Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12

hLUE MONDAY has been put into
n history and the Santa Anita cards
N for the remaining five days Of this
week will increase in attractiveness
because Of increasing class that will
be found in the various events each
day. The card for this afternoon is
quite an Improvement over that which
entertained the crowds yesterday. In
fact, it is such great Improvement
that no comparison is permissible. This
is true despite that five of the six races
are selling affairs. Horses that have
more definite form, both on dry and
muddy tracks, are engaged and the
races appear materially more attractive
by reason thereof. When such horses
as Seymour Beutler, Notasulga, G. w.
Burt, Halket, Carthage, Harcourt,
Daruma, Pretension, King Of the Mist
and Oberon are running, the talent can
form some definite idea as to what to
expect at the wire. Notasulga was
such bear as q 2-year-old that only
the fact that she had to make her rae
ing debut the same year that Colin,
Uncle. Meelick and other great juve-
niles got into the turf guides kept her
from being regarded as a real winner
Now she Is running in selling races
although just entering upon her fourth
year. Scratches will be few today, as
the horses named to start were put in
the various events in the knowledge
th.,t the track would be muddy and the
rains last night assure that such will
be the case today, regardless of any
sunshine this forenoon.
Nobody but a professional crouch
will complain because of the rains.
Rain is needed and this is the rainy
season. Horsemen are delighted be-
cause the heavy track will give their
mudders an opportunity to pay their
expenses and the public is not dis
pleased because 1t will furnish q def
mite line upon the capabilities Of the
horses on muddy track. Opera cloaks
and ostrich plumes can be laid away
when the rains are so necessary and
of such little discomfort and dispIeas-
ure.
Young Corbett seems to be having a
hard time Of 1t down at New Orleans,
His scrap with Phil Brock, the return
match, was called off and Harry Ferns
was substituted. The scrap was set
for January IA, but has been post
poned until January "a He was
matched with Freddie Welsh, but the
club seems unable to make good with
its guarantee to Welsh and the match
probably will be called off.
Two oldtimers, Jockeys Bullman and
Booker, finished one-two in the baby
race yesterday, while the newcomers
had to finish behind them. These old
boys are in rare form now and the
kidlets who are Just blossoming forth
as new twinlSlers on the turf horizon
must look well to their laurels Bull
man is very popular with the race
going crowds Of Los Angeles and when
he won the baby race he was appIauded
heartily, even those who bet against
his mount joining in the ovation be-
cause they have a warm spot in their
hearts for this grand old man of the
saddle. May he win a thousand more
before taps is sounded next May.
Barney Oldfeld did not know at noon
yesterday whether he would go to the
races, but finally yielded to persuasion
and filled his car with a party of
friends whom he whizzed to the track
in time for the first race. He stood
around until the third race, when he
followed his custom Of always betting
on his namesake, Barney OIdfeld.
straight and show, putting on a ten
spot straight and show. He showed a
ticket after the race and called for a
net profit Of an even $500. It was a
profitable day for him, as he was TAX
ing rest from the cares and worries
of breaking records in auto races.
Jake Marklein, the Cincinnati