Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08

& ELLING PLATERS will hold the
IN boards at Santa Anita this after
~ noon, partly because it is Blue
Monday and partly because track con-
ditions are such that owners of the real
high class horses will not bring them
out of the barns to earn the ordinary
purse offerings. Large fields will be
the rule, and horses that have estab-
llShed definite form in mud will go TO
the post. There are some good ones i'll
the overnights, such as G. w. Burt
Capt. Kennedy, Voorhees,, = Director
Chalfonte, Ethon, Sir Edward, Halket,
Tom McGrath, Lord Stanhope, Pick
| away, Anderson and a lot Of others in
this class Good sport should result
and in most of the events the weights
and class are so evenly matched that
close and exciting finishes seem as
sured. Horsemen generally appreciate
the cards that Secretary Smith is ar
ranging lately, because they enable
quite number Of horses to get a
chance at oat money that otherwise
would be unable to earn their expenses
for the season, From now until the end
| of the season races will be arranged
daily that will let in horses of high
and low class. and the owner who
winds up the winter season without
must have a bum bunch of racers.
The California handicap, which will
be the stake feature of the week, to be
run next Saturday, will cost the racing
association more money than any othe~
event of the season. 1t carries a guar
anteed value of $500. 1t had seventy
nominations at closing time, netting
$3.50; fifty-five were left in January L.
entailing another $25 penalty, or $1375;
about fifteen will go to the post if the
track is fast, each being charged 500
to start, or $500. This brings the total
receipts up to $4625, leaving a net loss
of $2875 for the association. The dis
tance will be one and a quarter miles,
and if a pasteboard track is had for
the running it is a big cinch that a
new world record will be made by the
winner.
The probable starters, in the event of
81 fast track, are as follows: Gowan,
Magazine, Vox Populi, John Carroll,
Arasee, Dorante, Car, King James,
Dandelion, Big Chief and Maltbie. In
the event of heavy going, the field will
come from the following: Pinkola. Mag
azine, Vox Populi, John Carrill, Arasee,
Dorantee, Montgomery, Frank FlittneT,
Old Timer, Miss Sain, Far West, Light
Wool, Orbicular, Big Chief and Malt
face the barrier to try for the largest
purse of the remaining days of the
winter season. The California handi-
cap is to Santa Anita what the Burns is
to the Oakland tracks and is one of the
few great and valuable stakes of the
winter season in America. 1t will be
the most valuable stake event ever run
on the coast, except the Burns han0i-
cap. Should racing be continued in
California this event will be of such
Importance. that it will be classed by
the turf historians as one of the few
rich stakes for which the thorough
lbreds run each year.
Only two overnight handicaps are on
the docket for this week, being the
Linda Vista handicap, worth $780, to be
run Thursday, and the Iona Alta
handicap, worth $780, to be run Satur-
day. The addition of an extra race to
the card each day requires an addi-
tional expenditure of $2400 a week by
the association, and owing to the con-
tinued rains, which cause horsemen to
overlook the handicaps, Handicapped
Smith decided to cut down the number.
Walter Little, lightweight of good
class and an equally good record in his
short career in the ring, has been in
town for six weeks in search for a
scrap. He wants to get a tryout local
ly, with view to future engagements
if he makes good, and inasmuch as he
has shown form in his eastern scraps
he should get on with some of the coast
boys. He prefers to scrap in the 12S-r
130-pound division
Nobody who desires to aid in ele-
waiting the turf will complain at the
action of the judges in invoking the
extreme penalty permitted under the
jockey club rules for fighting +hA