Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-25
ETHON IS BACK
IN BEST FORM
WINS SANTA ANITA FEATURE
IN A R0MP
STEPS SEVEN FURLoNGS IN FAST
TIME OF 1924 2-5
la Gloria Comes Back to the Races
and Toys with CLASSY Field in
Sprint, Doing Three-Quar-
ters in 1912 1-5
BY JAY DAVIDSON


Horses Of improved class. as compared
with those that performed at Santa Anita
the preceding day, entertained the usual
large crowd of regulars yesterday, and as
usually is the case when real race horses
running form was very Wen oDseVe9
Throughout the afternoon, favorites ana
heavily PLAYED seconds and third cnolces
sweeping the card. In the absence OF
handicap the fourth race furnished the feat
ure event of the days sport, Ethon winning
handily according to his class, by beating
Adriuche and Ida May at seven furlongs IN
the excellent time of IA 20.
Ethon probably would have won just as
easily had Adriuche had clear sailing as ne
never was fully extended, but the classy
filly from the MaeManus barns had stormy
Journey and had to show her best class 70
get the place from Ida May. The helo
broke nicely and almost together, so closely
buncbed that four different horses had their
noses in front before Ethon could get up and
take the lead the back stretch. Hasy
Agnes was first to catch the oHlclal eye
after the start, but quickly surrendered nrst
place to the speedy gutter, Capt. Kennedy.
He in turn, gave way to Fleming at the
half and then Ida May got her snout out
sn the lead. Then along came htnIn tI
speedily working his way through the
bunch, and when the field turned. into the
stretch he was two lengths to the gooa
with Adriuche half length back OF 1oA
Nav which was second.
They chased down the stretch in this or
der until near the paddock entrance, when
Adriuche passed Ida May and sailed out
after Ethon which was running easily on
the rail in front Adriuche closed with a
grand burst of speed and was less than
length behind Ethon when the Pasadena
stable candidate passed under the wire Ida
May was six lengths back in thlrd place
The race was so stiff that the quartet
behind were dzzy/when they finished
La Gloria, which recently sustained an in
Jury which caused her owners to turn her
out, and which was brought back to the
races as soon as she could stand up because
of the passage of the anti-racing bill at
Sacramento, had easy time of it when
she broke in front and romped all the way
to the wire for the purse in the third race
She showed all her old time speed and cour-
age and was not extended to win by two
lengths in 1:12 is for the six furlongs Z.
W. Burt was second and Hazelthorpe was
third
Great Heavens Hamper and Homecrest
justified figures by finishing in this order IN
the first race. Hamper might have won had
he had clear sailing in the final sixteenth,
but he was on the rail and Homecrest was
crowding him a bit when Great Heavens
passed both of them.
County Clerk, making his first start of the
season here. caused the pikers to smile
shamefully when he won the fifth race very
easily. and they realized that they had
overlooked about the best thing Of the
meeting However, Owner r. L. Thomas did
not think any too well of his chances as a
first-outer and permitted the price to go
soaring away up in the clouds without so
much as formal bet on his horse. Day
Star was second and King of the Mist was
third.
Progress was heavily overlaid in the ring
when betting began for the last race, at
mile Progress looked like a good thing, in
view of his great speed, his cheap company
and the distance. Progress went to the
front at the start and necer was headed,
winning in a common romp from Niblick,
which never could get up closer than sec
ond. Pickaway was third.
Evados won the maiden race. beating
Chaplet, the false favorite, and Sir Angus.
Evados was Schillings fourth victory dur
ing the afternoon. Mike Molett the
juvenile event, do most of Schilling's
mounts Sporting Life being second and Del
mas third.