Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-12
REGULARS GET
ACTION ON COIN
AT RACE TRACK
JOCKEY BURNS WINS GREAT
RACE ON BURNETT
SLOPPY TRACKS DO NOT BOTHER
THE PROFESSIONALS
Santa Anita Card Is One of the Most
interesting Of Recent Days
and Mud Larks Have
1t All
RACING
BY JAY DAVIDSON


For a rainy day and the sloppiest
kind of a track Secretary Smith man
aged to scare up a pretty fair card as
the offering at Santa Anita yesterday,
and the regulars on hand had plenty
of action for their coin. Horses fancied
by the public had things their own
way in several events and the books
laid up nothing on the afternoons S
work.
Tony Bonero came to life suddenly in
a three-horse race, where Joe Madden
and FLEEING were the only other start
ers, and clearly demonstrated that he
can be reckoned with from now on.
Tony broke in front and not even Gold
STEMS presence in the saddle could
dull his speed. At the end the Fleisch-
man horse was leading as far as he
liked, and Joe Madden was not trou-
bled to be second.
Jockey Guy Burns showed Owner r.
F. Carman the error of his ways in the
fifth number, when he pilOted Captain
Burnett home by the clevereSt piece of
horSemanS. p seen at Santa Anita this
season. Burns was set down by Car
man some time ago for incompetency,
and Williams was substituted on the
Carman cracks to their great advant-
age. The way Burns handled Captain
Burnett made it look as though Car
Ian were biting his own nose to spite
his face and will doubtless result in
t Jockeys immediate resumption of
full riding powers.
The Captain Burnett race was. the
best of the day, and not until the last
jump was it all over. MerlingO was
thought to be the goods by the wise
ones, but not a horse out of the four
which went to the post was UnsuppOrt-
ed Monvina made the early running
with the rest in close pursuit. Turn
ing for home a blanket would have
covered the lot, so closely were they
punched. Lord Stanhope closed with
a rush from fourth place, and three
jumps out he looked to have the race
at his mercy. With almost superhu-
man effort Burns, on the Captain, got
his mount in front again and won by
a nod on the post. Monvina stuck and
gathered what was left of the purse.
Old Timer galloped to win the third
number on the card, but his victory
was not unexpected by public and wise
sports alike. Goldstein was up, and
for this reason a fair price was to be
had against the Pasadena stables can
didate. There was nothing to it but
Old Timer, which raced Lawton Wig
gins dizzy before the stretcn was
reached and came on to win by him
self. None of the others was equal to
the task of LawtOn Virgins, which
gathered the place coin from Mark
Antony II.
Great Heavens had nothing to beat
in the opening number, and galloped
to reward those following Schilling and
r. L. Thomas. Nothing got close
enough to menace Great Heavens at
any stage of the running, and the only
argument was between Piute and Fur
mace for the place, which the former
annexed.
Schilling's second winner came in
TIE baby race, when he guided Sureget
home ahead of the flock. Sureget
broke flying under the Jockeys alert
handling and was never in danger after
the barrier went up. Medallion, on
which a plunge developed, was good
enough for the second alley, while
Hindoo Star gathered the small change.
Lena Lech, starting for the first time
at Santa Anita, was made the medium
of some rapid shooting in the sixth
event, but could get nothing after Du-
gan got Chilla off in front. Lena closed
stoutly but was not good enough to
catch the one in front, which won hand
lily. AImena, with Powers aboard, was
third.
In the closing number Grover Baker
collected the money with McChord,
which had no trouble in beating the
much -thought-of Toupee. La Chata
surprised a bunch by sticking long
enough to show.