Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
RICH HAND|CAPS
To Be FEATURED
HlGH-CLASS MlDWEEK RACES
ARE SCHEDULED
Jockey Club Enters Into Competition
With Northern Race Courses by
Making Departure From
Regular Schedule
BY Jay Davidson

9J SdJ SoN'ASN'
Ingleside and Oakland are not the
only race courses in the west to be-
come "chesty" enough to offer a week.
ly feature race Of $1,000 added money
value in addition to the regular card,
as the Los Angeles Jockey club yes
terday posted a notice to owners that
in the future 1t would make an offering
OF a handicap to be run on "Wednesday
of each week at a distance of one mile
and over, which would carry an added
money consideration of $1,000.
This is expected to be the midweek
feature event at Ascot and Will at
tract the entry of the best handicap
horses now stabbed at the county
course.
The Los Angeles Jockey club is slow
ly feeling its Importance and proposes
to get into active competition with the
northern track. The $1,000 weekly handi-
caps offered at oakland have been
an attraction de luxe and have made
Ingleside and Oakland popular with
the horsemen.
The local jockey club proposes to
be on u par with the northern rivals
and it is expected that the weekly
handicap will become popular with
owners and that the best horses at
Ascot will be seen in competition for
these extraordinary prizes.
According to the conditions proposed
by the jockey club. the handicap will
be an overnight feature, TO which
horses of all ages are eligible and
these events are expected to be as great
an attraction as the regular stake
events on the schedule.
This departure of the local jockey
club will entice owners from the cold
and clammy northern race course and
will serve TO enhance the popularity
of Ascot as an ideal wintering point
Tor horsemen and horses.
The first of these rich handicaps will
be scheduled for Wednesday Of next
week and the notice given to owners
today is a forerunner of the propo-
sition which will become u definite
feature of future weekly events, be-
ginning after this week.
Maryander Wins
The semi-weekly steeplechase has be-
come a feature of extraordinary i'm
portance at Ascot and the regular
jumping race scheduled for every Mon
day was postponed this week until yes
terday because of the holiday attrac-
ton.
Five timber-toppers went to the post
in the steeplechase handicap, with
Decimo holding the post of honor as
faVorite.
AS usual, this race furnished the full
quota of excitement and thrills ex-
pected of a race of this nature and only
three of the five entries finished.
Marylander went to the front at an
early stage of the race and always held
his fed safe and after making the
final jump in the lead, was never in
much trouble to get the long end of
the purse.
Cazador was second. nearly three
lengths behind Marylander, and almost
mile ahead of Mindora, Barney
Schrieber's entry, which failed to fall
for some unexplained reason.
The fourth jump proved to be the
usual hoodoo and Decimo, the favorite,
and Tizen. the long shot in the race
refused to take it, both running out.
This is the same jump for which Flea
has become so possessed of horror.
Cazador took up the issue with
AIarylander, but the weight beat this
one and second place was the best
he could get. Mindora finished third.
Ray Egan, from Harry Stover's
stable, won the baby race, making the
second win of this stable in the baby
races of the season, Jockey Borel rid
ing each.
Nappa secured the place and was
only head behind the winner, while
Duke of Orleans was third.
Bologna finally won a race. taking
the third event from Lustig and Cholk
Hendrick. Bologna had been overdue
for some time and the ordinary field
against her was some encouragement.
Cutter annexed the fourth race in
easy fashion from El Otros and Skeptic
Cutter always ruled faVorite and the
manner in which she won was equally
5 impressive as her former win, all
though she was in against a better
field.
FL Otros came from nowhere in the
stretch and finished with a rush, get
ting second from Skeptic by a full
length.
The fifth race was a gift to Gilpin
which has won both his starts at Ascot
this season. Xxi made a bold bid for
the money by setting a hot pace into
the stretch, but Gilpin experienced no
difficulty in running over him at the
end. Chickadee finished in the show
position.
Hector came back and won the final
event, beating Crowshade, which was
believed to be the best of the field.
Hector was away nicely and raced
Crowshade off his feet and won going
away. This one is a useful geding and
will be hard to beat in sprints,
j. f. Donohue closed stoutly and
secured the show position by head in
a drive with Charles Green.
Borghesi May Repeat
The feature OF today's card is the
fourth race, a free handicap at one
end one-sixteenth miles. with half a
dozen starters carded to go TO the
post.
Borghesi stands out all alone in this
company and should repeat his stake
victory of last week. He is a game
and consistent runner and will 90 well