Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-28
SEVEN EVENTS
PROVIDE SPORT
CLOSES FINISHES MARK DAY
AT ASCOT
Favortes, Second Choices and Two
Fancy Priced Horses Cater to
Talent-ResuIts Of the
Days Events

The seven race program yesterday
proved a good drawing card as fair
sized crowd attended Ascot and saw
good sport. There were several close
finishes for the first, second and third
honors in some of the races.
Favorites, second choices and two s
to 1 shots came home winners and the
talent had about an even break with
the knights of the chalk. The track
was good for the first two races and
after that was lightning fast.
The first race went to the good thing
Masedo which was heavily played, clos
ing at 3h to after to could be had.
Willie Gregg was favorite at 16 to o
and El Bernardo closed at IL to l. Ma
sedo, away flying, won the race easily
from Ell Bernado, which was cut off on
the far turn and went around his field
to be an easy second.
In drive Willie Gregg took the
show money from Joe Kelly. Joe,
Willie Gregg and Black Eyes raced
head and head until the stretch trying
to catch the winner, the latter firing to
a walk.
Harvel, the to 2 favorite, looked to
be in q soft spot and to 2 was eagerly
grabbed by the bettors. Swagerlator
was second choice at to and Balnade
coupled with Herives closed at 8 to J..
Harvel and Swagerlator ran one two
all the way and finished as named
Balnade ran all around her field and in
a hard drive got show money from
Luke's Thrush.
Winsome Ways was voted the good
thing in the third race and was backed
from to to IL to 10. Big Store stood
second choice at 31s to 1 and Netting
closed at to /. Big Store got away
flying and made every post a winning
one but was hard ridden to stall off
Winsome Ways which would have won
in another jump.
Netting, j. V. Kirby and Luckett
were driven to the limit for the short
end the purse and Netting nabbed it
from ]. V. Kirby. Myrtle H. showed
speed but quit.
Belvoir was the to 1 favorite for
the fourth race. Geo. E. Miner came
next in demand at to l and Cotillion
closed at 6's. Woodthorpe started to
make a runaway race of it with Geo.
e. Miner and Cotillion lying close
up.
Cotillion. Woodthorpe and Belvoir
were heads apart but Cotillion respond
ed gamely to punishment and won going
away from Belvoir. Miner outgamed
Woodthorpe for the sucker money.
Stoessel quit badly in the stretch.
to l but showed nothing in her race
to warrant 1t.
Money Muss, the 3 to 4 favorite in
the fifth race, had an easy time. Ross
took him to the front and it was only
a gallop for him. Tim Hurst ran Sec
ond until the last few jumps, when
Revolt caught him and beat him a
neck for place. Elfn King stopped
badly turning into the stretch.
A bad lot of winners faced the
barrier for the sixth race with Elota
favorite at even money. Buna closed
at to 1. Phyz was always 10 to L
and Lydia Wrouseman closed at 20s.
Little Gregg and Lady King ran
head and head the first half where
Phyz went around her field and ap-
peared to be winning easily when Buna
slipped up next to the rail and won by
q neck. Lydia Wrouseman hung on long
enough to show. Elota ran disgrace
ful race and can do better.
The seventh race proved a good bet
ting affair. Lord Provost was favorite
at 2h to 1. Lolita Gladstone closed at
6's. Redan was heavily played at 10
to l. Beautiful and Best shared some
of the play at 912 to 1. Lotta got away
flying and won hand ridden from Re
dan which was second all the way.
Nuns Yelling in a drive outgamed
Lord Provost for third. The latter
pulled up bleeding. Ambitious bears
watching, as she ran a fair race under
moor handling