Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-04
B0OKIES.
HARD HIT
Three Favorites Win
at Ascot
Heavily Backed Seconds
Successful
Bill Curtis Makes IL Three Straight
Races-Tom cogan Wins First
steepIeehase Of the
Season
ny IRVING n. CLEMENT

yesterday was amply compensated foi
Drawing the elements, as three favor.
ties and three heavily backed second
choices won.
The steeplechase. the first race on the
program, was the drawing card and
furnished good sport, as the finish be-
tween the second and third horses was
interesting. Tom Cogan, the to 1C
favorite, was well handled by Waruke
which probably won for him. He rated
Cogan until the last jump where he
began to hustle him home. William
Parrish was the supposed good thing
and was backed to 8 to / from high
quotation of as good as 20 to 1. He
led all the way till the last jump, where
Tom Cogan outgamed him to the wire.
Cazador did not like the going and
was an easy third. Lady Chiswell
jumped entirely too high and did not
take the jumps in her stride. She
showed speed on the fiat Indian II
floundered in the going.
Prediction Fulfilled
There was q steady play on Nappa
in the second race. She held her price
on account of the play on Judge Mel
son and Allerion. Boland on the fav-
orite allowed Budapest to make the
pace until well into the stretch, when
he sailed after the leader. At the
furlong pole he looked an easy winner,
when Kent on Judge Nelson came with
a rush and in few more strides
would have beaten the favorite. st.
Or ran good race for the first crack
out of the box. Allerion was evidently
short and can do better. Il. Koerner,
who is brother to G. Koerner, had
the mount on Taos. The horse refused
to break.
AS predicted in these columns yester-
day the third race was a strictly three
horse affair between lila, who was as
good as to 2, Uncle Henry. who was
backed from to to A to 5, and Ruth
W., who was SA to l. The others We're
100 to 1, and went begging. Lydia
Wrousman hattered the long shot
players by going to the front and try
ing to make a runaway race. At the
far turn she was Joined by Ila and
Uncle Henry, who fought it out all
through the stretch and Ila just lasted
in a very game effort and through
good handling by Keogh. Uncle Henry
found his burden trifle too much for
him to carry. Ruth w came from far
back and took show money easily
Peninsula and Bushwhacker were al
ways outrun. J. w. Young, who owns
Uncle Henry, bid up Ila to $1100 after
she won. The extra $5 returned her tc
her old barn.
Arimo, with Bullman in the saddle
was the tip before the race and was
whispered in all corners of the track
Col. Jack, trained by Frank Regan
opened at A to 1 and was steadily
pounded by both the trainer and the
public and was sent to the post at 3
to 1. At the rise of the barrier Airs
went to the front and opened up a
gap of two lengths in the first quarter,
followed by San Alviso with Col. Jack
at his heels. Entering the stretch
Airs was leading by a length with
Col. Jack second. Koerner on the lat
ter then made his move and won easily
from Airs. Arima was away good, but
found the burden too heavy and could
never keep up to the leaders, though
he finished stoutly through the stretch.
Curtis Again Wins
Bill Curtis was made an to shot
in the fifth race. Carroll took him in
the lead at the first turn and never
was he headed. He won easily by a
couple of lengths. Azora was easily
got as far as Bill Curtis saddle girth,
when Carroll let out another wrap and
Bill Curtis again went away from the
flly. Los Angeleno was outrun until
the stretch where he came with big
burst of speed and got the show easily.
Col. Bronson and Pirate Polly both
quit badly. Oratorian could not un-
track himself
The sixth race had the good things
galore There were tips on Legatee,
Sais, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Van
Legatee's good races in the north and
pounded his odds from high quota
ton down to to / at post time. SaiS
opened at to and went to 2 to /,
when he was backed down to 8 to 2,
Bonnie Prince Charlie and Van Hope
both held their own In the betting.
Preston on Sais got away well and
shot the favorite to the front. At the
turn for home he was three lengths to
the good, but steered the old horse into
the deep going at the rail- where he
tired badly and Legatee, who was out
run, just got up in time to outgame
him and win by a neck. Bonnie Prince
Charlie ran a good race and will do
better next time.
Jockey J. Finn, who is under contract
to r. A. Smith, will probably be seen
i'm the saddle again this week. Finn
suffered an attack of appendicitis on
THANKSGIVING day. This boy will
Friday He is i'm the hands of a good
developer of Jockeys. Smith brought
out such good boys as Lyme, j. Jones,
III. Larsen and Greenfield. Jockey
Waruke, who rode Tom Cogan in the
steeplechase, is another product of
Smiths. This was the boys first mount
in race and he rode clever race.
Jockey w. Buchanan arrived in Los
Angeles on Saturday. He will ride as
free lance and can make 110 pounds.
Jockey f. Sullivan arrived from Oak
land. He will ride at the local track
this winter and can make 107 pounds.
His brother, Jockey j. Sullivan, who
rode jumpers here last winter, broke
his collar bone and is now foreman
for It. Cook at Oakland, who trains a
string OF horses for r. j. Baldwin.
Luke Blackburn the one time
champion cake walker" got in from
the north with Pink Coat and Naval
Scout.
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