Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-09
OUTSIDERS WIN
HALF THE CARD
THREE LONG SHOTS FIRST AT
SANTA ANITA
MoLEsEY TAKES THE PASADENA
HANDICAP AT rs TO I
Henry o and San Nicholas Earn
Brackets at Big odds-La Gloria
-~.nlnus Arol and Joe Madden
Reward Form Players
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Reward FORM Prayers
BY JAY DAVIDSON
The biggest surprise Of the winter
racing season was pulled OH IN lle
pasadena handicap yesterday after
noon at Santa Anita, when MoISsey'
owned by Jack Bennett and for three
wears a prominent stake candidate al
local race meetings, ran over l-lssaio "
the heavily backed favorlte, IN tn l,
stretch. and won by less than = Ienstt
in a finish that brought everybody ~
their feet shouting encouragement 70
~ ,a,Ir outsider that was beating the
favorite. Molesey opened at ~ 70
and was so thoroughly desplSed lhdt
.ha price drifted to as high as 10 70 l
at post time, although the Official cAos-
ing odds were 40 to !. -
Idsaro was handed out as sopu
thing all down the Rlalto' ana vi IL
ears poing to the track. EVerypouy
seemed TO have been given the TIP thal
@Inclxv' Baldwins erratic black morse
,,-ouId win. and this tip was so generI
that the bookrnakerS refused TO Idhe
anv liberties with the big black. AohS
Of money rolled into the strong po1o9
to hack him, the pilSers and plunsers
going to him alike, and his opehlns
price of 5 to soon dwind1ed 70 70 o.
1semnell also was well backed, receo-
inc from tens at opening to mines AT
cIoeing These horses carried the pulk
Of public money, and probably nopouy
but Tonopah Griffin and JACK Bennett
had a dime on Molesey. 60, IA
Tisaro broke in front, but Sir Ed-
ward oniclllv overhauled him and the
nair raced out in front by themselves
to the stretch, where Sir EDWARD
cbucbed il and Lisaro seemed to nave
things his own way. Aorke, CUM
narrative stranger to local racegoeIs'
was riding Molesey and held MN III
fifth place until turning for home, Wnen
he moved up a notch. Yorke made ms
move at this point, and the Bennett
candidate put up another Of his old
time finishes, slowly overcoming the
Had that Iisaro had at the head or the
stretch. At the paddock the croWos
began to see the inevitable de1eat OF
the fayorite, who had been run out OF
steam In the speed duel with Sir Eo-
ward. as he was not finishing with ms
1,suaI gameness. Molesey slowly crept
up to his head, and in brief chaI-
lenge made Lisaro hang for moment,
and 1t was all over. Molesey got MS
head in front and went under the WIRE
half q length to the good. GemmelI
finished third, three lengths pehlho
I,isaro. The race was run In good
time. 1:25 fiat for the seven furlongs,
and it resulted in as pretty a stretch
duel as ever was fought out by two
classy horses.
Veteran Splinter Wins
Another turf veteran. old San Mich
oIas. sprung the first of the many sur
prises of the afternoon, when me
rolnped all the way in front IN the
third race, with as good as 10 to laid
against his chances. Mary +. was
favortte to win this event, being
n a < bI1f she
never had enough speed to catch the
old Splinter, who fatty refused to quit,
as in former days. She landed In sec
ond place, however, beating korosl-
lany by seven lengths. Progress ran
sluggishly and showed practically no
speed. Billy Mayham found himself
up against too much speed and class
and quit after going a fast half mile.
Free Knight the Bear did not get
started to running until too late, but
finished with q rattle and landed in
fourth place at the wire, after being
away back for the greater part or the
journey.
Henry 0. was the third long shot
special to come through, reversing his
form lin an amazing manner and run
ming the best race he ever had shown
on q local track, winning the htth
event at one and three sixteenth miles
in fast time and with greatest ease.
He was quoted at Is to at closing
time. Sam Bernard, the heavily
played favorite, was second, and Buck
ct Brigade, the hottest tip Of the sea-
son, was third. The remarkable fea-
ture Of the race run by Henry O. was
the fact that he was no better than
tenth at any time until the field had
gone three-quarters of mile, when
he suddenly found his speed and shot
up to fourth place at the stretch turn.
oh aferEf h q in the
short run, and then fairly breezed home
to a victory by nearly three lengths
Dominus Aroi Repeats
Dominus Aroi was so much speedier
than anything in the fifth race against
him that he was made a l to shot
at opening, and the sharpshooteIs
deemed this so liberal that they soon
forced the odds back to l to 4. DOM
mus fully justified the odds. He broke
IN front and soon opened gap OF
seven lengths. Probably fearing that
he would not care to go more than
seven furlongs, Powers sent him on
his way regardless of the big gap, and
it was impossible for anything to over
come this big lead Edwin 7. Fryer
made a game effort at turning the
trick, and succeeded in cutting down
this lead to one length at the wire, but
he found Dominus going too fast at
the finish for him to win. Husky ran
a great race coming from last place
at the half to third at the wire, MAX
ing up nearly ten lengths in the
stretch run.
La Gloria won the opener. a six-fur
long dash for mares, in an impressive
manner, holding her speed throughout
with rare gameness for her. She was
an odds-on favorite and many were of
the opinion that she would stop at five
furlongs, so let her alone and allowed
the / to 2 laid against her chances at
opening to drift to 4 to at closing.
She was In fine form, broke like a fash
and sailed away from her field, out
footing everything that tried to get
within shouting distance, and going
under the wire nearly four lengths in
front Airs ran to form and easily got
the place from Teo Beach.
Joe Madden, which Sam Hildreth re-
Gently purchased in New York from
John r. Madden, outclassed his field In
the final event of the day, and al
though the spectators gave Homecrest
a stronger play, Madden brought home
big bundles Of coin for his hackers
by getting away inF front and sticking
there to the wire. He probably was a
bft short, as he was firing fast at the
finish. and Fair Annie got within a
head Of beating him. Homecrest ran
hack to hie previous out, but was I'M
able to repeat against such class and