Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-17
PRINCE AHMED
WINS FEATURE
EASILY BEATS CLASSY FIELD
AT ONE MILE
OLD TIMER RUNS IMPROVED
RACE AND PLACES
MoIesey Annexes Honors in the Long
Event-Four Favorites Again De-
light Talent by Winning
Their Races
RACING
NY Jay DAVIDSON

Racegoers were treated to some
classy racing yesterday at santa ANITA
park, through a decidedly lmproFeu
card. compared with other offerings IN
the last week, being run off, and III
most cases form was strictly observed:
-Four favorites won for the talent ana
the outsiders to win brackets were mo-
held at extraordinarily long prices SO
that there really were no form re-
versals during the afternoon, Wheh
racing luck is taken into consideration.
The feature event was a mile race
between some classy handicap horses
Prince Ahmed, the odds-on faVorlte,
won easily from Old Timer. the pace
maker, after indulging the Pasadena
stable entry with the task or pace
making to the back stretch. Prince
was so much the best that he TOOK MS
time about going to the front, yet got
there before the field had gone two
thirds the distance From the moment
he landed in front Prince simply
romped, his great speed enabling him
to keep the lead to the wire W WI o,.S
urging. Old Timer held on gamely ana
beat Gowan for the place. me race
was run in / SO, which is fast time, con-
sidering track conditions
MoIesey annexed all the honors In
the long race and consistently beat q
fairly good field of overland racers. ne
was held at odds-on and was played
heavily at these prices. John Louis
also was plunged on and ENCOURAGED
his hackers for short time While he
was making the pace, but Molesey al
ways kept within striking distance, ana
when asked to so to the front he dlu
SO like flash and then eased down for
a gallon to the wire. John Louis got
the place from Snow Ball by ten
lengths, it being entirely a tWo-horse
race.
Rough-riding tactics again were IN
evidence during the running of the sew
enth race when Powers, on Strlngehcy;
the favorite, pulled over and bumped
John A. into Woolwinder, on the rail-,
almost putting the st. James candidate
over the fence and absolutely running
whatever chances it had of winning:
This bit of rough work was pulled OIL
on the back stretch, where all such
nasty doings usually occur. While at
tending to John a. and Woolwlnder'
Powers threw Stringency out of the
running and lost the race. john A. re-
covering and going into the stretch sec
ond to Likely Dieudonne, the pacemaK-
er. Stringency dropped back TO tourth
place and Woolwinder was next 10 Iasl'
In the run through the stretch John "A.
outfooted Likely Dieudonne and won
by nearly three lengths, Stringency be-
ing third, a nose behind Likely. some
of those who witnessed the tight hnlsh
between the second. third and fourth
horses thought that Star Thistle haa
finished second, and when the judges
did not place this one in the f1rst-three
division they made howl. The judges
paid about as much attention 10 the
rawlings as they ordinarily do, which Isl
very slight.
Calculations were very much upset
i'm the sixth when Free Knight the
Bear. an outsider in the betting, came
along and won from Fundamental and
Father Stafford with lots of daylight
between them. Rosslare and erosion
between which the general public dl-
vided it's attention, showed no speed az
all when real racing began, and retreu
to a far-away rosition in the also-rah
division.
Achieve. one of the few horses that
r r Carman retained when he sold
his stable a few days ago, had cake
walk in the third. winning all the way
by a good margin, going under the
wire four lengths in front Garlahd
was second and Bell of Brass third.
Uncle Walter, Shapdale and Sandpiper
got away in a mess and were not
straightened out until the field was on
its way, destroying all their chances.
Stairway won the opening race after
being heavily played by the talent, put
Iiddington, which also was held at
short odds because of a heavy play
bv the sharpshooting brigade, chased
him to a nose finish and almost got the
grapes. Sir Angus was third.
Form was we'll justified in the baby
race, which was won by Angerona in a
hard brush with Irma Lee, rank out
slider Brevite showed. Green Dragon
looked dangerous at the stretch turn
when second, but faded away IN the run
to the wire.