Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
SPRINTERS HAVE
THEIR INNINGS
SHORT RACES MAKE UP SANTA
ANITA CARD
SELLING PLATERS HOLD THE
BOARDS ONE DAY
Large Fields and FormfuI Perform
ances Characterize Sport at Bald
win Course for Blue Monday. 4
Good Things Fail

Yesterday was sprint day at Santa
Anita and selling platers had five OF
the six events to themselves, the only
purse race being that for the juveniles,
but despite the lack of real class in
the various races, the sport was good
and fairly fast time was recorded.
There was no feature event and prob
ably the failure of several good things
to go over furnished the only feature
to relieve the monotony of winning
favorites.
Alleviator finally found a soft spot
and won the opening event, a dash at
five and a half furlongs. Jockey
Powers was principal offender in MAX
Ing this bum win, as it was his care
full riding and strong finish that landed
first place for his mount. Tim O'Toole
very consistently got the place, while
Calves showed. A big bunch of
sprinters, all better than the first
three named, finished away back in
the ruck.
One of the prettiest finishes of the
season was furnished by Don Franco
and A. J. Small in the baby race, the
former winning by the action of the
nod. Both shot out of the bunch al
most together Immediately after the
start and raced as a team from that
point to the wire, with both alternat-
ing with their shouts out in front just
about an inch. Alvin Booker, the vet
eran who returned to the saddle yes
terday after an absence of two years,
and Treubel, another veteran who only
recently got back in the game after a
similar vacation period, were riding the
effort nf
which they were capable to make their
mounts win. Booker finally won out,
but it was such a tight finish that it
was well earned and only the judges
decision could satisfy the crowd as to
the identity of the winner. Frank q.
Hogan showed.
Pal ran consistently and won the
third race from Mary F and Smiley
Metzner without any great difficulty.
This is his third successive victory. He
toted 113 pounds with great ease and
showed all his usual speed and game
ness. Mary did not go out in front
and set the pace, as usual, but made a
strong bid through the stretch and was
easily second best. Quite good neld
opposed him, but the contention never
was serious.
La Gloria did the expected by win
ming the fourth race rather handily.
She allowed Redondo to get danger
Ously close at the finish, but Powers
only urged her gently and she re-
sponded with rare gameness and won
in an impressive manner. Mollie Mont
rose hung on without trying to quit
and while a bit tired at the finish,
stayed long enough to show.
Pretenson, the old rogue that has
soured many racegoers by his unruly
tactics at the post and inclination to
quit in the finals, ran a good race and
annexed the honors in the fifth event
by beating Norfolk and L. c. Widrig
without any unusual eXertion. The
race was formfully run for all horses.
DR.. HoIzberg, a crack mudder and a
game one in any going, Outclassed his
field in the last race and won, but
John A, a heavily played good thing,
got dangerously close at the wire and
might have won had a real jockey
been in the saddle. Enfield picking up
fifteen pounds over his previous race,
showed.