Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-09
ATHLETICS
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" a. ALTBIE, the sensationally speedy
tVR racer that broke his maiden
recently by beating Montgomery
and other good ones in the mud at a
mile and an eighth, will have another
opportunity today to show to his new
owners whether he is race horse or
morning glory. as he will start in
the feature event of the card at Santa
Anita today, carrying SO pounds. He
viii have to hook up with the speedy
Miss Sain and Magazine, both crack
mudders and speedy, and if he gets
away with the capital prize he will
take rank as a. horse of some class.
Otherwise the $4S00 that his new own
ers paid for him will look very much
like an exorbitant price. Some good
horses will be found in the other
events and card that is made more
attractive because it is a sprint Of
fering and ali contenders in the various
events are evenly matched will be pre-
sented. The track is drying out fast,
despite the rains, but it will be heavy
today unless all signs fail. Anticipat-
ing this, horsemen have not burdened
the various events with horses that
must have fast track and scratches
will be few.
The most exciting and interesting
game of the amateur three-cushion bill
lard tournament for the championship
of Southern California was played last
night by Howard and Morse Howard,
who is one of the cleverest amateur
cueists on the coast. won his game by
the score of so to 40, after Morse had
missed a natural that seemed certain
to end the game with the first defeat
of Howard. The game was played out
in 116 innings, both showing much
cleverness in playing safety and at the
same time executing difficult shots.
Morse made the high run of the game,
five, and fell down on an easy chance
for a tie with the high run of the tour
nament. They played together all
through the game, being within one or
two points of each other all the way.
There will be no game tonight, as only
two games remain to be played.
Howard leads with a perfect score and
must play Bayne. In the event that
Bayne defeats him they will be tied for
first place and playoff will have to be
staged.
Poor old Voorsees, once great and
classy race horse, pulled up on two
legs yesterday in the third race and
was so lame that he had to be slowly
led to his stall without returning to the
judges stand. Despite his weak legs
and a tendency to break down, he was
played by those who knew what he
could do if he could stand up during
the race. The natural love for a
thoroughbred that is in the heart Of
every racegOer caused many express
sions of sympathy for the old cam
paigner.
Steve PHommedieu caused a little
excitement in the ring yesterday after
noon when he ran through the crowded
mass Of humanity in his effort to get
plunge bet down on Uncle Henry,
his eagle eye having espied tops in a
book across the ring. He did not cash.
but thought he had a cinch.
Stuart Polk will take Proper and
Dixie Lad to Emeryville this week be-
cause of the certainty of muddy go
ing at the northern track. While there
has been considerable slop at Santa
Anita since the first week in January
it is no cinch that there will be much
more Of it and Polk will send his
crack mudders north where he can find
the right kind of going all the time and
get price on his horses.
Frank Chance will bid good by to
Southern California tomorrow morning
and leave for the Windy town to get
his Cubs in readiness for the spring