Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-29

mad dog. pinching the victim on the
leg as If he had been bitten. He also
can MARBLE some..
Grover Baker, who is at Santa Anita
in charge of the Ed Alvey string, pre-
diets that Los Angeles racegoers VIII
witness as good racing next winter as
one could see on the metropolitan cir
cult. He says there will be so many
good horses at the track that 1t will be
difficult for the majority of owners to
win the big events, but believes thar
all horsemen will have q prosperous
season. Baker has one of the strongest
strings on the coast and will race four
new ones IN his colors, these being e
M. Fry, Prince Ahmed, Pinkola and
Friend Harry. Alvey wants to come
to Los Angeles for the winter, but
Baker does not believe that he Will &c
able to leave his business interests, so
does not look for him to carry out his
plans of attending the Santa Anita
meeting.
Baker says that he bought JEFF Bern
stein for Ed Alvey, but the sale was
made conditional upon the colt stand
ing a test examination by veterin
arian The colt showed unmistakable
signs of weakness in his underpinning
and the deal was called off, so Bern
stein will not race for Alvey next WIN
ter. Baker is of the opinion that
Friend Harry is a more desirable and
useful racer than Bernstein, as he Is
larger. asgrand weight carrier and has
shown a particular fancy for long dis
lance racing. He will be the Alvey
derby candidate. Harry has started
four times, winning three races and
running second in his first start He Is
not essentially a Splinter, and this fact
increases his value.
Colonel Bob. the sprinting champion
of the coast last winter and which
equaled Roseben's world record at six
furlongs. has recovered fully from his
injuries, and Baker says that he Is
training better than ever. In his
opinion, Colonel Bob will be hard to
beat by any Splinter next winter.
r. L. Thomas will send C. w. Burt
to the races in the best condition OF his
career, the clever Splinter having fully
recovered from his injuries and now Is
training beautifully. When right, Burt
is one of the classiest and most de-
pendable sprinters in the business. hav-
Ing a sensational turn of speed and a
stout heart
Jockey Musgrave. who will ride for
the Alvey stable at Santa Anita during
the winter, will report for duty about
the last week In November He is rid
ing at Latonia and will stay until the
Kentucky meeting closes. With Mus
grave to pilot his racers Alvey will be
stronger In competition than ever, as
Musgrave is one of the stars of the sad
die now and is riding as Is becoming
to a star.
Johnny pullman says that Pat Muir
ply had a nightmare the other night
in which he bought Uncle and Jack
Atl1in for $S1. 500 and that II required
much argument to convince Pat that
he was asleep when the transaction
was pulled off.
Hughey Jones and Bill Collins have
gone to San Francisco and will cut
in opening day with big store. They
will return to Santa Anita when the
Arcadia meeting opens.
Joe Watkins, business man and
thoroughbred sportsman, nearly scared
q Colorado man to death the other
night by one of his jokes. Watkins did
not know the stranger In town, but he
was Kidding Jeff about fighting and
the Colorado man walked up to shake
hands with the champ of champs. Wat
kins reeled off a few singing refer
ences to jeff and his fighting ability
and turned to the stranger with the re-
mark that "Stand aside. please, until
/ beat this big bully's head off, then
I'll mop up with YOU" The stranger
thought Watkins was in earnest and
lust as soon as he could get around the
little crowd ne scooted for the door and
beat IL a la hotfoot down Spring street
as If he thought the imp was after