Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08

tween Sacramento and Los An
- geles. In the morning play will
| commence as usual at 1915 at the Yer
non diamond, and in the afternoon the
! two teams will resume their warfare
at the Chutes park field at 23O o'clock.
! The games will settle just how far the
| champions or the northerners will forge
to the front. From the south the Sen
ators will transfer hostilities to Oak
| land Tuesday, and the Seals will come
past the divide for what should prove
the banner session of the year, at least
as far as the pocketbooks of the stock
holders of the two teams are concerned.
From New York, prolific of good
racing news at present, comes story
of the breakdown of James r. Keene's
Celt that will be of timely interest to
race-goers. 1t runs as follows:
"The breakdown of James r. Keene's
Celt will cause as great loss as could
have resulted from the withdrawal
from racing of any individual horse,
with the possible exception of King
James. When the report of his break
down became current recently it was
received with great regret by horse
men, because big things had ben ex-
pected of the Commando colt at Sara
toga. 1t has been thought that if
James Rowe was able to get last years
Brooklyn handicap winner into shape
King James would have some desper-
ate struggles in prospect. Celt was
entered In the Saratoga handicap, the
Merchants and Citizens handicap, the
Champlain handicap and the Saratoga
cup. He was looked to as the real con-
tender for King James. Celt was beat
en- by the Hildreth horse in the Brook
lyn handicap, which was his first real
test Of the season. He was beaten de-
cisively enough, but the fact that he
had an aillng foot left his inferiority
| in doubt in many minds. His condi-
tion became worse and his trainer,
James Rowe, was forced to cancel his
Sheepshead Bay engagements. Under
careful treatment the colt improved,
and when he went to Saratoga 1t was
thought that he was in good shape and
| ready to show all of his last year
speed.
James r. Keene thought Celt the
peer of Colin and Ballot, which he sent
to 7 gland, and would have sent him
along had he been fit. Last year Celt
bit Jack Atkin in the Jockey club
weight for age, and beat King James
in the Brooklyn handicap At the OPEN
ing of the present season he was con-
sidered the best horse in training in
this country. 1t has been the most re-
/ y
son that the son of Commando and
Maid of Erin was unable to demon
strate his claim to that distinction"
Who says they have no live sports
| In Mexico? The gay and giddy cava-
liers of the sleepy old romantic land
can stir up more real excitement when
they start than can wide-awake Los
Angeles. Just ponder over the follow
/ GIF
IS really as sleepy as the eastern
magazine writer's imagine. Note that
| elegant and conscientious tOrero:"
There was a very good noVillada
yesterday when taking into considera-
! tiOn the work of the first espada, Sam
uel Coils, who clearly demonstrated him
self to be an elegant and conscientious
torerO. He had best chances and live
bulls and his play with capa, ban
derillas and espada was clear and
graceful. His work with a pair of short
| banderllas with the fourth bull seemed
his best effort, yet the kill of the same
animal called for admiration and ap-
| plause from the large crowd.
In the second espada Mr.. Bravo was
very malo in ending the career of the
| second bull and in the third espada
Gonzalez played the funny stunts. He
was daring and reckless, and friends
are conGratulating. him upon the fact
that he didn't get perforated, for he
is an amateur, He was applauded.
Narrow escapes were frequent and the
fact that the sixth bull bOasted very
short horns probably saved his scalp.
"BanderilerO Procoro Rodriguez did
we'll in the kill of the seventh bull, an
extra one. given by Sr. Bravo.
There were three pairs of banderil-
las put by Rodriguez, Jose Lopez and
Ricardo Ortiz, the latter a lad of II
years. Artiz was largely applauded for
his showing.
"The bulls were generally good and
the fourth and sixth were exceptionally
brave. PicadOres had difficulty in be-
ing thrown. Brutality was the pre-
dominating feature of the afternoons
play"
"The stand at the Juarez track will
be up to date and cOmmodious, though
of course not large as measured by the
race track grand stands in the east"
says Manager Matt Winn, given out
en- route to the scene of construction
of the new Mexican racing plant
"There will be stabling for 600 horses,
and all that is best in stable construc-
ton will be embodied in our work
there We will also build a field stand
for the benefit of the native element
which, while 1t will afford a perfect
view of the racing, will be absolutely
free to any and all who desire to take
advantage of it.
1.-THE track will be one mile and a