Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-17
HILDRETH WILL
RETIRE UNCLE
SUSTAINS INJURY IN WORK FOR
BIG STAKE
COLONEL BOB ALSO THROWN
OUT OF TRAINING
Great Colts Prove Severe Dlsappoint-
ments-Denver Meeting VIII Run
Out Acknowledgement
Turf Gossip

News that Uncle, the great colt that
Sam Hildreth brought to Los Angeles
last fall and failed to get into condition
for race. has sustained an injury that
has caused his owner to decide to re-
tire him until the spring of 1909, will
cause much regret in local turf circles.
Uncle was the second best 2-year-old
of 1906, Colin alone being rated as his
superior. Hildreth paid $4,000 for him
a few days previous to the running OF
the great Futurity last summer and
has had a remarkable run of hard luck
with his expensive racer ever since. He
became lame at the Saratoga meeting
last year, pulling up lame after chasing
Colin home in the Sartoga Special, and
was thrown out of training, practically.
Hildreth brought him to Los Angeles
and expected to run him In the Derby
races of the winter season, but once
more he became lame and was kept In
the barn all winter.
When he shipped Uncle to New York
1t was the opinion of Hidreth that the
colt was getting back into condition for
training. and he predicted that he
would be the greatest 3-year-old OF the
year, not excepting even Colin. A few
days ago, while Uncle was working for
the withers stake he bruised leg and
has been so sore since that Hildreth
has decided to turn him out for the re-
mainder of the year and take chance
on his coming around fresh and good
as 4-year-old.
Colonel Bob Also Retired
Another great colt that has gone
wrong since leaving Santa Anita Is
Colonel Bob, the CesariOn sprinter that
equaled the world record for six fur
longs at the Arcadia track and easily
was the champion Splinter of the win
ter season. Grover Baker, who handles
the Ed Alvey horses, discovered that
the colt had an affection of foreleg
that threatened to ruin him for racing
purposes, and upon the advice of a vet
Urinary he ordered Colonel Bob fired
and turned out for the remainder of the
summer and fall seasons and, possibly,
for year.
Colonel Bob was literally engaged in
all the stakes to which he was eligible
for the summer and fall seasons in
Kentucky, New York and Canada. and
1t is probable that had he retained his
form shown at Santa Anita and had
not developed the troubles In his legs.
Baker would have raced him at New
York tracks throughout the season.
The misfortune is an expensive one, as
his owner Alvey, would have cleaned
I'M several thousand dollars this sum-
mer with his coal black beauty, as he
bets them as high as the roof any time
Baker tells him to get down with the
maZuma.
Fight Denver Racing
For few days last week 1t seemed
almost certain that the race meeting
scheduled to run thirty days from last
Saturday at Overland park, Denver,
would encounter such strong opposi-
ton by the governor and city officials
that n would not be able to run The
racing officials got busy, however. and
although submitting to the arrest OF
the bookmakers Saturday ana Monoay,
outgenerald all opposition by secur-
ing an Injunction Monday which pro-
hibits the further interference of the
authorities until test case can pc
decided by the supreme court. surety
company was employed to furnish pond
for all the bookmakers as fast as tney
yere arrested, and bookmaking has not
been interferred with to any great ex-
There is no law in Colorado against
bookmaking, but opponents or racing
prevailed upon the mayor or Denver
and the governor to invoke the general
statute against gambling to prevent
bookmaking upon races. Arrests were
made In a raid of the ring opening day
End the boolSies gave surety bonds
forthwith and continued to book on the
races. This was repeated Monday.
previous to the issuance of the injunc-
zion. Further interference hardly VIII
he made now, and the meeting prob
ably will run as scheduled.
Jack Atkin Goes Abroad
Tack Akin. known to everybody who
attends local race meetings as one OF
the biggest and most daring, as we'll as
the most successful, bookmaker In the
Santa Anita ring last season, has sailed
for England on a long-deferred visit to
his native heath. His stay In the tight
little isle will be indefinite and 1t should
not be surprising If he decides to re-
main permanently. Last year, when ne
sold his string of horses at Ascot. he
declared that he would return to Eng
land in a year and settle down Tor lie.
Atkin is one of the keenest judges OF
Young race horses in America. In
nroof of this 1t need only be cited that
he selected Jack Atkin, the greatest
horse Barney Schrieber ever raced in
his colors, from bunch of seventy
yearlings as the one which ne desired
to have named for himself, and 'Schrie-
her named him Jack Atkin. The colt
always has been one of the greatest
racers that ever listened to the call or
a Jockey and his phenomenal success In
A the last three months in racing against
the best horses in America vinolcates
lack has been associated with
Schrieber for several years and has
been employed as partner and conf
DENTAL adviser In business anairs
throughout those years. While his en-
ployer was making book at other
tracks Atkin conducted his book at an
other and last season he represented
all Schrieber interests at Santa Anita.
He is an ornament to the turf.
General Turf Gossip
Bonnie Reg, which has raced at local
meetings in the last three years and
became SO bum" that Billy Blalock
almost gave him away. was'the greatest
horse on the Texas circuit this spring.
Bonnie won his first out at Houston,
and although such clever manipulators
of odds as Steve lHommedieu. Johnny
Morris, Jimmy Jackson and Judge
Brady were making books on the races
they got hooked by laying 10 to ! 70
win. Z to for the place and TO tol