Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

Emeryviile at the close of the Belmont
park meeting. On the same train will
come the remainder of the s. c. Hildreth
|.string, fifteen In number, and including
Montgomery, Meelick and Uncle. If mem
ory serves, Hildreth once owned another
good Montgomery. which passed into the
hands of Burns & Waterhouse and then
into those of w. p. Magrane. This celeb
rity Is buried at the Tanforan track.
Andy Blakely, who is anything but a
stranger in this part of the world, will
have charge of six horses that will race
at Emeryville during the coming season.
Frank Ireland, who has been a visitor
In California several times, will train
the big Thomas string that is now in
Kentucky.
Phil Chlnn, who has not been a winter
visitor to the coast since the Bay Dis
trict days, will leave early next month
with carload of flyers for Emeryvile.
Mr.. Chinn married Garnet Ferguson's sis
ter Miss Elsie Ferguson. Billy C'Hoot
Mon') oliver and Pat Sheedy will make
up a carload of gallopers with winning
ways ard HE Emeryvileward ere long.
Mr.. Oliver had nice string out here a
couple of seasons ago. He owned Lord
Badge for years and always has good
one or two in his barn.
Jockey Bill Knapp never rode better
in his life thar he did this season Is the
opinion of returning pilgrims from New
York. If Miller, E. Dugan or any of the
other stars" of the pigskin armament
had 1t on" Bill any 1t wasn't discernlble
with the naked eye. Knapp will in all
likelihood ride at Emeryvllle al, winter
Ex-Jockey Vic Jenkins, a good judge. de-
clares Herman Radtke is regaining the
form that made him famous, and he be-
lieves will wind up at the end of the
season here at the head of the winning
Jockeys list.
If the rumor that Manders is to be re-
instated proves true. and that he is to
do the light riding for Thomas H. Will
Jams this winter, local racegoers will
seeths best boy of his weight and inches
observed In many years in this part of
the world--which Is saying much.
In Seattle last summer Manders (who
can do" eighty-five pounds) several
times put four winners over in an after
noon, and is beyond doubt a rare good
rider for one of such immature years.
There are several claimants for his serv-
ices-at least were-and 1t will be inter-
esting to see how they will come out
When Benedict Ted s.oan (who. by
the way, seems to be on his financial
feet again was in England and Great
irg quite a sensation by his riding there
was leviathan bookmaker whom we
shall call "Chappie." This knight of the
leather lungs had all the prejudice of the
English against the American style of
riding and had resolved to take a fall'
out Of everything that j. Tod rode.
AS they were parading for the first race
(Sloan had five mounts that afternoon)
"Chappie" shouted to one of his assist
ants for his "glawses." MY word said
the bookmaker, "'E looks loike bloody
monkey on a stick, an if e don't fall
hoff before e gets to the post I'm
rummy. to say nothing about winning"
and suiting the action to the words he
shouted out that he would lay a much
larger price than his fellows against the
Americans mount.
Well. Sloan got off flying and won by
block
Han haccident, no bloody fear" said
"Chappie,'' resolving to get even on the
next. which Sloan won, as he did his
third and fourth mounts When it came
to the fifth race "Chappie'' looked as
If he'd had several Turkish baths, and
as the horses arrived at the post and
got away the assistant said, "Ere's your
glawses, Chappiey "Oi don't want
them" he whined. "Cawn't see hout
of the back of me 'ead? Sloan's in
'front.'
S And the prejudiced 4penciler was correct.
Worse than that. he stayed there, and
"Chappie's" losses on the proposition of
laying against the chances of the Koko-
mo kid footed up about e12,000 on the
afternoon