Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-08
LONG SHOTS
HAVE INNING
AT ARCADIA
TALENT IS HANDED A LARGE
SIZED PACKAGE
George Davis Hard Luck Is Feature
of Dull Day at Santa Anita--He
Fails t, Bet on Thirty
to One Shot
BY j. G. GRIFFIN

- 49, 0HAN~
BY j. G. GRIFFIN
HEORGE S. DAVIS is the hard luck
In kid of all the race tracks in the
~ world. Acting on the advice of his
ear-trainer, Mike Donovan, Davis sat
in the cafe at Santa Anita yesterday
and let his entry in the fourth race,
George Swain, go to the post unbacked
at 80 to l, and when he happened to
look through the window the owner
spied Swain in front of a flock of mis-
cellaneous hounds by two lengths.
This isn't the first ime it has hap
pened to Davis. One of the most popu-
lar owners on the turf. he was been
panned all season by those who should
treat him the best they know how, but
all Davis gets is the short end of it all
the way through. A suggestion would
be to can his stable handlers and bet
them from the ground.
1t is only because features were SO
shy yesterday that Davis hard luck
can be picked out as the speciality OF
the days card. But at that he is en-
titled to all the sympathy there is to
offer for any time a good Indian has
dusty road to travel and then is
switched into byway when the as
phaltum comes along is certainly enti-
tied to something.
The program offered to the patrons
snO
for bookmakers and stockholders) was
about as poor as could be figured out
in a seasons search. Nothing but SELL
ing events had place on the card, and
they were all more or less several
points under the regulation. The talent
was handed large sized package, for
only two favorites connected with num-
bers and long shots had things to them
selves for most of the afternoon.
Laura Clay Loses
Laura Clay, making her first start
here was made an even money choice
for the opening number. but this did
not prevent her from losing TO Kerry,
with Miller up. The price was loose on
Albion H, and in the last jump she
got up in time to show.
Aside from the third horse, there was
nothing to it but the front ones. Mil
Ter and Schilling got their mounts of
we'll, and kept them there to the end
Kerry came away from Laura at the
end of the stand and won by three
lengths, with Albion H. trailing in for
what was left when she nailed Royal
Queen on the post.
The wise ones figured Traffic to beat
Antioch, but they made their numbers
without considering Schilling. The
Jockey on the Thomas trick apparently
was not trying lick, and finished sec
ond under an easy ride, with Colored
Lady third The niger horse might
have done better but Burns kept her in
a pocket down the stretch and she fin
ished in the show hole with her mouth
wide open.
After quitting in the stretch and COM
ing again, L. C. Widrig, liberal priced
favorite for the third number, copied
the mile race from Chief Desmond by
a nose, with Sun Mark third. Widrig
was held at Is in the ring, Billy Bow
legs being the next choice a notch
higher and running last
1t was the first time many of these
boobs had been asked to go the dis
lance. and the CHANDELIERS hesitated
before playing any of them. Chief
Desmond was the medium of a plunge
at post time, and his hackers felt high
ly flattered at the far end of the grand
stand. Here the Chief was in front of
L. c. Widrig, the pair having held the
lead all the way around, but in drive
Martin brought Widrig up to win by
stingy margin Sun Mark was third
at the head of the stretch and stuck on
when Ouardi tried to usurp her hon
ors.
The real plugs had a chance in the
fourth race, and George Swain was
elected winner Laura f. gathered in
the best of what was left, and Miller
rode Transmute into third money when
he trimmed Rey Del Mundo a head.
frankie Dwyer and his friends were
there to put the Baldwin trick over, but
they failed when Ross found a pocket
in which to stick.
The race was an ordinary affair,
those which landed in the money and
Rey Del Mundo forming a division of
their own out in front. Swain traded
places with Laura e. in the final fur
long and took the coin by two lengths,
the next three following heads apart,
with Laura leading Transmute and Del
Mundo. The latter might have been
the goods had Ross kept him clear of
the front ones and given him chance
to use his speed.
Little Minister Wins
Little Minister figured to win the
fifth event, but as good as Is to 1 could
be had against the thinner candidate,
while Firm Foot got the play at twos.
The result showed the Minister better