Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-24
-FOUR FAvORITES
WIN At ASCOT
PUBLIC PUTS OVER SEVERAL
GOOD THINGS
Good Card and Well Balanced Fields
Attract Large Crowd to the
Raees--Elie Comes to
Life
BY FOREST LOWRY.

BY FOREST LOWRY.
Four favorites, Durbar, at to
Bailey, at 2 to 1, Col. Rupert. at 4 tC
and Fortunatus. at to 5, one sec.
ond choice, Dr. Hollis, at to 1. and
one outsider, Ellie, at 10 to 1, scored
winning brackets yesterday at Ascot
The books had another day, while the
public cleaned up heavily. A good care
and well-balanced fields attracted g
swell crowd. and the eleven books
which cut in had a busy day of 1t.
Durbar Wins Easily
Durbar, with Mcdaniel up, was helt
card. five and one-half-furlong sprint
4-year-olds and upward. bod Anderson
was posted at to 2, Ben Lear at
Dan Collins at TO- Happy Chappy al
10 (high), Miss Provo at 30 and Black.
braes at 500.
The field was sent away to n bat
start. with Ben Lear off flying. He
showed the way into the stretch, where
Durbar came up and easily wore dowi
the pacemaker. Ben Lear was much
the best of the others. and finished
second, two lengths in front of Doc
Anderson. Happy Chappy was left al
the post, and was not persevered with
when the boy saw he had no chance.
DR.. Hollis Scores
Eight 2-year-olds went to the post
for the four furlongs sprint, second
on the card. Ala Russell at 6 to 5, DR.
Hollis at to 1 and Father Catcham
at to 1 carried most of the invest
ments. The favorite showed her usual
activity at the post, and delayed the
start several minutes. Father Catchan
beat the barrier, but fell away early
when DIR. Hollis and Ala. Russell took
up the running. Hollis held Ala Rus
sell safe through the stretch and won
with something to spare. The latter
swung wide and lost considerable
by skinning the rail, but could not get
up again. He finished third, length
in front of Lady Walker
Easy for Bailey
Bailey, Sinicado and Merces repre-
sented the play for the one mile selling
race, third on the card for 3-year- -olds
Bailey, at 2 to 1, had little trouble
here and after allowing Sinicado and
Merces to run their heads off came or
when ready and won easily. Del Cor.
onado, at 20, and 3. finished second
a half length in front of Sinicado. Ur
the back stretch it looked like a three
horse race and the leaders set a fast
clip. Merces got enough turning for
home and wound up in fourth place
Meadowhorn was always outrun an6
was never in the hunt.
Ellie Comes to Life <
Ellie at the good odds of 10 to sud
denly came to life and won the fourth
race on the card in the remarkab bly, fast
time of las for a mile and fifty yards.
Kunz was always well up with Ellie
and when ready made his move and
wore down the pace maker, Rapn
Reese. The latter, held at to 1, got
away in front and led his field to
within a sixteenth of a mile of the
wire. On the end he chucked it up
and gave way to the winner and Cor
galete. The latter was played from
10 to 1 to to 1. Ell Otros, the to
5 favorite, had to take the overland
route the entire journey and had moth
H.. Lei 1T, l.
Albert Fir got into a pocket in the
stretch and could not get through.
Betting was brisk for the fifth race
with Col. Rupert always an odds on
favorite. Americana was held at A.
Azelina at q to 5, Forerunner at 20
and West Brookfield at Is. The field
walked abreast to the barrier and
broke Immediately. Americana shot to
the front and opened a gap of three
lengths. Rupert hung on tenaciously
and when ready easily took care of the
Baldwin horse. Azelina was third. She
was always outrun and about finished
where she belonged. The others had nc
chance at any stage of the race.
One for Fortunatus
Fortunatus, backed from to to G
to 8, captured the last race on the
card after a very rough journey. Book
or. who had the mount, put up bad
ride and the victory of the horse was
cue to his own courage. Angeleno was
the supposed good thing and at the
head of the stretch looked all over the
winner. Dugan got away flying and
hustled the horse the entire journey.
An eighth out Angeleno tired badly
and just did last long enough to be
third. Erne came at the end with a
rush and got up in time to be second.