Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-08
YBOR AND VANEN
HUGE SURPRISES
COME TO LIFE AND BEAT OUT
GOOD ONES
TALENT TAKES FULL COUNT IN
BOTH EVENTS
John Carroll Easily Disposes of Crack
Field in Feature and Adriuche
Annexes Sprint from
Long Shot
BY JAY DAVIDSON

The talent took the full count in a
couple Of races at Santa Anita yester-
Gay, when Ybor and Vanen cantered
home in front at Write-yourown- ticket
odds, wholly overlooked because there
was nothing in form to indicate that
either of these ever would win race.
Neither beat very much, but each ran
over horses that had been performing
better by long odds than either of the
long shot winners had ever been cred
tied with being able to do. With these
two exceptions real race horses won
the card. Jockey Schilling kept his
record clean by winning the baby race
with Frank G. Hogan, having ridden in
five OF the six juvenile events this year
and won all of them.
There was little or no class involved
in the first race, and Ybor, the winner,
bad as much right to the brackets as
anything else in the race. Woolwinder
haG been out once previously and had
shown a suspicion of class, while EN-
peror William was highly favored by
the talent because Barney Schneider
had said that he would send this
youngster after the derby in March.
Jane Laurel also had performed fairly
well in previous outs, but had not
beaten anything. Page took good care
of Ybor and by getting him away
nicely and keeping him well up until
turning for home he had no difficulty
in going to the front in the final eighth
and outstaying Woolwinder. Jane Lau-
rel came from away back and ran over
the firing Emperor William to get the
show money.
r. L. Thomas scratched out Kid and
allowed Schilling to ride Frank q. Ho-
gan in the baby race. Schilling beat
the barrier with Frank and by a vigor-
Gus ride kept him there until safely be-
yond the imaginary line. Virgie Case
always was second but always was
outrun and never could get up, al
though placing ahead of Don Franco,
Lucky Baldwin's juvenile.
Vanen won the third race by a, mar
velous burst of speed after trailing in
next to last place until passing the
back stretch tunr. Fain, who never
had shown any better riding ability
than his mount had shown as a racer,
rode a judicious race and put UP a
finish that would have been expected
of Powers, Schilling or any of the rid
ing stars of the day. From seventh
place at the three quarters Vanen
moved up to second at the stretch
turn and was half a length in front at
the wire. st. Kilda probably was best,
coming from next to last place at the
stretch turn to second at the wire, but
Wilson was too big a handicap and
could not help his mount any. Third
Rail, which looked like good thing on
figures, was third
John Carroll proved that he is back
in his best form when he ran over
such crack sprinters as Hasty Agnes,
Centre Spot and Rapid Water to win
going away from Hasty and Centre
Shot in the fourth race. This event
was at seven furlongs, a bit too short
for John, but he put up a stretch run
that resembled the race of cyclone
and did nearly all of his running in the
last sixteenth. Hasty closed stoutIy,
hut o1-- -
tire Shot, which had been taken back
from the early pace, was finishing with
a great sprint and would have placed
and might have won in a few more
jumps. Rapid Water went to the front
early and set the pace into the stretch,
where he doubled up and stopped to
nothing, finishing seventh
Animus easily won the fifth race at
one and three siXteenths miles, after
indulging Black Mate with the lead for
a mile and an eighth. Animus closed
slowly on Black Mate, taking his time,
and in the final sixteenth went to the
front and won by a length, going away
apparently fresh and full of run. J. G.
Glenn showed.
Adriuche, the classy FLY that Jack
MacManus brought to the coast last
fall, won the last race of the day after
a hard chase after Shirley Rossmore.
the good thing. Shirley shot out of the
bunch shortly after the start and soon
opened up such a big lead that his
hackers began to shout for joy, while
the supporters of other horses almost
had heart failure. Halket was soon
run into the ground and then Colonel
Bob took a brief chance, only to stop
to nothing. Adriuche, however, came
along in the last eighth and caught
Shirley and finished stronger, having a
lead of one length at the wire Golly
Ding, off in front, but soon jammed
into the fence by Halket, dropped back
to last and then made a great finish,
getting the show money.