Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-09
FAVORITES GET
MOST OF CHANGE
HORSES RUN F0RMFULLY AT
SANTA ANITA
SIR EDWARD HAS RoMP TO WIN
HIS EVENT
c. w. Burt Also Loafs All the Way to
Win from Cheap PIaters-Lord
stanhope Easily Disposes
of Calves
BY JAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Quite little surprise was expressed
by racegoers yesterday when they
found the Santa Anita course driving
out and only slow, when, according to
all expectations, because of the heavy
rains of Saturday night and Sunday, it
should have been heavy, and all follow
| ers of dope" had to revise their fig
ufes' The track is of such a remark
aple composition that one has to keep
a weather eye open all the time to fig
ure 1t out, and yesterday was one day
when track conditions were puzzling.
AT that the BEST horses won in nearly
every event, and the form players
landed Oh the bcokies for another in
stallment of financial dues
In at least four of the seven races
horses that figured like good things
| copied the capital prizes. Sir Edward,
Z. w. Burt Kerry and Lord Stanhope
stood out like real money from home
IN their events, and they won with de-
lghtful consistency. Sir Edward,
| winch was considered a stake horse
over distance a year ago, figured best
| IN his race, the third, but his recent
disposition to stop was the cause Of
his long price, although made favorite.
AT that he was we'll played and easily
JuSJlned the confidence by never giving
| MS hackers a moment Of alarm He
won easily, with Halket second and
Ethon third. The last named although
a crack racer on a fast track, had
SHOWN no mud form in a year. and was
| played on suspicion only. VOORHEES, was
played by some, but his weak legs kept
the Dig money off, and when he finished
last, hObbling along on two legs. those
who played him had no excuses. He
was practically broken down and was
led to the stable with difficulty. He
hardly was able to walk off the track.
Bobby Smith Collects
| Bobby Smith collected some past due
| paper from the books when Lord
Stanhope won the fourth race from
calves, the faVorite, because the afore-
said boolies overlooked a little mat
| Ter of class as opposed to speed. Calves
never saw the day he could beat a horse
| like Lord Stanhope when the latter
| was feeling good, and he certainly was
| right at home in the going and at the
| distance yesterday, while the weight
| arrangement made the race look like a
gift for Lord Stanhope after the
scratches were announced. Calves en-
couraged his hackers until after turn
| ing for home, when Lord StanhODe
mad his run and won as he pleased.
with Calves second and Captain Bur
nett third. Lord Stanhope showed for
| the first time this season that great
| form which as a tWo-year-oId made
Los Angeles pikers believe in him as a
| future great.
Piute won the opening venture. with
| Autocrat, held at a million to one to
win, second, and Likely Dieudonne
almost as worthless as Autocrat. third.
Prince Gal, on which Guy Burns had
| his first mount in weeks. was A con-
| tender until turning into the back
stretch, when he was thrown half wav
| over the fence and forced to pull up To
keep from railing. Some Stone turned
| the trick and threw himself out Of the
running at the same time. Empire F,x-
pedltlon failed to perform up to ex
| pectat1ons and figures and did not pet
a slice Of the purse.
j. II. Barr, which had shown suffi-
| clent form to win half a dozen races
OF the kind he was thrown in with yes
teruay mad a fine romp in gathering
| the big money in the Juvenile event anl1
at juicy odds. Just how he could be
| overlooked by the bookies and the
talent is beyond explanation, especially
since ne won just as he figured. Some
oOdy started a scare on G. H. Patten
which never had shown anything. and
ne was made the favorite, yet he ran
CONSISTENT race and finished just
Where he belOnge Charles
Fox was second and Hindoo Star was
third 90
c. w. Burt Receives Gift
c. w. Burt never found a softer spot
IN all his racing career than that into
Whlch ne was dropped yesterday. Not
one OF the three rivals Of the speedy
Thomas trick could warm him nm AMI
he loafed all the way from barrier to
wire, winning under a choking pull
and with ridiculous ease. The raca Tr1r
place by the sharpshooters and landed
II with some difficulty from Elizabeth
F., a cripple. Blue Bottle once a. race
morse, but now as near nothing as a
thoroughbred ever gets, was nowhere
Ot1lo, which had been running right
up amongst better ones all season. also
dropped into a Christmas present w1en
placed in the sixth race. This one had
no difficulty whatever in winning the
event from Homeless. another one of
the Henry "sleepers," which finished
second, and Uncle Henry, which was
third.
Kerry, also from the Henry stable
won the last race because he was best
and had no opposition Pinaud. held AZ
a price that always catches the niIer
finished second, while Sink Spring,
heavily played by the stable and
friends of the owner, was third. Shir
ley Rossmore and Auburndale. also
heavily played by the talent, refused
to get in the money, and the prices
offered on their chances were sufficient
to shoe off the wary ones.
Quite large crowd-one of the hest
Monday crowds of the season-was in
attendance and between races the
steps leading into the grand stand
We're crowded so greatly that the police
had to keep the passageways open.
-s- "-S---
THREE MEET DEATH-Three workmen
were sufocated to death at Manchester yes
terday as a result of a fire in a cheap
lodging house. Fifteen dodgers were taken
to a hospital suffering from the effects OF