Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-05
LONG SHOTS
HAVE INNING
BILL CURTIS WINS FOURTH
RACE
Two Heavily Played Favorites and q
Brace Of Second Choices
Cater to Sporting
Public
ny ED MORTALITY

Ascot withal one OF t,le t, soason re-
sport thus far during tne
suited. ,,,,ne hut two
:, ,u.as .nIs,yod favorites and prace
NJ we'll commissioned seconu '"oioo0
iV1rip Tben Riii Curtis won his fourth con-
,ocrtive race with the booKles laylns
os oood as rs against ms Gnahces, .5
Bill has certainly been upno,utns nu5 ibere ere
% Siue ne telling when the game gelding
10 ~ teei soTne one else's tail whisking
Aithough the winning favorites and
second choices which came under We're
heavily backed the bookies probably
nuIt big winners, recouping some OF
their losses for the day previous IS
Pikers were rejoicing when Ine 5irs. = !.
race ended as Lily B, which closed az
9os. won easily from the big field in
which she was entered. The public
went to Elizabeth f and backed her
from Ss to 3s at post time. Cic1ly
closed second choice while the others
practically went begging.
Lily B, desplsed outsider, took the
lead from the flag fall and held out
long enough to best Cicily, which, get
ting away to a none too good start,
was interfered with often during the
going. ,-,
Sir Caruthers ran his race, taking
show money. Elizabeth F was best as
the race went, but got away to
bad start and after contending nerVlly
was taken into the heavy going at the
rail.
Bill Curtis could be nothing but
fayorite in the second affair after his
three successive victories and although
there was considerable play on Varie-
ties and Ara the good Blute gelding
caught Varieties at the quarter and
rated well by Jockey Carroll, came
flying down the stretch to win by two
lengths. Varieties, which opened at
Is, receded a point before post time.
This one showed a burst of speed, put
the distance proved too far.
Ell Cazador overlooked for the most
part in the futurity race, bumped his
way through the first eighth, destroy
ing Merrllls chances and winning
handily. Merrill came fast through
the stretch, outgaming Kirkfield Belle.
Kirkfield Belle acted meanly at the
post and Jockey Kent was fined $15 and
set down for three days, beginning to-
morrow.
Hazeline with C. Koerner up showed
an inclination to beat the barrier and
as a result Koerner received a package
of $50 from Starter Hoffman In add1-
tion to a weeks set-down from the
judges.
Fisher, on Ell Cazador, was also set
down a week for rough riding. WIN,
some Ways ran fairly good race anu
will bear watching.
Wise players went to Entire Nous IN
the fourth race, thinking that Judge
Denton was not the class. No one
will ever know whether Entire Nous
was the goods yesterday, as Entire,
acting badly at the post, slipped to
his knees as Hoffman let go the par
rier. throwing Jockey Fisher over his
head
Entire had been backed from Al to
6-5. while Judge Denton held his own
on the boards. The fact that Denton
was wearing bar plates for the first
time this season had the talent guess
ing, though Lou Bonsack backed his
entry heavily
The others were practically over
looked with the exception of Sea Sick,
which carried a considerable backing
for third place. With Entire Nous out
of the race Sea Sick started to make
q runaway affair of 1t and looked the
winner all over until challenged by
Judge Denton and Merlingo. The lat
ter stopped in heavy going at the rail
and Denton, inclined to hedge, clever
ly handled by Booker, nllsheu HrsI III
q good finish.
+ F. Donohue proved pounds the
best in the fifth. which called for
3-year-olds and upwards to cover the
mile. Donohue required a furlong to
attain his stride and then ran over
horses in a manner which caused MS
hackers joy. Before the stretch had
been reached the favorite's white muz-
zle was poking itself well to the front
and he won eased up by eight lengths.
Retropaw tired badly in the stretch.
Markie Mayer had a lively time beat
ing out Baldo for the show. Lady
King showed speed for three-fourths
and then quit badly. Lady wants a
shorter route. McGrathiana Prince
did not like the going and can do
better.
ANY number of supposed good things
were embodied in the sixth event and
Illusion was backed to favoritism
Louise Fitzgibbon carried a big stable
commission and her price dropped
from 5s to 3s before post time.
Treasure Seeker was played from
the stable while Cyclops, Hipoteca ana
Little Minister had their followers.
Great was the surprise when Jockey
pullman, at one time the best 2-year-
old boy in the country, showed Cyclops,
which sold at 20s, under the wire.
Bullman showed a world OF dash ana
vim during his ride. He shot Cyclops
to the front early and in vigorous
finish just lasted.
Treasure Seeker did well all the way,
while Illusion, which did not start
brilliantly, was moving them down at
the end. This one will like a longer
route.
Starter Hoffman has bad lot, both
Of horses and boys. to send away, and
contending against these odds the
starting has not been at Hoffman stan
dards. The fines and set-downs or
yesterday may result in some good.
James Blute need not worry If Nc
Daniels does not live up to his con-
tract and come west, as in Jockey
Carroll he has a rattling good boy.
Carroll has ridden FIVE winners out Of
eight mounts, showed with Sais and
was unplaced but twice. Each season
at Ascot has witnessed some boy de-
velop toward the top notch rank and
1t would appear as though Blute's boy
is the aspirant thus far
Jockey A. w. Booker just managed
TO lift another winner under the wire
for his employer yesterday. Bonsack
has a good boy in Booker, who can
ride at 105 pounds.