Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-13
GOOD ONES WIN
AT LONG ODDS
BO0KIES AND SPECTATORS
OUT OF LINE
HEAVY GOING MAKES DIFFICULT
HANDICAPPING JOB
Carthage, Classy AII=Around Racer,
Romps Away with Third Event and
HaIket Outruns Seymour
BeutIer in Sprint
BY lay DAVIDSON


Heavy going enabled many bottled
up good thing to get home in safety
yesterday at Santa Anita and was re-
sponsible for the downfall of score
of others less fortunate in negotiating
the muddy course from post to wire.
Good horses as a rule won the various
events, and while long prices would
seem to indicate that the winners had
performed in a reverse English man
ner to that which intelligent dope
would dictate, the evidence that such
is the case is woefully lacking. The
plain fact is that there has been so
little mud this season that there is
really no definite form to these horses
in that kind of going. Criticism, there
fore, it is not justified yet awhile. The
sharpshooterS are getting all the
change that the bookmakers are turn
ing loose during this bad weather per-
iod, while the talent is experiencing a
period of poor business relations with
the money changers. Horsemen are
putting their mudders in right spots,
after they have been prepped for the
rainy season, and they are amassing
little fortunes without getting into en-
tanglements with the turf judiciary,
because there is nothing upon which to
base the suspicion that any form re-
versals are being pulled off.
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in any going and at any distance, was
overlooked by the wise spectators and
romped home on the bitsky with half a
dozen lengths to spare to the field be-
hind in the third race. Form was well
observed here, as Carthage was the
class of the race, and his past per-
formances indicated what exactly hap
pened. Black Mate got the place, but
never was good enough in his whole
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was good. Duke of Bridgewater also
ran his race and performed consistent
ly when he showed. All the others fig
ured to land just about where the OIL
cial form chart places them.
HaIket and Seymour Beutler had a
tight finish all by themselves in the
opening event, and the former won be<
cause the latter could not get up sufti-
cient steam to catch him after he had
assumed the lead at the start and had
opened up a nice lead. Halket made
the most of his early advantage and
beat the better horse because of the
long early lead, but he was very tired
at the wire and only a short head sepa-
rated them. c. w. Burt showed ahead
of Valley Stream and Catherine F.
There was nothing like form to the
second race, as the juveniles were
maidens, and only three of them ever
Schilling had the mount on Kid the
Thomas candidate was made the favor
lite, but Donau proved that he is the
better racer by coming from behind at
the start and beating Kid with greatest
ease. This was the first baby race of
the year that Schilling has lost.
Brevite showed. After turning into the
home stretch, Charles J. Harvey, with
Martin up, slipped in the going and
fell. German Silver, with Yorke UP,
was Immediately behind and also fell.
Both boys were unseated and Martin
sustained a painful wound of the scalp,
but it was not a dangerous wound.
Yorke was stunned and severely shaken
up, but was not hurt otherwise.
Bucket Brigade found the heavy go
ing exactly made to order, and after
getting away in front never allowed
anything to get very close until he had
safely crossed the imaginary line that
makes winners and losers. He had
about five lengths to spare to L. G.
Widrig, which placed a length ahead
of Capt. Burnett. The latter gave
away a lot of weight and quit badly in
the stretch after making hot pursuit of
the winner all the way.
One of the tightest fits of the season
occurred when j. c. Glenn, Financier
and Oberon finished shoots apart in
the fifth race, after a rough journey Of
nine furlongs through the heavy going.
Glenn was admirably handled through
out and given a vigorous finish, which
enabled him to barely get up in time
to shove his nose across the imaginary
line ahead Of that of Financier, the
pacemaker, which was webbing from
sheer exhaustion and which had a most
difficult task to perform to win the
place from Oberon, which came with
great rush in the final sixteenth. King
of the Mist tried to run with Financier
all the way, and it was nip and tuck
between them until after turning for
home. King led into the stretch by a
length, but ne was in front only for
flash and quickly gave it up, retiring
to last place at the wire. Financier
wanted to quit at about the same time,
but Archibald booted and whipped him
until he made a desperate and final
sprint, but was not good enough to
stall off the winner
MCGEE made it three for the day
when he brought Procla home the win
ner in the last race Of the day. Schill-
ing, on Rieta, and Powers, on Destrine,
swung fearfully wide in the stretch,
which they entered almost on even
terms and nearly a length ahead of
Procla, and the latter slipped through
on the rail, strong because she had
been reserved from the early pace, and
it was easy for her to go on and win
by two lengths from Rieta, which beat
Destrine two lengths for the place.
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