Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-10

| Anita this afternoon when the feature
event of the card will be the Altadena
handicap. This event is at one mile
and has a gross value of $500. Six
| starters are named to go to the post,
! with Vox PopuH carrying top weight at
10 pounds With such good ones as
| Astronomer, Stanley Fay. Magazine,
| Lotus Eater and Neva Lee to oppose
him, the big and speedy son of Voter
Will have his work cut out for him II
he repeats his last out. This is the
most valuable of the overnight handi-
caps Of the week and as good class is
engaged track conditions will not spoil
the form of the race at all.
Handicapped Hancock of the Pacific
Athletic club is a matchmaker who
ranks with any Of them, as he has
proved in the last siNAmonths. H& now
is trying to match Jim DriScou, the
undisputed featherweight champion of
Great Britain, with the winner of the
Attell-Wolgast scrap for an early jan
uary date. He wired an offer TO Dris-
coll last night and expects to close the
match, as Driscoll has been nagging
Abe for a match for long time.
That there are honest folk in the rae
ing business, despite the attacks upon
this proposition by opponents OF the
sport was proved again yesterday In a
striking manner Mrs. Charles Green
wood, wife of a bookmaker-owner, who
is attending the Santa Anita meeting
and will be in the booking line shortly.
found a handbag in the grand stand
few days ago and upon opening 1t she
found it contained $500 in cash, about
$4,000 worth of diamonds and bank
book with other valuables The bank
book gave a clue to the owner of the
IL. ha1r4 Aad
found and the handbag, money and
diamonds were returned to the sur
prised and happy owner
Attendance and play at Santa Anita
is on the increase and yesterday fVe
new books drew in at the regular cut
in hour This makes twenty-five big
stores, two field books and one COM
bination factory. Incidentally, 1t might
be added that there is not a book in
the ring that can show a profit of 10
cents for the season. This is not be-
cause there is any lack of money to be
played, but is due solely to the fact
that favorites are breaking records
by winning and the talent is outguess- !
ing the odds-layers with monotonous
regularity.
George Guyton, Peter Collett, Henry
Haines, William Mcbride and Sammy
Klein were the new faces on the blocks |
yesterday after Gene Elrod called the
roll This quintet made up the twenty |
five books that cut in. This is the |
largest number of books that have been |
in operation any day this season. |
Prices also are being improved by the |
keener competition by the large num- |
Der of layers in line.
Pontex was the sensation yesterday /
at Santa Anita. This son of Pontiac |
cut up in a scandalous manner. While |
trying to get away from the barrier for |
the start in the first race he ran away |
a short distance before Jockey Martin
could subdue him. He was turned
back to the barrier, but before arriving
there he bolted and threw Martin over
the fence and then dashed for his stall.
A long bar that is used as gate" at
the stable entrance to the track inter- |
posed to prevent Pontex from getting
to the barn, but he did not mind little
thing like that. He dashed against |
the bar at full speed, knocking it loose
with great force. The bar struck John |
Damron, a negro stable hand, on the /
jaw, breaking the jaw and knocking |
out several teeth, while Damron was
knocked cold and stiff for several min !
utes. The bar also struck Ross Vance, |
a. deputy marshal under Charley Smith |
at Arcadia, breaking his knee cap and |
leg above the knee. Vance was at |
tended by Drs. Gardner and Costigan |
and later sent to the Clara Barton hos |
pital in Los Angeles. Another by
stander was struck by the bar and sus-
tanned painful bruises, but was so
tickled that he was not killed that he
would not go to a hospital. After
breaking through the entrance. Pontex
dashed around the stable grounds until
Johnny Hogan, assistant starter, caught
him and led him back to the post.
The emergency hospital that the rae
ing association directors had the fore
sight to provide at the track is a mod |
ern and down-to-date institution, and |
is equipped with everything required
for emergency use. DR.. Costigan, track |
physician, is in charge. Jockeys, horse |
men and others who require medical
attendance in a hurry are accommo- !
dated in this hospital.
Jack Bennett figured Milpitas for a
cinch yesterday and walked into the
ring to watch the bookies as they
placed the odds on the boards. One
bookie slammed to 1 on his board
and Bennett nearly tainted. After he
had recovered he made a dash for the