Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-07
JOCKEY STIRS
UP JUDGES IRE
KENNEDY GETS IN TROUBLE
FOR POOR RIDE
Odds-on Favorlte Runs Remarkably
Slow Race and Presiding Steward
Puts Rider on Ground Pend
ing investigation
BY JAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Yesterday was a bad day for the
bookmakers and a fair day for the
talent, favorites and second choices
coping nearly all the first money Of
fered. Some surprises occurred and
one bad looking race was ridden. in
which J. H. Reed, an odds-on favorite,
was beaten handily by Ethel Day. This
race looked so bad that the judges inn
mediately placed Jockey Kennedy, who
rode j. H. Reed, under indefinite sus-
pension pending an investigation,
which was started by taking up the
sheets of the various books in the
ring.
Despite the short odds offered on J.
H. Reed there was q heavy play on
this one because it stood out as a good
thing. The average piker, however,
played Ethel Day at nice odds and
won. J. H. Reed failed to show the
speed he exhibited in his previous out,
when he gave Footpad an awful scare
and beat Bat Masterson and Ethel Day
with ease. Ethel Day went to the
front almost Immediately after the
barrier arose and stayed there to the
wire. ]. H. Reed closed stoutly, but
made up little ground until it was too
late, although laying second all the
way. Hi-Caul-Cap also put up rat
Ting finish and came from poor last
on the back stretch to third at the
wire.
The feature of the card was the
Wildfire handicap, so named in honor
of Lillian Russell who occupied box
in the grand stand during the after
noon. This event was at seven fur
longs and was won by Glorio, the
plunged-on favorite, in a mere gallop.
Glorio permitted Maltbie and Gowan
to set the pace in the last eighth,
when he moved up, and when Henry
leaders like shot and won going
away by nearly three lengths. Gowan
stuck for the place and Maltbie
showed Lillian Russell is said to have
bet enough to win $2500 on the result.
Liberto won the first race from
Orena in a tight fit at the wire, in
which Page and Rice had a desperate
fight for brackets. Orena came from
behind and seemed to be catching Lii
berto in the final jumps but Rice put
up a vigorous finish and landed Lii
berto in front by a whisker Benton
showed.
c. H. Patten made the baby race
look like a false break by dashing
away from the post fully on his stride
and taking up lead that could not be
overcome. Howard took excellent care
of him and hustled him along away
out in front all by himself, and when
he went under the wire he was mere
" cantering five or six lengths In the
lead. pulled almost to walk. Dom
avian, one of Barney Schrieber's good
ones, was second and Henderson was
third Henderson took a bump at
nearly everything within humping dis
tance and May Bride was thrown COM
pletely Out of the running and Mus
grave sustained painful injury to his
feet when Henderson knocked May into
the fence.
The third race turned up something
of a surprise in the victory of c. w.
Burt, which had not shown DISPOSE
ton to go more than the usual brief
sprint distances in the past. In with
a cheap bunch, however, he broke fly
ing and set them all dizzy in the first
half mile and then romped to the wire
all by himself. Buchanan was second
and pressed to hold the position from
the fast coming Friar of Elgin.
BeauClerc consistently won the mile
and a half race from ST. Ilario in fast
time He was a prohibitive favorte
formed decently and placed ahead Of
Ozanne.
Roy T. won a lucky race when he
beat Buckthorn in the last event at
six and a half furlongs. Howard sent
Buckthorn along in a winning way.
but the unruly brute insisted on
swerving all over the stretch and was
able to get only the place. although he
was running over everything at the
finish and would have won in another
Jump. Watiere showed and nearly all
the good things finished away back in
the ruck