Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-30
BY Jay Davidson


They're off at Ascot!
the toot of the horn which will call
the ponies to the post for the inaugural
race of the Ascot winter meeting al
1:40 o'clock today.
Everything is in readiness for the
beginning of what is expected to be
the banner season of racing in the
southwest and the unprecedented de-
mand by prominent turfmen for stable
room for their high-class strings has
reserved every stall at the course for
the first time in it's history, and strag
glers will be forced to seek accommo-
dations away from Ascot.
The NUT and the dog of olden days
have been scrouged out of quarters and
their places have been taken by thor
oughbreds of class; hence race-goers
should this season witness metropoli-
tan racing in its highest form.
The class of the ponies quartered at
the course is representative of the
bluest blood that flows in equine veins.
Such as Eugenia Burch, Israeiite, San
ton. Lord Badge, Morita, Dekaber,
Memories, Hermitage, Rustling Silk,
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goa, Don Domo, Athlone, Ralbert, Hans
Wagner High Chancellor, Sais and a
host of others will contest for the
purses hung up by the jockey club.
The most prominent among the rep
resentatiVe owners wHo are patrons of
the race meets in the east will have
strings at Ascot and several of these
turfmen will be present during the
meeting.
The riding talent in the employ of
these owners will sport silk at the
winter meeting and several of the lead
ing unattached jockeys will accept
mounts. This guarantees freedom from
incompetent riders who mar the sue
cess of race meets by their fearful eff
forts astriGe public choices.
Park Is Beautifled
The carpenter, painter and regular
force of park hands have been busy
for weeks making improvements at
Ascot and the course will not be rec
ognizable when the gates swing ajar
this afternoon.
No racecourse in the world is more
beautifully located than Ascot and to
its natural beauty has been added all
that human ingenuity and handiwork
could effect to make it's beauty peer
less. Flowers are on all sides, banked
the air is filled with perfume. Lead
and oil have also been literally be-
daubed on and in the buildings and
these appear as newly erected struc-
lures.
The greenest grass that grows deco
rates the former barren grounds be-
tween the fences and along the road
ways and several small lawns are now
existing where previously there was
only extensively waste land.
The season will be opened unosten-
tatiously and without the blare OF
trumpets and resounding cymbal, but ii
is expected that all former attendance
records for the opening day will be
broken.
Every box has been reserved, and in
addition to the local box parties a
large numbe. of persons from San
Francisco including the Spreckels and
others prominent in the social world
of the northern city, are coming, and
have reserved boxes by telegraph.
Eighteen stakes are scheduled for de-
cision during the season, ana the added
money by the Jockey club exceeds all
former efforts i'm this line,
The first stake to be run during the
meeting is the Jonathan club handicap
which is scheduled for the fourth race
today Thirty-two nominations were
made to this stake, and a field of ter
will go to the post.
This event is for two-year-olds and
upward. at one mile and one-sixteenth