Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-27
MURDERS HAVE
ANOTHER INNING
HEAVY RAINS MAKE TRACK BIG
MlRY STRETCH
NoRBlTT SIMPLY GALLoPs AWAY
FROM HIS FIELD
Several Long Shots Get Down to the
Wire in Front, While Others Win
at Juicy Prices That Should
Have Been Favorltes
by JAY DAVIDSON

Heavy rains the previous night con-
verted the fast track at Santa Anita
park into muddy canal yesterday and
upset the calculations of the form
dopesters in nearly every race. Only
two favorites won during the after
noon, but at least two other winners
figured to be favorites and were well
played by the speculatively inclined.
The feature of the card was the fourth
race, at one mile, and was won by
Norbitt IN the remarkably fast time OF
1:39 AS. Norbitt was the class of the
race in any going and proved 1t by
his romping victory. He took his time
in going to the front, allowing Pedro
to set the pace to the back stretch,
but when Butwell let out wrap Just
as the field was entering the stretch,
Norbitt breezed into the lead and al
though hard held through the stretch,
increased his lead to six lengths at the
wire. Edwin T. Fryer came along in
time to snatch the place from the fast
firing Pedro.
Raleigh p. D. won the baby race at
swell odds after outgaming Myles
o'Connell in the final jumps OF hard
drive. He got the verdict by head.
Ell Perfecto was third. nose behind
the place horse, the trio finishing in a
heat.
ozanne, which had shown enough in
previous outs to justify a winning race
In the cheap company opposed to him
in the second race. breezed from, bar
rier to wire, Azo, the favorite, was Sec
ond and Jane Laurel was third.
1t was another galloping finish for
Sibari in the third. This good son OF
Santello never had any worries
throughout the journey, racing Pala-
DIM sick in the first quarter and then
taking the lead to hold 1t with much
in reserve to the wire. Alma Boy was
second, outgaming Bellsnicker in the
final Jump.
Matte Bumppo. fit and ready and
well played by owner Hugo tombstone
and r. +. Carman, broke in front in
the fifth and stayed there to the end,
it. being ridiculously easy for him to
turn the trick. Liberto was next best
and st. Kilda ran into the small end of
the purse.
Everybody. nearly. bet on Buck
thorne to win the sixth race because
he. like Sibari, was a son of Santello
and figured pounds the best in the
cheap company opposed to him In this
going. Buckthorne won after being
practically left at the post and was
the best of a bad lot. Gatien Lass
making her first local start, was
played for a good thing and seemed
to be winning easily an eighth out.
but this was before Buckthorne had
unwound his running legs. She got the
place, however. while Signor was
third.
In some inexplicable manner c.. w.
Burt became the bookmakers' favorite
in the last race of the day and ran
last, just to show up these pricemak-
ers. Ben Stone, a crack mudder and a
consistent winner in the going, was
held at remarkably long odds and was
we'll played. He did not have much of
contest and won as he pleased from
Gossiper II, the pacemaker, and c. w.
Burt.
Despite the inclement weather and
the rather ordinary card. quite large
crowd attended the races and the books
had all they could do to handle the
money