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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
WILLIAMS WINS
THE LAWRENCE
Observation-Disclosures FIELD
IN FEATURE
ORCAGNA AGAIN GETS VERDICT
IN LONG MUD RACE
Bennett Horse Plunged On to Win
and Delivers the Goods in Clever
Fashion-Rains Continue
at EmeryViIIe
LBy Associated Press.] ]

OAKLAND, Feb. 20.-Firestone out
classed the field opposed to him in the
Lawrence handicap at Emeryville to-
day and scored an easy victory. He
was favorite, and after being third
place until the half mile pole was
reached drew away and won from
Nadzu and Rose Queen.
There were showers during the after
noon and the track was muddy. Full
eta added another to his list of Victo-
ries when he led all the way in the
fifth, beating Katie Powers and Rotrou,
outsiders. Orcagna, the medium of a
heavy play, took the mile and a half
race in clever style. Results:
First race, furlongs, selling-Tros Temp,
102 (Scoville), won; Silver Stocking, 102 CTap-
iii 3-5 Ace of Diamonds, Balreed. Mabel
Holander, Giov. Balerio and Wap finished as
named.
Second race, S1z furlongs, selling -Gerando,
112 (GilberD, won; Indian Maid, 1OS Qee) sec
ond; Balronia, 1O9 (McCarthy, third; time
:43 3-5. Recon, Senia, Madeline L.. Ralph H.
Tozer and Purer finished as named.
Third race, 1k miles. selling -Orcagna 81
CLARK, won; Clamor, 1O4 (Scoville), second;
Kogo, 106 (BoreD, third; time 2:43. Pan de
Oroy Legatee. Tetanus, F1avlgny and Infiam-
mable finished named.
Fourth race, l mile and 20 yards. Lawrence
hardicap- -Firestone, 115 (GilberD, won; Nadzu,
81 (Taplin), second; Rose Queen, 30 (Deverich),
third; time 1850 As. A. Muskoday and Nebu-
losus finished as named.
Fifth race, / mile and 20 yards, selling
Fulletta. Ill CTaplin), won; Katie Powers. 104
(Glasner), second; Rotrou, 1O7 (BoreD third; !;
time 1:43. Coppers, WOolma, Kokomo, Capt
Hale, Dolie Dollars, Charles Green and Willie
T. finished named
Sixth race, 6 furlongs. selling-Marian Casey.
% CTaplin), won; Agnolo 1O2 (Cotton), second: !:
Green Goods, sc (Coburn), third time 1:19 Is
Prestige, Cheers Reene w, Crystal Wave
Yankee Tourist, Dangerous Gill; Street Singer
and Achates finished named.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
TALENT TRIMS
BOOkIES AGAIN
FALSE PRICES ARE QUOTED
AGAINST FAV0RlTES
Only Two Outsiders Get Brackets, Al
though Harrigan Was Only Choice
to Get Home in Front-Orbic=
ular Wins Handicap
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Racing out at Santa Anita park yes
terday again demonstrated that, while
the horses generally are running with
proper regard for form, the official
pricemaker in the ring will not permit
them to show up well in the form
charts, as long shot outsiders were nu-
merOuS yesterday and in at least five
out of the seven races the winners
should have been .faVoriteS, yet they
were held at ridiculously long prices.
This is pleasing to the spectators,
but it makes the record of the track
show up in a false light. For instance,
Donau was a long shot and equaled
the worlds record by running consist
emily to win from Medallion, while J.
H. Barr, which mad not shown anything
that would even compare favOrably
with the record Of Donau this season,
was made favorite over him.
Orbicular is another instance of poor
pricemaking. On the form he showed
in two of his three races at Santa
Anita, when he won twice in fast time
and with high weight up and beat Big
Chief and other classy horses, he
should have been a topheavy favOrite.
Maid Of Gotham, which had not run
against such a cheap field this season
as that which she was opposed to yes
terday, was held at ridiculously long
on suspicion. Maid of Gotham won,
and Rieta did not get in the money.
HaZelthOrpe had been running first, sec
ond and third in better company than
that which was opposed to her yester-
day, yet she was an outsider and won.
Racing has enough troubles without
being further weighted down by in
competent pricemaking, which destroys
the percentage of winning favorites
and gives the opponents Of the sport
sufficient opportunity for a howl. The
average player, of course, keeps his
own line on the horses and can detect
these false prices. but again he is not
strong enough to play against a fav-
orite and make a long shot win for
bookmakers know something and
thus accounting for the remarkable
prices offered.
The fact that these long shots are
heavily backed and that the books are
being trimmed daily. almost without
exception, serves to prove that prac-
tically all horses at Santa Anita are
being raced on the level. but the gen.
eral public looks only to the percen-
tage of winning favorites to pass
judgment upon the sport. To the
average person the defeat of a favorite
means that a form reversal has oc-
CURED and the public has been robbed
Nine times in ten this is absolutely
untrue. Anybody who knows anything
at all about racing knows that ninety
five in every hundred persons play the
price instead of the horse and that
while it may sound good to the ear
that a 1 to shot has won the victory
Of that favorite almost invariably
means loss to the public because the
public mas not that kind of money to
play.
are running more formfully this sea-
son than in years past and it equally
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
CALIFORNIA DERBY
FIELD TO BE SMALL
Not More Than Half Dozen Starters
Are Expected to Face the
Barrier Monday at
EmeryViIIe
Especial to The Herald

