Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-27

of the best pointers that Maier ever
used In the field. Freddie has named
him George DAILY.
Mike Donlin and his wife, whose
stage name Is Mabel Hite, are making
big hit in vaudeville. Mrs. Donlin
has made a star actor OF her great
baseball-playing husband, and reports
from the foetlights are to the effect
that Mike has all of them skinned to
death when 1t comes to doing a song
and dance stunt.
Ed Alvey paid $4,000 for PinlSola and
Friend Harry last Tuesday at Louis
vile, the day previous to the ship
ment of the Alvey string to Santa
Anita. Friend Harry Is a 2-year-cld
by Orlando-Alice Brand, and Is con-
sidered the only rival In the middle
west of the great JEFF Bernstein, by
Orland- Lake Breeze, both OF which q
year-olds are owned by Alvey and are
in the stables of the bookmaker-owne
at Santa Anita. Bernstein cost $500
and Friend Harry $4,000. Reports from
Louisville are to the effect that Jockey
Musgrave has been engaged by Alvey
and will ride for the stable on the
coast next winter. Alvey will have
most formidable stable with Pinkola,
u lis
Bob, McChord and Hazelthorpe. Gro
yer Baker Is very optimistic regarding
the outlook for a successful season
with these horses which he Will train
for Alvey, as in the past.
President Harvey Meyers of the La
tonia Jockey club filed suit In the
Kentucky courts last Wednesday to
restrain the state racing commission
ffo rdf O
the revocation of the racing license of
the Jockey club. and this case will be
kept In court until spring or later. so
that the Latonla meeting will con-
tinue with bookmaking and the gov
ernor will not be permitted to close
the track with the militia. as he had
threatened. In the event that an un-
favorable opinion Is announced by the
court, the usual delays occasioned by
appeals will permit the Latonla meet
ing to continue undlsturbed to the end.
Phil Chinn will have two divisions
of his stable racing on the coast
throughout the winter. He will remain
at Santa Anita with the principal d.
vision and w. H. Spence will be in
charge at Emeryville. Jockey Upton,
one OF the metropolitan cracks Of last
season. will ride for the stable In the
apprentice by name of b. Wood will
ride for the southern division. Lu-
ther Dickerson will be In charge of
the big bunch of yearlings which Chinn
will stable at Ascot until the turn of
the year.
Special information from our Boise
City. Idaho, correspondent gives the
information that Blondy and his owner
were ruled off the turf yesterday for
running the Ingoldsby colt with lead
bandages. and that the owner was ex-
posed by the judges before the crowd
of racegoers at the track. The crowd
wanted to mob the owner. according
10 the dispatch, and made big de-
requiring the aid of the
police to protect him. II does not pay
to monkey with these bush officials.
They would rather catch a horseman
or jockey In some shady transaction
and expose him than to sit down as
the guest of honor at a sandwich-and-
beer banquet, and molehills look like
mountains to them when they "smell
a rat" The Judge who exposed the
owner OF Blondy probably will be run
ming for Office next on his record.
Tommy Griffin will race on the coast
again next winter, but he will not leave
New York until after the election. He
employs quite a large number Of men
and all are voters. Tommy says he be-
lieves In being as businesslike in politi-
cal matters as In racing, and he viii.
In the metropolis to see that his
employees go to the polls and help elect
Chanler. Then he will come to Califor-
MIA with 9 clear conscience.
Jimmy McGraw and Fred Knowles of
the Giants have opened a billiard par
lor In New York which is said to be
the finest in the land in It's appoint
ments. Owing to the personal POPULARITY
of McGraw and Knowles In the sport
ing world and the elegant equipment OF
their place, the resort is expected to be-
come one of the principal sporting
places of the big town.
Freddie Welsh returned last night
from three days trip through the
citrus belt. He visited Redlands. River