Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
ID a NTNTN
N%AN LINN ON VICTORIES OF HIS HORSES

IN HERE will be no handicap or stake event
this afternoon to feature the Santa
Anita card, but it will not lack In in
- terest because Of this fact. Being Fri
day and the day after the 18th Of the month
It naturally is an off day, owing 70 the fact
that Saturday is stake day. However, with
six races on the card and all events filled to
ssch nicely that scratches cannot reduce
the fields to that proportion that will make
any one horse stand out as einch. Hencs
prices will be good and the scramble should
result in the desired excitement and good
sport in each event.
Final deolskations are due today in the
Monrovia handicap, which will be the feature
event Of the card tomorrow afternoon at Santa
Anita. Owing to the conditions Of the race,
added starters may be named before starting
time tomorrow afternoon and track conditions
will govern the number OF starters entirely.
If the track continues fast there probably
will be added starters, but If it rains to-
night-look out for the mud hens. The Mon
rovia will have a gross value of about $3.50,
and Il is more attractive than other stakes
that have been run this season because 1t
viii bring out several new and classy per
formers. Until Hildreth names his candidates
the form of the race will not be known, but
there are several good ones that have not
started this season that are eligible to this
event. Among them Pinkola, Phllander,
Gowan, Acrobat, Riheman, Glorio, King
James, Uncle. Meelick, Angelus, Mirzer and
Far West
make some matches, according to gossip, but 1t
appears that the sporting public was not let
into the entire secret. He really tried to make
a few pugiIstlc Matches according to dis
patches, and failed, but rumor was rife yester-
day afternoon, and increased last night, that he
had made another match of greater Importance
t. himself. Now, whether this is true or false,
is not for anybody IN Los Angeles to say yea
or nay, but when Baron comes to town, unless
he gets in at an unseemly hour. there will be
a curious mob at the station to investigate
whether he really has a bride or whether the
story s all pure tommyrot. II he has femi-
nine pal with him there will be lots stirring
around the Arcade station when the train pulls
in, as the baby-faced kid has no business get
ting married on the sly. This is only a rumor.
but it may be on the level.
The probabilities Of a Johnny COulon-J immy
Walsh scrap here for the bantam championship
from Frisco. If Long has succeeded in making
this match he has added another high class
and most attractice card to his calendar Cou-
lon will be remembered here as the best little
fighting machine that ever exhibited in
local ring and he holds the undisputed lO5-
pound championship of the world. However,
he is growing at such a fast rate that he now
is willing to tackle the heavier boys, la
Ketchel. and any scrapper who trims him can
almost trim the local sports. 1t would be
great card.
W. r. Anderson gets away with many long
shot specials and when the Judges begin 10
look up the dope with which to convict him
of form reversal they find where they and
the public have overlooked a bet. 1t seems