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2O.-Next in
Importance to the Burns handicap is
the California Derby, at a mile and
a quarter, that will be run off at the
Emeryville track Monday. Six start
ers are expected to face the barrier,
but on account of the condition of the
track and the great showing made by
High Private the field will be unusually
small. F. A. Forsythe will have an
other candidate in addition to High
Private, as Fanatic is to run, but the
latter will be sent in to kill off the
early pace. Joe Madden, owned by Sam
Hildreth, and w. H. Houses brown
colt, Lawton Virgins. are labeled as
dangerous. The probable starters are
High Private and Fanatic, owned by
F. A. Forsythe; Joe Madden, owned by
Sam Hildreth; Lawton Virgins, owned
by w. H. House; Tom Hayward owned
by Thomas E. Williams, and Palo Alto.
owned by J. w. Poulsen.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

is notorious that heavily played long
shots are winning for the public be-
cause these long shots should have
been made odds-on favorites on form.
1t is the bOOlImakers who are getting
the worst of it at the present, but it is
the sport that suffers when the per-
centage of winning favorites falls be-
low the standard set at local meetings.
Yet 1t also is a notorious fact that for
the past two years the price making in
the ring has been so f1agrantly out of
line with all form that this percentage
OF winning favOrites has been spoiled.
1t is the price maker who is to be
blamed, not the horses, owners, jock
eys or judges. AS long as the horses
run to form the integrity of the sport
is maintained in the minds of those
who know anything at all about turf
affairs, and most assuredly the horses
have been showing remarkable regard
for form this season.
Several of these long shot outsiders
that figured to be favorites rewarded
the talent yesterday and there was
another chalk mark tailed against tie
books, which have been losing so con-
sistently this season that if they should
pull up in front "One day in success
sion" everybody on the ground would
feel like something extraordinary had
been pulled off.
There was no feature to the card
yesterday save the substitution of the
Ocean Park handicap a $500 affair,
for. the usual Saturday stake event.
This substitution was made necessary
to permit the $4,000 Speed handicap to
be run tomorrow, Washington's birth
day Orbicular won the Ocean Park
handicap very handily from Vox Pop
uli and Far West and stepped the mile
in l: :37 As, carrying 116 pounds. John
Carroll sulked when he could not keep
up with the early pace and ran no
where.
Taylor George won the opening
event AT juicy odds and was one of the
two outsiders to score in the seven
races. He did not figure like a con-
tender but he assuredly ran like one,
beating ROsegal and c. w. Burt in
fair time. Monvina was the other out
slider to get brackets, winning all the
way from Niblick and Crack Shot in
the long race.
Donau equaled the world record for
three and half furlongs when ne won
the Juvenile event in forty seconds
fiat. A. ]. Small is the other racer to
make this time
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
RIVERSIDES DEFEAT CLUB
OF SAN BERNARDINO, 12 TO 2

