as
an antidote. In the meantime the poor
animal had become bloated and was
almost asphyxiated. owing to the action
of the drug in closing the larynx. After
about an hours work she was efficiently
recovered to get on to her feet again, but
and grave fears were entertained OF her
pulling through. She was much better,
however, last night, and it is hoped will
be in form again about the middle ol
next week.
The following is summary Of yester
days racing:
E. B. Den's b. h. Othello, (Hennessy) 119
T. Hss!et's b. m. Louise NJ, (Davis) ia
N.x:covarrubias' bh. Dan Murphy (cliford)
cy MuIRey's CHI. g. Tom Daily. 6 iNavvice) 124
Ell. Baldwin's b. m. Atalanta 8 (Brown)
90 pounds. ............. .................
* Vignolo's b. m. Rosemeade, 8 tRoach)
8. D. Dunn's ch. h. Four Aces, 4 Dunn 119
M. storms b. m. Fannie F., 5 iPierce). III
Kelly & samuels' b. m. welc me. 5 MAR
shall shaiD 1ia iaop pounds.
Pools soldETom DAILY $40, Louise M $7; th
field $7 and Dan Murphy So. Paris mutua
Alter slight delay, owing to We
comes usual sulkiness, the nine wei
sent away to as bad start as could we
be imagined, with Othello, Dan Murph
and Fannie F. in front, Atalanta som
fifty feet behind the post and Rosemead
Tom Daily and Welcome in the ditcl
the favorite being jammed by the latt'
against the fence, nearly breakin
Navice's leg. Othello led two length
along the backstretch, but at the tut
Louise M. closed up rapidly, and on 81
tering the straight passed Murphy an
got on even terms with Othello, VIII
however, won by short head after
slashing finish; two lengths betwee
second and third and the rest stragglir
in, with Welcome last. Davis elaine
that Hennessy grabbed Louise Ms bl
die coming up the straight, but as eros
complaint of the same kind was mad
the judges paid no attention to either.
Second race-One mile and one.eighth, ow
ers to handicap
J. Baldwin's b. M. winona. s BROWN. 80
M. storms oh. g. kildare, s (Pieree), so
Time, i:5;77X. -
Pools sold: Mcainnis, $1o,. Kildare. 81
mona, So. Paris mutuals paid "a 30. =
At the first break McGinnis and K
dare bolted, and their riders being U
able to hold them, the latter ran o
mile and q quarter, and the former thrt
fourths of mile, before being pulled
AT the second attempt, however, tn
went away we'll together, McGinnis hi
ing half a length advantage when pa
ing the stand for the first time. At
one-fourth post Kildare and the favor
were SO close as to crowd Winona o
but on getting inside she soon trail
them up, and Kildare beginning to sh
signs OF Distress fell back along the ba