Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-28
FUSTIAN WINS
SELLING STAKE
LUCKY RIDE BY BOOKER Is
WORTH $3.50
Jockey Cuts Across Field at Finish
and Prevents Secret From Beat
ing Favorlte to Wire and
Is Fined
BY Jay Davidson

Fustian's head was worth $3.50 yes
terday, although the whole horse was
entered to be sold for $1,000. This head
earned the verdict in the San Pedro
selling stakes and the $3.50 net value
Of the decision for the winner.
w. r. Anderson believed his geldtng
was the best of the bunch which went
to the post in the weekly stake event
and he and his friends had several
thousands OF dollars bet on the result
and they won.
At that, while everybody believed
Fustian would win, the Anderson en-
try was not the best of the bunch and
only through the fine work of Jockey
Booker did he win. And this win cost
Booker S100.
russian was away in front at the
start and soon increased this lead to
nearly four lengths. The speedy son
of Margrave ran away from his field in
the early stages and opened up VIDE
gap at the half, but began to tire and
when he entered the stretch he was but
length to the good.
In the drive home Secret slipped In
on the rail and would have nipped the
Anderson entry at the wire but for
the cool judgment and deliberate ability
Of Jockey Booker, who cut his mount
across to the rail and shut off Secret
and forced this one to falter In the final
strides
sunray, coupled with Secret, made an
attempt to jump over the moon as the
barrier was sprung and lost at least
ten lengths by this idiosyncracy, pull
ing up last at the start.
In the Journey of the mile, Sunray
closed gradually on the leaders and
demonstrated that she was the best OF
her field, but the effort at getting up
pumped her out and she could not quite
reach the front at the end.
Secret ran consistently and would
have won the stake but for the inter-
ference of Booker, who shut him out in
the last sixteenth and ruined his
chances.
Sunray also demonstrated that had
she not bolted at the start and not lost
the advantage of an even break, she
would have rolled into first place and
won easily. After having lost at least
ten lengths by her freak conduct. she
was only beaten one length and head.
Fustian is just getting back to his
best form and the distance was a slight
margin too much for him. Another race
will fit this one for handicap purposes,
but he sadly lacked the real merit yes
terday.
Gray Ghost Wins
The fifth race excited much interest
because it brought together good field
of high class sprinters Don Domo was
installed as favorite because the gray
ghost is always trying to his best abil-
ity and there are few sprinters at AS
cot that can take his measure at less
than six furlongs and even weights.
NIisty'S Pride, @ perpetual good thing,
was INDUCED with the lead for half
mile. but soon chucked it and finished
fourth, while Don Domo. which was
away poorly, slowly made up ground
and took command on the turn for the
stretch.
At the beginning of the drive for
home Don had four lengths the adj
vantage and was just beginning to run
kindly. From this point on it was a
mere breeze, although Money Muss,
which was also away in mess, closed
stoutly and tried to catch the flying
torpedo, but could only get the place.
Lolita Gladstone despised the dis
tance asserting in her race that it was
too short for her. and did not try to run
until after reaching the stretch, when
she was next to last.
In the run home, Lolita finished like
q whirlwind and closed a lot of ground
and secured the show from the firing
MistyS Pride.
Barney Schneider put over a good
thing in the first race when Dewey
romped home with 20 to l easily OBJ
tainable against his chances.
Dewey was away nicely and took life
easy to the stretch where he moved up
In hurry and won eased up by six
lengths.
w. P. Palmer. a speed marvel from
Missouri, started out to run away with
the race, but faltered In the stretch and
Dewey ran over him. However, Pal
mer was strong enough at the end to
secure the place from Lady Kispar,
which was never of much account.
Track Record Broken
Another track record was broken in
the second race when Chalk Hedricll
scampered home the winner by one
length in the record time of 2:02 IA, for
the Brooks course, which is one-quar-
ter of a second faster than the mark
set by Kehailan for the distance.
Miss Betty was light-weighted and
like a wild horse until in the final
eighth when she tired. At that. she
was only beaten one length and John
ny McCafferty thought so well of her
efforts that he promptly claimed her
out of the race for 1926.
Swain rode great race on Chalk
Hedrick, allowing the MernDerg
didate to remain in fourth place until
entering the stretch, when he set him
down for real hard run and soon over
took the leaders and won with him.
The Borgian was frisky on the trip
to the post and was heavily played to-
win, but found the pace too strenuous
and was satisfied to get the show.
Embarrassment was played for a
good thing to win the third race and
"Puddin" Mcdaniel piloted him safely
under the wire the winner by less than
a length, but running great race for
the Ross horse.
Ebony made his first start since re-
instatement and ran a great race. He
IS naturally a slow beginner and gen.