Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-23
GOOD CARD
FOR TODAY
ACROBAT MAY LOWER COAST
MILE RECORD
Harry Scott Likes the Route in the
Third and Stands Out All by
HlmseIf--creston Also
Picked
nY IRVING B. cLEMENT

Secretary Smith is furnishing the kind
of sport that the racegoing public likes.
This is proved by the large crowd that
goes to Santa Anita park every after
noon. His weight arrangements and con-
ditions classify the horses so that the
fields are equally balanced and the fin
ishes close. There are so many opinions
among racegoers as to which Is the best
horse in the race, and it is the difference
of opinion that makes horse racing the
greatest of all outdoor sports.
For this afternoon fine card has been
arranged, and though there is no handi-
cap or stake race on the card, the fourth
race, purse affair, brings out such a
fine lot Of horses that 1t would not be a
surprise to see the mile record lowered.
The other events are selling races, but
the best of those eligible to contest in
the respective races are entered and the
result should be closer finishes and keen
sport.
Sixteen Maidens Start
Sixteen maidens are carded to start in
the first race and it Is an open affair.
Gene Wood is a rapid breaker and pos
sesses a good turn of early speed, SO 1t
may be Gene all the way, as the five
furlong route suits him. Vivian May has
lot of early speed and may beat Gene,
she has good chance to win. Round and
Round can do lots better than she has
shown and if Murphy who will ride,
lets her have head and sits still, she mas
an excellent chance to beat both. She
works we'll in her morning trials. Ben
Stone, Belle of Mayfair and Inspector
Bird are the long shots of the race, one
| of which may be surprise.
| A fair lot of selling platers will go the
10 f, ha Sao0O6 and
Hereafter may show his heels to the field
all the way, but he is no cinch If anything
runs with him, as he will stop as If shot.
Norfolk is the one most likely to beat
| him, as he Is game and fit and can catch
Hereafter in the stretch and beat him to
| the wire. Zelina ran one good race her
| first out, and If she runs as well today
should finish close up and save the show
money. Prolific has chance to get part
of the purse.
Harry Scots Looks Good
| Harry Scott likes the route in the third
and looks to stand out all by himself.
But unexpected things usually creep up
in this kind of a race and Fastoso is the
| one that may give him a stiff argument
! for the first money. The latter is fine
locker and there is no telling how good
a colt he is, as he has done all asked
of him. First Peep has been coming in
all her races in the stretch, and at this
distance should hold Kinsman safe for
the short end of the purse. The latter was
harshly treated in his race Saturday,
when he was almost put over the fence
on the near turn by Baron Esher and
was cut down. May not start today.
May Break Mile Record
More interest will be centered in the
fourth race than in any other, as the
mile record may be lowered. Acrobat
needed his last race when he, was beaten
a nod by Lisaro In :37 As. to put him on
edge, and If the early pace is fast will
be returned the winner and may break
the coast record for mile. Ed Ball was
unlucky in his last race when beaten by
GIenecho and should beat him today, Ed
uardo and Edwin t. Fryer may split the
three tops and one of them may finish
in the money.
Fifth Hard One
The hardest race of the day is the seven
| furlong sprint, the fifth number on the
card. Niblck showed his old time form
when he won his last race handily from
Progress, and he looks best. Earl Rog-
ers should be. the contender on what he
has shown. The Sultan will set fast
pace and should last long enough to be
third. Daruma is the dark one of the
race, and II she gets away WITH ner neiu
will make the one that beats her run
some. Gen. Haley and Lady Vashti are
outsiders that, should go real well, and
one of them may upset calculations by
winning.
| Creston Should Win
| Creston, although carrying lot of
weight should lead his field from wire
Ito wire, as he beat the same bunch be-
fore in easy fashion. Barney Oldfeld
looks the Baboo today for the place
money. The latter is fair sort of flly
that earned a reputation for her clever
victories in Emeryville, but that is not
Santa Anita, and she will have to show
something here before she can beat Cres-
ton and Barney Oldfield. Chief Desmond
lis one of the hot and cold variety and
therefore bad betting proposition Sen
ator Peckham may come to life today and
finish among the first three.