Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-29

nRIGHT skies and warm sunshine yes
X terday made good track and If old
Jupiter Pluv will keep his good be-
havior today and tomorrow, Jack Atkin
and Roseben will attract lovers of the thor
oWghbred to Santa Anita by the thousands.
This pair will meet in the Alhambra handi-
cap, six-furlong affair, with a $500 guar
anteed money value, and with a pasteboard
track, that now seems assured, there certainly
should be horse race. Both are certain
starters in the event Of a fast track as
Roseben arrived yesterday afternoon and now
is safely stabbed at the track. With sunshine
today and no dampness during the early
hours the track viii be fast this afternoon
and an excellent card should furnish the race
goers with the best sport in more than a
fortnight. Although it is Friday, and the
forerunner of stake day, a good card has
been arranged and definite form of all the
horses is known to the patrons. Good fields,
but not large ones, will face the barrier in
each event and good class is represented in
the card The fourth will be the feature
and it should furnish some lively doubts, as
all the starters in fine trim and are
matched. The fellow who can pick the win
ner should be able to retire afterward If he
has bankroll. The card balances nicely all
the way through.
The arrival of Roseben yesterday did not
create the sensation that his presence would
have stirred up a year ago. The adverse
legislation in New York last summer showed
so many good horses out to the coast this
winter that Roseben, great as he is and
has been, is accepted as a natural result
and while he will be quite a big drawing
card, he will not be such a sensation as he
would have been had Jack Atkin, Resti-
gouche, Chapultepec and a lot Of others of
high class remained in the winter barns in
preparation for spring engagements down
east. Frank Weir wants to ship his entire
stable here and has asked for six more
stalls, but the list IS so well filled now that
some shifting will have to be done to make
room for them. Notwithstanding this Rose
ben will stick around for the remainder of
the season, and local raeegoers will be graft
fed in the desire to see the big train in
racing action.
With such cracks as Roseben, Jack Atkin,
Chapultepec, Restigouche Far West and a
dozen other high class cracks racing at
Santa Anita the sport may be said to have
reached almost the limit. These horses rep
resent values of many thousand dollars and
they Justify it in their racing while local
racegoers are enthused at the spectacle of
metropolitan racing that they never would
have known had there been no Governor
Hughes.
The usual crowd of regulars was in at
tendance last night at Hen Berry's Hoffman
parlors to witness the game between David
son and Morse in the three cushion amateur
tournament. Morse had defeated VOORHEES,
and plays such a steady and brilliant game
that he looked upon as one of the hard
nuts to be cracked He played in his usual
brilliant form and seemed a sure winner
until after turning the 40-mark, when Da-
wilson showed form reversal and sprinted
sufficiently to get the verdict by the score
of so to AZ. It was nip and tuck all the
way, and nobody found occasion to become
weary at the length of time required in
playing out the game VOORHEES, and How
ard are on the schedule to play tonight.
and as Howard is looked upon as the most
dangerous man in the tournament having
won all his games thus far, this game ex-
cites unusual interest 1t will be started at
$3.50 o'clock.
Jockey MCGEE escaped luckily in a nasty
fall yesterday when Mark Antony II stumbled
to his knees at the stretch turn and unseated
him. At almost any other stage of the race
MCGEE would have been lucky to get away
with his life, but on the stretch turn where
the field spread out, he got off with only a
severe shaking up and will be able to ride