Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-09
FOUR FAVORITES
SCORE At ASCOT
STEEPLECHAsE FURNISHES
ONLY UPSET
AtIantieo Clips TWO and one-Half Sec.
onds From Track Record for the
Short course-Druld
Wins Fast Race
BY Jay Davidson

BY Jay Davidson
Formful racing for the most part
characterized the contests on the card
at Ascot yesterday, four favorites, one
third choice and one long shot going
under the wire ahead of their fields.
The races were all keenly contested
and, barring the misfortunes incident
to large fields, the best horses won. The
days sport was the best of the meet
ing and was witnessed by an unusually
large midweek crowd
Only one genuine upset occurred dur
ing the afternoon. Lucky" Baldwin
furnishing the surprise by sending At
lantico over the jumps and home ahead
of Killdoe, Flea and three others
deemed to have better chances.
Atlantico was practically left at the
post and raced leisurely several lengths
to the rear until after the first round,
when Jockey Monahan sent the light
weighted hurdler after the field.
Flea and Killdoe, which were held as
equal favorites in the betting. engaged
in q humping duel after the fight over
the third hurdle and neither was aided
by the affair.
AtIantico made a dash in the run
for the final jump and passed the field,
taking the hurdle first. After that it
was a mere breeze past the line
whereon rested the watchful eyes of
the official announcers of the result
Cazador ran consistently and was
second, while Flea was third. The win
ner set new mark for the time
around the short course, clipping two
and one-half seconds from the record
set by Killdoe last Monday.
All the jumpers fenced cleanly
throughout and not so much as Stun
BILE marred the pretty contest, which
was one of the best exhibitions ever
seen on any track.
Druid Wins
]. A. Weinberg furnished the winner
of the feature race on the fiat, the
fourth event, Druid reeling off the
mile hard held in 1:40A, which is the
best time shown for this distance this
meeting.
Jockey Fischer deserves the praise for
the great race run by Druid, as Nc
Cafferty's promising rider showed
greater ability in plotting the winner
home in this race than he has shown
in other races at Ascot this season.
Druid was restrained until entering
the stretch and his speed was stored
away for the gruelling finish. Twice
did Fischer jerk Druid's mouth side
ways in his efforts at holding back the
speedy filly, and when he set her down
in the stretch and allowed her to go,
she jumped out for a lead of six
lengths.
The Gadfy came from a poor begin
ming and tried to catch the flying filly,
but the label was on Druid and it read
1.-The winner" and all the game Booker
colt could do was to land in the place.
Varieties was third, finishing ahead of
Bavarian, which tried, and Jake San
derS, which never raised a gallop dur
ing the entire journey.
Vino Repeats
Five two-year- answered the
bugle call to the post for the stag party,
the second on the card. Vino, which
was boosted and bought by Boots
Durnell when he won for the Weinberg
stable Monday. was made favorite and
justified the figures by his win.
The performance was true to form, as
the Fresno colt ran back to the time in
which he won Monday doing five and
one-half furlongs in 1:0715.
Secret was a good thing at 12s and
made a bid at the first turn, but ran
into a pocket and was jammed against
the rail with sufficient force to almost
knock him over into the infield.
Booker was forced to pull him up for
second position and before the colt
could get Strengthened out again the
field was far, far away and running
like CREASED lightning.
Foxhall made a not pace until chal-
lenged by Vino, and landed in second
position two lengths in front OF Loyal
Front
Not scratch marred the entry lists
for the fifth race and fourteen baby
non-winners since May l jammed the
track at the barrier and gave Starter
Dwyer all the troble he could get away
with.
Chantilly which had been long over
due, broke to flying start and spread
eagled his field all the way to the wire.
DR.. McCarty carried lot of public
money at long price and landed the
place from Crowshade, which was
third.
Don Domo Breezes
Revolt Beautiful and Best and Lus-
tig declined the issue with such a speed
marvel as Don Domo and scratched out
of the third race.
Don was made prohibitive faVorite,
although his inclination to chuck It
after five furlongs scared away the
speculating public.
Jockey Preston got his mount away
from the post first, but drew him back
and INDUCED in the 200 to | shot. Myrtle
White, with n brief lead as she showed
an inclination to burn up the track.
Preston saved Don and when Myrtle
quit, sent him to the front and when
Don moved he opened up a gap of
half donzen lengths, which he held
to the wire.
Alsono strived to pass the gray ghost,
but the equine streak was in a romp-
ing disposition and breezed at the head
of the procession. Alsono got second
place and Judge Denton was third.
Mai Lowery, neglected in the specu-
lation, came out Of n long nap and up
set calculations by winning from
Golden Light.
Sheriff Bell ran under whips yester-
day for the first time and Jockey Sin
mott larruped him into brief spasm
or speed, which sent him TO the fore for
half mile, but he faded away as usual,
barely running in the money.
Mai waited for Sheriff to blow and
then assumed the Lead, holding it long
enough TO win. Clark expected Mai to
collapse, but she fooled him and every-
body else by failing TO do so.
Golden Light finished second and this
caused every book TO dump a pile OF
money into the lap of the public. which
had backed Light to win and place.
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