Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-15
DERBY CANDIDATES GET WORKOUT
IN SANTA ANITA FEATURE TODAY
NNa NaAzaa''a z1sz} - s'SSaFF S'Sa5aF

lH HERE will be no stake event 20
feature the card this week al
| Santa Anita. owing to the fact
that the Speed handicap is to be run
one week from today, but two handi-
caps are scheduled to give. the handi-
cap division of horses an opportunity
J to win their oats and at the same time
! get workouts for the Speed. This lat
ter event probably will be one of the
/ greatest events of the winter season on
the coast, owing to the fact that prac-
tlcally all the high class sprinters on
this side of the Rockies will be en-
gagged. All are eligible, and such as
Jack Atkin. Roseben, Chapultepec,
COtytto, Colonel Bob, Prince Ahmed,
Gowan, Smiley Corbett, Magazine, Gold
Heart, Colloquy, Jeanne dare Law
ton Virgins, King James, Restigouche,
Fitz Herbert, Rosegal, Adriuche, Miss
| Sain, Far West, Golden Pearl, Domi-
nus Aroi, Big Chief, Maltbie and Cen
! ter Shot are among the probable start
/ ers, and at least half of those named
will go to the post. 1t will make a field
that would be big card even at the
! New York tracks, and the $4,000 purse
! puts it on a par with the average Of
! stake events of the country at this
| time.
! With excellent prospects for a fast
track today, unless one of those sudden
transforms comes up, some good rae
ing should be witnessed by the Blue
MONDAY crowd of regulars at Santa.
Anita. Uncertain and suddenly chang
ing weather conditions for the past
month have discourag ged Secretary
Smith in his efforts at furnishing
classy racing every day. and he has
cut out few of the overnight handi-
caps that otherwise would appear IN
the books for this week. so that tbe
cara Tor today has no extraordinary
GNeHI 70 feature 1t. Notwithstanding
thls TACT, two or three of the racoe
Scheduled for this afternoon shouId
Iurnlsh Just as good sport as almost
any Ola handicap. The fourth race is
especially attractive, being another ono
OF lhoSe three-year-oId events that at
thls late time in the season. are looked
upon py owners of Derby candidates 2 :
workouts for the blue ribbon event or
IIie season, Which will be run March G.
11;...-,i'eg ilolzperg' Joe Madden, LaWton
lSs!nS, Gerrymander. Joe Gaitens
Falf Annie and Semproni make nm tbe
neld Tor this afternoon. and if tho
track is fast there will be some horses
racing when the field gets straightened
OUT Tor It's nine-furlong Journey t.
VIII De the first time these horses 1a,1s
oeeIi asked to go the distance. but Il
10 time Tor them to show what +boI,
@ cdh OF cannot do over a route if thew
a., ~ oe gwen any serious considera-
ZION over the Derby route. The hah1
race also should result in ano+ba,. ~
cltlhe race, as an improved class of
Juveniles is engaged. The third raca
M WI! cause the dopesters to scra tcb
IilelI headS long time before tho VII,
ller is inquired out, and the big field of
crack platers undoubtedly will do Some
the wire. "oiIier dnf
v;Si+ q L, :, Holland is enjoying his winter
VISIT In Los Angeles in a far erao to,,
9egree than ever before. as he recenfI1,
uecloed to get away from his booIr 60
IeaEe 1t entirely with Sammy Kor,1e. Setr'
Wnlle he associates with his friaI56s
talks OF the weather, Virginia reels 800; a+1G
ocnef more pleasant pastfmes than +h1,
VI keeping his weather eye open for IN .
p plhe!s ana plungers in the ring. Kor-
per Is making a success on the ioh ana
Holland is willing to leave if tn bi,,e an, -.
any emergency. -AA4 '4i
D. j. Walsh and wife are entertainino O.
the Iatter's sister, Miss Lizzie RusecfI
OF toronto, in their private box each
afternoon OF late. This is Miss Pms
sen ; nrst visit to Southern California
ana 1t is fortunate for her first ir1nres'
PERIOD was passing away and She is
aple to realize the truthfuIness Of ali
the stories Of perpetual sunshine and
everlasting summer down this wav
she left the sleet-bound northea e.
metropolis at time when sunshine ana
ia1r weather was at a premium. Her
brother is member of parliament and
one of the leading business men of
Canada. -
Judge Pomeroy, who has been
k1dded into almost a desperate state
OF mind in the last week by Harvey
| Woodruff, Chicago friend who is visit.
ing California at this time. because of
Pomeroy's murder-head tales of "orr
lovely climate which Woodruff found
TO be mostly a steady downpour of rain
upon slop-soaked soil, wired to Wood
run at Frisco last Saturday to Come
back. Our lovely weather has return
ed" Woody will get in today to give
Pomeroy one more chance to make
good.
quite an interesting and novel state
OF aftalrs was brought about Saturday
oy the odds offered to Mark Antony RI
as compared with the freak prices Of
tered against Fleming, which was