Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-11
DARUMA DEFEATS
CLASSY FIELD
WINS FINAL STAKE EVENT OF
SEASON
STEMS Five Furlongs In Fast Time and
Beats FustIan for First Money
In Santa Catalina
Renewal
BY Jay Davidson

The final stake event OF the Ascot
meeting was run yesterday. being the
renewal of the Santa Catalina selling
stakes, which was run December .
and was won by Daruma, j. M.
Cooner,s sensational Solitaire II FLY.
The distance was seven furlongs and
six of the best sprinters at the county
course were named to start, with whoa
Bill carrying top weight.
Darunna was in light and her per-
formances this season entitled her TO
the post of honor as faVorlte' ana
strong play forced her price from +
10 down to 4 to at post time.
Daruna broke behind her field and
at the quarter was fourth, but her
great speed sent her to the front III
flash and she held the lead to the wire,
although Fustian made a strong DID III
the final strides and cut down the fllly
lead to a head finish.
russian and Workman finished sec
ond and third. with Sullivan's coal
black cratic nearly three lengths be
hind the first two. Whoa Bill, which
IA the most consistent in-and-outer NJ
+be track, tired in the final strides and
was beaten for show by Workman.
The time required by the winner was
1:26K, which is within three quarters oil
a second of the track record set ny
Tim Payne last season.
Senator Tim Sullivan of New York
had two candidates out for purses yes
ferday and landed with one or them
D'Arkle showing fine turn OF speed
end much class by winning from Hester
Nv in the fifth race, although the Win
ner stumbled after. the start and was
carried wide in the stretch.
D'Arkle is one of the eastern sensa-
lions of last season and this was his
second out at Ascot. Miller put uE
one of his star rides and, despite the
rough tourney and incidents that would
ordinarily put a horse out of the run
ming. he landed his mount an easy WIN
ner over one of the speediest sprlnters
at Ascot at the distance, i've ana one
half furlongs.
THE performance of D'Arkle is all
fhe more remarkable when it is under
stood that he equaled the track record
for the distance, 1:061a, which is the
mark set by Dalvay. Barring acct
dents and the i'll luck in the Jams al
the head of the stretch, D'Arkle would
have set a new mark.
Hester w was to 2 favorlte &c
win this race, while D'Arkle was held
at 3s, and lack of support allowed the
price to go to As at post time.
Hester set a sizzling pace and opened
I'D a big gap Immediately after the
start, but was unequal to the task OF
stavine in front In the final sixteenth
D'Arlle caught her and won by
length.
Bavarian, which won Wednesday II
fast time, and at odds of 100 to l, was
third, but this position was e1gn
lengths behind the winner.
Long Shot Wins
The day of the long shot has passed
If the card yesterday is any criterion
Four favorites at odds-on prices, two
second choices and one long shot 1ur'
nished the seven winners.
Navarro furnished the long shot SEN
sation of the day by winning the baby
race second on the card, at 40 to /
Navarro had started but once previous
~ and ran indifferently.
Wapnagootis was first away from tn
post and Navarro was sixth to get II
motion. Before the leader had gone {
sixteenth of mile Navarro passed hin
and was running away in sensations
style.
At the head of the stretch Navarro
had a lead of five lengths and he gal
Ioped home an easy winner by tou
lengths. Lady Alice was second anC
Blue Bottle, the 1 to favorite, wa'
lucky to be third.
Sir Brinkley won the first race II
spreadeagle style. He was the class
and all else that is essential to the win
ner and nothing in against him coulo
make him run.
Seed Cake was second and Babe B
as good as % TO 1 and heavily played
to show, was third. James j. Cor
bett ran an improved race, but was
not good enough to get in the money
finishing fourth.
The third race was a gift to Condo
although he scored a lucky win. Had
Prince Ching been given a real ride in
stead of the imitation he could not
have lost.
Prince Ching was permitted to stroll
along in last position to the stretch
and finished on his own courage, get
ting second money. The winner beat
him by two lengths. Sais carried 12C
pounds and ran into third position
while Ingleside, the favorite, finished
fifth.
Exciting Finish
The most exciting finish of the day
occurred in the sixth race which was
at one and one-siXteenth miles. Sun
ray and George p. McNear, which
opened equal choices at to 3, were
the principal actors in this due
through the stretch.
Public confidence in Sunray was sc
great that 6 to melted away to
to at post time, while the same odds
on McNear scared to II to 5. Miss
May Bowdish was so greatly fancieC
that her 3Os We're reduced to los as
the bugle sounded.
McNear was away to a flying star
and he set a killing pace to the wire
Sunray tagged along in third place I'm.
til she turned into the stretch, wheI
Jockey Ross set her down for rea
racing.
Sunray put up her usual strong fin,
ish and caught McNear at the pad
dock gate. From this point to the wire
it was nip and tuck, but Ross put III
a better ride than Jackson and landed
the Ross filly in front at the wire b,
the margin of a short head, worth 1925
Gilpin was prominent in the runninl
throughout, lasting long enough to ge
the show money from Miss May Bow
dish. He was second to the stretch
but the pace became too hot for hin
and he permitted Sunray and McNea
to fight it out for first money and tool
the show.
Bonnie Reg had an easy time winnin,
the final race from Josie's Jewel. Bat
tiSte took Bonnie away from the nos