Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-27

Phil Chinn, the young Kentucky
trainer who had such prosperous sea-
son at thu last Santa Anita meeting,
arrived at Arcadia yesterday with the
first batch of his extensive string and
another installment of his racers will
be along today. Phil is here In pro-
pria person. When the sun goes down
this evening, he will have rs race
horses in training and eighteen year
lings safely stabbed on and near the
grounds. Phil brings th1 largest
bunch of yearlings that he ever ship
ped over the big hills and evidently
prefers to risk getting good prices for
them here, after paying their freight
over the Rockies, to sending them
down east to the auctions. Preten-
sion, John Carroll, Madeline Musgrave,
Ghalfonte, y H. Reed, and all his old
favorites are included In the bunch
that arrived yesterday. They will
have to run some to keep Phil from
winning his share of the stakes and
purses.
All the stakes that are scheduled for
decision at the Emeryville meeting
closed yesterday and quite batch OF
entries were forwarded by mail by
horsemen at Santa Anita. The Emery
vile schedule has twenty-one stake
deed, if the Santa Anita contingent
does not carry off its share, as In the
past.
1t begins to look as if the stake
nominations for the Santa Anita meet
ing would break ali records. individ-
ually and collectively. Horsemen who
have racers of class in their barns
are not slow to patronize the various
fixtures of the Arcadia meeting. and
while the number of nominations last
season broke all previous records, the
rate at which they are being received
now indicates that the high water
mark of last season Will be broken
in every stake. This means that each
will be worth considerably more money
than ever before and all the events
will be worth running for.
Howard Baker writes from San
Bernardino to the effect that he Is
progressing nicely with hi training
and that he expects to continue to add
glory and prestige to his name by de-
Gate City Athletic club next Thurs
day night. Baker Is one of the most
popular fighters in the southwest and
has earned all his laurels by GENTLE
manly conduct In and out of the ring.
and by putting up an entertaining and,
usually, winning fight every time he
strips for action. Tommy Walsh will
referee the bout, which Is scheduled
at twenty rounds, and two good pre-
liminaries will be staged. This club
Is putting on sor'e oc I'd cards, and Is
deserving of some support from Los
Angeles, inasmuch as the San Berdoo
fans always patroniZe local shows. and
as the card for Thursday night is a
good one and one which Promises a
Leriod of exciting and interesting
sport. several Los Angeles fans VIII
go up there on the evening train
Charlie Pike is back In town and he
could be induced to run a special back
to Los Angeles after the fight II as
many as fifty will go. Otherwise,
those who do go will have to remain
until the AIS o'clock train Friday
morning.
There is a strong probability that
the Bakersfield sports will get the
Freddie Welsh Maurice Sayers scrap
that Is so much desired locally by the
fans. The Bakersfield club ls bidding
for the match and Jeffries has about
consented to go up and referee the
scrap.
Quite a wee bit of excitement was
occasioned yesterday afternoon at the
Hoffman by the announcement that
James r. Keene was standing out
side. Nearly everybody who knows
anything about racing knows Keene,
SO those who heard the story rushed
outside to get a glimpse of the dis
tinguished turfman. II was not Keene,
but dead ringer for him. Ed O'Mal-
ley was called upon to pass Judgment
upon the identity OF the stranger who
bears such a striking resemblance to
the owner of Colin.
Freddie Maier returned Saturday
from Murietta Springs. where he put
in a week at resting and enjoying
life, following a successful quail hunt
with Harry Burt down at Oceanside.
Freddie brought back his pointer dog
and says that nobody's $500 would
tempt him to part with It, The dog
has been given a thorough training by
Dave Katz In the south and he is one