Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-08
CARMAN VICTORIES
PROVIDE FEATURES
OF INAUGURAL DAY
OWNER WINS FOUR EVENTS ON CARD
Ten Thousand Turtles Gather to Usher in New
Course at Santa Anita and to Beat the
Books in Struggle for Coin-Marc
Antony Ii Wins Feature
BY J. G.. GRIFFIN

MFR F. CARMAN opened Santa Anita park aaspcousy
yesterday g,d There m six aess tS on Rt @ m and Mr.
cup the winner of the Pomona handicap
looking carman bank roll Just New Yorker missed one
purse of the five he tried @ is hard to determine but the other
horsmen the found consolation in the fact that
, he did
In spite ofo perhaps in line withhe carman prominence
his jockey Guy Burns features developed make
Opening day thing to be remembered Ten thousand TURTLES and
more aved the threatening and took long ride to Santa
The clouds held off and only few tentative drops came down
alarm those who paraded best bib and tucker packing stands
betting ring ground jostlng holiday good
The crowds fearful of missing something left town for the
horses the for the Inaugural the betting ring
Of to get down on one or the other
ing the purse Both the Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific
filled the and when the horses started in the first
big grand stand packed its full capacity On the
ground 'front.' necks caned in endeavor catch glimpse OF
other end of track paddock and betting ring
proclaimed the fact that the busy beo had made their choices
and uneasly awaiting the result.
FIELD STARTS ON FIRST JOURNEY
Starter Hoffman found them aligned after
the barrier Antas track under
The colors due be prominent hrougou the after
considering track conditions the won by Magazine little
Guy Burns sitting still at the finish
Despite and the occasional long, tedious
waits while getting there the will doubtless be more
part OF Anita up very minute and the
eighth marks bemsh in the beauty of
buildings spite unfinished condition. models Of their
ensemble from within the white posted fence
pays Contractor Aliens skill builder Of real
race tracks
The flash of silk the thunder Of dpacked turf
there by showers seemed awaken the
memories bygone days Lucky Baldwin The aged ranche
prominent the American turf in times when fourmie heats
full the power beneath shining coats and thoroughbred
horses the judges stand during the first race and
whole being expressed the happiness that his when the field
the post Although he had entered literally the opening
days Mr. Baldwin used the pencil freely and but did
he see his coors carried to the post. M
PUBLIC WINS IN BETTING RING
Opening day brought JOY the layers odds who lined
nineteen strong betting the thrust upon
by the specuatvey inclined Favorites in the first three
barrel of Carman to back the winner OF the handicap
first horse for the following event. and Opcian the
closing all helped swell the lines behind the booths and
of business the bookmakers found themselves shy
siderable Almost every victory popular with the
crowd the pool boys the grand stand suffered
terialy
The depletion rolls began the Cup which
opened the days Magazine played less than to had
large following from brigade despite furry All
Alone post carrying bundles scrip When the colt
by lengths the bettors wared into the with plenty
Of money to back their choice following event
Peep pubcs fancy around 2s failed to get
away the post with the of her field looked though
the bookmaks would get back what they delivered Magane
victory but the finish Id different tale Jockey Archibald grad
ua made the ground lost starting and the end the avoe
nearly four lengths in advance of the field
The result recorded the third when another
Carman Lackoot the track heavily backed and
showed his class by galorng from the field Marc Antony again
repeated the fifth with Prince Of CASTLE The sixth
reward his hackers who forced by the long lines
wait until dark to cash their tickets. ~
NO PRAISE FOR CAR SERVICE
And after the day dope nothing but
from the the heard
beauty the track the class of the betting facilities ample
sit or stand suited the faneverying satisfactory
membered fitting baptisma for the hndomes per-
feet track in America
Something local racegoers the cutes from which
started yesterday The the
gram mile, started separate track which
runs into the main course at lower turn and the feature umb
urlongs broke from another chute turn In
both the fields aligned evenly resulted
from the position at the post
dammit