Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
RULING ALMOST
MAKES TROUBLE
JUDGES OVERLOOK HORSE
THAT FINISHES SECOND
-Four Outsiders Get the Long Ends Of
the Purses at fseot--Frank Re.
gan Makes a Killing With
Merees
BY FOREST LOWRY.

tul eve or Ofnclal caller Ed " Malley,
Manager Brooks who was in the stand,
and the protest raised by the bowling
populace Judges Hamilton and Cole
would have placed second horse that
ran out of the money yesterday at
Ascot. Helgerson who finished Sec
ond, a half length in front of Posi-
tion, the third horse, was not given a
mark by the judges, while Akela, who
finished absolutely last, was placed
second Akela was played for a good
thing and when his number was flashed
second to Golden Light, the winner,
even his hackers smiled Akela car
red a ton of the publics money to
run second as well as first, and holders
of tickets on him for the place sheep
ishly took their places in line and
really expected to cash. Caller O'Mal
ley rushed down to the judges stand
and informed the officials of their mis-
take. A good sized crowd gathered in
front of the judges stand and howled
themselves hoarse before the officials
saw the error and placed the numbers
dccOruinS 10 lHe way lHe HOrSeS
finished.
Golden Light Comes to Life
Golden Light, running in the colors
of Johnny Weber, having just come out
of the short end of "hoss' trade, ran
a remarkable race and beat for ]. ].
McCafferty one Position, who by the
way was on the long end of the same
tn, Ma(N q orfx
traded Golden Light for Position and
gave Jake Weber $500 besides. Many
thought that McCafferty had something
UP his sleeve and those who saw him
bet on his new acquisition strung along |
with him and deposited their many |
pieces of silver and gold on Position.
Helgerson, from the stable of Gus
Lanka and running for the first time
ir blnxers and at the juicy price of IL
to 1, cut out the early pace and after
showing the way into the stretch fiat
tered his hackers generously. Mortar
ity, who had the mount, put up a nice |
ride and tried every inch of the way |
with his charge. He saved ground |
by skinning the rail and finished reso-
lutely on the inside. Miller, on Golden
Light, made his move when the run
for home began and gradually wore
down Helgerson. The latter appeared |
to be all out but had enough to stall |
off the fast coming Position. Ray,
which was given chance by the book
makers and held at 8 to /, easily dis
posed of Akela, the to favorite.
al MiCfa
The first three horses, Golden Light,
Helgerson and Position, were separated
half lengths each but the judges mad
vertently placed Akela second and
overlooked Helgerson, who finished a
half length behind Golden Light and
nearly half length in front of Posi-
ton.
Ordinary Racing Card
There were no happenings of any
especial importance yesterday beyond
the peculiar ruling in the fourth race
and the general upsetting of the talent,
which by the way has become an every
day happening of late.
Two favorites got the long ends of
the purses. Four rank outsiders got
what remained.
The mile and a sixteenth race, first
on the program, furnished several
tempting betting propositions, and con-
siderable money was invested in a scat
tering fashion. Freesias was always
favorite, but there were some heavy
plunges on Straggler who was backed
from to l to to l. OF the others
Anirad and Conceit were the most
fancied.
The winner of this dog" race turned
up in Freesias, which got away full in
her stride and lay in a good position
to the head Of the stretch. Here
Perrine made his move and found no
trouble after the field got Strengthened
for home. Mi Reina, although badly
cut off on the first turn, stuck it out
and managed to outgame Straggler for
the place. The latter got into several
pockets but with clear sailing ran a
bang up race through the stretch.
Merces "Good Thing"
Frank Regan put one over the pan in
the second that almost made the books
quit the ring. He went down the line
and plugged Merces at the juicy price
of 10 to l till he cut the odds to to /
at post time. Linda Rose was held at
Z to 2, while Crown Pincess was made
favorite at 2 to 1. Merces broke in
front and was never headed. She was
crowded a bit on the end by Crown
Princess and just did last long enough.
The latter had her usual early speed
hut stopped when the pinch came. The
others showed nothing
Easy for ARABIC
kansas" Princes ARABIC, always
favorite at to s, won the third race
on the card from field of fair sprint
ers. Tim Payne with IFS pounds up
and anchored with the weight, was
second and Kenilworth third. The lat