Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24

Bat Masterson, who is writing for a
New York sporting paper, severely ar
raigns Kid Mccoy for his alleged sue
cessful fight against Jim Stewart a few
nights ago, and the consequent attempt
at proving his right to be considered a
rival of all the heavy. light heavy and
middle weight scrappers of the country.
According to Bat, Kid was lucky TO
have a reputation, as this rep is what
won the fight for him, Stewart being
scared half to death before he entered
the ring. Bat says that Kid clearly
proved that he lacks all the agility,
speed, cleverness and punch that put
him on top of the middle weight dlvi-
sion, and that if he is wise he will for
get all about his ambition to again
shine as a pugilistic star. Bat is far
/ from convinced that Kid is entitled to
any credit for his victory over Stewart.
Horsemen at Santa Anita are COM
planning because the track Is too hard,
and say that it should be cut up and
some of the adamantine qualities re-
moved. AS 1t now is the horses get
about as much benefit out of their
works upon the track as they would
get from a workout upon an asphalt
pavement One horseman says that 1t
is a beautiful and phenomenally fast
stretch of track, but he looks for many
breakdowns and injured horses unless
1t is cut up.
The extensive racing stable of r. f.
Carman arrived at Santa Anita yester-
day from New York. The millionaire
societyman-horseman will not come to
the coast until later in the season. In
the bunch are Rifieman, Magazine,
TllxRa kax- De-
Cloisteress, w. H. Carey and fourteen
others. Carman had one of the largest
strings last season that ever was raced
on the coast, bur weeded it out consid-
erably before shipping east in the
spring, and now practically all his
horses are good racing tools and above
the average class of platers.
Harry Traub, the Hannis king, left
on the Owl yesterday for a visit of a
fortnight at San Francisco. He intends
remaining on the coast until late in the
winter, and says that he will return
TO Los Angeles, making this city his
headquarters while on the coast. He
will return in an auto with friend from
Los Angeles who now is in the north.
Charley Henshall wants to come to
Los Angeles with string of ten horses,
but Jack Atkin is not sure that he can
accommodate him. However, since
Henshall is a citizen of Southern Cali
fornia now. owning property here and
at Long Beach. and is one of the most
prominent horsemen in the business,
Atkin will make desperate effort to
accommodate him, and has wired an
invitation to him to come on at once.
Henshall is racing at Latonia.
Jim Griffin also wants to ship from
the east to Santa Anita right away, and
all of them are of good class. From
although he will bring only four horses,
tenac, says Jack Atkin, is about the
worst he has in his string just now,
and Frontenac is some horse.
Jack Mullen, betting commissioner
for Roy Offutt, was in town yesterday
afternoon exhibiting his unmustached
upper lip TO his friends, who only recog-
nized him with difficulty, and after
Jack Identified himself. Even Jack
Atkin did not know him at first glance.
There is about as much political"
money along the Rialto these days as
any big bank In town carries in it's
vaults. The average bettor wants TO
place his money on Chanler to win over
Hughes in New York, while there is
little Hughes money to be found, which
accounts for the lack of betting. Sport