Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-10
FOUR FAVORITES
REWARD TALENT
SANTA ANITA B00KIES HAVE
HARD DAY
LONG SHOTS CONSPICUOUS BY
THEIR ABSENCE
hestisouche spreadeagIes Field in
oneonta Handicap, Winning All
the Way from Barrier
to Wire
BY JAY DAVIDSON

bour favorites and two heavily
played second choices won for the +oI,
ent yesterday afternoon at San+o -.
anu again the boolIies failed to lay IN
any tilhg' 1t was cut-in day, too. and
I'VE seW stores drew in for the wal
.oplhg that was due. Form prevailed
III LVe OF the six races, and was not
iiiuch overlooked in the sixth.
me feature of the card was the Ope-
INA Il handlcap at six and a half FIR
tEIHSS' Nhlch was Won by Restigouoba
Llle great 3-year-old that HiIdratI
pousht from James r. Keene last SIM
- LIZ! hestlgouche again gave proof of
us cIttss by packing his 1872 pounds r.
- 10y WIN as much easy grace as if
- iiiu peen 30 pounds instead. The
handsome black son Of Commando si,llo
ply Joshed' with his field, taking tha
ieau IN the scramble following the rise
u Ihe barrier, and logged along nicely
ana easily gated all the wav to tbe
WIRE while Colloquy and Center Sho+
a', running themselves dizzy behind
m, M lol Ihe place and show money,
Aney finished in this order.
Dandelion, Mark Antony IT Maoo-
zlhe, Lisaro and Sir Edward were win
q g19i, the former being taken out bv
1llldreth because he knew Restigouoba
would nave an easy victory UbiIa
Llsaro and Sir Edward were win
uraWn because their owners did NOT
siVe lIleIl a chance to win. r. h. Car
tony ii and Magazine were sick and
AFTER a veterinary had investigated the
story and verified it the judges per-
mltted them to be withdrawn.
Ida May Romps Home
Ajfhn71 oh CITE
stand out as much the best of the field
IN the third race, the boolxies insisted
on Making Hasty Agnes the favorite.
and Kept Hasty in that position de-
spite the heavy play on Ida. There
was nothing to it, however, as Ida sim
ply spreadeagled her field and won in a
romp from Hasty, who beat First Peep
Tor the place by two lengths. The time
was good, the mile being done in
1888 2-5, which could have been made
in fiat time had Ida been extended to
her best efforts.
Milpitas won the opening event at
six furlongs in hollow fashion, after
being played almost to the exclusion
of every other starter in the race. On
MS showing last out he looked like a
legitimate l to shot, having done six
furlongs in 1:12, fractional time, and
he won under wraps in 1:12 3-5. Roy
i. always was the contender, and while
he stuck on like leech he never could
get very close to the winner, who had
four lengths to spare at the wire
Fielder, one of John Hylands best
bets, got the show, and those who did
not go to Milpitas to win took this end
of the betting, as a rule. Pontex ran
away quarter of a mile and then
tossed Jockey Martin into the infield,
after which he bolted through the
closed entrance to the track and nearly
killed three spectators.
Anderson Hard Pressed
Anderson was hard pressed to up
hold the honors of faVoritism posted
opposite his name, but he stuck to his
task and outgamed Osorfne in the last
sixteenth, getting the verdict by head.
Osorine was a long shot special from
the Walker barn. Peer was much the
best of the field, but practically was
left at the post. He made a game eff
fort, however, and landed third. being
beaten only two heads for first money.
He made up a dozen lengths in the
sprint
St. Ilario, Duke of Bridgewater and
st. Kilda had pretty stretch duel be-
fore the former won the decision. Duke
was coming at the finish like a house
afire and only lost the verdict by
whisker. while st. Kilda quit feat and
was beaten for the place by a length.
Andrews lost the race for st. Kilda, as
he made his move too early and used
up his mount in pacemaking With a
better judged ride st. Kilda would have
won.
one good thing from the Baldwin
barns went over at last when Orelio,
brother to Cruzados, won the last race
after a hard fight with Tim O'Toole.
He won by a length while the fight for
the place was more desperate, less than
a length separating the next half a
dozen horses. Aunt Polly, the Oldest
racer in training, surprised even her
owner by getting the show money at
30 and 40 to 1. Wisteria was played
like it was all over but the shouting,
being sloughed from thirties to tens:
She showed nothing and finished
eleventh. -.