Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-05
TALENT FAILS
TO PICK THE
GOOD THINGS
Long Shots Gallop
in Slush
sloppy Track Gives Mudlarks the
Chance Of Their Lives and
They Deliver the
Goods

Only small crowd attended the races
at Ascot park yesterday afternoon and
were relieved of some of their cash, as
only two favorites and four outsiders
ranging in price from to so to 1, came
home winners. The weather was mis-
cradle and all afternoon a cold wind
blew through the grand stand and bet
ting ring making 1t very uncomfortable,
The track was sloppy and the sport
tame as there were only two close i'm
ishes for the long end of the purse.
La Chata, a t to 1, started the ball
rolling by taking the lead in the first
race and winning all the way from
Lone Hand, a 4 to 1 choice. Retro
paw, the favorite, backed from 21s
to / to 3 to 2, was third and could
never get up to the leaders. Lillian
Ayres finished with q rush and had
slight chance at the start, as she was
bumped. Sentado ran a good race and
is due for early action.
H. b. Bedwell Is in his lucky streak.
Saturday he won the Ascot cup with
Los Angeleno and yesterday he put
over a good thing in Blumenthal,
which was backed from 60 to IL to 1,
and won by nose from Antara. The
latter outran early, finished like a
shot and would have won in a few
more jumps.
FaVorite Runs Third
Elfln King played from 21a to to II
to 10, ran third. He looked all over
the winner at the head of the stretch,
but stopped badly. Interlude showed q
lot Of early speed but quit at the pad
dock when collared. Willie Gregg
quit when put to a drive and was
short. Tab this one for early action.
Ormonde's Right, the rogue won the
third race at to 5, played from as
good as to 1, from Niblick, the to
2 favorite. Bragg set the pace for a
half with Niblick second and George
E. Miner third and Ormonde's Right
trailing. Turning into the stretch the
latter s ing wide and finished going
away. Niblick ran his race and had no
excuses. Milner sprawled in the going
and at the end outgamed Bragg for
third money. After the race u. y.
De Arman bid up Ormonde's Right to
$4,000, then Henry Mason, owner of
Niblick, bid him to $2500 and got him.
He was entered to be sold for $500.
Hard for the Talent
The talent received another jolt in
the fourth race when Avontellus, at
12 to l, with Radtke in the saddle,
easily beat the two choices, Foncasta
and Stoessel, the to 5 favorite. The
latter two raced themselves to pieces
in the front running head and head
and at the end had nothing left to
stall off Avontellus. Foncasta out
half a length. The other two never
were in the hunt. After Avontellus
won E. Wayland, acting for John
Brink, bid the winner to $780, which
was 5000 over his entered price, and
he was knocked down TO him.
Line of Life was installed favorite
at to 10, despite her disliking for the
going. Winsome Ways was second
choice at 16 to 5, and Lille B went to
20 to 1. Chancellor Walworth was
played from to to 1. Nuns Veil
ing and Winsome Ways set the pace
until in the stretch where Lille b
came on and won going away from
Winsome Ways, which in a drive lasted
long enough to get the place from
Line of Life. The latter did not like
the going. Chancellor Walworth was
poorly handled. He was pocketed and
shut out several times and at the end
swerved into the deep going next to
the rail. Nuns Yelling found the
route too far.
The sixth race brought the crowd to
its feet, as three horses finished heads
and noses apart. Red Bill was a 1 to
2 favorite. Zelina closed at Z to l
dHu kAlrS one punt less Zellna set a
fast pace with Red Bill second and
Airs third. Turning into the stretch
the three were heads apart and came
down the stretch in this way. Knapp
just did get Red BiIl's nose in front
In the last jump, with Zelina second,
a head in front of Airs. All three
boys were whipping and driving, but
Knapp's superior finish won for him.
Illusion never could get near the
leaders.
w. A. Porter, who owns Winsome
Ways, claimed Line of Life in the
fifth race for $725.
Jockey Preston was fined $40 by the
starter for bad behavior at the post
in the first race.
Clandestine broke his leg Sunday
morning at the paddock gate and was
destroyed.
Today's Probabilities
The track will still be muddy this
aftarnOO0 and the fourth raoa IN +ba