Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-05
STovER's COLT FIRST TO WIN
TWO RACES
Boots ournell Puts Over Two Win,
ners, Sir Wllfred and lneanta-
tlon, Winning Thousands
Thereby
BY Jay Davidson

possession of the champion Of the two
year-old division. Ray Egan.
Ray Egan was the first two-year-old
of the world to win two races in 1905,
earning brackets Tuesday afternoon
and demonstrating that this win was
no fluke by repeating yesterday.
Harry Slower seems to hold a double
bladed mortgage on the baby races at
Ascot, winning every one that has been
run off this year. He put Mabel Hol-
lander over at 100 to / I'm the first
two-year-old race of the year on New
Years day.
In the second race for maiden two
year-olds he sent another candidate.
Ray Egan, to the post. This one
earned brackets on his maiden start
and yesterday, when the third baby
race of the year was run, he repeated
and completed the chain of three
straight victories and a clear record
for Harry Slower in this division.
The first baby race of the new year
was run at Ascot, it being the second
on the card and finished before the
baby race at Oakland or either of the
New Orleans tracks was on.
In all these races Harry Slower has
been the winner, making a clean sweep
of the two-year-old offerings of the
Jockey club.
Equally as sensational as the clean
record of Slower is the riding of
Jockey Borel who has the distinction
of being the rider on the winner of
every two-year-old race at Ascot this
year.
Ray Bgan. the champion two-year-
old of the world at the present time.
is by Royal Flush III-Canta and he
can run some. At his first start in
a real race he was away fourth and
wor in a driving finish with Nappa.
exhibiting gameness which BODIES
well for his future on the race track.
Ray made his second start yesterday
and was again away fourth but won
in more easy fashion, having two
lengths to spare at he end. In botn
his races he has run formfully, WIN
ming each in the good time of 81 sec
onds for the three furlongs. In his
first race he carried 112 pounds and in
his second race he carried 11S pounds.
Harry Slower has also won a baby
race at Oakland this year, taking the
juvenile contest "Wednesday with Ma
tive Son, which is said to be the best
of his two-year- division.
If Native Son is any gamer or more
speedy than is Ray Egan he is GER
tain of an excellent record on the
turf.
J. NJ. Shields is the Ascot trainer
and manager for the Slower string and
of the two-times- winner, Ray Egan.
He believes it will show better than
any two-year-old of the coast season
and will be heard from in the east dur
ing the summer.
DurneII Wins Two
Aside from the performance of Ray
Egan, the feat of Boots Durnell in
winning two races and completing a
coup worth several thousands of dol
lars was the feature of the day at
Ascot.
Durnell began his rape upon the
books with Sir Wilfred, which has
beaten such good ones as Father
Catchem. Sir Wilfred was quoted at
SIS in the opening of the market, but a
heavy play by Durnell and his friends
so frightened the bookies that the
odds closed at post time at to 5.
George Rose was the only book
maker to escape the volley of the
plungers and pikers who were in on the
know this wise market man hold
ing Sir Wilfred out of his book
Sir Wilfred made his first start OF
the Ascot season against Hector and
Bribery, both of which had previous
~ exhibited some degree of class and
speed.
Jockey Prior was the alert lad
aboard Sir Wilfred and when the
barrier was sprung Sir Wifred glided
away from the post in the lead, never
giving the others a chance to overcome
his lead after passing the first quar-
ter.
incidentally, Sir Wilfred not only de-
feated some of the best sprinters AT
Ascot, including Hector and Bribery
but he set the seasons record for five
furlongs by negotiating the distance
in 100 Ia which is only one-quartei
IF n bo
made by Gold Rose.
Sir Wilfred carried twenty pounds
greater weight yesterday than did
Gold Rose when the latter set the track
record at nothing. Had the Durnel
colt been at his best the track record
would have been smashed.
Bribery landed in second place, beat
ing Hector the favorite, by three
lengths.
Durnell became "chesty" after win
ming this race and the accompanying
thousands in wagers made by him and
his friends and sent Incarnation first
under the wire in the next race, the
fourth on the program.
Incantation was held at 21-2 to
which was considered liberal odds by
the Durnell contingent, who hammered
the price down to to at post time.
Incarnation was in with a bunch oi
good ones and did not set any pace fol
the first half mile, but came away
when ready and won eased up by q
full length, beating Varieties and Hip
pocrates, while Alencon, the popular
choice, and Don Domo finished out,
side the money.
This race was run in fast time. tn,
seven furlongs being done in 1926 ia
which is the season record for the
distance and within ee-quarters o
a second of the track record set 10y
Tim Payne.
1t is said that Durnell Cleaned up
to the extent of about $4,000 on thes,
two races, playing his entries in tn,
New York pool rooms as well as
the local track.
Hersain Finally Wins
Barney Schrieber finally won witt
Hersain, taking the first race with thl
daughter of old Sain, Schrleber's priz,
stallion which has sired some of tn
best racers of recent years.
Hersain went 10 the front after star
and was never headed I'm the journey
OF one mile to the Wire beating ou
Needful ana Jreseryator in eas!
fashion.
In the final sixteenth the bunch be
hind Hersain engaged in a Dumping
match, in which Kingstelle which wai
the contender to this point, received