Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-07
VERY SPEEDY HORSES
April Fool Runs Close to the
Record.
John Treat Runs a Great Mile
and a Half.
Glenalvin to Captain the Los Ange-
les Baseball Club.
A Great Programme at the Races This
Afternoon-The Portlands Coming.
The CharIestons to Play Foot
ball in Los Angeles.

witness the races OF the fourth day OF
the holiday meeting. The racing was
first class.
The first race was six and half fur
longs for year 2 olds.
Capistrano, Combat and Bridal Girl
were the starters. The latter was the
favorite in the betting. A good start
was soon effected Clifford sent Capis-
trano out and soon had commanding
lead. At the head of the stretch Capis-
trano was still in the lead but he had
shot his bolt. Sully let out a link in
Bridal Girl and she came away at every
stride and won handily, Combat se-
curing the place. The summary:
Selling race, 2-year-olds, six and one-half
Ed Ryan's b. f. Bridal Girl by Clifton Bell
Nettie Washington, 10Y (Sullivan) .........1 ]
d. R. Dickey's b. Combat, by Sacramento
W. l. Jett's b. G. ccapistrano, by Gridin-M Minnie,
Pools: Bridal Girl, $40: field, s5.
Books; Bridal Girl 1 to q Capistrano 5 to 1,
and Combat "a to 1.
SPEEDY APRIL FOOL.
The second race was a three-eighths
of mile dash between the crack quar-
tette of sprinters, Hercules, The Jew,
April Fool and Jim Duffy. These horses
met on the first day of the meeting and
Hercules beat The Jew by very little
to spare after slashing race. April
Fool was not quite ready for race on
that day and The Jew got off badly and
in consequence great interest centered
on their second meeting. Betting was
quite lively. April Fool was selected as
the favorite. Pools sold: April Fool,
$25; The Jew, $11; Jim Duffy, 81, and
Hercules, $3. There was an array of
bettors present and $4,000 went in the pool
box alone. The starter was fortunate in
getting this field off in good season to
very fair start, Jim Duffy being the last
to get going. They came like lightning
around the turn with April Fool in the
lead and running like a streak. The
pace was too hot for Hercules and Jim
Duffy and they were two lengths to the
bad upon entering the stretch. Sully
began to urge The Jew along and his
mount answered the call gallantly. Both
boys were riding like little demons
furlong from home, but April Fool came
with terrific burst of speed and won
one of the finest sprint races ever seen
in California. The time was 81 sec
onds, the last quarter being run in 23l4
seconds.N
April Fool and Bob Wade are gener-
ally conceded to be the two best sprint
ers in the country. April Fool won
number of sensational races on the Mon
tana circuit this season. In the race
yesterday he packed 12S pounds. A
horse called Fashion is credited with
running three-eighths of mile in "a
seconds at Lampers, Texas, which is
the worlds record for the distance, so
April Fool stands credited with running
within half a second of the record in
the middle of winter. By the way
it is not generally known that
April Fool holds the worlds record
for half mile over an elliptical track.
At Butte, Mont, on July 81, 1891, April
Fool, with 122 pounds up, ran half
mile in AZ seconds. April Fool is owned
by Mr.. ). H. Walker OF Selma, and has
been ridden in all his races by colored
boy named Moore. The summary:
ree-eighths of a mile dash.
J. III. Walkers $. g. April Fool, 129 pounds
Ed Williams CHI. g. The Jew, by humboldt
11S ppo pounds lsullIlyann u, k, e. X, wooha,,
lis pounds (Cook).. .......... 8
Hercules, 1l6 pounds, also started
Time, 344 seconds
Books: April Fool, l to 2; The Jew, 3 to L;
Duffy, TO L; Hercdles, to 1.
OLD JOHN TREAT.
A mile and half is not popular
distance with the horse owners of the
present day, yet the race yesterday
proved to be more than an ordinary
event. John Treat, Idaho Chief and
Rube started. The old veteran made a
hAf ko 30
three ejquarter mile post, Rube had had
enough.
The boy on Idaho Chief set sail after
John Treat and pretty race ensued.
The Chief gained gradually, and the
duo were on fairly even terms upon en-
tering the stretch, but old John Treat
was not to be denied, and won handily
in the excellent time of 2:361s. Unless
the writer is in error, this is the fast
est mile and half ever
run in the month of January
and is the fastest ever run in Southern
California. Old John Treat is a great
old horse. Like wine, he seems to i'm
prove with age. Idaho. Chief ran very
creditable race with the heavy weight
up. The summary:
One and one-half miles,
w. H. Smith, gr &. John Treat, by Shiloh, III
Ed Williams, b. b. Idaho chiel, by Partisan.
Matte c., 125 (Richards) ,................. 2
d. R. Dickeys b. G, Rube, by Sacramento,
los (Rafourl ,......................... 3
Time: 1861.
Pools: John Treat, $45: field, $23
Books: John Treat / to 2; Idaho Chief,
2 to l, and Request, 20 to I.
A SURPRISE RARITY.
The last race was consolation handi-
cap for beaten horses. The starters
were King George, Ben H. and Request.
There was a strong tip out on King
George, and the money poured on him
so fast that he was forced down to $35
to $780, The race proved to be good
one, and after whipping finish between
Ben Fl and King George, the former
gained the verdict by short head.
This was the only outsider that won /,
and little Sullivan deserves considerable
credit for the victory The summary:
Seven-eighths of mile
John G Hill. gr. g. Ben H., by Shiloh, 1o5,
r. Rudy. b. 9. King George, by King Boit-My
Girl, ITO, (Roach) .......4.... ....s.... Q
d. r. Dickey, b. h. Request, by Sacramento,
100, (Rafour) .....-..- ...................... 3
Pools: King George, $40, field, SIS.
Books: King George, 2 to s.; Ben H., 8 to s,
and Request, 20 to l.
Horse Gossip,
Rem RI ia a much better horse than