Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-23
LADY IRMA IS
CRACK MUDDER
GALLOPS AWAY FROM FIELD
IN SECOND
JOHN A WINS LUCKY RACE FROM
LAYTON WIeGINs
Barney oIdfieId Comes Rioht Back for
Brackets and Justifies Confidence
Of His 7ackers-chippewa
Is Disappointment
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Ihere was little to feature the card
yesterday at Santa Anita. although
ralr class of selling platers held the
boards and performed with much co,,-
Slstehcy, considering the going and tha
lack OF real class to the various ever+e
nduy lrna, the sensationally fast flIv
tnat has been winning almost ever,
start thls season, fairly galloped awa.y
from her field and won the second
race Dy SIX lengths, after leading All
the way. Maid of Gotham showed S,,r-
prising Improvement in the eoino old
nIlshed second, beating ProcIa by two
lengths. Annie Wells tried to keen
up, but was run dizzy in the first
naI I ana retired gracefully after turn
ing Tor home. There was nothing else
III the race of any Importance.
Jonn a won a lucky race from Law
ton Virgins in the opener. when he
was given the verdict by a head. The
Iexas bunch went to him to a man and
the close finish was heartbreaker fc.
the DOok1es, but LaWton Virgins was
pest and Archibald should have won
he thought he had first place cinched
py haIf length, as he said after
wards, out the judges failed to notice
any such margin of advantage and
placed John A first. Osorine set the
early pace, but quit, as usual. and
Galta showed
Barney Oldfield had no unruly bar
rler to scare him to death in the third
anu ne came right back and won easily
from Earl Rogers and Orifamb. He
was oVerlaid in the ring on his previous
showing, but the talent generally went
70 his support and backed him down.
Orlhamb looked all over a winner at
the stretch turn, where he showed in
tront, but Barney was just beginning
70 make his run and it was a breeze
Lor MIN to get to the wire in front.
Earl Rogers got the show money from
Taunt with comparative ease Tiin
OIoole got away nicely and led half
m1Ie but quit to sixth place when
ne was given humping on the back
stretch and had to make a second
sprint. He got up nicely to fifth place.
but was unable to get inside the
money.
Chippewa was the sure thing in the
fourth, but after getting away nicely
ana leading to the stretch turn, ne
quit as II short of work and was lucky
to be third at the payoff station. Sum-
mer Cloud showed natural Improvement
and won easily from Tavora, which also
showed Improvement over previous per-
formances.
Donald Macdonald was the second
winner of the day for Phil Chinn and
was we'll supported, being backed into
faVor1tism at post time. Schilling took
MN away nicely and kept him running
along in front by a safe margin until
turning for home, when he was al
lowed to sprint away from his field and
win by four lengths. Josie S, after a
stormy journey, got up in time to
place ahead Of Little Flush, another
outsider, and Josie brought lots of joy
to the hearts of a small army of pix
ers who backed her with their shower
of dollars until the bookmakers were
dizzy from looking at the eagle birds.
All the others ran where they be-
longed.
Light Comedy, a joke heretofore, out
gained Joseph K at the wire and got
the verdict by a nose when the num-
bers went UP for the 1923 horses in the
last race. Virlando got away nicely
and led into the stretch, but could not
hold her speed. Tammany Hall, tile
soOd thing, held down the place to
the stretch, but quit when Virlando
curled up. Francis Joseph, a speedy
maiden from the Schrieber barns, got
the show money from Evados