Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-29

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him. The bunch enjoyed the Joke and
congratulated Watkins who Is a little
fellow, upon the success of his funmak-
ing.
Long Shot Charlie" Aker, the grand
pa of the jockey colony at local tracks
In recent years. will be back on the
job next winter at Santa Anita. Yes.
he is older than Bullman. Aker earned
his title at Ascot two or three years
ago. when he piloted several juicy good
things over the line ahead of his fields.
Charlie OK, who will race for the
first time on the coast next winter, is
one of the entertaining turfmen who
gather daily at the lakewood hotel, Ar
cadia, and "fan" over other days on
the turf. OK is an entertaining con-
versationalist and has been with the
game so long and so prominently that
he finds an interested audience any
time he starts to tell of the big races
of days gone by. He developed Rose
ben for Davy Johnson.
Bad Bill Aldrich will "entertain''
Friday night at his Venice Athletic
club, In Horgan's hail. with Ave six
round bouts between boys who never
before appeared In a ring. Bill also
announces that he will donate rs per
entertainment fund. The show will
start at o'clock.
Phil Chinn win have the most extern
sive and classiest string at Santa Anita
next winter that he ever raced In the
west. Following are the racers in his
string: John Carroll. Astronomer,
Glenecho. Go Between. Pretension.
Chalfonte, Tammany Hall. General Ha-
ley, Little Boy Blue and Ingham In the
older division; j. H. Reed, Joe GaitenS,
]. w. Eyre. Madrileno. Uncle Walter,
Yankee Tourist, Tom Reid, Hamper,
Chick Orthwein. Selves. Donald Nc
Donald, Pluto. Des Cognets, Charlie
Rothschid and Louis Streuber in the
2-year-old division. Among his year
lings are the get OF Ort WeIleS Jean
Bereaud. Sorcerer, Alloways Scorpion
Sempronius. Planudes. Alan-a- Dale.
Cesarion. Filigrane. Magazan, Bowling
Brook, Ornament, Oddfellow and Imp.
st. Dory.
That indeed must be great yearling
that the turf expert of an afternoon
sheet has discovered out at Santa
Anita. According to this eminent au-
thorty on thoroughbreds II Is "oy Kis-
met out OF Dominus Arvi." Old horse
men who know that Dominus Arvi is
chestnut geldins by Kismet are at O.
loss TO understand this freak or nature
by which Dominus Arvi was made the
dam of yearllng by Dominus Arvi's
sire. II certainly must be a "most
promising thoroughbred.
Also the same sheet conveys the
startling news that Red Walkers sta
BILE. including Stanley Fay and Jack
Nunnally. has just arrived. getting in
yesterday. Walker has been at Santa
Anita with Stanley Fay and his other
horses for sometime and II he has
bought Jack Nunna1ly nobody. not even
Walker. knows anything of the deal.
One of the important items of news
for local racegoers Is that James CAT
frey has decided to ship his crack
3-year-old filly Gowan to Santa Anita
for the winter racing season and has
named her to start In nine stakes.
varying In distance from the six fur
longs speed handicap to the four-mile
Norfolk stakes. Gowan recently bolted
at the start. losing ten lengthS, and
then beat Beaucop, Pins and Needles
and other good ones by three lengths
In q mile and a half race which she
did in track record time. 2:S1 2-5. She
is some "duyvil'' for speed and endur-
ance, being neither a spripter nor
long distance racer-merely both.