Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-01
PUT UP PRETTY
STRETCH BATTLE
MARY F WINS FROM TAYLOR
GEORGE IN DRIVE
POWERS OUTFlNlsHES PAGE AND
WINS FOR HIS MOUNT
False Favorites Fall Before Well
Played Outsiders That Are More
Ready to Race and 5ookles
Have Winning Day

BY JAY DAVIDSON


Various causes may be assigned for
the downfall of favorites in four Of the
six races yesterday at Santa Anita but
the principal reason that must De
urged is that the public yet has no
definite line on the present form OF
the horses. In nearly every instance
the owners We're betting on their horses
that were beaten faVorltes, and there
can be no question as to whether or not
they were trying" But the favorites
that were beaten simply were outrun
by horses that were in better form and
ut and ready.
The prettiest race of the season was
the third, in which Mary f, the heav-
lily backed favorite, gave away weight
to Taylor George and outgamed the
Offutt sprinter in the final jumps, after
leading all the way. Mary was away
to a good start and Immediately flew
out into the lead. She kept up a
heartbreaking pace to the paddock,
where Taylor George came along side
and in the next fifty yards he hooked
up for a head-on drive to the wire.
1T seemed that Taylor George would
win ten yards out but Powers simply
put it all over Page in the finishing
strides and landed Mary f the Win
ner by head. The grand stand
crowds and the winners and losers in
Inc IIuE IOTROI dill else GACCpl LhdI ~
was one of those blood-stirring finishes
that makes the sport so highly appre-
clated, and the first outburst of genu-
inc enthusiasm came in prolonged APP
plause. The time, 1;12 As, is excep-
tionally good, considering the high
weight and the class of the horses.
Old Settler managed to get third
money.
r. L. Thomas put over another good
chino tv11 "a CanTpI with SfTin QanCV
In the opener This one was not we'll
liked and drifted from As to IS, at
which price he went to the post. Rey
ell Dinero, from Lucky" Baldwin's
barn, was heavily played, went to the
front after the start and set merry
pace, but was unable to stick it out,
Stringency getting the verdict by a
nose. Hardlyson, owned by H. X.
Brandt, got the show money in hard
drive with Mariana. Mariana was
mild favorite at to 2, while Furnace.
which finished eighth, was second
choice at 4 to 1.
The bottom dropped out of the form
bucket when Canique rolled home on
the bit In the second race, making it
two straights in the four days of rae
ing. beating practically the same field
both times. Animus was thought to
be in and was plunged on by the wise
and unWise, but he simply was out
run and was further handicapped by a
bungling ride by Schilling. 1t is
doubtful, however whether or not
Animus could have beaten Canique in
that race, as the cripple had his run
ming clothes on and was perfectly
handled all the way. Animus beat the
others for the place, while Black Mate
ran consistently and pulled down the
peep money. Alma Boy did not show
the same great burst of stretch speed
that he exhibited in his previous out
and finished fourth.
st. Elmwood, owned by Rudolph
Spreckels, who will sell his entire rae
ing stable next Saturday afternoon at
Santa Anita, was real good thing,
but unbacked to any extent. Archi-
bald took him away from the post in
front and made every jump a winning
one, landing first place at the wire by
a full length from the fast closing
Capt. Burnett, which had been played
almost off the boards. Cobleskil stum-
bled into the show position very grace
fully, when Sam Bernard, warm one,
failed to show his expected speed.
Sidney r did not show anything like
his real form and ran as if far from
being ready. He will beat all this kind
later
MacManus Earns Brackets
Conductor Jack" MacManus, who
recently retired from the block to be-
come identified with the turf as an
owner, put over his first winner of the
season when Short Cut rolled home
ahead of Maid of Gotham by a hair
breadth escape from defeat. Short
Cut set a sizzling pace for five fur
longs and went into the stretch nearly
two lengths to the good, but was tir-
ing fast and Maid of Gotham, by a
strong finish, almost nipped him at
the wire. AS they went under the
imaginary line there was the slight
difference OF a nod between them.
Great Heavens beat Tom Reid, the
favorite, a head for the show. Blame
less, owned bv President Tom Williams
of the Pacific Jockey club, was best
and would have won easily with an
even break, but became entangled In
the barrier and suffered from other
Inishaps at the start, being practically
left at the post and showed very little
Nearly everybody who made bet on
the last race had Jack Witt for q
good thing and most of them went to
1t good and strong. Witt was sus-
pected of being ready and he proved
the good judgment of his "suspecters'
by winning easily and with a good
margin from a poor start. Ampedc
justified form by running second and
Ben Travato, one of the hottest tips
of the season, ambued into the show
position, causing many pikers to gel
into the paying line. Haber set the
pace into the stretch. but blew up like
a punctured balloon right there. He
win do next out.
The attendance was unusually good
for a Monday and speculation was un
usually heavy. The bookmakers prof
tied by the downfall of false favoritei
and had their first winning day OF thu
season.