Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-03
ATHLETICS
COLIN STAKES WILL BE RUN AT
SANTA ANITA THIS AFTERNOON
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HN HAT the racing season at santa
Anita park is drawing rapidly to
II a close is emphasized in the fact
that the final stake event of the season
is scheduled for this afternoon. The
Colin stakes, named in honor of the
great and unbeaten equine champion, is
the nearest approach to a big stake
event that the baby racers have run
this year. as it is at five furlongs and
is a valuable event. The main objec-
ton to juvenile stake events is that
they are so short that they hardly meet
the popular fancy regarding stakes. At
least three of the starters in this stake
event are classed as among the best
2-year-olds of the year, and one OF
them, Donau, holds a world record. II
a fast track prevails it looks as prob
able that another world record will be
brought to Santa Anita park.
Shortly before the horses went to the
post for the last race yesterday jim
Blute met Tom Stevens and began to
kid" him about his long distance rum
ner, Azo. Butte suggested that it would
be a good idea for Stevens to make
match race in which the route would
extend from Santa Anita to Kentucky
and back, saying that AZo might get
in running order by the time he entered
the home stretch of such race.
Stevens merely laughed and told Blute
to forget his old brute, Brancas, and
bet on AZo to win the heat. Butte ma
haed and bet on Brancas. Azo just
rolled home, after getting left at the
post, as usual.
Phil Chinn bet on John Carroll again
yesterday and when one questioned MS
Judgment, Chinn said: well, he owes
me lot of money, but l know he viii
4 nd 7 I'M
betting on him until he does win, when
1 may be rich man for my loyalty
Kids are especially urged by Hen
Berry to attend the ball game between
the Angels and the Beavers at Chutes
park this afternoon. Hen is very fond
of the kids, and delights in the noise
they make and the happy enthusiasm
they display at the games. He has re-
served the entire north bleachers for
them and every one of them under
twelve years old will be admitted free.
Hen originated kids day and Is proud
of it.
The attendance at the games this
week has been very good, considering
the counter attractions says Hen Ber-
ry. He is satisfied with the average
attendance and says that after the
races are ended the average will in
crease in a material degree. Every
loyal fan should wake up early enough
tomorrow morning to get to the game
out at Vernon and show the proper in
terest in continuous baseball thereby.
The Gerhard handicap, which will he
run this afternoon at Emeryville, is n
2-year-old affair and is worth S5050
gross, or about $4,000 net, to the winner.
This accounts for the trip of Schilling
to ride Flying Suirrel, instead of stay
ing here to ride Sir Ashton.
Alb Clopton was out yesterday, but
very weak and feverish. The old boy
looks real downhearted while sick, but
is so enamored of the sport of racing
that he cannot stay away from the
track all night at a time.
Dynamite Jack Thornby was fearful
that StoneY Lee was not ready to win
out the getaway stakes yesterday, and
did not do any plunging on his meal
tickets chances. This gay old bird
(both of them) will bear watching in
the remaining fourteen days of racing.
w. T. Anderson finally got Virlando
to the front at the wire and won a nice
package of gold certificates, but it was
a mighty narrow call for him. Only
the strenuous efforts of crack rider
like Howard could have kept Virlando's
head above water long enough to swim
home in front. 1t was Howard, not
Virlando, that won.
Fred Wahlhauser could not figure out
where Edwin T. Fryer had a chance to
lose yesterday, and it seemed, the way
the money was going in to back him
that nearly everybody else shared the
opinion with him. With Archibald uI
Edwin figured about forty pounds bet
ter than his last two or three races
and the wise boys cashed tickets after
the race was run.
It would be a graceful and very ap-