Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
OCEAN PARK HANDICAP DRAWS OUT
CLASSY FIELD AT SANTA ANITA TODAY
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! N HIS will be one Saturday of the
Santa Anita racing season that
- no stake event will grace the
card, but in all other respects the Of
fering will measure up to the standard
of a holiday card. In the absence of a
stake feature, Secretary Smith has ar
ranged most attractive CARE of seven
events, including the Ocean Park han
dicap at one mile, and horses of high
class will contest for the honors. In
dications are favorable to a fast track,
| but in the event of rain, not one OF
| those named as starters will be out of
his element. John Carroll, Far West,
Orbicular, Vox Populi, Mark Antony IL,
| Tony Bonero and Green Seal make up
the field and at weights that will per-
nit each to do his best, a fast track
should enable the winner to do some
sensational time. Even the first race
is an attractive offering, being a sprint
at five and a half furlongs with Fay
! lor George, Halket Tom McGrath, De-
sirous, Grande Dame, Tony Faust,
| crackerjackS are in the third, also,
Rosegal and others entered. Some
which is at seven furlongs. Harrigan,
GOwan, Star Thistle, Valley Stream
and half a dozen others of fair class
will start. The entire card is attractive
and good sport will result, while the
lack of a stake feature will not be
noticed.
Kid Tex. a clever and hitting
! scrapper from Colorado, arrived last
evening in search of engagements,
! Freddie Corbett preferred. Tex is we'll
| known here, having fought Danny
! Webster to a standstill a few months
! ago, and his ring record is one that
he can point to with much pride. He
will find no difficulty in getting engage
ments, now that both fight clubs are
| going, and his name on the bill of fare
will not do it any harm, to say the
least.
Quale Bateman, pitcher and out
! fielder last season for the Milwaukee
! American association club, was sold
to Happy Hogans Vernon club yester-
| day and a valuable man was obtained
for the new club. Bateman won seven
in fifteen games pitched for Milwaukee
! last season and batted at .243, which
| is exceptionally good for a twirler
His fielding average was .942. He will
report to Hogan with the other players
| March 1.
Tickets for the baseball game to be
| played Sunday afternoon at the Chutes
for the benefit of the Elks' entertain
ment fund are going at a fast rate and
| already the financial success of the
event is assured. Hogan, who is cap
! tain and manager of the All-Stars,
requests his players to report at the
Chutes promptly, as the game will be
called at 1 o'clock.
Dave Leary, trainer for the Hildreth
stable is confined to his home with a
severe attack Of rheumatism. The
! bright sunshine and favorable weather
is expected to enable him to get out
again today, however.
! Will McDaniels, accounted one of
| the cleverest trainers of thoroughbred
in America, enjoyed a prosperous day
at the races yesterday. Among the
ones he supported in the betting was
Round and Round and he got a hand
some price for his investment. Nc
! Daniels trained Boundless for j. E.
| Cushing when that horse won the
American derby and always has had
charge of high-class strings Of horses.
George Rowe, brother of Charles E.
Rowe, owner and trainer of Colonial
Girl, winner of the $780, 900 Worlds Fair
handicap that was run at st. Louis in
| 1904, is daily visitor at Santa Anita
and is gathering a lot of moss. He had
an exceptionally good day at handi-
Gaping yesterday and backed Round