Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-14
REALT TO GOSSIP
By Jay Davidson

to find the desired big game, he went
after birds. one morning, before he
had fired a shot and while he was
telling everybody what an expert he
was with the scattergun, he tried to
show them his new shoot stick. Think
ing it was unloaded, he carelessly
pulled both triggers and tore away
half of a small barber shop, soaring
himself half to death and causing the
barber and his patrons to hit the trail
up the mountain side. When it was
all over, the barber borrowed a rifle
and went on a still hunt for Hap, but
the baseball general already had heard
Of the threats and was half way to
Los Angeles before the barber came
out of his mountain retreat.
Reports from Jacksonville. where
warrants were issued several days ago
five bOolmakers for violations of the
gambling laws of the state in
making book at the Moncrief park
meeting, are to the effect that these
cases will be pressed to early trial in
April, with a view to testing the
bOokmaking act, but the officers say
that they will not further interfere
with the meeting, as these cases will
furnish the proper test desired.
Starter Dick Dryer who has been
appointed manager of the Salt Lake
city meeting that begins in May. was
stalled at Battle Mountain. New, on
his trip to the Mormon capital to look
after racing interests, and refused to
go around via Portland so he went
back TO Frisco. and will stay there
until the railroads can carry him
through, 1t is a bunch for him not
to permit himself to be made the fall
guy as figurehead manager of that
meeting, under direction of Finn, who
will stay in the background.
Early Wright has shipped Hamper,
Roy II. and Cool to Arcadia to be
rested up for the summer bush cam
paign. Wright probably will take in
the northwestern circuit if parliament
does not do away with bookmaking.
At the Phil Chinn dispersal sale at
Jacksonville a few days ago Great
Heavens, which ran it's first race as a
2-year-old at Santa Anita, brought top
price at $780, Jack Parker was sold
for $4,000, Guy Fisher for $2400. Dixie
Knight $2400, Lady Irma 5000 and
John Carroll $1100. The string of
twenty-five horses brought $3S, 100,
rather good money in these trouble
some turf llilleS. CnlIll is EOIuS 10
France as trainer for nobility
1t will be good news to racing patrons
that Boggs, which was so i'll a few
days ago that it was believed he never
would race again, has fully recovered
and will be raced again, although Ham
Keene will turn him out until mid
summer or early fall. He has lost $50
pounds in weight, but is picking up
fast.
Walter Miller has sailed for Ger
many, where he will ride this year for
Baron Heuschall. Miller weighed 12S
pounds with his clothes on when.~he
sailed and expects to be able to do 1l2
pounds with ease. Joe Notter. who
is under some sort of agreement not
to ride in Germany again for a long
time, will remain in America this year,
and probably will do some riding for
j. r. Keene. He can do lis pounds
The American turf lost another
classy race horse few days ago when
Patsy, winner of several handicap
events at Jacksonville during the win
ter, died of pneumonia He was the
star of the classy horses at Moncrief
park.