Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
AVONTELLUS WINS
TWO-MILE EVENT
PUBLIC EXPERIENCES LIVELY
SESSION
Three Favorites and Three Heavily
Backed Outsiders Cash Tickets.
Exodus Of Horses Is
In order

A large crowd was present at Ascot
yesterday afternoon to witness good
sport, as three favorites and three
heavily backed outsiders gathered the
first money.
The first race was close fit between
Early Flower, 10 to 1 shot backed
from as good as 30 to 1 at one time,
and the favorite, Big store, played
from 2 to / to to 2. The former
made all the running, though at the end
Big Store was catching her every
jump and would have won in few
more strides. Taos finished fast and
took the show money easily from kam-
sack. The latter and Ed Tracy tried
to catch the winner and chased each
other to pieces.
Fustian closed to 5 favorite in the
second race. Toupee closed at 5s and
Royal Rogue was the outsider at 80 to
Toupee took the lead after flag fal!
and never was headed. Slickaway.
Platoon and Fustian were heads apart
a length behind Toupee until the stretch
was reached when Fustian drew away,
but was not good enough to win In
a drive Royal Rogue outgamed Eurip-
ides for show money, getting the de-
cision by nose. Slickaway and Plat
oon quit badly in the stretch.
The handicap at mile went TO
Ampedo, which was backed from to
1 to IL to s. Won Iromp was second
choice at 215 to l and Cello was al
ways as good as to Won Tromp
and Don Domo opened a gap of ten
lengths going down the back stretch,
running head and head At the far
turn Don Domo drew away by two
lengths and Ampedo came fast on the
outside and appeared an easy winner,
when Cello finished like a cyclone, but
could not quite get UP.
The latter ran a phenomenal race,
as he was turned sideways when the
barrier flew and appeared to have only
a slight chance. Won Tromp came
again at the end and took show money
from the fast firing Don Domo by a
neck Preston on the latter and Nc
Daniel on Won Tromp used poor judg-
ment by chasing their mounts out, as
they did.
The Santa Monica was the stake
event of the day and brought such a
close finish that the judges were the
only ones in a position to place them.
Harvel, played from 8 to 1 to II to 5,
made the pace with Balbus second
and the Carmen pair, Martha Jane and
Magazine, running third and fourth.
Turning into the stretch Balbus quit
and Martha Jane got up to Harvel and
in a hard drive just did win by a nose
from the latter with Magazine on the
rail a head away. The latter with
clear sailing would have won, as Har-
vel had her in close quarters on the
rail all the way through the stretch
EalbuS ran a diSgraceful race.
A lot of interest was centered in the
fifth race, as it was one of those pop.
ular long distance events for two miles
Avontellus was backed from to Al:
to and led by a length all the way
though at the end he was hand-ridder
to stall off Cotillion's determined chal-
lenge.
Gold Spot, the favorite, and ridden
all over the track, got show money
easily. Jack Little went we'll for a
mile and half, then quit.
Sly Ben, the to / favorite, had an
easy time in the sixth race. Bullman,
after Ballotta, Lone Hand and La
Chata ran their heads off in front
away. Tendercrest finished fast after
laying close to the pace all the way
and was an easy second.
In drive Lone Hand outgamed La
Chata for the short end of the purse
Ballotta will do her next out, as she
was palpably short yesterday, and the
race will do her good.
There is to be an exodus of horses
next week. R. F. Carman will senG
a carload to Bennings and a carload
to Sheepshead Bay tomorrow. F. M
Cassidy, d. Kelly and Ed Peters will
ship their strings to Bennings Tuesday
and Jockey Radtke will accompany
them.
C. c. Gill will send his stable, which
includes Platoon. James Boden will
send Niblick and Ormondes Right in
the same car with C. c. Gill ]. A
Bennett will send his entire stable tc
Gravesend on the 18th.