Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
HILDRETH HORSE
TAKES HANDICAP
W00DCRAFT WINS WHEN CEN
TIRE SHOT BLEEDS
cHAPuLTEPEc RoMPs HOME IN
FRONT OF MEELlCK
Equals World Record for Five and a
Half Furlones While GaIIoping
Under acknowledgements
Caught Faster Time
By JAY DAVIDSON


Another immense throng was enter
tanned by some classy racing yester-
dry afternoon at Santa Anita park,
and while only two favorites won,
heavily played second choices COPIED
another set and mild long shots won
in the remaining two events. One long
SHOT, Mollie Montrose, should have
been 1 to 2 shot, instead of to L,
while Black Mate, the other good thing,
figured to be second. The feature of
the card was the Citrus Belt handicap
at one mile in which Centre Shot,
holder of the world record for a, mile,
Woodcraft Tony Bonero, Neva q Lee
and Ethel Day started, and which was
won by Woodcraft after Centre Shot
bled and failed to finish.
The fact that Centre Shot had beat
en- Montgomery at the distance and i'll
world record time last out caused
everybody, bookies and players alike,
to figure this one already in, while
Woodcraft a high class platter from
New York, was figured easily second
best. This pair carried the bulk of the
money and probably would have fin
ished one-two had Centre Shot been
able to go on while out in front. But
she bled after rounding the back
stretch turn and stopped still at the
AOl1G SlIGlCIl. Al lllG LiAlG VI OASDN-
ing she was leading, with Tony Boz
nero second and Woodcraft third.
With Centre Shot out of the running
it became a speed duel between Wood
craft and Tony Bonero and in the run
to the wire the Hildreth candidate out
gained Tony and got the decision by
nearly a length. Neva Lee was third.
Centre Shot was led from the track
through the infleld to her stall and
never finished in the race.
ChapuItepec Romps Home
Chapultepec and Meelick fought out
the Crescent City derby again when
they met in the third race, the Sec
ondary feature of the card. 1t will be
recalled that Meelicl1 won from Cha
pultepec in the Crescent City derby
last spring, while Chapultepec finished
second to /Angelus, his stable mate,
and ahead of Meelick in the City Park
derby a few days later. With equal
weights up. yesterday and opposed to
three cheap platers, this pair only was
considered by the spectators, despite
that both were making their first To-
cal start of the season. Chapultepec
always ruled favorite over Meeliek and
carried the bulk of public money.
Considerable delay was occasioned
at the barrier by Meelick, which be-
came star-gazer and tried to do
fancy stunts at walking on his hind
legs. Chapultepeo Is noted for his
stubbornness at the post, while Nee
lick usually Is docile and sweet-dispo-
sitioned. They changed their DISPOSE
tions yesterday Starter Hoffman
finally caught Meelick with his head
toward the barrier and in motion and
sprung the webbing. Meelick broke
slowly, while Chapultepec went to the
wire, nothing ever getting closer to
Chapultepec than two lengths. Nee
lick ran over his field in the stretch
and had no difficulty in getting the
place, while Golly Ding, which broke
first, was third The time made by
Chapultepec was 1905, which again
equals the world record, but many
horsemen who We've holding watches
on the winner for future reference de-