Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-20
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Q tice at the three-cushion style of play
[ know for l tried him out yesterday
! Whether he intends getting into the
world championship race is not known,
| but when he extends himself he is Of
championship caliber. No, l did not
| lose. except when 1 pulled to keep him
| from losing two bottles of sparkle
/ water but Jim outclasses a lot Of those
/ who are playing higher up.
/ Andy johnson, deputy county clerk
of Alameda county, Paul <ellog, for
mer army officer and Harry Edwards
Of Oakland are visiting in the city.
Hen Berry returned yesterday from
, Bakersfield, where he and his brothers
have been investigating their oil well
business. Hen acquired a bad cold on
the trip and hardly is able to talk, but
as he stayed at home all yesterday,
he probably will be fine and dandy
today. Clarence Berry arrived yester-
day also.
They have a new way Of dealing
with form reversals down at Jackson
VILE. When such clever sprinters as
Lady Irma, La Gloria. Ethon and Tom
MCGrath fail to run to form, they usu-
ally are left at the post and that gets
them on the schooling list. All those
named are on the list now for refusing
to break when the odds We're no bet
ter than to o. Could hardly blame an
intelligent horse for refusing to run
at such odds.
Rocky O'Brien, the crack 2-year-old
that conductor jack MacManuS took
east with him last spring, is Winterlng
at Belmont park under the Watchful
eve of Trainer Kim Patterson. Re
IL, "A
chesnut colt is doing finely and will
be ready to beat all of them in the
3-year-od events Of the next metropo-
Titan season
All local racegoers will recall old
Won Tromp, the Keene castoff that
made Billy Mckinney famous. He now
is standing in the w. B. Jennings stud
upstate and is regarded as one of the
most desirable sires of the day.
The death last week of Capt. John
Hackett, which occurred at Eel Paso, is
a distinct loss to the turf of the west
Capt. Hackett was a very wealthy man,
a thoroughbred sportsman and pillar
of strength to turf interests west of
the Missouri. He owned large block
of stock in the Utah Jockey club, which
operates the race meetings at Buena
Vista park, near Salt Lake City, and
was a prominent breeder, in addition
to owning a string of eleven race
horses. Yuba, a 3-year-old of great
speed and good class, was the star of
his racing string. He died suddenly of
heart disease and was buried at San
Francisco.
Those Darktown fight fans who were
game enough, rather foolhardy enough,
to take even money for their wagers
on Jim Cameron to beat Mexican Pete
last Tuesday night pulled down lot
of money-more than one would i'm
agine. They now think Cameron is
the only fighter who has chance of
whipping Sam Langford.
Jack Gleason and Tex Richard are
the premier press agents of the age.
They even have Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien skinned to a frazzle. All this
buncOmbe about the location Of the JEFF
f. r-Johnson fight is being gulped
down as the real stuff all genuine.
but when all Is said and done it will
resolve into thin air and Gleason and
Ricl1ard will say, in loving harmony,
that the fight will be pulled off in
Frisco. It takes a smart man to get
a governor into a press agent stunt
and Gleason and Rickard are giving
the big fight the kind of publicity that
means dollars at the box office.