Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-03

dozen "bone yard champions are
carded to try for oat money. Billy
divers Stone Arabia is the only one
that has any pretensions to form and
should win. La Taranta should be
second and Ding Dong II should be
third.
One of the best selling races of the
meetin,, is the second on the card. 1t
is at one mile and seventy yards and
the probabilities are that The Roust-
about will just about turn the tables on
Blissful today. The end should be in
this order: The Roustabout, BlissfuL
Gentle Harry.
There is more speed aggregated in
the third race, a purse sprint at six
furlongs, than has been brought to-
gether at Ascot in many day and
another track record may be smashed
if the performers do business.
This race will bring out D'Arkle for
the first time this season. This is Tim
Sullivan's high priced and high class
sensation of the east last season and
if he was ready for a grueling race
he would make the others in against
him look like an overworked meal
ticket, but the probabilities are that he
is not ready.
The finish should be in this order:
Daruma, Lacene, Don Domo.
The fifth race is another purse affair
and the distance is seven furlongs.
Ten probable starters are named in the
entry sheets and the result should
be Line of Life, Azora, DIR. Hollis.
Fourteen platers will go a mile in the
final event and unless there are
numerous scratches all form to the race
is dependent upon avoidance of the
ills of racing luck at the start and the
jockeys who will pilot the contenders.
The probabilities are that the end
will come in this order: Foncasta,
Tendercrest, Elfin King.
w. Walker has become smitten of
Borghesi and yesterday tried to tease
c. T. Boots with an offer of $4,000
cash for the great son of Brutus, but
Boots couldn't appreciate the joke and
merely smiled. Borghesi is his pet,
and as he is not concerned about his
financial future it is doubtful if he
could be tempted sufficiently to part
with his champion.
J. A. Weinberg left last night for
New York, after spending a week in
Los Angeles investigating the troubles
at Ascot Before leaving he instructed
his trainer manager, j. j. McCafferty,
to sell a number of horses acquired
this season, including Potrero Grande,
Chickadee and others. In the sale,
which will occur in the paddock at
Ascot at IL o'clock Tuesady. March 16.
George Swain and Handmaiden, two
year -olds, will also be offered. Wern
berg was very much pleased with the
winter climate of Los Angeles and the
successes achieved for his stable by
McCafferty and said that it was prob
able that his colors would be seen
again at Ascot next season.
Secretary A. l.. Heonaud of Ell
Jockey club Havana, Cuba, writes to
friends in Los Angeles that the new
track and first season of this jockey
club will open December 6, next. In his
letter he says that the race course will
compare favorably with Saratoga and
the other eastern courses in appoint
ments and beauty and expresses con-
fidence that American turfmen will
literally patronize the revival of the
Cuban racing game. He is careful to.
give the information that this is not
a reorganiza tion of the old Buena
Vista management, but is new or
ganization by the wealthy sportsmen
of Cuba and that the course is pat
termed after the regulation American
courses, with mile track and $780,,