Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-02
DOMlNUS ARVI
WINS HANDICAP
OUTFOOTS CLASSY FIELD IN
FEATURE
DANDELIoN FINDS ROUTE EN-
TIRELY TOO SHORT
Colloquy Almost Nips Winner at Wire
in Long Drive, While the HiIdreth
Candidate Would Have Won
at Longer Distance
BY JAY DAVIDSON


Dandelion made his first appearance
at Santa Anita yesterday afternoon In
the Mount Lowe handicap, and the
great son Of Hamburg found Calitor-
mia horse entirely too speedy for him
over the brief dash of six furlongs and
had to be content with the show
money. Dominus Aroi, which mad been
working like a sure thing, broke out IN
front at the start and never was
headed, although Colloquy got within
nose of the front, and Dandelion, slow
to begin, was less than length behind
and finishing like cyclone. The dis
tance was entirely too short for Dance
lion, but at another furlong he would
have won going away.
Recognizing that Dandelion prefers
route, the spectators took more kindly
to Colloquy and some played Dominus
Arvi, causing the to on Dandelion to
lengthen out to to at post time, with
to 8 to show stuck against his
chances. Magazine also came In for
plunge, being backed from tens down
to fives This quartet carried prac-
tically all the public money.
Hoffman sent them away to beautl-
full start, Roalta flashing in front for
second, until Dominus Arvi burst out
of the field and shot away from the
others. Colloquy was off nicely, but
dropped back to fifth place at the
stretch turn. where Powers began to
make his finish. Lisaro showed re-
markable sprinting ability to the
stretch, running in second place, but
here the pace told and he dropped back.
In the run to the wire Dominus ArVl
held his advantage, but Colloquy was
cutting down his lead until there was
no appreeiable difference at the wire,
while Dandelion was just getting up
steam at the paddock gate. The finish
was pretty one and drew cheers from
the crowds in the grandstand and on
the lawn"
Lord Nelson GaIIops
The first two races were won by
favorites and the public got in q good
humor in a hurry. Lord Nelson out
footed his field all the way in the first
| and won in a gallop from Kerry, which
made belated sprint in the last eighth
and took the place. San Nicholas, Grip
| pied, but game, surprised everybody by
| getting the show position with go to l
| against his winning chances and 10 to
l laid that he would not show. Tou-
| pee, fancied by many, lost heart when
| he could not catch Lord Nelson and
| quit from second at the stretch turn to
| fifth at the wire.
| Gerrymander fully justified all the
nice things said about him by romp-
| ing away with the second race at to
| 20. Powers rated him along behind the
/ pace until after turning for home,
! where he allowed the geldlng to pick
| up his field, and when within twenty
| yards of the wire he passed Joe Gait
ems, the pace maker, and won going
away by nearly three lengths. He
showed brilliant burst of speed at the
finish, and seems to be classy horse.
! Joe Gaitens ran consistently and took
! the place from Anderson by a length
The latter is improving fast and viii
about beat anything other than Gerry
| mander In this race next out. Otilo, a
Texas trick, also showed great speed
for half, but retired, and is on edge
l now.
r. L. Thomas put over a good one
1 when he cashed with Harcourt in the
third. His sprinter set the early pace
! and then retired jim favor of Sir Edward
and Ida May until after turning for
home. In the stretch Harcourt seemed
to get back his speed, and he quickly
ran over the leaders and won by a
length from Sir Edward, which beat
| Ida May nearly a length for the place.
The mile was done in 1888 40, and Har-
court paid off at odds ranging from IS
| down to IS.
Progress took an unexpected beat
ing in the fifth race when Pal and Airs
got their heads in front of him ct the
fast time-1:25 3-5 for the seven fur
| longs-that it Is doubtful whether
Progress was entitled to win. 1t is a
bit faster than he really cares to go.
Pal showed much Improvement, all
/ though practically unbacked, while
Airs ran a remarkable race for first
out Airs really was the best horse
in the race and should have won. She
was last away from the post and was
interfered with and bumped at fire.
quent intervals during the race, while
Progress and Airs had a humping
match in the last fifty yards that may
have been costly to both. Airs got her
head in front of Progress for the place
Day Star showed great Improvement
| in winning the sixth race most handily
/ from Translucent and Milpitas doing
the seven furlcngs in 1:25 is. Milpitas,
a cripple, set the pace to the final
| jumps, where he was passed by Day
Star and Translucent. Timothy Wen
was favorite to win this event, being
held at to throughout the betting,
with many supporters, but the pace
was too swift for him and he gave up
] in disgust after going a speedy half.