Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-03
DERBY TRIAL
IS FEATURE
BY IRVING D. CLEMENr

One of the best midweek cards ever
offered at Santa Anita park will be run
this afternoon. There is a purse race at
mile for 3-year-olds which will be the
final work for the Derby, which will be
run Saturday. Ali those entered ara
eligible for the classic event The Sec
ond is a purse affair for the baby
racers and the balance of the card is
for selling platers; the best of those
eligible to the different events will
start.
The opener, a five-furlongs dash,
brings out a fair lot of selling platers
varieties ran a good second to Ila, his
only start. Billy Mayham is as fas,
as bullet at this distance. Teddy
Hodge ran a good second to Charles
Paine. Belle of Portland works well
in the morning. Watch Chicorka Maid,
as she is being prep'd for a killing.
A very good lot Of 2-year-olds are
carded for the second race, among them
two new ones which. are well bred.
j. III. Reed in each Of his starts
showed himself to be a high class
colt. Steel is usually close up and
about due. Miss Alvescot ran green in
her previous starts and should improve
today Inclement did all asked for
right there at the finish.
Three-year-olds will sprint five and
a half furlongs in the third and a fair
lot are entered to compete, among
them such good ones as Lackfoot, Car
dinal, Burt G. Lewis, Laudable, Eonite,
Royal Queen and several others 1t
should be hotly contested affair the
entire distance.
Real Stake Horses
1t is some time since such a fine
array of stake horses as Meelick, Cen
ter Shot, Stanley Fay ana Raleigh
came together, and the race in which
they meet is the fourth, a mile affair,
which will serve as a Derby trial. A
new record for the distance may be
hung out after this race, as all entered
are speedy and game.
An evenly matched field of eight go
mile and furlong in the fifth event,
and it is hard proposition. Monaco
Maid was brought here from Oakland
yesterday after running some good
races up there. Fisher Boys second to
Dredger Saturday was a neat perform
ance. Rubinon and Silverskin both
ran good races in fast time last time
they hooked up. Avontellus is usually
close up and a good, game performer.
Fastoso and Associate like the route.
Sixteen sprinters of the selling platter
variety are carded to start in the clos
ing event of the day and it is a tough
race. McChord showed by his last
race that he is fit. Halton, Hereafter
and Creston Boy will set a sizzling
pace and may kill each other off. SLY
Ben will again make his appearance in
this race, as the judges removed the
ban. Canique likes the distance and
generally runs a good race after a
short race. The others can go for
Sweeney or Reilly.
SANTA ANITA SMATTERINGS
SLY Ben has been restored to good
standing by the judges, as it was found
after investigating his in-and-out run
ming that he always was an erratic and
unreliable performer.
William (Red) Walker arrived yes
terday from Oakland with four head.
His two Derby candidates, Center Shot
and Stanley Fay, were among them.
The others were Monaco Maid and Ella
True.
w. II. Mcdaniel arrived from New
York yesterday and will train j. ].
Walsh's string of horses. Mcdaniel
comes from family of horse trainers
and is brother to H. Mcdaniel, who
trains for r. L. Thomas, and an uncle