Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
SANTA ANITA STAKE ENTRIES
BREAK ALL RECORDS FOR COAST

q TATISTICS in the matter of stake
nominations for the Santa Anite
~ meeting reveal some interesting
facts, all of which indicate that friends
of the new association were not far of
the truth when they predicted that
Santa Anita would succeed Emeryville
next winter as the premier winter rae
ing resort in America. A greater num-
| II of stake nominations have been
filed with the local association than is
the case up north, although there are
more stakes on the card at Emery
vile. All the good horses that Will
race on the coast during the winter are
named as eligibles to the Santa Anita
stakes. All the big horsemen will race
at Santa Anita and most of the stake
winners at Emeryville will be shipped
to that course from Santa Anita. That :
going some With the best horses in
training ana the representative turf
men-breeders, owners and riders
there is nothing in sight to mar the
prospects for the greatest race meet
ing ever held west of the metropolitan
tracks.
Hen Berry was very busy man yes
tefday, arranging details for the big
barbecue that he will give today at
Griffith park in celebration of the two
time pennant winners, the great Angel
aggregation He did a shopping. stunt
that would make the most ac-
complished woman shopper green with
envy, when dispatch and thoroughness,
as well as bargains, are considered. All
supplies were bought and about half
of the available supply of automobiles
in the city was engaged. This affair
will be strictly stag picnic, no wo-
men folk invited, because Hen does not
want to wear his new green hat and
Prince Albert. Start will be made
from the city hall at 1890 o'clock this
morning and Hen expects everybody
to be on hand on the hour. The bar
becue will end at shutdown.
Sam Hildreth who will arrive from
Emeryville before the end of the week,
will bring nearly all his high-priced
racers, including King James, Uncle,
Meelick, Dandelion and about fifteen
others. He also will bring Jockeys
Koerner and Dugan, although the lat
ter will not be permitted to ride until
January 1, owing to his suspension IN
the east for rough riding. He will ex-
ercise and gallop horses meantime,
however.
Hildreth certainly is having his hard
luck in punches. Fitz Herbert, King
James, Uncle, Meelick and one or two
other good ones are ailing In some
form or other that makes it doubtful
when he will be able to get them to the
post. Meelick is recovering fast from
a stone bruise, Uncle is going along
nicely and showing steady improve
ment, but King James has developed
a soreness in the knees that almost dis
courages Hi1dreth in his efforts at get
ting his Burns handicap candidate
ready for the races before New Year s.
Fitz Herbert will not be laid up long,
it is believed, but the colt is in such
grand form now, while others of the
Hildreth string are ailing, that the in
juries sustained by him in his last
race materially affect the earning abii-
tiles of the stable.
Frank Fields blew into town yester-
day morning with a record of fights
won AT GoldfieId that would put him
away up the ladder If he were only a
few years younger He is here to get