Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-23
REVERSALS OF
FORM FEATURE
ASCOT EVENTS
Solitary FavOrite Is
Winner
st. orloff Delights Pikers by Coming
Home at Juicy Odds Of 20 to I.
Handicap Should Prove
Worth Witnessing

The public Jared poorly at Ascot yes
terday afternoon, as only one favorite
flashed first under the wire. The long
shot pikers got ovJr several good ones,
but this did not hurt the bookies any.
Buna, the to favorite. ran a dis
graceful race in the first event of the
day.
Tollgatherer in the same race was
ridden all over the track and If the
reins had broken he would have won
by ten lengths. The race went to st.
Orloff with Knapp as pilot and in the
end 1T was case of strong rider
against a light weight as Ross rode
a nice race on Irish Mail and lost by
a nose. Audubon got show money
from Tollgatherer after a hard drive.
The latter il good colt and can beat
this lot any time they send him after
it. Outlets ride was one Of the worst
exhibitions ever witnessed at this
track. Buna could never raise re-
spectacle gallop.
Lord Provost was unlucky to lose the
second race, as he had long lead
until well into the stretch, where he
bled, and Cocksure came on and won
handily. In a drive Virginia Lorraine
got UP in time mex to the inside rail
anu Illpp6u OuI LOTu 1IONOSL lOT lIle
place money. Tim Hurst did not wear
his Sunday clothes and could never
get near the leaders. Throw out his
race for future calculations. Blumen-
thai, heavily played at Is to 1, showed
speed, but could not last the distance.
Search Me, despite his disliking for
a heavy track, was installed the 7 to
favorite. Hi Caul Cap was to /
and Bauble closed at Is to 5. The start
was poor, as Hi Caul Cap and Marllie
Mayer were all but left at the post.
Search Me showed the way till the half
mile pole, where Hi Caul Cap caught
him and won handily. Bauble threat
ened the winner after turning into the
stretch, but hung the final sixteenth.
Tattenham finished resolutely. Search
Me sprawled badly in the going and
seemed to sulk the last quarter when
put to a drive.
Bumping Match Occurs
A humping match at the start robbed
the fourth race of all interest, as Judge
Nelson got clear sailing and won by
several lengths from Lord Stanhope.
The latter was much the best as he
was knocked to his knees after the
start by Nappa. Elancer knocked him
into the fence on the turn and Preston
had to pull up, then came on and
proved an easy winner. Nappa finished
beat Edwin T. Fryer for third.
Illusion at 2h to 1 was the only
favorite of the day to reward his
hackers. Pre- on got i'm way flying
and after racing Teddy Mack off his
feet came on to win easily. Royal
Ascot, outrun early, finished fast in the
stretch and easily got second honors.
Teddy Mack lasted long enough to save
third money from Blue Bottle which
finished fast hen the race was over.
He did not show his usual early speed
and Bullman had him on the outside
all the way.
A very poor lot faced the barrier in
the sixth race, with Marpessa favorite
at to 5. j. V. Kirby closed at 7 to l
and Rockey was backed from as good
as 40 to Is to l. Marpessa and Easter
Card made the pace for the first half,
where Rockey came on and in a drive
just did manage to win by a head
from j. V. Kirby. Comas fell at the
post and broke his leg. He was de-
stroyed after the race was over.
Probabilities for Today
A race that will be worth a long
journey to see will be the handicap
at a mile this afternoon, as such good
horses as Kercheval, the Burns handi-
cap winner; Won Tromp, winner of
many handicaps here, and Sir Edward.
one of the best horses at Oakland, will
start. ]. c. Clem has very little chance
here. Won Tromp with his heavy inn
post will probably be returned the win
ner. as he is in excellent forr is speedy
and game and is never beaten until
they pass the judges stand. Sir Ed
ward should go well and beat Ker-
cheval, but can hardly lead the top one.
The first race is for two-year -olds
and is very hard one in which to
select the winner, as the distance is
short and the horse that gets away
in front usually wins. Wisteria Bud
is a quick breaker and ]. r. Walker
has her in hie barn again, so look for
her to come first. Balnade is slow
breaker, but is a reported good one.
With an even break will give the top
one a stiff argument. Billowy i'm
proves with each start and should be
third. May show startling improve
ment and beat them all.
Second Open Affair
The second race is a very open af-
fair because of the large field and the
horses being ever ly matched. Madden
and Critic figure best and they may
finish one-two. My Choice has a lot
of early speed and should finish close
up. The star danger is Sid Silver as
he likes the soft going and is a fair
sort of a horse when good.
Tendercrest, Laura f. M. and Elota
look to have the third race between
them and they may finish under the
wire i'm the Crder named. Ambitious
and Big Store have BOD outside
chances to finish in the money.
The two-mile race should go to Fon-
casta, as he likes the going and is IN
excellent form right now. Gold Spot
can do better than her last out and
will probably show improvement to-
e.I,, i 1.
and Freesias should fight II out for
the short end of the purse Ding Dong
II may be a troublesome horse at the
finish, as he may not sulk today
The sixth race looks to be between
Stoessel, Taos and Belvoir Stoessel
should come home the winner, as his
last race was a good one and he beat
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