Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-28
HORSEMEN READY
FOR THE OPENING.
KEEN INTEREST CENTERED IN
HANDICAP
Jockey Bullman to Pilot Horses Of j
j. Walsh-Four Hundred Ponies
CHARTERED at Track, with
Many More to Arrive

With four hundred horses steviSu - -
Ascot park and more to come alter 'uo a.,
Bennings meeting everything o,,rs 10
readiness for the opening which occurs D
tomorrow. m A., A.
Jockey John pullman will be In the
saddle again this year at ASCOT paIk
He will pilot the horses OF j. d, Walsh,
which include Arimo. Allerion, three
2-year-olds and seventeen Weil-pe Weil-pl gu
ycarlings. Bullman rode tor angus
Belmont almost five years. pu' s'' III
the wrong path o,.,z
thot over placed a leg over a horse,
ond as he is now on the water wagon
cd exercising the ponies every morn
Ing IT will not take very long for him
TO make the younger division look for
ward to their laurels. Bullman can ride
at los pounds.
T., A. Bonsack has the fast mare
Pantoufle. Judge Denton, Search Me,
CotilIion and the 2-year-old Slippery in
his barn. Bonsack's horses are favor
ties with the public, as they perform
consistently
A. w. Booker, who rode Colonial
Girl to victory in the Worlds Fair
handicap, will do the riding for the
stable.
Jockey C. Ross will arrive tomorrow
from Oakland to ride Molesey, the q
year-old Keene cast-off in the Jona-
than handicap, Thanksgiving day.
& Frank Regan will start OarSman
in the Jonathan handicap and will put
]. Harris in the saddle, providing Won
Tromp does not start. w. A. McKin-
ney has first call on Harris services.
Regan is also training Confessor, Ca
pias, First Pirate, Col. Jack and Kilter.
If it does not rain today or tomor
row the track will be lightning fast
for the first race. The course is still
q little hard but after the harrow and
roller are put over it the mile track
record will be in danger of being
broken.
Ed Peters arrived yesterday with ten
head from New York. They belong to
T. M. Cassidy, borough president of
Long Island City. Mr.. Cassidy did
not accompany the horses, but may
come later in the season. Peters will
look after Radtke's mounts when the
suspension Is lifted by the Eastern
Jockey club.
w. p. Maxwell who formerly trained
the fast mare, Eugenia Burch, has
four stabbed at the local course. They
are Dan Collins, Jack Kercherville,
Prince Ching and Turkey Foot. He
also has eleven well-bred yearlings, the
property of H. r. Griffin.
The probable starters for the Jona-
than handicap, to be run tomorrow
at Ascot, are Orilene, Oarsman, Still
icho. Molesey, Dusty Miller, Col. Bron-
ston, Gorgalette, Arimo and w. H.
Carey.
Mike Sheedy, who formerly rode for
W. Daily came from New York on
Monday with WoodSman, All Right and
four others.
w. Preston will again ride the horses
which belong to ]. w. Newman &
Sons. Don Domo, the gray ghost" )"
. Rubinon, Josie's Jewel and a num-
Der of 2-year-olds comprise the string
that will race at Ascot this winter.
w. ]. Harding, known to all race
goers as John Bright, is training George
Gardener, the pugilist who fought Bob
Fitzsimmons several years ago.
G. w. (Bishop) Poole, who developed
and trained many noted racers years
ago. has select string of five in train
ing at Ascot.
George Blum, who formerly trained
such good horses as Hermosa and
Harry Nutter, is training a division of
the Baldwin string now stabbed at
Ascot. Among the string is a full
brother to Crusader, of whom wonders
are expected by his trainer.
George Baldwin is training the other
division, which include Ell Otros, Ell
Casador, Navarro and a number of
yearlings.
will campaign nine head. Taby Tosa
is considered the meal ticket of the
bunch.
Jockey w. Davis can be seen every
morning exercising horses. Davis will
do some heavyweight riding, as he
cannot make less than 115 pounds.
Davis, in his palmy days, was consids
cred one Of the best jockeys this coun-
try ever produced.
Mapmnn
Light, Efin King, Sun Mark, Nirska,
Golden Brick and Inglewood at the
local tracks this season. j. Clark will
do the riding. This youngster piloted
eighteen winners at the Seattle meeting
and will steer the Baker City st0b bles
entry, Stilicho, in the Jonathan handi-
cap.
Charles Boyd has Ell Bernardo and
five yearlings in training which be-
long to Lawrence & Comstock. The
yearlings are the first product from
their ranch up the state and are a
likely-looking lot. Boyd formerly
trained Jim Hale and Belle Kinney
for doc" Jones.
George Hutton, known as Marrow"
on the race tracks all over the country,
certainly told the champion hard-luclk
story yesterday. While racing in Kan
sas City two years ago things did not
come his way, so he had to hustle up
his car fare one night to get to the
track the next day and a kind friend
obliged. He kissed the dime before he
laid 1t in his vest pocket and went to
sleep. About daylight he was aroused
by a noise on the door and got up just
in time to see big negro gently lift
his dime from it's coveted place.
'Arizona" Jack has arrived from
Denver, so the Ascot meeting will
surely run its ninety days.
Fred Baird will again train Bailey
this season at Ascot.