Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
ANOTHER PIKER
CHOICE WINS
SAN ALVIS0 SURPRISES THE
TALENT
Daruma Overlooked In the Second
Race and Flashes First at
Nice odds-classy Card
Arranged for Today

! first yesterday afternoon at Ascot.
The track was slow and u fair size
crowd turned out to witness good sport
as the card was an excellent one an,
in two races the finishes were close.
San Alviso. at 60 to 1, won the handi
cap for 3-year-olds, and Daruma, whicl
was as good as 10 to- 1, won the secon,
| race a purse affair.
| At last Little Minister graduated from
the maiden class when he won th
first race on the card yesterday. Thi
colt cost several owners n small sizeC
| fortune, as he is inclined to run fas
in his morning trials and then not ex
| tend himself in a race.
Sam Doggett and j. A. Bennett whit
formerly owned him, and his presen
owner bet their bankrolls on him anC
he always lost Yesterday he took tn,
lead and won pulled up by severa
lengths from Charles l.. Stone, the
favorte The latter ran his race anC
could never get up.
Happy Rice was third all the way
Athena showed speed. but quit after
going n half.
Pantou1e was favorite at I to fol
the second race, while Bntre Nous
chalked at to l. Daruma closed at as
good as Is to l in some books. Entire
Nous was first to show with Pantoufl6
second and Toots Nook third. They
ran in their order until the stretch
where Pantoufle took the lead, with
Toots Nook second.
Toots Nook swerved and threw Pan
toufle on the rail. Daruma in drive
beat Toots Nook a head. The judges
promptly disqualified Toots Nook and
placed Pantoufle second and gave third
to Toots Nook. Pantoufle would prob
ably have won but for this accident, as
Booker was forced to pull her up
Foncasta. the favorite, at 8 to /, in
the third race. led his field all the way
and never left the result in doubt Nc
Daniels had Jack Adams in good po-
sition all the way, but could never
get to the favorite, taking the place
handily. Sais ran with the leaders all
the way and had to be whipped out for
show, as Needful was pressing him at
the end. Lord Provost showed speed
then bled and was pulled up the last
quarter.
The handicap furnished food sport, as
six horses finished very close. Jersey
Lady was backed from to 1 to IA
vorite at IL to at post time. Col.
Jack was always 21s to l, while some
money played on Allerion and Elancer
forced their odds down a point. San
Alviso opened at 20 to l and went to
60 to 1 at post time practically un-
backed, except by a few who remem-
bered his good race to Zethus and Wa
terbury.
Col. Jack was away first, with Pro-
life second. They ran in this order
until the stretch, where Jersey Lady
got through on the rail. The last
eighth it was anybody's race, as they
were punched, when San Alviso came
on and poked his head first under the
,r-;th or, IL,
of Elancer.
San Alviso ran a grand race. con-
siderng he bolted at the start and
ran all around his field. The odds post
ed against his chances were false.
Renraw, heavily played for the fifth,
justified his hackers by opening a gap
of several lengths the first quarter
and winning easily. Round Dance, un-
der the whip, finished gamely, but was
not good enough. Virginia Lorraine
showed speed, but stopped in the
stretch and was doing her best to stall
off Judge Nelson's determined challenge
to get third. The latter. off none too
well, finished with rush.
Confessor won the sixth race easily.
Riley took him to the front the first
quarter and from there on he only can
tered, coming under the wire an easy
Clandestine finished gamely
next to the rail. Bill Curtis was third
all the way. Col. Bronston was bumped
at the start and then sulked. Sir Ca
ruthers ran his race. Likes a heavy
track best.
good horses at Oakland. arrived yester-
day with Jockey R. Davis. Ramsey
mas Grasscutter and Martinmas stabbed
here. Jockey Davis rode with great
success last summer and will be seen
here in the saddle today. He can ride
at 80 pounds.
w. A. Mckinney has purchased from
Barney Schneider the black colt Otto
Price for $3.50.
Today's Probabilities
One of the best cards ever offered at
Ascot will be run this afternoon. In
both the handicap and the purse race
the classiest horses at the track are
carded to start, and the result will be
keen and interesting races as no horse,
as the weights have been allotted, looks
to stand out prominently.
Otto Price will sport the colors of his
new owner this afternoon and will take
quite a lot of beating, as he is game
and fast. Phil Igoe, on his good second
to Elancer, looks to be the most dan
gerous contender and may beat the top
one. Banlada should go well today and
may finish in the money, as she will
like a fast track.
Jim Leonard's saddle slipped Tuesday
and Koerner had all he could do to sit
on him. May win today, as he works
we'll in the morning. LiYius runs bet
ter on a heavy track
The Griffin entry has an excellent
chance to get away with first honors in
the second race, as both have shown
good form in their races. Booger Red
is a fast one and should be right there
at the finish The Walsh entry will
probably see Bullman i'm the saddle, and
as he is a good 2-year-old rider so looi1
out for his mount to be third. Turn
away is a clever filly and may be a sur
prise party.
The third race is an open affair, as
they figure so closely that it Is hard to
separate them. If Pantoufie starts back
today she will be hard one to beat, as
she ran grand race yesterday. Platoon
beat Don Domo last time they met and
should repeat, although Don Domo
might beat him today as the track will
be fast.
Gold Sitter showed speed in his only
effort here and may be better than the
figures show. Don Hamilton came from
~. l.