Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-16
RLFLEMANLS
GRAND COLT
MAY MEET MONTGOMERY BEFORE
END OF SEASON
Two Pacific Coast Records Broken
During Week, Showing That
Santa Anita Track Is
Fast and Safe
BY HIDALGo.

We have had a week of ideal weather
been seen on the Pacific coast. The Ken
lucky bred colt, Rifleman, scored his sec
ond victory on Thursday at seven fur
longs, covering the distance in lbs fat
after lying back in third place under
double wraps for the first half mile which
was covered in 46az seconds. He seemed
able to have made 1t in 1:24, IL there
had been anything to urge him to the top
of his speed.
Last year the Chinn G. Forsythe stable
that sold Montgomery to Emil Herr, the
Hebrew plunger, for 100000, claimed that
he was from seven to ten pounds better
than Rifleman at any distance which
horses had ever run. AS Montgomery is
in the stable of Sam Hildreth at the Oak
land track, and Is engaged in several val
liable stakes here during the present meet
ing it Is to be hoped that the racegoers
of Los Angeles will be able to see how
much better than Riheman Montgomery
really is.
Two good local records have been
broken during the past week. La Gloria,
from the Pasadena stable of p. ]. Will
liams, who is called "Dick" for the sake
from Rifemans 1:12 % to 1:12 10, but he
was years old with 12O pounds up, while
she was a and only carried SO, so that
the performance of the son OF Pessara is
by far the more meritorious. And on
Friday that gay black deceiver, Water
bury from the Carman stable, lowered
the record made by Creston, LOG As, to
l :06 rs for five and half furlongs, carry
ing 105 pounds, at years old, to Creston' S
4 n AI-zk (f--..-k 1.st. l.
| really the better of the two.
Fastest in State
| That the track is the fastest in Califor-
MIA without being positively unsafe, as
| is the case at Oakland, cannot be denied,
| for there have been two races of one
mile each In the past week in which the
distance has been covered in less than
| 1:4O and ir both cases by selling platers
of the second class, but good in their
class-Harry Scott and Edwin T. Fryer
On two other occasions there have been
miles between lao and 1:41, both by sell.
ing platers that were barely out of the
third class This clearly shows the track
to be fast one, but those wiseacres who
talk about its being short Of its reputed
measurements are soliloquizing through
| their sombreros The measurements have
been gone over several times, so that
thre is no chance for dispute as to dis
tance.
So it seems that Boots" Durnell got
into somr bad scrape at the New York
tracks last summer and is suspended in
definitely from racing there, which is
about the next thing to being ruled off
for life. ! am sorry to hear of 1t. be-
cause he is a bright little fellow and has
always treated me nicely.
But fear he has done something out of
the common or they would rot be takin g
such action against him at this season of
the year. For most offenses they would
say, "Oh, let it go for the present. let
him race at the winter tracks and when
he comes back here in the spring we will
give him his Cruel"
The nature of the offense has not yet
been made public. but 1t must be some
thing serious against the rules of racing
or they would not be In such a hurry to
hand him out q kedge anchor for himself
and all nis horses. rt
California Record
The California record for one mile,
made here four years ago by Green
Morris iiliy, Gold Rose, and subsequently
lowered By James Curtis Chimneysweep.
was lowered again Saturday by Frank
Regans bay geidihg, Kilter, who ran the
distance IN 1888 2-5.
Kilter properly belongs in the second
class of selling platers, although really
good horse in his division. If he can run
that fast over the Santa Anita track, a
good handicap horse, with 1l5 pounds, or
horse Of real stake form with 12o
should cover that distance (under similar
conditions OF weather and track, OF
course) in 1867 to 1877.
Kilter enjoys the anagement of Frank
Kegan. who, though not rated a first
class trairer at the far east, is as good
in his business as any trainer that has
yet come to the coast. and above and
beyond all that, a thoroughly upright
man, whose name has never yet been
coupled with a turf scandal of any sort.