Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14
WILLIAMS WINS
ANOTHER STAKE
RUBRIC GALLOPS AWAY WITH
SANTA ANITA HANDICAP
Or. Leggo Finishes Last and Proves a
Disappointment to owner and
PubIic-Sanfara Beats
Lotus
BY Jay Davidson

Rubric romped all the way from the
barrier to the wire In the santa Anita
handicap at Ascot yesterday and Incl
dentally won $3.50 by the performance,
this sum boosting e. Nj. Williams total
winnings on the season to considerably
over the $4,000 mark and almost doub-
ling the winnings of his nearest rival
Boots" Durnell sent Orchan and c.
G. MCCafferty's Or. Leggo to the post,
coupled i'm the betting as the entry, and
1t was generally accepted as true that
running the race was n mere formahty
to officially place these runners IL, as
nothing else in the race was credited
by many with having any chance what
ever.
Williams entertained no great hopes
of winning the race with RubriC, but
instructed Jockey Miller to take the
Mirthful colt to the front and stay
there If possible.
Miller followed Instructions. and there
never was a moment when Rubric was
in the slightest danger of being headed
Many of the spectators expected him
TO stop after turning into the stretch,
but Rubric continued his fast clip
through the slOp and cantered under
the wire five lengths in front of Mar
shal Ney, which was seven lengths
ahead of Orchan.
Five starters faced the barrier, and
after the start the race was resolved
into a. five-horse procession, with Rub
ric always in front.
Running like a wild horse. Rubric
entered the stretch eight lengths ahead
of his field, running with his mouth
wide open. At this point Marshal Ney
made a bid for first money, but the
slop and the speed Of Rubric was bar
rier to his hopes.
From the first quarter to the end the
horses never changed positions, the
finish being Rubric Marshal Ney and
Orchan.
Rubric was so lightly held that his
price went up from IS to 5s and few
carried tickets on his chances. Slight
speculation was indulged on this race
because everybody seemed to fancy the
entry and the offering on this chance
was to 2.
Sylvan Dixon Wins
The baby racers held the boards for
the opening event and as none of the
field had previously raced through the
slop it was about as much guessworl1
in picking the winner as if they were
all facing the barrier for the first time.
Lady Allece and Sylvan Dixon varied
ir the honors for favoritism, the former
closing under heavy play as the pub
lie choice
Sylvan Dixon proved to he an excel
lent mud hen and raced to the front
Immediately after the start, winning
from Lady Allece in hollow style hav-
ing four lengths to spare at the end.
Edwin T. Fryer ran the best race
coming from tenth position at the quar-
ter pole to third position at the finish,
Gladdening the hearts of those who
took long shot at his chances at
10 to l.
Graphite was in playful mood as he
went to the post in the race and
romped through mud and water for the
Journey of a mile and one-half without
ever being extended to his best efforts.
Nine Spot, the favorite, made de-
termined run throughout the journey,
but was never good enough to worry
the front runner finishing in the place
by the narrow margin OF mead, firing
perceptibly in the final strides.
File dor, bred to the mud and
owning a portion or the remarkable
speed for which all the dOrs are
famous. raced into third place.
This was another professional race,
the first three at the wire always being
in this position after the scramble for
places following the start.
Lotus Beaten
The big surprise came in the third
race WIlell fodilldlds clii VI blllol Scum =
platter, breezed to the wire ahead of
Lotus. G. e. Durnell's high class $4,000
filly, which was the sensation of the
east last fall.
The scare attaching to the combna-
ton of names of filly and owner served
to save the speculating public from
loss in this race, as the price quoted
on Lotus chances of winning were
never better than 1 to and generally
NVara marked IN at I TO a
On her eastern form Lotus appeared
to be a ] to 1000 shot here, but the
great filly had not been in a race
since October and few were the bettors
who really cared to play against
her because of the uncertainty
which attached to her present form.
Tt was beyond belief that if Lotus
could exhibit any portion of the good
form which she is known to possess
under ordinary conditions and with a
race or two in her, she could be beaten
at five furlongs by anything at Ascot,
either i'm the mud or on the dry
But the fact that she had spent
nearly three months in the stable ana
was probably short Of work and there
fore incapable of showing her true form
influenced the wise money to stay off
the race,
If she was good and ready to race
she should be going under the wire
DeIOfe the OtllelS III against nef en-
tered the stretch. but it was asking too
much to expect her to show ordinary
form under conditions which were well
known.
That she did run a good race on her
own courage and surprise all except
her owner is attributed solely to her
class. Durnell sought to scratch her
out of the race yesterday morning
but the popular demand for a view of
the great filly in a real race persuaded
Durnell to allow her 10 go to the post
regardless of the probabilities of the
finals.
Durnell believes Lotus is one of the
greatest fllies I'm training and she is
his one great alteration So much
does he admire her that he really be-
lieved she could win without much ef-
fort despite her lack of work. and he
placed commission on her in the
ring.
Sanfara, held at Is TO l and played
down to IS, was early in the lead anC
the sloppy going was exactly to hel
liking. She swan all the way from
the flag and went under the wire IL
front Of ,otng with the gdVautaOa ai