Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-30
FORM OBSERVED
AT SANTA ANITA
FAV0RITES AND SECOND
CHOICES WIN
Angelus, False FaVorite in Rose Hill
Handicap, Finishes Third to cIorio
and GemmelI-Tony Bonero
Beats Miss Sain
BY JAY DAVIDSON

No records were broken yesterday at
Santa Anita and, strangely enough,
slow time was the rule in all races.
Only good class was involved in the
various events, horses of the second
and third ranking being engaged in
most events. The feature of the card
was the T.ose Hill handicap at seven
furlongs and was won by Glorio, sec
ond choice in the betting, in a common
romp.
Angelus was a to 10 favorite at
opening, but a heavy play on Glorio
and lack of attention to Angelus forced
the price on the latter back to evens,
so Glorio, in reality, was the popular
| favorite and the noise made by his
hackers in the grand stand and on the
front promenade indicated that nearly
everybody had played his chances
against Angelus. Some bookmakers
were hardy enough of spirit to lay a
field price, believing that Angelus was
/ in already.
Green Seal went to the front with
out delay and seemed to be in a
fair way to cop the capital prize, but
quit again, as usual. Glorio ran Green
Seal off his feet in the first half and
from that time to the end there never
| was any doubt as to which horse would
i
half to the wire, having a margin of
six lengths to spare at the wire. Gem
nell came from last place at the
| stretch turn to second at the wire,
running over the firing Angelus in the
final jumps.
Ben Trovato, the stringhalt wonder,
made it four straights by winning the
fifth race in his usual decisive man
ner. He went out and forced the pace,
Alma Boy attempting to make a run
away race of it until Ben began to
run close and when the stringhalted
leg got warmed UP Ben made Alma
step so fast that he became dizzy and
quit Afterward it was dead easy for
Ben and he had nearly two lengths to
| spare at the wire. Round and Round
COPIED the place from st. Ilario by a
head. Almost Immediately after the
Bucket Brigade collfded and the latter
stumbled, unseating Jockey Kennedy,
but without serious results.
Tony Bonero turned a big surprise
when he beat Miss Sain in the third
event. Miss Sain figured like the best
bet of the day and left the post in
front, but was Immediately taken back
to third place. Tony then assumed
command of the procession and opened
| up a winning gap in a few jumps. 1t
was a whisker finish between Tony.
Miss Sain and Molesey, however, and
Tony got the verdict by the margin
of the shortest Of heads, while Miss
Sain and Molesey were almost at
dead heat. Had Martin ridden Miss
Sain with good judgment he could not
have lost the race, but he permitted
| Tony to take too big lead and waited
too long.
Howard Pearson had to show only
| slight Improvement to win the opening
| event, for maidens. Although away
poorly and forced to work his way
| through the big field, he found an open
/ ing at the stretch turn and darted
/ through it in a hurry. He won going
| away by nearly three lengths. Allen
Lee got away flying and set a sizzling
pace to the last eighth, where he tired
and quit to third place at the wire. Mr.
Bishop getting the place by length.
| Black Mate came right back and won
the second race without bit of trouble
and rewarded a big army of hackers
Varieties was played for a good thing
and should have won, but was damned
| into the fence on the back stretch and
lost half dozen lengths and the race.
He finished stoutly. however, and
placed ahead of Harcourt. Burgher,
the favorite, spread a hoof and had to
be half carried to the stable. AT the
time of the accident he was running
easily in third place and looked like a
winner Johnny Powers and his friends
lost a big bundle on him.
Queens Grove was in a soft spot in
the last race and rewarded her back
ers handsomely for their confidence
when she won going away by three
lengths Light Comedy ran his race
and placed ahead of La Refine Hindoo.
Sixteen horses faced the barrier in this
event, and Starter Hoffman got them
lined up in less than two minutes and
sent them away to great start.