Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-05
ATHLETICS

| ~ ECRETARY SMITH has dished up
IN an attractive card for the amuse-
~ ment of the race-going public this
afternoon at Santa Anita, and those
who attend will find no difficulty In
ENJOYING themselves If they are search
| ing for good sport and exciting racing.
| AT least three of the races will be un-
usually fine guessing contests because
| of the good class involved and the per-
| lection of conditions which make the
weight arrangement bring all the real
contenders rather close together at the
wire. Unless / miss my guess, there
will be some heartbreaking finishes this
| afternoon, and the judges will nave a
ticklish job in untangling the first three
in more than one race. The fourth race
will be the feature and should result in
some high class sport. Such speed
! marvels as Prince Ahmed, Rialto, Lady
Irma and Green Seal will hook up for
a dash at six and half furlongs, ana
| the winner seems doomed to the neces-
sity of lowering all records when he
goes under the wire. The third race
will be no SLOUGH affair, as Adriuche,
Ida May and Hasty Agnes are in at
weights which assure a hot contest
all the way, with the result undoubted-
| iy enshrouded in doubt until the judges
hang out the numbers. All the other
events are as nicely balanced, and as
good betting propositions always make
great interest in any contest, the card
for today very properly can be classed
as unusually attractive.
George Oxnard can pat himself on
| the back and congratulate himser at
his easy escape from severe penalty
| for his conduct Wednesday in CRITICS
! ing the judges in a stump speech near
| 81 I'D CT dealt
leniently with him when he was called
before them yesterday, and after hear
! ing his apology, which he offered in lieu
of defense OF his conduct, they hne6
| him $500. This is tempering justice
with mercy, and while the judges are
to be commended for their leniency in
such an aggravated case, 1t must be
| said that they also earned a lot of APP
plause for handling a case wherein an
| insult to themselves was disposed OF
| with such slight penalty. The penalty
| does not fit the case by any manner oil
reasoning, as the insult to the race
track judiciary seemed deliberate and
decidedly definite, and nobody would
| have murmured IL Oxnard had been
ruled off for his unseemly conduct; but
mercy always is more appropriate than
a literal enforcement of the law. and
once again 1t is necessary only to say
that Oxnard certainly was born under
a lucky star
| About 400 fans went out to Arcadia
| last night to attend the boxing show
| at the White City Athletic club, and
| they received full value for their mon
| ey. Two of the three bouts ended with
| knockouts in the second round, and the
| other was a four-round draw after a
whirlwind fight. Danny Cullen of Los
| Angeles knocked out Jesse Patrick, a
negro, in the second round of ten
round main event, and Cullen hit Pat
rick so hard when he put him away
that it was feared he had killed the
negro until he came around and opened
his eyes Young Eddie Hanlon of Pas
adena knocked out Harold oswald In
the second round of a scheduled six
| round semi-windup, and Eddie smith
| and Kid Sweeney opened the show with
a four-round draw.
Handicapped Hancock of the Pacific
Athletic club has arranged cracker
| lack card for next Tuesday night at
Maud Junction. Harry Baker and AID
Wolgast will furnish the main event at
ten rounds and will be preceded by the
following preliminary Offering: frankie
Sullivan VS.. Young Turner, ten rounds
at 122 pounds; Walter Fisher VS.. Ches-
| ter Moss six rounds: Young Cleveland
VS.. Kid Murray, four rounds, and one
other four-round bout yet to be ar
ranged. This will furnish thirty-four
rounds of fighting and all the scrappers
are boys of good class.
News of the reinstatement of
Cricket Kelly, which came wednesday
afternoon, was confirmed yesterday by
official notification from the PACING
Jockey club that his license would be