Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-09
CHOLK HEDRICK
WINS HANDICAP
CHIMNEY SWEEP, FAVoRITE, is
ALWAYS OUTRUN
Firm Foot Easily Beats Workman,
Held at to 2-Tom Gilroy An
nexes Purse In Baby
Race
Bv Jaw Davidson


No 100 to shot won at Ascot yes
terday and the piking element, which
has become intoxicated at the idea OF
daily century winner coming through
spent their money in vain.
Long shots stayed in the barn and
remained out of sight during the racing
and favorites and second choices split
the card between them. The public
has not become accustomed to playing
short-priced horses, however, since the
100 to 1 epidemic hit town, and the
books cleared their decks TO the good
after the final race was run, despite
the predominance of short-priced
choices.
The feature Of the card was the
fourth race, a handicap at one and
one-sixteenth miles with four starters.
Chimney Sweep was favorite all the
way because Of past performances
which entitled him to this honor, but
he could not quite come up to eXpec-
tations and was easily beaten by Cholk
Hedrick, which hastened away from
the post in advance of the others and
continued to hasten in the same po-
sition all the way around, going under
the wire a length ahead of Chimney
Sweep.
Chimney Sweep did not make his
move until making the turn into the
stretch and as the field Strengthened
away from home he had closed con-
siderable ground and was only half a
length behind Cholk Hedrick
In the drive to the wire Hedrick was
easily best and was never in trouble.
Gradually and without urging he in
creased his lead to length at the
wire. Gilpin was played as If 1t was all
!, -Ir
him greater than he was capable of
fulfilling and he died away to last at
the end, Marshal Ney taking show
money by four lengths.
Cholk Hedrick was slightingly
played, but ran true to form and his
easy win puts him in a class of respec-
liability in company with the best han
dicap horses at Ascot
Gilpin, as usual, cut up like a maiden
2-year-old and delayed the start for
several minutes. His vicious conduct
in kicking and biting at other horses
broke UP many chances for starts, and
1t is probable that he may be put on
the schooling list or otherwise disci-
plined until he becomes accustomed to
behaving at the post.
One to Two Shot Beaten
The fifth race was of secondary i'm
portance and gave to the racegoers the
thrilling and unusual demonstration
Of how fallible are the layers of odds
and how easy 1t is for them to be mis-
taken In picking winners.
Workman, which has shown nothing
of a startling order this season, was
made a 1 to shot to beat Firm Foot
and Jake Sanders at six and one-half
furlongs. So great g. cinch did he ap-
pear to the bookies that to was
offered on the field.
After the start 1t was always a two
horse race, with Firm Foot always in
front and Workman second, less than
a length separating them at any stage
of the race until turning for home,
when Firm Foot gradually pulled away
from Workman and won by length.
Jake Sanders ran in improved form
and was third, easily best of the
others.
Firm Foot was hot" tip and was
played down from As to 21ss, and his
improved form justified the confidence
of his hackers, as he stepped the six
and one-half furlongs in 1:20 IA, which
is within one-quarter of a second of
the track record.
Tom Gilroy won the baby race,
which was at four and One-half fur
longs. Gilroy was first to leave the
post, but Jockey Fisher took him back |
to third place Immediately after the |
start and held his speed in reserve for !
the finish.
When entering the stretch he had |
moved down the leaders and had an
advantage of two lengths, which he |
Increased to three lengths at the finish. |
Commida was away poorly, but worked |
her way through the bunch and beat |
out Edwin r. Fryer for the place.
Good Thing Wins
The bookies have been raped so
hard by the good-thing players this
season that they have begun to sit
Up and take notice of anything that
ooks the least dangerous. This saved .
hem from another trimming yester-
lay, although they were by no means
wholly saved as Myrtle White, the
best bet of the season." was so thor
1ughly touted about the ring that
nearly everybody unloaded their rolls
and eat up the 21a to 1 offered at the
opening of the books for the first race.
Mrytle had never performed in such
/ manner as to entitle her to any
more than passing consideration, but
twas norated that she had worked
hree-quarters in 1:16 the day before
and was ready for the killing.
MCDANIEL took her out in front at
he first quarter and she certainly ran
he wire an easy winner from San
Luton, another good thing, having an
advantage of a head, but Mcdaniel l.
irew the finish rather fine, as Boner
lut UP a thrilling exhibition of riding
IN San Luton and would have won
n another jump. Fred Parkinson,
another unheard-of alleged race horse,
vas third, through the splendid efforts
IF Jockey Doyle.
A field of a dozen faced the barrier
N this event and a more evenly
and valueless bunch of equine
pups would be difficult to aggregate.
The chances of a long shot winning
.empted many to disregard the good
hing at short prices and string with
The longest offerings on the board.
Louie Bonsack put over his semi
occasional sleeper in the second race,
Cotillion taking the grapes in easy
fashion from Huapala and Freesias.
Cotillion was rated Immediately behind
Line of Life to the stretch turn, where
Line of Life found a pocket and quit
rom first to next to last.
Cotillion assumed the major domo
position after Line of Life quit and
showed the others the way to the wire.
Freesias and Huapala also took fresh
courage after the pacemaker ceased to
make the pace and finished inside the