Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-04
FIVE FAvORITES
FIRST TO WIRE
FORM PLAYERS HAVE FIELD
DAY WITH BOOKS
SANTA ANITA TALENT OUT
cuEssEs BooKMAKERs
Only One Outsider Got Home in Front
and That One Lacked Heap OF
Being Sucker Bait - Old
Timer Has Close Call
BY JAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Only five favorites won in six races
yesterday afternoon at Santa Anita,
the sixth favorite-and the only losing
one-failing to deliver the kale because
he was outrun fairly and squarely and
without any serious fracture of form.
The sucker bait was not in evidence
during the afternoon, but the public
gave the bookmakers the sixth beating
in seven days of racing. Lord Nelson
at to 5, Entield at TO l, OLD Timer
at l to ., Animus at to and Lee
Harrison II at to D, all 1aVorltes' won
in succession, and made 1t look very
much like a new record would be es-
tablished in the victory of six taVorltes
when the stable connections and the
pikers and plungers went after the
to / laid against John Lyle, taNoflte III
the sixth race, as il it was all over put
the shouting; but Orifiamb beat John
away from the post and took up the
running at the three~quarters ana new
er could be headed, although the IA
vorite finished second.
The feature event of the card, if any
single event could be so honored, was
the third race, a mile journey Tor the
older horses. Scratches left only TOUR
starters, and Old Timer was such
moral cinch that he was made to
shot But he did not run like one.
He broke in front and stayed there all
the way to the wire, but Powers had
to go 10 bat to keep him there long
enough to beat Hasty Agnes, who
FASTENED like fury in the stretch, from
winning the race. owing to the short
price laid against the chances of Old
Timer, the talent divided its attention
between Hasty Agnes and Adrluche
for the place. Hasty was backed down
from POS at opening to los at post time,
and while she was credited with being
q high class sprinter, many feared she
would not hold her speed for the longer
distance. Martin rode a clever race
on her, however, and after holding her
out of the early pace to the stretch, he
set her down Tor sprint to the Wlre
and she almost COPIED. 1t looked ike
she would win a sixteenth out, but
Powers drew his whip and put up his
best effort on Old Timer, and landed
the favorite winner by q narrow mar
gin. Adriuche finished third after stop
ping badly in the stretch.
Lord Nelson Is Lucky
Lord Nelson, favorite in the opener,
won a lucky race from SaTacinesca.
The latter, owned by the Tammany
boss, Big Tim Sullivan, was best and
will beat Lord Nelson next out. With
the handicap of a poor getaway at the
barrier, he went to work like horse
of good class and slowly made up
ground until he was only seven lengths
behind Lord Nelson when they turned
for home. At the wire under a good
ride by Ural Saracinesca was half a
length behind in second place and
would have won in few more strides.
He probably was short and the race
should put him on edge, so that he
will beat all this kind next out. Free
Al d., 81 rsaas nd
got the show money from Brennus by
a head.
Yankee Daughter was much fancied
at opening of betting in the second
race, but a plunge on the Peer and
Lula G caused the price to lengthen to
10 to 1 at post time. Enfield, crack
mudder and in good form, went out
ia front at the half and breezed from
there to the wire. Roy 7, also heavily
backed by the owner and his friends,
finished second and Hardlyson was
third. Yankee Daughter running
short, was fourth and the Peer collect
ed nothing by being fifth.
Animus Finally Cops
Johnny Powers swore before the
fourth race that if Animus failed to
earn brackets in his cheap field he
would recommend to Schneider that the
gelding be killed outright, it looked so
easy. Owing to his poor form at Santa
Anita, despite that he was the class of
the race and figured to win by mile
on his eastern form, the plungers would
have none of him at l to 3, and hardly
noticed him at to 5. Orcagna was
played for place and show and others
behind the winner received play that
would not have resulted had the price
on Animus been better Animus
jumped out in front at the start and
rrrf,. ,fs,er
der wraps at the finish with margin
of dozen lengths. Orcagna was Sec
ond and st. Kilda was third.
Lee Harrison II appeared to be the
best good thing of the day, but the
bookies laid 8 to 5 against his chances
and nothing else was played to any
extent to win. He made a runaway
race of it, winning from Elizabeth F
by nearly three lengths, and in the
easiest manner possible. Elizabeth
was thoroughly at home in the going
and easily beat the others for the
place, Haber landing in third position
Belle of Iroquois ran a good race to
the stretch, but stopped as if short and
finished in the ruck. Ampedo also
gave up the ghost in the stretch, stop
ping to nothing in the run home.
Orifiamb surprised everybody by beat
ing John Lyle in the last race. John
looked like a good thing to make it
six straight winning favorites and Of
tut and his friends piled the dorine in
the boolxmakers strong boxes like it
was intended only as a time deposit.
He was away poorly, but Orihamb was
hest and sprinted out into the lead
and stayed there all the way, having
nearly three lengths the best of 1t at
the finish Lyle was second and Third
Rail stumbled into the third hole. None
of the others amounted to much in the
going.