Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-07
MONTGOMERY IS
WINNER OF CUP
NOSES OUT NADZU IN FINAL
EIGHTH
STEPS LONG DISTANCE IN FAST
TIME IN MUD
Gerst Entry, Donau and Sureget, Fin
ish One=TWo in Juvenile Event.
Cottyto Fails to Make Good
in Betting Coup
By JAY DAVIDSON

BIZ JAY DAVIDSON
The feature of a classy card yester-
day at Santa Anita was the Holland
cup race at two and a quarter miles,
which was won by Montgomery in a
driving finish with Nadzu in the re-
markable time of 3:5S 3-5. Owing to
the long distance of the event and the
heavy going it might be truthfully said
that there was no form to the race. 1t
was the first race of the season at the
distance and even the wise spectators
were bit at sea when it came to
figuring the form of the race.
Sam Hildreth, who had been dis
appointed half a dozen times this sea-
son because Montgomery had shown
no form on a fast track, took another
chance with his $4,000 beauty by
Withdrawing King James and leaving
Montgomery as his sole candidate for
the handsome cup and rich prize. If
Montgomery had failed him again it
might have gone badly with the err
ratio son of Pessara. Hildreth, how
ever, refused to injure the future of
King James this season by starting
him in the event in the heavy going
and verified his judgment when Mont
gomery won rather handily from
Nadzu, which H. Guy Bedwel brought
from Emeryville to win the race.
Czar toob up the early running and
made the pace on sufferance until An
linus, the favored one, went to the
front. Car was in the lead until the
field had passed the grandstand, after
completing the first half of the jour-
ney Montgomery was leisurely taken
away from the post and as leisurely
sent up with the leaders. When the
field finished the first journey around
the track Car was in front, with
Montgomery second and Animus third.
On the back stretch Animus went to
the front and Montgomery, under re-
straint. dropped into the place. They
entered the stretch with Animus a
length ahead of Montgomery, Car
third and Nadzu fourth.
Down the stretch they thundered
and in the final eighth Animus gave
up the ghost in favor of Montgomery
and Nadzu. This pair entered into a
hard drive in the final jumps and
Montgomery finished the stronger,
getting the verdict by an official head,
although winning easier. Nadzu was
second, nearly length ahead of Ami
mus. Car quit to fourth, with Mil
ford fifth. Big Bow, the horse that
President Tom Williams bought last
winter to win the Thornton stakes,
never showed any speed and was no
better than seventh at any time
The world record for the distance is
S:491 1-5, made by Ethelbert over
pasteboard track. so the time made by
Montgomery, $685., is considered
remarkably good, as the track was
ankle deep in mud and the race was
run in a misting rain. 1t indicates
that a new world record would have
been set had the race been run over
fast track
Old Timer Is Beaten
Mark Antony II brought much ioy to
the pikers when he won the secondary
feature, the third race, at one mile in
1:40 2-5. Old Timer was the popular
choice. because of his recent good races
and the going, but he probably was
poorly handled and his run was made
too late. He finished beautifully, but
lacked head at the wire, overcoming
the long lead that Mark Antony II
had established at the stretch turn.
Tony Bonero, which was c classy mud
der two years ago at Ascot, was third,
but could not give the leaders much
of an argument, although in his favor
ite going.
Sir Alvescot which had shown good
enough class in recent outs to justify
the pikers in taking a chance on him
at long Odds easily won the opener
from Enfield by coming from behind
for head finish in a manner that in
dicated that he could have won by a.
greater margin had he been urged.
Cotytto. which had been shipped down
from Emeryville in the last week, was
made favorite because she had beaten
better horses at Emeryville. and was
plunged on heavily, but could do no
better than sixth. Reformation, a very
consistent platter, got the show money.
The Gerst entry, Donau and Sureget,
finished one, two in the juvenile event,
just exactly as they figured to do, and
the talent picked up some good change
on the formful running of this pair.
Virgie Casse was made favorite on sus-
piclon, 1t was supposed, as she had done
nothing at all to warrant the honor
and she ran one of her best races when
she finished third. None of the others.
however, figured to be contenders, and
1t looked like three-horse race, just
as they finished
Another formful race was run when
Guy Fisher beat Melton Cloth all the
way in the fifth race. French Cook got
the show money, which rewarded n
small army of spectators that had
wagered on the st. James stable can
didate. Calves beat Niblick and Prog
ress without any difficulty in the sixth
race and again form triumphed. The
None of the others had a look-in with
this bunch. Little Flush finally an
nexed brackets when he won the last
race from Some Stone and Chilla. Lit
tie Flush was much the best and easily
got the decision, having three lengths
to spare at the wire. This trio carried
the bulk of public money.
Despite the rain and the marring eff
feet Of heavy track, the usual crowd
of about 5000 persons attended the
races and the grand stand and ring
were well crowded. The twenty-five
books had all they could do to handle
the change, and the talent got away
with better than an even break on the
day. Another striking example of the
triumph of form over suspicion was
furnished in the fact that although
three favorites won, two other winners.
Sir Alvescot and Mark Antony II. fig
ured so much the best of their fields
that only the bone-headed pricemaking
in the ring marred the average of Win
ming favorites.