Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-30
MAIDEN WINS
At LONG ODDS
SWEET FILLY SCORES ON HER
FIRST START
Or. Hollis Beats Hester w In Sprint.
stoessel Repeats by Defeating
Good Fleld--Moncle Mabls
Earns Brackets
BY Jay Davidson

J. McCafferty, the premier trainer OF
two-year-olds, put one over the plate
yesterday when Handmaiden scored
brackets on her first start.
The win was clean cut and a tri-
umph Of pure class. as the maiden
flly was away rather indifferently and
had to work her way through the
bunch OF more seasoned racers.
But she performed the expected task
in a highly satisfactory manner and
brought home great rolls of the do
rine" TO McCafferty and his circle OF
friends who were let in on the info
that this was the best two-year-old
filly shown at Ascot this season.
Early Flower was very much ad-
mired and feared by the bookies and
sine was made favorite IN the specula-
tion. Handmaiden opened at los and
drifted to 30s before the wise" money
began to pour in and when the fnan-
cial deluge came the erasers were hur-
riedly sought and the price was ham
unered down to Ss at post time.
The widow, Mrs. Mathews, caught
the eye Of the official caller first after
the barrier was sprung and this was
the last heard from her. Handmaiden,
under q judicious and expert ride by
Aubuchon, soon darted out of the
bunch and took command of the has
tening procession to the wire.
AS tribute to the careful training
and schooling given her by McCaffer-
ty, the great filly shot to the front
and nearly breezed from the stretch
to the wire, never being in any trouble
whatever.
Queen Of Night. another good thing
and heavily played from Ss to IS, Sc
cured the place from Josie s, which
closed stoutly.
Retador ls Lucky
Lucky" Baldwin's luck followed the
tourney Of Retador in the second race,
and the heavy play on this one was
justified by the striving finish Of the
Baldwin candidate.
Katie Crews set out to do wonders
here. but found the distance too great
for her spreadeagle style of running
and gave 1t up in the stretch, where
she was collared by Retador, Tom Riley
and St. Wilda.
In the run home, McDaniels outfin-
ished Seder on Tom Riley and the race
was another example of a jockey win
ming a race with the second best horse.
Tom Riley finished stoutly on his
own courage, but Seder was of no
earthly account in the emergency and
''Puddin" put it all over him in the
enal strides.
The end came with Retador whisker
IN front, Tom Riley second and Katie
Crews third Had jockeys been re-
versed, Riley could not have lost.
The same may be said of the third
race DIR. Hollis is good, but as the
race was run, Hester W should have
won. When J. l.. Holland put up
Heatherton on good filly like Hester,
he threw away not only the purse but
all that he bet on his candidate.
Moriarity rode a good race on the
favorite and managed to keep him go
ing until safe under the WIRE with
Hester w a short head behind.
Betsy could never get up, although
she figured to be thereabouts at the
end and show money was all she could
get.
Wins at Long Odds
The fourth race witnessed the third
triumph Of jockey on an inferior
horse over the jockey on a good horse,
when Montezuma, held at 2Os beat
Pachuca, held at 12s, after heavy
play.
Kent simply outrode Palms, which is
not a very hard task for any ordinary
rider, and Montezuma poked his head
in front of Pachuca at the wire for no
other reason than that he had the best
rider.
Pachuca was the best horse and
should have won had any other rider
carrying a license in his pocket been
UP. But Palms has given exceptional
and continuous evidences of his in
ability to do more than sit still on a
horse.
The audience which backed Pachuca
almost off the boards sighed for a real
Jockey when the end was In sight, and
was forced to sit in silence and wit
ness the burning of their money be-
cause Pachuca had been entrusted to
an assistant cook at the riding game.
Pyrrho, which cannot stand up on
the dry, was third, little Ross outfin-
ishing Harris on EXapo.
Stoessel won the fifth race because
he couldn't help it. He was the best
at the weights and had fair boy up
and simply romped all the way.
Vile and landed him safely In second
place, while Bologna suffered because
of the lack of a jockey and was only
third by sufferance.
Preston doubled back on his own
trail and won the last race with Mon
Gle Mable. Evelyn Griffin was the
favorite for some unaccountable reason,
but the things that were not done to
her after the start are unmentionable.
Preston was imbued with the idea
that Employer Newman expected him
to win with Moncie MaDle and he took
the speedy flly so far out in front
after the humping bee at the barrier
that nothing could catch her.
At one time Moncie Mable was nearly
an eighth of mile in the lead. when
Preston eased her up and allowed her
to canter to the wire and win by three
open lengths from Bantam.
Evelyn Griffin, the favorite, ran a
great race under adverse conditions and
secured the show money.
Prosperity Extant
The card for today will have the baby
race as it's starter and Sweet Kitty
and Prosperity will hook up for one OF
the most exciting races of the season
between two-year-olds.
Sweet Kitty is a quick breaker and a
speedy filly, but Prosperity is said to
be good and should get all the grapes
from her.
Miss Fidgety should have won her
last out, but was not given an extra
ordinary ride. With better racing luck
today she will be as good as third.
A finish here should be Prosperity,
Sweet Kitty, Miss Fidgety.
Capable appears to be the best of a
bad lot In the second race and may win
from Mauser.
Mauser is on edge now and should
he the contender all fha xuav To la %