RIVERSIDE, Feb. 2O.-In a baseball
game here this afternoon at Evans
park the San Bernardino club was de-
feated by the locals of this city by a
score of II to 2.
Morrison Of the Santa Ana Stars and
Gus Mast of the Maier team of Los An
geles were the batteries for the River
side boys. For San BernardinO Dye
and Waters were in the points.
The feature of the game was the
heavy hitting of the Riversiders; Nor
rison, for the winners, made two three
baggers out of three times at bat. Mast
out of four times at bat got two two
baggers and. two singles, scoring three
runs for the winners.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Bay City-Corbina. Bass. mackerel. smelt,
herring, perch.
Long Beach-Mackerel, halibut perch.
herring.
San Pedro-Croaker China croaker, yellow
fin. butterfish, perch, halibut, kingfish. tom
cod.
Breakwater-Bass. sheephead. sculpin.
whitefish.
RedondO-Mackerel. 'halibut, bass, her
ring perch
Manhattan-Mackerel perch, halibut. yell
low fin, smelt.
Pecks-Halibut, corbina, yellow fin mack
erel, perch.
Playa del Rey-Yellow fin halibut perch
pompano, corbina, smelt, mackerel tomcod,
kingish.
Ocean Park-Halibut. mackereL herring.
kingfsh, pompano.
Venice-Perch,. mackerel, kingfsh, sar-
dimes, perch
Santa Misunderstanding, mackerel, king
fish, tomcod perch.
Long Wharf-Bass. mackerel, sheephead,
sculpin. pompano, halibut.
Outside-Albicore bass.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
PULLIAM SEEKS REST
IN CINCINNATI HOTEL
Roaming President Of National League
Arrives at Home and Goes Into
SecIusion

CINCINNATI, Feb. 2O.-Harry D.
Pulliam, president of the Nationa!
baseball league, arrived in this city to-
day from st. Louis and went at once
to a hotel, where he retired for rest,
refusing to see callers.
Chairman August Hermann of the
national commission today received a
telegram from Louisville. stating that
Mr.. Kane, brother-in-law of Pullian.
and u friend would at once come to this
city in order to give such assistance as
Pulidm might wish.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS BALL GAMES

The Violet street playground team de-
feated the Odd baseball team today by
the score of 8 to 2. The Violet team is
a new organization, but has as their
nucleus to build from their old timber,
Jesse wilson for pitcher, and Ben Pratt
for catcher. These two men played
on last. years Violet team, which won
all of the games played
The score was tied in the ninth in
ming, when Bill Benny hit a home run
over left field fence, bringing in the
winning run.
high school defeated the second Poly
technic high school team yesterday at
Long Beach by a score of to 6. The
game was played in the morning on
the Long Beach high school diamond.
A return game will be played Monday
on the Los Angeles diamond
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
BOWLING MATCHES ARRANGED

LONG BEACH, Feb. 2O-Captains of
about thirty teams have been selected
to arrange for bowling matches at the
Long Beach billiard parlors March 2,
which will be an Elks' benefit day.
There will be teams Of fat men, lean
men, druggists, newspaper men, post
office clerks, real estate men, retired
capitalists, married men, single men,
and MANY Otherks
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
SMITH G. WESSON RIFLE
DEFEATS L. A. REVOLVER CLUB

The Los Angeles Revolver club and
the Smith and Wesson Rife club held
an indoor artificial light, shooting
match on two and three-fourths bull S
eye target range. The Los Angeles Re
volver club scored 2456 points, while the
Smith and Wesson made 24S9 points,
winning by thirty-three points. Fol-
lowing is the scores:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
McvEY WHIPS JEANETTE

PARIS, Feb. 2O.-Sam McVey of Cali
fornia was awarded the decision on
points over Joe Jeanette of New York
at the end of a 20-round fight at the
Circque de Paris last night. AS both
ponents the fight drew big crowd
The winner received $4,000 and the loser
s2nnn
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
WELSH GETS DECISION
IN BOUT WITH ERNE

) NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2O.-Freddie g
) Welsh, the English lightweight cham (.
> piOn, awarded the decision in a 9
) twenty round bout tonight with Young g
) Erne, at the West side club Except Z.
) the fifth and ninth every round was g
) Welshs. g
Z.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

