Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-09
HARRlGAN WINS
FEATURE EVENT
STEPS MILE IN 1925 IN
EASY FASHION
MERELY 5REEZEs AWAY FROM
GLoRIo' AND NoR5iTT,
Guy Fisher Reels of Six FurIongs In
1:11 As and Romps to Wire in
Front of Homecrest and
Bat Masterson
BIZ JAY DAVIDSON

Only three favorites won yesterday at
Santa Anita park, and they came
across in the last three races of the at
ternoon, after the long shots had show
cred on the talent In the preceding four
events. Probably the biggest surprise
of the day came in the fourth race,
when Guy Fisher romped home on the
bit in front of Homecrest and Bat Mas
terson by stepping the six furlongs In
I'LL 40. While he always had shown
high turn of speed, nothing like this
effort was expected of him. The same
may be said of Homecrest, which ran
the best race of his career behind
Fisher. Rey Hindoo stumbled as the
barrier was sprung and found the pace
too stif to overcome from such q big
handicap.
The withdrawal of Gowan from the
fifth race almost spoiled that event, as
only three starters were left in. Har-
rigan won the race from Glorio in a
mere romp in 1887 rs for the mile.
Glorio was heavily plunged on, but the
bookmakers were too afraid of Harri-
gan to take any unusual liberties with
him, and their judgment was yindicat-
ed in the race he ran. Norbitt could
not keep up. but was third because
there was nothing behind him.
Gerrymander finally came along and
won for Louie Calm, after almost
breaking him in previous starts. Ger
rymander got to the wire in front of
Force and Aunt Aggie. having nothing
much to beat, but despite that he won
he showed very plainly that he is far
from being the same horse that raced
SO prominently early in the season.
The shower of long shots started in
the opening race, which was won by
Firm Foot, which had not won a race
in two years previously. Butwell gave
this once great Splinter a perfect ride
and sent him to the front in the last
sixteenth, after working through the
bunch from poor start. Auburndale
got the place and Translucent showed.
Gene Wood, made favorite for some un-
accountable reason, had no excuses,
getting away In front and leading into
the stretch, where he quit like hound.
Howard performed remarkable feat
in beating Schilling away from the
barrier in the juvenile race, taking Me-
dallion to the front at the start and
booting him home in that position.
Schilling was second away with Kid
and stayed in that position to the last
fifty yards, where Kid slowed down and
took fifth place. Kid was made favor
ton as a post rider and his success
with baby racers. Infection placed
ahead of the fast coming Silvia Fir,
which showed.
The old popular favorite,I Critic.
which had been running in ordinary
form in the last two months. finally
rounded to his best form, and IL was
no horse race after the start in the
third. He winged out in front imme-
diately after the barrier arose and
stayed there galloping under the i'm
aginary line by a margin of nearly two
lengths. ST. Elmwood was second and
Pretension was third. The race was
run In good time, 1;24 3-5 for the seven
furlongs.
Alma Boy did not have much trouble
in winning the last race of the day
from Silver Line and Miss Ida. In
soft spot he took his time about going
to the front and saved his sprint for
the home stretch, which fact enabled
him to get down to the wire first
Proper made his temperance after a
long letup and was plunged on by
Stuart Polk and his friends, but stopped
to nothing after running prominently
for a mile.