Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-22
OFFICIAL AK
FLIES AT ASCOT
BOOKER AND SINGLETON ARE
SUSPENDED
When George E. Miner Finished
First in the Fifth Race the
Judges Determined
to Act

Juuge ftanllJOn let lily the AK yeSter-
day afternoon and as a result Jockeys
Singleton and Booker have been set
down indefinitely for riding which did
not appear meritorious from the judges
stand.
Singleton rode The RoustabOut Feb
ruary t6, when the latter lost to- Givon-
nj Balerio in practically the same going
as that of yesterday by a large mar
gin. The sit still ride of Singleton was
commented upon at the time in these
columns.
Jockey Booker rode George Miner
February is, finishing fourth, eight
lengths behind The Roustabout. When
Miner finished ahead of The Roust-
about yesterday in the fifth race Judge
Hamilton decided that he had con-
firmed suspicious existing for some time
past to the effect that Booker was not
eXerting himself previously on Miner
Jockey Singleton's performance was
uoticeably rank when he lost with The
Roustabout. The fact that Mcdaniel
was caught mapping with the latter
yesterday, thereby losing, may give
Jockey Booker some sort of a loop
hole with the judges should further in
vestigation be in order
Judge Hamilton, however, appears
confident tnat he has made the right
move.
one solitary favorite won for the tall
ent that braved the elements and went
to Ascot park yesterday afternoon. The
other events with one exception went
to outsiders in the betting While there
was no feature Don Domo and Pan
toufle ran one of the prettiest races ever
seen at Ascot.
Jockeys Harris and Talbert, both
colored riders, We're thrown from their
horses in the fifth event, but escaped
injury
Nappa, with Knapp in the saddle. got
away flying in the first event and made
every post a winning one. At the end
Knapp put Nappa to a hard drive to
stall off Belchamber which crept up on
the winner in the stretch.
Preston was no match for Knapp
Norfolk was an easy third. DR.. Crook
showed speed then quit badly. Red Car
ter went well for a half
russian was the supposed good thing
In the second race and was installed
favorite at 4 to 5. Many thousands of
dollars went on him. Cock Sure with
Knapp as pilot closed at to /, and
Buttons was backed from go to 80 to l
at post time. The latter started to make
a runaway race of it. and would have
been successful had he not run out at
the head of the stretch, which probably
cost him ten lengths
COCK Sure and FuStian got through
next to the rail and in fierce drive
Knapp took Cock Sure over winner by
nose from Fustian. Buttons was
easily third
Don Domo was lucky to score in the
| third race over Pantoufe, as he got
away beating the gate by three
lengths, making the pace al the way,
While Pantouf1e went the overland
route and in a drive just failed to get
up. Curriculum showed speed for a half
then quit and Mintia easily beat him
| for third
Won Tromp at the good odds 31s to 1
made a runaway race of the fourth
event by taking the lead at the first
! turn and never relinquished it. Nc
Daniel rode him out to stall off Tar
tan's and Ormonde's Rights deter
mined challenge. Tartan just did get
the place, as Ormonde's Right finished
| like a cyclone in the stretch. Bryan
showed speed for six furlongs, then
| quit
Geo. E. Miner, at the juicy odds of
20 to 1, got up in time to nip out the
to favorite, The Roustabout, in the
| fifth race. 1t appeared as though Nc
| Daniel on the latter was afraid of
| Niblick, a riderless horse, which ran
beside The Roustabout in the stretch.
Givonni Balerio was weakly handled
and had no trouble to show, as Nib
lick threw his rider, j. Harris, at the
! barrier and Critic stumbled at the far
turn and fell down. Sly Ben could
not raise a gallop.
Cadichon was the only favorite to
reward his hackers, as he took the lead
and tin-canned in front all the way
Harris shook him up at the paddock
gate as Chan. Walworth finished res
olutely. The latter was bumped and
interfered with at the first turn, but
for this may have given the winner
a strong argument. Lille B., backed
from 10 to 7 to 1 was easily third
Klnsman, backed from 20 to to l,
showed nothing in his race to war
rant ii.