Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-09
NE w TRACK
is ASSURED
OF SUCCESS
SHOWING OF OPENING DAY
PLEASES HORSEMEN
ALEXANDER ALIENS WORK is
WELL DONE
Santa Anita Greatest Racing Plant
West of the Mississippi--season
May Be Extended
Thirty Days
BY HIDALGO.


Well. did YOU see the red flag fall at
santa Anita Saturday afternoon?
II not, you did not see the most elegant
racing plant west of the Mississippi, in
comparison with which Ingleside and AS
COZ arc circus rings and the Emeryviile
track a Mexican bull ring.
have always had high opinion OF
Alexander Aliens ability as a master
workman, but, on this occasion, he has
exceeded the very greatest expectations
of his friends, ''of whom am which, as
Mr. Nasby ould have put 1t.
Ninety working days saw our arid
waste of 140 acres transformed into about
as fine a racing plant as can be tound
anywhere in America, outside OF BEL
mont park, which 1 have never seen.
For picturesque surroundings, if I am
rightly informed, it has Belmont park
whipped to a FRAGILE. l have seen just
two tracks that have it beaten-the great
Lc=sehemns course near Paris, where
the Grand Prix is run, and the old course
at Goodwood in England in the midst
of the Duke of Richmond's park.
Just before the first race was run Sat
urday was sitting in the judges stand
and, conversing with Col. Hamilton.
Looking over to the eastward, the pic
ture was worthy of the magic pencil of
Claude Lorraine.
Over the saw-tooth crests of the Sierra
Madre hung a denser veil of white cloud
through the base of which came glow
of sunshine on the grassy slopes just
bursting into a renewed life with the
rain of the past two days. And from out
the storm cloud cleaned sheen of gilt
tering glory that carried it's genial glow
into the heart of every beholder Hamil-
ton was enthusiastic over it.
You may travel the world over for
the next ten years. he said, land never
behold again such sight as this" He
was quite right about it, too. for there
is only one California
Great Trainer Present
Ricardo Falernio Carman left Oakland
on Tuesday of last week with about fifty
head of horses under the charge of that
quiet little Irishman, James Blute; and
what was the loss of Don Tomaso
Hieronymo Williams was our gain-and
Mr.. Carman's, toe, for that matter
The New York turfman lugged off four
races out of the Tx and his winnings, in
purses and stakes for the day, were
something in excess of $2700
Just what his outside bets were worth
nobody knows. but he had his commits
sioners in the ring for at least three of
the four events run by his horses, and
he did not come down here to play
marbles.
A genial and pleasant-faced young
man Is that same Mr.. Carman. He raced
here last winter and made a legion of
friends by his good manners and manly
bearing.
His horse. Mark Antony. which run the
feature race of the day, is imported
gelding. by Marco out of Hampton Lass,
and was an added starter to the race,
being second at the three-quarter pole
and thence came home gallant winner.
His sire, Marco, won the Cambridge
shire handicap of 1895, in field of
eighteen starters at a mile and a quar-
ter, carrying 107 pounds at three years
old. Marco is by the unbeaten Barcal-
dine, who won thirteen straight races,
including the Northumberland plate,
1A miles, with 1877 pounds up; and his
dam. Novitiate by Hermit who won the
Derby of 1867 at odds of 30 to /.
Comes of Noble Sires
Marco stands twelfth on the list of
English winning sires for this season,
with e955S to his credit. of which Beppo
won a trifle over $4,000. In ALL Marco
had out fourteen winners of twenty-five
races. 1 believe Mark Antony is his only
representative in these United States of
ours. and 4 very good looking horse he is
Colonel Jack, owned by Mrs. w. H.
Holland, was, after all, the real hero of
the race. for he carried Ill pounds to
Mark Antory's 11S By the English scale
this would be seven pounds off from the
Holland horse and eight off the name
sake of the lover of Cleopatra. Behind
Col Jack were ten horses, to whom he
gave weight, according to English scale,
as follows: