Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
ASCOT DERBY IS
TO Be RUN TODAY
NINE HlGH-CLASS RACERS TO
GO TO POST
Flower Of the Local Three-Year-Old
Division Selected to Contest for
tlonors In Most important
Stake Of the Season
BY Jay Davidson

begt card of the season has been ar
.-,. - A.,
ranged ior the entertainments Vi '"e
race-going public.
The flower of the three-year-ol d.
vision of tbe so,,tbvvest has been named
a..
10 go IN tne stake OF an staNes a. tne
loeal eoulse anu an t'le ~.
sulIouus Ihe spol, ot Ai i,s,.s' =, 49,
,,-5l ~ 'ne SOi''09' i'i
uespy 41, sa,,.u. 4. .ho or,,.o-
oiA.y iIousaitu uollais 10 w ST.,
sate Vaiue VI tie hoIselesn 80 -
paraue pelore Ine s , ,.,,.. 90. ~, {
.lie nelu n,les W " e"e Dai .,ei IS,.si.s
stalt vi .he journey W. w, tne SpIIn
curse anu tis Wiil me- W. &c !s
vi .ne AscoI III ee-yeal-o iu' Aoi az iehS'
one year ..s e.. ...o,aooo
me seasoi lecotu iol ~ . ue.iioe
club will surround the throngs with
unusual attehtions ana protections tnat maj
notnnlg may occur 10 mar the coiiilor'
ana pleasure Oh the tnousdhuS eN-
pected 10 De on the GROUNDS curing the
AFTERNOON.
"A nero OF blKs from upstream VIII De
tne particular guests OF tne Jockey
clup curing the afternoon ana as an
especial nonor 10 these guests, IN al
ultlon 10 the Derpy' speclal event.
tne b. r. u H. purse race mas peen
arranged ana VIII preceue the Derpy
race
AS 1urtner attraction the Redlands
na ., AT one ana one,s sl3N eent IN
Illes VIII pe oeclueu as tne iiltn event
on tne caro- immediately iollowlng the
Derny race
Aithoush Derpy Jay is naturally
Gay Ior stake horses, the sellns platers
nave not peen wholly overlooked and
Two seiins races are sanoWlcneu IN
alnohg tne STAPLE offerings OF the
Jockey cluD'
Inc Derpy VIII not pe declded over
the standard DERBY route but VIII be
run over tne BROOKS course, whlch Is
sevellty-Lnree yarus snor. o. one ana
he-quarter iillles' "A nelu OF nine VIII
go 10 tne posi- ana OF tnis punch not
one mas ever peen asked TO go the
oistahce'
j. =. Donohue Wins
s.
81 ooiu Wa9 .is otIel ing
;,ssS ~ a. ou' was s ,ldo a.Irac-
80 $50 ~ i,iC .t' aoou. TOW PEE us " AZ
eenu anu .ie ates Iul ,isneu tIe usual
49,, VI ciose FINISHES anu specu-
" ms Pe..
s ine lealore Vi the caro- was the
loui ~ .ace gnu llle uauny was maze
~ idNori.e over ihe quintet op-
poseu 10 nm. STEADY play caused
ne poohles 10 Iup me TO of1erlng
III nan IN. ~ " :, onerlns as d SUP
s.itu.e tiie proposition 10 pay TO on
tn e,, nela.
mained there until after turning into
the stretch. where he became faint
hearted and quit running, allowing j.
f. Donohue and Chancellor Walworth
10 pass NM
In the drive to the wire j. F. Dono-
nue. was the strongest and freshest and
got up in time to nip Chancellor Wal
worth In the final strides.
chancellor Walworth beat The Cad
fly for the place by two lengths, but
was not strong enough to stall off the
winner, although 1t appeared GER
talnty that Walworth would win as the
field approached the eighth pole.
The books were fiercely trimmed on
THIS race as practically all the wagers
made by the public were on Walworth
TO place. Donohue straight and place.
ana on the field against The Gadfy,
the odds-on and prohibitive favorite.
Although only two favorites won on
the day no extraordinarily long-priced
morse was hrst to the wire, =. F. Dono-
hue being the nearest approach to
long shot to score the closing price on
his chances being to 1.
Donohue opened at As, but because of
the great cinch the bookies figured
"a
price dritted TO IS at post time, while
the price on The Gadfiy's chances went
back from to to 3 to 5.
Good ThInn LEA
hlhs OF Mlst' heavily played, closed
the popular cholce TO win the first
verdict by a head after getting away
poorly and running his head off in the
strenuous efforts al getting up with the
leaders.
Swagger was making his first start
of the meeting and was played as If
there was but one instead of fourteen
In the race. Opening at los he was
backed to los at post time, with "the
gang" clamoring to get on at that
price.
Swagger acted as if impatient to run
as the field went to post turning and
twisting, Jumping and cavorting like a
wild horse, but when the barrier was
sprung he was so amazed that he stood
hattooted until Jockey Swain almost
beat his head off.
When Swagger really became pos
sessed of the notion Of running the field
was an eighth of a mile away and he
was out of the running. He finished