Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-19

4 FTER six years absence from the
/ u turf calendar the American derby
a is to be revived. This premier
/ stake event of the American turf died
when racing ceased to exist in Chicago,
/ but Curly Brown. promoter of the
Jacksonville race meeting, is seeking
/ to revive it and has offered a S5000
/ purse to be contested for next month.
/ The stakes will take the name of the
/ American derby and while it will not
have entries that class with the old
! time stake event, which attracted 10
900 people regularly to Washington
park, it will attract the best horses
that are in training this winter. High
class 3-year-olds in training this win
ter are so scarce that il IS remarka Bile.
but Brown expects TO have fairly
good class of horses AZ the barrier
when he springs the webbing THAI will
revive the historic stake, temporarily.
La Refine Hindoo. the crack filly that
the Oakwood stock farm people dsFel-
oped last season at Santa Anita and
took to the bushes last spring. Is now
owned by Dee Hammond. who claimed
her out of a selling race ~ Jackson
Vile a few days ago. She belonged
to w W. Finn, running i'll the name of
T. J. Crawford, who is training and
racing the Finn and Rice horses.
Crawford protested the claim, but was
turned down by the stewards.
Additional entries to the suburban
handicap received from Florida and the
coast run the total nominations to the
stake up to forty-seven. This is one of
the historic stake events of the Amer
lean turf and it will claim the flower
of the American thOrOughbredS next
summer.
Jack Atllin will not be sent after the
long distance stake events next season
down at New York, but will be a con-
tender in all the sprint stakes and
handicaps. He is at Jacksonville and
is being pointed for the early spring
handicaps.
Barney Schrieber, after taking sew
eral days in which to acquaint him
self with the methods of operating a
memory club, has cut in at Emery
vile and is laying odds on the ponies
once more.
Patrons of racing in California are
looking forward to the decision of the
state supreme court in the matter of
oral betting, which decision is expect
ed to be handed down this week. In
terest attaches to the decision because
its bearing upon the state racing stu
alton is most important. Many believe
it will be in line with the decisions
handed down in New York. but as
there is no way of telling what it will
be every must sit still and wait. If
it is along the lines of the New York
decision the future of racing in Cali
fornia seems assured, as the oral sys-
tenn will be accepted by bookmakers
and all others concerned as the only
substitute at this time for the old
bookmaking system.
Johnny Singleton, one of the old-time
jockeys, who rode with great success at
Salt Lake City last fall, has abandoned
the saddle and now is training a string
of horses at Juarez for the Lobby sta
5les, of which he is one of the owners.
Singleton is the rider who was caught
several pounds short Of weight when
Agreement, the horse owned by W. w.
Finn, track manager, was disqualified
in one of the nasty lightweight affairs
that were so common up there last fall.
Andy Goldsborough, formerly trainer
for Jack Benefits stable, will train a
public stable next season at New York.
He has left the employ of Bennett.
Cuba may enjoy another season of
racing in the spring, after the Florida
races close. Efforts are being made by
a few individuals to get horsemen to
ship over to the troublesome little isle
for the spring season, and several will
go. Racing viii not amount to much
in Cuba for a few years, until the peo-
pie get enough money to support the
game.
Albert. one of Americas noted stall
lions, died a few days ago at Hop
kinsville, Ky, at the age of 2S years.
Albert was the sire of many great mud
runners in recent years, being owned