Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-17
ASCOT DERBY IS
TO Be RUN TODAY
NINE HIG,i-CLASS RACERS TO
GO TO POST
Flower Of the Local Three-Year-old
Division Selected to Contest for
Honors In Most Important
stake of the Season
BY jaw Davidson

best card of the season has been ar
ranged for the entertainment of the
race-goIng public.
The flower of the three-year-old d.
vision Of the southwest has been named
to go in the stake of all stakes at the
local course and all the sentiment which
surrounds the sport of kings naturally
centers in the contest for honors as the
derby winner.
Sixty thousand dollars Is the aggre-
gate value of the horsefesh which Will
parade before the grandstand before
the field lines UP to the barrier for the
start on the journey over the Brooks
course and the winner will be the king
of the Ascot three-year-olds for at least
one year.
The season record for attendance
probably will be broken and the jockey
club will surround the thronSS with
unusual attentions and projections that
nothing may occur to mar the comfort
and pleasure of the thousands ex-
pected to be on the grounds during the
afternoon.
A herd of Elks from upstream will be
the particular guests of the jockey
club during the afternoon and as an
especial honor to these guests, i'm adj
dition to the Derby, a special event.
tnG " IL BulSC iubS' iieiS DVtii
arranged and will precede the Derby
race.
AS a further attraction the Redlands
handicap at one and one-sixteenth
miles will be decided as the fifth event
on the card Immediately following the
Derby race.
Although Derby day is naturally a
day for stake horses. the selling platers
have not been wholly overlooked and
frr, i,,o 5ttio Cd In,
among the staple offerings of the
jockey club.
The Derby will not be decided over
the standard Derby route, but will be
run over the Brooks course which is
seventy-three yards short of one and
one-quarter miles. A field of nine will
go to the post and of this bunch not
one has ever been asked to go the
distance.
J. =. Donohue Wins
An ordinary card was the offering
yesterday, but was sufficiently attrac-
tive to induce about $500 persons to at
tend and the races furnished the usual
excitement of close finishes and specu-
lating problems.
The feature of the card was the
fourth race and the Gadfy was made
to 5 favorite over the quintet OPP
posed to him. A steady play caused
the bool<ies to rub the to offering
and make it 1 to 2, Offering as a sub
stitute the proposition to pay to on
the field.
The Gadhy was off in front and re-
manned there until after turning into
the stretch. where he became faint
hearted and quit running, allowing j.
F. Donohue and Chancellor Walworth
to pass him.
In the drive to the wire J. F.. Dono-
hue 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 it appeared a GER
tainty 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.
and on the field against The Gadfly,
the odds-on and prohibtive favorite.
Although only two favorites won on
the day no extraordinarily long-priced
horse was first to the wire, =. F. Dono-
hue being the nearest approach to
long shot to score, the closing price on
his chances being to l.
Donohue opened at As, but because of
the great cinch the bookies figured
The Gadfly to have on first money this
price drifted to SIS at post time, while
the price on The Gadfy's chances went
back from to to to 5.
Good Thing Left
King of Mist, heavily played. closed
~ the popular choice to win the first
Nace and he got up in time to get the
verdict by 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 1.-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
wild horse, but when the barrier was
sprung he was so amazed hat he stood
flatfooted 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
as he began, in last place
occur de Lion led INTO the stretch
by five lengths, but the early pace be-
gan to show its effects when King of
Mist challenged and he was not good
enough to stall off the Holland maiden.
AS the field raced under the wire
King of Mist had his head in front.
with Occur de Lion second and three
lengths ahead Of Seed Cake. which Sc
cured the show money.
Amusing Equine Pups
The second race goes down in history
as the prize winner in the contest for
the biggest aggregation of equine pups
ever brought together i'm a travesty
upon real race horses.
Eleven candidates for feed money
faced the barrier, with Bill Curtis
favorite because his price was the
shortest. This field travelled over one
and one-eighth miles in the delirious
time of 1853, which is seven full seconds
slower than the track record.
Bill Curtis had four lengths the best
Of it as he turned into the stretch at
the head or the procession, while
Courant, slowly edging up from ninth
place at the first quarter, was in fifth
place, nearly ten lengths away.
In the driye to the wire Courant
whizzed by the horses I'm front of her