Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-18

MESS weather conditions mate
rally change from conditions in
prospect last night, normal track
conditions will prevail at Santa Anita
today, and while the going will not be
lightning fast it will hardly be slow,
and improved time should be made in
all the events, while the sport will be
greatly improved. An entire week OF
racing in mud and rain is quite suf-
f1cient for one time and racegoers will
welcome the clear skies and sunshine
and fast track that seemed probable
when the sun went down last evening.
A card of extraordinary attractiVeness
and class has been arranged by Sec
rotary Smith for today, despite that
it is blue Monday, wash day and sew
eral other things. Four of the six
fields will be unusually large, but the
fourth and fifth races will have small
fields, only four going in the fourth
and five in the fifth. The feature of
the card will be the fourth race, which
is a $500 condition event for 3-year-
olds and upward that are non-winners
of $4,000 at any time or of $500, selling
races excepted, since November 6. Big
Chief, Orbicular, Norbitt and Edwin
T. Fryer have qualified for the event,
and as it will be at a mile and prob
ably will be run over a good track,
fast time should be registered. Big
Chief has not shown good form this
season, but is a high class racer and
cost Tom Williams a pretty penny
last summer at New York, where he
was a stake winner. Orbicular is the
Texas horse that ran over Meelick first
out here and Norbitt and Edwin 7.
Fryer are horses of good class.
Anticipating typica1ly California
weather for this week, Secretary
Smith has exceeded all previous eff
forts in making up the book of events
for the entertainment of the public,
and has arranged races that should
bring out the best class of horses on
the coast every day. Beginning this
afternoon there will be one $500 con-
three overnight handicaps of value
from $500 to $500 and the Holland cup
preliminary trial for a $500 purse, in
addition to the Ventura handicap,
which will be the stake feature of the
week. Selling platers had the game
practically to themselves last week,
but it looks like the stake horses
would rule the roost this week, for
all of which the public will be duly
grateful.
Frisco turf writer's are discussing
the possibility of a match race be-
tween Gilbert Rose, the northern
2-year-old star, and Flying Squirrel,
king of the southern juveniles. This
is an annual pastime with them, but
the northern bunch never has been
able to show a juvenile good enough
to defeat the boss of the southern
division and probably will not be able
to do so this year. Flying Squirrel is
a great juvenile, but there is another
here that could give Gilbert Rose
something to attend to in race.
Donau has won every race in which
he has started this season, which is
three, and has won each race in diff
ferent going and in runaway fashion.
Jim Butte, trainer for William Gerst,
owner of DonaTI refused $4,000 for the
colt after it had won its second start.
Flying Squirrel, however, is a high
class colt by CesariOn-Katie w, and r.
L. Thomas, it's owner, would not listen
to an offer Of purchase for anything
within the bounds of reason. Henry
Mcdaniel, trainer for the stable, picked
Flying Squirrel out Of the bunch of
yearlings that the McGrathiana estab-
lishment shipped to Sheepshead Bay for
auction last September and bid to $1,000
before getting him. His judgment in
making the purchase has been fully
justified in every way since then. Fly
ing Squirrel has started only twice, but
has won both races in hollow style and
in fast time. He and Donau never
have met in a race, but probably will
do so when the baby stakes roll around.
Then there will be some horse racing.
The promoters Of the FL Paso race
meeting are talking very strongly of
extending sthe meeting thirty days at
the end Of the allotted sixty days of
racing, which will be February II. The
meeting has been such an unqualified
success in every way that the pro-
moters, Will Murray and Will Hollar,
feel justified in figuring upon a con-
tinuation Of this success and have in
dicated that the extension will be an
nounced shortly.
Billy Burk, manager Of the Briggs
Athletic club, Arcadia, will pull off an
other boxing show at the club at
Briggs park tomorrow night, when
three bouts will be staged. Danny
Murray of New York and Paul Sikora
of Detroit will furnish the main event