Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-10
FAvORITES WIN
MOST OF EVENTS
ONLY ONE RANK OUTSIDER IS
FIRST TO WIRE
sANpPIPER CREATES SENSATION
AT LONG ODDS
Jane Swift, One Of the Most Consist
ent sprinters at the Track, Gets
In Front of Several Good
Things in Feature
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Form generally was observed al
Santa Anita yesterday afternoon, al
though second choices gave the favor
ties a hard run for the honors, ana
only one long shot outsider got the
change. Sandpiper being that one
Sandpiper was something of SURPRISE
as he was not expected to show any
form half good enough to beat such as
Father Stafford, Schleswig ana snap,
dale. but. he sure turned the trick anu
made Jack Bennett happy $27b0 worth.
Kenneth. who owns Sandpiper, did not
helieve his horse was up to race,
but took a piking chance and won. len
days later he might have plunged on
his son of Hamburg. Schleswlg ana
rather Stafford divided the pubic
play. and when the field neared the
paddock it seemed that SchlesWle
wouId win. but he faltered and Sand
miner. finishing on the outside, got up
In time to gather the grapes. Father
STAFFORD. minus the help of Schilllng,
was second and Schleswig showed.
Critic. popular choice to win the nrst
race. left no chance for doubt regara-
ing the result, going to the front
quickly and staying there by wiue
margin until safely beyond the regis
tertng station. Matte Bumppo got the
Mace and Jane Laurel showed. Critic
outclassed his field in every way, ana
the price offered against his chances
was extremely liberal.
NV Last, held at fair odds, won the
baby race because of a good ride by
Kennedy, and incidentally made Joe
Mason win his first race of the sea-
son. ]. M. Stokes, the favored one OF
the sharpshooters, got the place ana
Charles J. Harvey showed.
lane Swift, which had been running
consistently and winning regularly in
recent outs, had no difficulty whatever
in repeating in the third, when she
again beat Creston and Lord Nelson.
Creston was the tip from the wise ones
but Burns put up one of his OCCASION
ally poor rides, and his speed marvel
had a big handicap to overcome after
getting away nicely. Lord Nelson
showed fair Improvement and ran into
place, although not yet up to his pest
form. Creston, after being messed
about and pocketed for half the jour-
ney, got Strengthened out In the strelcii
and showed.
Maid of Gotham, with any other rider
than Wilson up, would have been held
as favorite to win the fourth, but with
this chap in the saddle, the books took
unusual liberties with her chances ana
she fooled them. She was SO much the
best that she won, despite the jockey
which finished second and third respec-
lively.
John Louis slipped through on the
rail and won the sixth from Grande
Dame because of the carelessness OF
Henry in pulling Grande Dame away
from the rail when she was leading and
seemed to have the race won. This
occurred after the field had passed into
the final sixteenth. Ed Ball made his
usual stretch run and showed.
There was a lot of speed and no
class to the last race, and Ampedo had
no difficulty in getting down to the
wire In front John Brink had an idea
his once-great horse would win, and
mopped up with the books in great
fashion. Powers rode an exceptionally
strong race with Ampedo, and there
never was any doubt regarding the re-
suit after the field hit the back stretch.
Senator Barrett placed and Miss De-
laney showed.