Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-22
PURSE RACE IS
FEATURE EVENT
BIG BEN MEETS CUTTER AND
lNCANTATl0N
Crack Field to Contest at Mile and
Prospects Are Good for an
Exciting and Record
Breaking Race
BY Jay Davidson

With q prospect of lightning fast
track today, the card for the enter.
tainment of the Ascot racegoers ap.
pears among the best of the season
for Monday.
1t may be that owners of good horses
are becoming more liberal in their
views of the purses and are sending
their breadwinners to the post to col
lect expense money. but regardless OF
this suspicion, the fields of the last
few days, including those of today
are more than ordinarily highclass and
the contests are more attractive thar
earlier In the season.
The first race on the card today is q
six furlong selling dash for three-year-
olds and upwards. with ten probable
starters named.
Willie Gregg has n slight edge on the
Others and should come through with
brackets. Knsman has had a long
rest and should be fresh today, in which
event he will be the contender. Sheriff
'Bell is speedy, but unreliable.
The probabilities of this event are:
Willie Gregg, Kinsman, Sheriff Bell
The second race is for the baby
racers at three and one-half furlongs
on her race Thursday. when she made
her maiden effort Sweet Kitty holds
the edge.
Tom Gilroy is second best and ought
to be IL, but Horace r. may beat him
out of the place.
Horace u is one of the best two
year-olds Of the season and has great
speed and staying qualities. He is the
dangerous factor.
The result may be Sweet Kitty Hor-
ace e, Tom Gilroy.
st. Winifrede and Rubiana will fight
fnr ret s,, fI,A hfrsl
race and the former should get the
decision, although Rubiana is right or
edge now and ready to run to her best
form.
With competent rider up, Full Sway
would have a chance here, but third
place is as good as can reasonably be
expected of this one.
The result should be st. Winifrede
Rubiana Full Sway.
Big Ben May Win
The fourth race will be the feature
event of the card and half a dozen OF
the best sprnters at Ascot are to con-
test at one mile. The class of this
field is above the average and an ex-
citing contest is sure to result.
Big Ben is IN with light weight for
the old campaigner and he should have
no trouble whatever in running away
with first money. He is right and
ready and the class of the race.
Cutter will be the one to beat and
the speedy filly will go the mile ir
less than LAO today, which means thai
Hans Wagner is the certainty for he
show money and should beat Incanta
tion in the run home.
This race should furnish a hot finish
with Big Ben first, Cutter second anc
Hans Wagner third.
There are only two horses in the
fifth race that seem to have any
chance for first money, Chickadee anc
Miss Betty, but a surprise may turr
UP in Ralph Young.
Miss Betty is in light and will give
the winner a terrific argument befor,
she is beaten. She should at least bt
second.
Chickadee is in good form and will
be the one to beat for first money
This one will probably win today.
Ralph Young prefers slop, but al
this field has no class and Ralph Is
fair platter he should be 1-2-3 withou
doubt
The race should result Chickadee
Miss Betty, Ralph Young.
The final race will be a toss-up be
tween Prince Magnet and Mazoni a
These two have double-ba arrelec
monopoly on the early speed and vii
fight il out for first money.
DR.. McCarty is also an improvin;
horse and with light weight up neeo
not be overlooked. If he runs back +
his race Saturday, he will be hard t.
beat.
At that, the result should be Mazonia
Prince Magnet Dr. McCarty.
The feature of yesterdays card wa
the McCafferty handicap, over the Lo
Angeles-Santa Catalina course, ant
was won i'm a canter by the Ascot pres
representatives and their friends. J. J
McCafferty was host to thirty friend
on trip to Avalon and the day wa
pleasantly spent i'm joshing, singing
eating and toasting. Most of the part
forgot all about Sea Sick and did no
play this one at all. McCafferty is a
old bachelor but managed to enjo
the outing as much as did his guests
A special car was chartered to conVe
the party from the Arcade station t
San Pedro and return, being attache
to the regular train. Eighteen men an
twelve women composed the party an
were entertained at dinner at tn
Metropoe. 1t was planned to max
excursions about the island after din
ner, but the merrymaNing continued a
the table at which the entire part
Of the time for the departure of tn
boat and the side trips were no
taken In addition to McCafferty, tn
following were in the party: Messrs
and Mesdames G. p. Hicks, F. Il. Har
mon, A. L. Gascoigne, Forrest Lowry
p. A. Dunphy, Harry McCarty, ia
Davidson, d. J. McCarty; Misses Inc
Copeland, Violet Killion and Mabt
Tlissman; Mrs. a. NJ. Armstrong
Messrs. p. y. Young. Irving p. Glen
ent, #. T. Collins. G. Il. Van Loan, J
d. Griffin, Dick Welles, C. A. Bergir
l.. B. Woods and II. V. Kreling.
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