Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-16
HANDICAP HORSES CARDED IN
SANTA ANITA FEATURE TODAY

r IMPROVED class is represented in
the Santa Anita card for this AFTER
u noon, and a real feature event once
more is found upon 1t. This feature
event will be a $500 purse race ate a
mile, and half dozen classy handicap
horses have accepted the issue. EdWln
Il. Fryer, Gowan, John Carroll, Norbitt
Old Timer and Prince Ahmed are
named as starters, and the conditlons
of the race let them in at low weights,
which assures an exciting contest ana
fast time. The mile probably will pc
run in 1888 or better, as the track is
deep in dust. This will not be the
only attractive event of the afternoon,
however, as the fifth and sixth races
will share the honors of the day with
it. Some of the best long-distance
horses at the track are engaged in thS
fifth, which is at nine furlongs. ana
several of the fastest sprinting platers
in the south are named to start in the
sixth. Unless scratches are numerous
in the latter race, there will be big
clement of luck necessary to help the
figures pick the winner Real racing
and good sport is the prospect for the
afternoon.
After the baby race the judges de-
cided that they did not like the per-
Torrance of Mary's Lamb. which
opened equal favorite with Silvia Fir,
the winner The Clopton juvenile ran
third, beaten a nose for the place by
Lady Paret. Since Silvia Fir was an
unknown quantity and proved a sur
prise to all except those VINO o nad
known of her sensational workouts.
those behind her can be excused Tor
not winning They could not turn the
trick and never had shown anything
that would justify the belief that ans
Of them ever can beat her. The threc
and a half furlongs were reeled off In
"a 3-5 seconds. which is exceptionally
fourth place, while Lady Paret was
just behind Silvia Fir, which broke
running in first place and never was
headed. Mary's Lamb was in third
place, a length behind Lady Paret at
the stretch turn and made up all TINS
length except a nose margin In the
run home. Notwithstanding all this,
the Judges have indefinitely suspended
Jockey Aubuchon for his ride. charg-
ing him with carelessness.
Mel Lawrence, one of the owners of
Silvia Fir, said last night that he
would bet $1,000 that there is not a
maiden at the track that can make
his speedy filly warm UP in race
won so handily yesterday. He offered
this proposition to S. A. Clopton. owner
of Mary's Lamb, whose race was crit
icised by the judges, and, of course,
Clopton very wisely refused to accept
the offer. Silvia is a daughter of The
Fog, also owned by Lawrence & Com
stock, and which was speed marvel
when in racing condition. She seems
to have inherited all this great speed
of her sire and looks like a f1lly of
good class.
Hen Berry is one of the most ac-
complished entertainers In the coun-
try and has been proving it since
Comiskey and his friends arrived In
Los Angeles. Hen can sing, dance, tell
a funny story. buy the drinks. beat
any of them at pool or billiards and
can suggest more original methods or
entertainment in a minute than his
guests could enjoy in month. He has
not permitted them to sleep more than
at brief intervals until last night, when
Comiskey broke away and went to bed
early. John Burns, John Agnew and