Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
ATHLETICS


/ afternoon at Santa Anita in the
Il running of the Pasadena handicap,
/ the first of the four events of this week
! to be named in honor of San Gabriel
valley cities. This event is at seven
| furlongs and carries a valuation of $500.
| Eight of the best sprinters at the track
have been named as starters, having
accepted the weights, and with the
! track probably lightning fast in condl-
| ton there should be awfully close to
a new record when the time is hung
| out. This event will be followed tomor-
! row by the Oneonta handicap, worth
! $500, and Thursday will be the day for
running the Altadena handicap, worth
$500. Saturday Is the day when the
Monrovia handicap, the third STAKE
event of the meeting, is to be decided.
1t is expected that the Pasadena folk
will turn out strongly today to witness
the first running Of the event named in
honor of the Grown City.
The judges got busy yesterday and
handed down more rulings than they
had made in any one week this sea-
son. S. A. Clopton was fined 800 for
the pup race because the lassie hap
pened to run in the money. Schilling
also was plastered with an assessment
of 500 for not showing up Goldway
after the assistant starter had put that
heavily backed horse out of the running
by clinging to the reins until the race
was one-fourth finished. But no fine
has been levied to date for failure of
the official in charge of the jockey
board to post the names of the jockeys
in time for the crowds to write them
into their programs before the next
race is called.
Timothy D. Sullivan, politician and
sportsman, is expected to drop in at
most any old hour, as he has decided
to pass a portion of the winter in
Southern California. Archie thinner
probably will have Saracinesca and
Yankee Daughter ready to win a race
when the big boss arrives. Sullivan
is a dandy fellow and an ornament to
the turf and will get a big welcome
when he comes to the sunny south
land.
Jack Witt refused to leave the post
yesterday and in future he will not
have the opportunity TO do SO. The
judges decided that any horse that
would not give his hackers a run for
their money, after he had been as
heavily played as was Jack Witt, is
not entitled to burn up any more coin,
and they ordered him back to the barn
until he reforms.
Starter Hoffman had a bad day yes
terday, his first since the season
opened. Jake is in good form now
and has been having remarkably good
luck in sending the ponies away, but
everybody has an off day, and it
seemed to be Jake's luck that his off
day should happen along about the
time that he had the largest and most
unruly fields of the season to handle.
If he would put these bull-headed
nuts on the schooling list and force
them to stay there until they acquired
the habit of breaking he would help
along his own average of good starts
most appreciably. The patrons of the
sport have no real kick coming on
Jake, however, as his poor starts are
remarkably few and far between.
r. r. Carman is spending a lot of
money these days in having his horses
led to the post. 1t costs $40 a lead
and ST. Elmwood and Gold Heart re-
quired the services of a $40 man yes
terday. A friend suggested to the mil
lionaire-society man-horseman that he
hire a man especially for this purpose
and save money.
Abe Levy and wife arrived yesterday
morning from New York and will pass
the winter here. Abe is one of the
ulOSI popular DOOhIHdhSTS III Tue OuSl-
ness, an excellent after-d dinner speaker
a beautiful singer, and a man with a
clear conscience $50 tits said). Any
way he won himself a permanent home
in Southern California last winter by
his winning ways, and it is the source
of much pleasure that he has returned
He probably will cut in today, although
he remarked yesterday that he was
waiting to get his land legs before
starting anything.
Captain Hackett, contractor, wealthy
sportsman and high class good fellow
any way he is viewed, arrived yester-
day from Frisco, and after he had met
innumerable old time friends at Santa
Anita he remarked that it was such a
glorious country that he had wired
orders for the shipment of his racing
stable from Emeryville to Santa Anita.