The above field is big and classy
enough to put the stake in a class by
itself, but if rains continue, other good
ones which prefer muddy going are GER
tain to be added, while few, if any, of
the above will be withdrawn. In the
event that the track is fast Colonel
Bob may be one of those that will be
added.
Interest in this event is increased by
the fact that the peerless ROseben will
be one of the starters, and the further
fact that this great horse gets in with
several pounds less than is assigned
to Jack Atkin, while the further fact
that Roseben has been given a special
prep for the event and has been going
along most satisfac ctorily heightens the
interest that always attaches to a big
event where horses of the best class
meet in a speed contest.
Jack Atkin has a clean slate III
sprints this season and has shouldered
his weight with such unvarying sue
cess, when sent over sprint routes that
he seems to be Indifferent to the big
imposts. Jack Atkin undoubtedly is
the greatest sprinter in the world, and
regardless of his weight and the classy
company that he will meet the public
will be slow in going away from him.
Chapultepec has developed into a
great horse in the last year, and the
fact that he has beaten Jack AtlIin
twice in mud when owned by a rival
stable, indicates his class. Colloquy is
one of the speed marvels of the winter
season and has proved her class many
times. Dominus Aroi is a California
bred horse and a popular favorite every
time he goes to the post. King James
is regarded as the greatest long-dis-
tanCe runner in America, but also has
beaten nearly all the crack sprinters
that he has met. Magazine and Miss
Sain have a high turn of speed and are
game, although neither has done
enough this season to be classed with
the first two or three sprinters named.
Smiley Corbett will run with King
James as the Hildreth entry, and while
running like a deer on fast track,
especially likes mud.
With the great ROseben back in good
form and Jack Atkin ready to run his
best race, not to mention the other
crack Sprinters, the Speed handicap
should furnish racegoers with the
grandest spectacle of thoroughbred
class that ever was witnessed in the
west. If the race is run over fast
track there is little doubt that the
world record, now held by Chapultepec,
will be smashed. It will be impossible
almost for the track to become real
heavy before the race is run, so fast
time may be expected in any event.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

m wst Iazede
to post Il good
Kropa OrenaG
Girl Ben stone Aunt Polly overwegar9
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
SPEED HANDICAP
ATTRACTS CLASS
R0SEBEN AND JACK ATKIN TO
START
SPRINTING RIVALS ARE DUE FOR
GREAT DUEL
Nine Speed MarVeIs Named to Start
In Greatest Race Ever Run West
of the Mississippi Tomorrow
Afternoon at Arcadia
BY JAY DAVIDSON

The greatest race that ever was run
west of the Mississippi will be the at
traction tomorrow afternoon at Santa
Anita, when the $4,000 Speed handicap
will be decided. This race .overshadows
all the derby events in Importance in
the public mind and, even disregarding
the great money value involved, it still
looms up as the premier event of the
coast season because it will attract the
greatest sprinters in the world. 1t has
aroused an interest that even a derby
would not excite, and if the day is fair
and the track is fast, it will be quite
disappointing to the management at
Santa Anita if the attendance does not
break all records by wide margin.
Only nine starters are named in the
overnights, but track conditions will
govern the size of the field. If the rains
last night do not continue and a fast
track is offered for the event, prob
ably half a dozen additional starters
will be named tomorrow morning. If
the rains turn the track into heavy
going, other starters are certain. The
probable field, with weights and jock
4fz1
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Time-6, IT, rs 3-5, 40. equals worlds record.
trained by J. Blute Went to post at PIP; at post
1926 Won in canter; second driving; third easily
~ Eddie Dugan sent out in entries as Ed Dugan.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
HERALD'S SANTA ANITA FORM CHART


A. w Hamh presidn j tar
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

SEVENTH RAcEz4 furonss; purse
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Time-s 80 49, 20 S5
Marion
Won easily;
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Is b. G. RegerNena George
at
SECOND RACE-84 furlongs; 2year-olds; $ioo
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Time-2 3-5 "a 35 Sc 20 As 3-5 15, 14 15, 1:27
Sir Waler-Clara Meader trained by G. w Dodge.
Start good Value winner 325 Won easily second dri
star Ivanhoe Teo Beach, Denigre. observation-disclosures
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

1:12 Is 1:24 45
Hampton; at 26 at minute
easily third driving Scratched
overweight-star Thistle g. Ethel Day ~, Harrigan
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Following the Leader.

It is in some sense an inspiring fact
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FALL PAINTING.

The majority Of property owners
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COLT DaSTEMPER
Watering Greenhouse Plants.

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TIE Veteran Had Hin.

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may l ask"
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Il was captured. sir, at the battle
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Less by One.

Z first time a man speaks IN
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1ening only two people on this
my father and myself-knew
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-sei now. only father knows
Ma.
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The Mayoralty chair Of Cambridge
has come to be called "the hoodoo
chair" by those who have followed
Cambridge politics for many years.