Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-08
ROUGH RIDING
STILL PREVAILS
HANDMAIDEN THIS TIME THE
VICTIM
AIlerion, Backed From 8 to to 4
Wins Baby Raee--A. Musko-
day Is First In Mid-week
Handicap
BY jay Davidson

BY Jay Davidson
Although giving away great chunks
of weight to every other horse in thu
race, A. Muskoday spreadeagled hi
field and won the mldweek $1,000 handi
cap at Ascot yesterday in the easiest
fashion.
This colt is the star of the strinl
recently shipped to Ascot by q. w
Dodge and has won s2250 for his owner
in four starts, winning two $1,000 handl.
caps in succession, one purse race and
running third in another in four outs.
Muskoday has a rare turn of speed
which smothers all rivalry at the out
set and enables the big chestnut to take
life easy after a brief sprint to get
away from his fields.
When the barrier was sprung for the
race yesterday Muskoday was fifth
away from the post, but "Puddin" Nc
Daniel sent him to the front at once,
and after assuming the lead the colt
was never afterward in any trouble, be-
ing permitted to win as he pleased.
Gilpin, coupled with Chimney Sweep
as the McGinnis entry, had some pre-
tensions early in the race, but after
trailing the winner to the stretch turn
he gave it up as a bad job and dropped
out of the running, Orilene taking up
the issue with Muskoday.
In the run through the stretch Mus
koday hit up at the same clip he began
on and easily held this advantage to
the wire, getting the verdict and the
long end of the purse by a full length.
Orilene tired perceptibly in the final
strides and secured the place by the
narrow margin of head from Chimney
Sweep, which rushed from last to third
place after entering the stretch.
Morita was heavily played to win
Ia. \ Nc
to As, but experienced all the ills of
racing luck throughout, besides run
ming wide in the stretch, and finished
next to last.
Fisher Boy proved a false alarm and
could not untrack himself at any stage
of the running. He finished absolutely
last.
Cazador Finally Wins
The steeplechase race, the first in two
weeks, was won by Cazador, which has
been long overdue. Cazador took an
early lead and held 1t throughout the
journey over the short course and won
by full length from Iron King and
Decimo which finished second and
third, respectively.
An amusing feature Of this race was
the remarkable exhibition of high driv-
ing over the hurdles given by Cowboy,
the champion equine acrobat shown at
Ascot this season.
Cowboy conducted himself as If he
was suffering from nearSightedness and
every time he attempted the jumps he
would go over much the same as a
runaway hare, clearing the jumps by
from two feet to ten feet.
Jockey Sinclair had difficulty with his
breathing apparatus after the race, as
the jolts occasioned by the descent from
the lofty aerial position in the fight
through space as his mount took the
hurdles shook him in a painful manner.
The experiments of Cowboy were not
a success, and when he went over the
first jump he shook Sinclair clear of
the saddle. The jockey remounted,
however, and pluckily continued in the
saddle as Cowboy jack-rabbited over
the remaining jumps Until the gelding
stumbled over the last jump, when Sim
clair was again unseated.
Dexterity also lost her rider when
she stumbled over the second jump
and only five of the original seven
starters finished.
More Rough Riding
The baby race was second on the
card and was featureless save for the
fact that the favorite, Handmaiden.
was beaten through another sample of
i'oughriding tactics wherein Jockey
Miller again played the leading role.
AS Allerion, the winner, Handmaiden
and Blue Bottle approached the seven
eighths pole in a close bunch, Blue Bot
tie cut across the track and damned
into Handmaiden knocking the Wern-
berg filly into the rail and forcing
her out of her stride and into third
place.
Blue Bottle rushed into second place
and engaged in a fierce drive with AL
lerion, while Jockey Aubuchon pulled
Handmaiden together and struck out
after the leaders.
In the final sixteenth, Handmaiden
oVercame the disadvantage of the
humping match and nosed out Blue
Bottle for the place, but was unable
TO catch Allerion, which won by one
and one-half lengths.
This is the fourth conspicuous occa-
sion in which Miller has engaged in
roughriding and fouling tactics, in two
OF which the jockeys on the horses
bumped were thrown from their sad
dies and narrowly escaped death under
the feet of the horses behind.
The fouling of Handmaiden occurred
at the same spot where Orilene and
Luckett were fouled and knocked to
their knees several weeks ago.
This practice of roughriding is an
offensive feature of the sport that calls
for elimination in the interest of the
game. 1t is also necessary that rough
riding tactics be eliminated to prevent
the possibility Of fatal results to jock
eys and horses.
Judge Hamilton is the prime mover
IN the crusade against rough riding and
his efforts in this behalf have prac-
tcally wiped out this most offensive
dangerous and unfair practice, but
Miller has been guilty of two offenses
this week and seems to care naught for
the consequences, as he has escaped
penalties thus far and continues as the
leading light in fouling and rough
riding tactics.
Unless some means are found where
by this practice becomes entirely elm
mated from the racing game serious
and probably fatal results are inauit-