Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-26
SPEEDY ACCLAIM.
She. Breaks ALI Southern CAL
ifOrnia Records.
The Fastest Mile Ever Run in
December.
Good Sport at Agricultural Park
Yesterday.
Idaho Chief, Motto and Hercules the
Other Winners - Several Good
Races to Be Run This
Afternoon.

OnfIstmas AFTERNOON. Inc sport pro
vided was first class, and every race wa
decided on it's merits. The sensationa
race of the day was Acclaim's victory il
the Electric Railway stakes, in the very
fast time OF l 40 IS. Acclaim is won
derfully speedy 3-year-old, but even tn,
owners did not expect her to beat Al
This is undoubtedly the fastest mile eve
run this late in the year. 1t is the fast
est mile ever run in Southern California
and within four fifths of sec
ond of the best record ever made
west of the Rocky mountains
John Treat ran. a great race, but the
game old horse met more than his match
in Acclaim at the weights carried in
yesterdays race. Little Sullivan rode
the winner in his vigorous style.
Motto, the speedy daughter OF Sir
Modred, was too much for the other
2year-ods, and she won the st. Elmo
Hotel stakes rather handily in :l6.
The filly showed up in good form, and
looked all over the great race mare that
che is. Lottie Mills made good race,
but she hardly classes with Motto.
The owners handicap was captured by
Idaho Chief after very pretty race with
Ben III and Oregon Eclipse. The last
race of the day created no little interest,
especially among the horsemen. 1t was
three-eighths mile dash, and the
horses that sported silk were April Fool,
Jim Duffy, The Jew and Hercules. Con
siderable money went in on all four.
The betting men were very divided.
April Fool carried eight pounds over
weight and was reported to be not quite
ready for bruisng race. On that ac-
count good odds were obtainable against
the celebrated sprinter. Jim Duffy had
host OF supporters and he went to the
post the favorite. The Jew and Hercu-
les were next in demand. The race re-
suited in the only boil-over of the day.
Hercules winning after slashing race
II. r. Brown, II. McGregor and Capt.
A. w. Barrett were in the judges stand,
while j. J. Mellus, William Dryden and
Charles Durfee were the timers. Ed
Smith officated as starter. Four book
makers piled their vocation and did
fair business.
THE Two-YEAR-oLDs.
The first event on the card WAS the St.
Elmo stakes for 2-year Lottie
Mills, Motto, Capistrano and Combat
sported elk. Motto was great favor
ite, and justified the confidence reposed
in her by winning rather handily. The
starter experienced some little trouble
in getting the quartette together.
Capistrano was especially fractious and
bolted with his rider Cook. The boy
was very weak from reducing and could
not hold the colt. In consequence he
ran two miles before he was brought to
a standstill. The judges declared all
bets off and allowed 20 minutes to make
anew book. This made quite a differ
ence to the men who had bet on the
race as the Lottie Mills people were un-
able to get their money in to such good
advantage, as Capistrano no longer cut
any figure in the race. The flag fell to
q fair start. Motto and Lottie Mills
soon assumed the lead and raced to-
gether around the turn. Coming down
the stretch Rafour called upon Motto
and the race was never afterwards III
doubt. The summary:
L. J. Rose, CHI f. Motto by Modred- Motle, 112
H pPudT Rady B. % I Lotte Mills, by Colonel clark
Graliiudt, " pouud tsandersl. .........; 2
DR. Dickey, b. Combat, by Sacramento
Coma. IO3 pounds tSnlliyan).. ............. 8
CarislTano also started ,.,,,..,,.......'.....
POOLS POOLS soidi Motto, s20;. Combat, 81; Lottie
Mills, 80, and Capistrano, So Ii
Book betting: Motto, TO IL; Capistrano,
40to 1; Lottie Mills, IL to L. and Combat 10
tol. Ef4
A FAST MILE. hav
Only Acclaim and John Treat started
for the Electric stakes. 1t proved to be
one of the fastest races of the year. At
the third attempt the flag fell to a
splendid start. Acclaim at once as
sumed the lead. The pace was a
scorcher from the start. Acclaim was
never headed. and won in the fast time
of 1 40 45. The summary:
Kennedy Bros br. I. Acclaim. by Three !.
Cheers. kosette loi pounds @ ls1iivan1b hn nbi,oh
ITO pounds (Ceok). ..........................
Time, / 40 40 -
Pools sold Acclaim, $50: John Treat, $40.
Book betting: One to three Acclaim, ana TWO
to one John Treat.
IDAHO CHIEF GETS THERE.
The third race brought together
Oregon Eclipse, Idaho Chief and Ben
H. A good start was effected, but
"Raior Pete" on Ben H., thinking il
was no 90, began 10 Pull up, and lost
half a dozen lengths by the operation.
He set sail after the leaders, and was
soon ahead OF affairs. 1t was pretty
race around the back stretch, and the
trio turned in the stretch together.
Ren H. had been made too much use oi
in the early part Of the race. and began
to tire when called upon for the fina
effort. Idaho Chief won cleverly IRON
Oregon Eclipse. The summary:
Ed Williams's b. h. Idaho Chic, by Parti-
san Msty @ 90 pound Sull van. -.
lanes rorsters ch h. Oregon Eclipse, by Joe
Hooker-Lula Riggs, 107 pounds, Belt.
J.G Hiil's gr &. Ben H., by Shiloh, oam py ,
Jack Hawkins, 80 pounds, Andrews.,''-'.'
Time, l:4515.
CRACK sPRINTERs.
The last race was between The Jew
Jim Duffy, Hercules and April Fool
The starter had considerable difficult,
in getting off this quartette. When tn
flag did drop Hercules and Jim Duty
were in front. 1t was whipping rac'
from the jump. Down the stretch the,
thundered, the jockeys working lik'
demons. Hercules gained the verdict
with The Jew and Jim Duffy gain ing q
every stride.
The summary:
J. Forster, ch. h Hercules, by Joe Hooker
Lula Riggs, 116 (Belt). .....-......:
Ed. Williams, ch. The Jew by Humbold,
lis pounds (Richards). .,,. -. ...s.-... !
J.F beam, gr. g. Jim Duffy, by Woodbury.
Hprii Sapa Fool also started Time Sc seconds.
roDAY's PROGRAMME.
The stroupest card OF the eeasor