Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-24
GOOD SPORT
4 T TRACK
YESTERDAY
CLOSE FINISHES MARKED THE
DAYS EVENTS
DON DoMo AND MARY F ARE
NOSES APART
Bookies Are Again Hit, as Three
Favorites and Two Second
Choices Score for
Backers
by IRVING B. CLEMENT

BY IRVING II. CLEMENT
Favorites, two second choices and
one outsider divided the first money in
Tie different events yesterday after
noon at Santa Anita park, and the
talent had much the best of it with
the knights of the chalk.
The ort was good, as finishes in
four of the races were fought out all
the way through the stretch and par
ticularly in the first two races, where
the large crowd present cheered itself
hoarse and held it's breath while the
judges were deciding which horse
won.
The feature event of the day went to
Dominus Arvi, the second choice, at
9 to 5, which beat Veil, the to 5
favorite, all the way. Schilling got
him away flying and made every post
a winning one, easily stalling off Veil
in the stretch, which had to be hard
ridden to save the place honors from
Orilene, which was slow to begin but
finished gamely next the rail all
through the stretch. Ingham showed
speed for quarter then quit. Raleigh
moved up on the far turn and it looked
as if the pikers might cash, but he quit
when hard pressed.
The first race was a battle royal all
through the stretch between Don
Domo, the second choice, and Mary F,
the heavily played favorite. La Chata
and Louise Fitzgibbon set the pace
with Don Domo a length away. The
leaders went wide and Don Domo
slipped up next the rail. Mary F was
picked up his field one by one and
forced an opening next the rail at the
paddock gate and in a ding dong finish
the gray ghost managed to get the de-
cision by nod. Musgrave clearly out
rode Martin in the last fifty feet. La
Chata, heavily played for show, had
little contention for that position.
Contest Holly Fought
The second race was another hotly
contested affair between Madeline Mus
grave, the even-money favorite, and
Frieze, the second choice. The
favorite led all the way till the last
sixteenth, where Schilling moved up
Frieze and in a drive with both boys
riding with whip and spurs they fin
ished noses apart and Madeline Mus
grave got the verdict over Frieze.
Annie Wells showed speed all the
way and Ollie Ward, slow to begin,
finished like a shot next to the rail
and got up in time to show by a head.
Bold ran out all the way and the
others were never in the hunt.
The public got a hard jolt when
Montclair won the third race, as
Thomas Flyer, the favorite, was heav-
lily played. and DR.. Simrall, the sup
posed good thing in the race, was
played from 6 to to l.
Abraham came in for a heavy play. |
Goldstein got Montclair away flying
and sent him along all the way, and
had enough left to stall off Dr. Sim
rail, which was away none too well and
was taken all around his field, then
just failed to get up as Taylor was of
little help in the stretch. Thomas
hlyeI COulu uOl IdlSS d ieSpccldDle
gallop and only got third because the
others quit to almost a walk.
The fifth race was a joke, as none
entered wanted to set the pace, and
then Matador, the favorite, after let !
ting Mountebank lead the first mile, |
came along and won in a canter from
Don Hart, which laid up close all the |
way
Ell Primero, badly outrun the first
part, finished fast in the stretch and
which quit badly in the stretch. Free
sias was poorly ridden and could never
get up. The others were only spec
tators.
After Gateway was scratched in the |
sixth race the talent voted Silverskin |
a good thing and eagerly grabbed the |
to offered until to 10 was the best |
to be had at post time. The Sultan, |
then Master Lester, made the pace un-
til in the stretch, where Slverskin, |
which was close up all the way, shot
to the front and in a gentle hand ride
won from Chas. Paine, which came
from far back in the stretch.
Uncle Henry got up in time to take
third from Master Lester. The latter
and The Sultan quit badly when col
Jared Lucky Lad acted mean at the
barrier and although he Got away well
could never get to the front.
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