Evening star., 1937-02-28
Santa Anita
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Antonio Handicap, with his stable
mate. Gold Seeker, earning few more
dollars by finishing fourth. Two days
later Du Points Fairy Hill won the
$4,000 Santa Anita Derby. and then
Rosemont did his again today. The
fourth member of the string here Is
Manatella.
First Favorite to Win.
n OSEMONT is the first favorite
ever to win the handicap. A
horse Of great class, he is q real
champion as he proved in his victory
over Discovery in the Narragansett
Special last Fall. Many thought he
would have won last years Santa
Anita with stronger rider up.
He had that rider today in Richards.
whose victories in big stakes during
the last IL months seem uncanny
Harry didn't have a mount in the
handicap last year. having been
taken of Thursday at the last minute
in favor of the ill-starred Silvio
Coucci. 1t looks as though some one
made mistake.
Harry won 10th the Belmont and
Pimlico Futurities last Fall at Bel
mont with Pompoon. and at Pimlico
with Matey. In addition, he rode
Firethorn to victory over Granville
in the Suburban. took the United
States Hotel Stakes with Reaping Re-
ward and the Narragansett with Rose
mont, as well as a dozen other stakes.
He is not under contract to Rose
mont's owner, but was given the mount
at Narragansett last Fall because
Moose Peters. the stable jockey, hadn't
been doing at all well with the horse.
Richards did such a swell Job that
he was signed up for Rosemont In the
handicap.
Bad Weather Luck Evened.
CANTA ANITA has had bad luck
with the weather this season. but
the score was evened up this after
noon, Brilliant sunshine flooded the
place and created a beautiful spec
tacle.
Among the hundreds OF celebrities
in the huge throng were Gene Tunney,
former heavyweight champion: Her
bert Bayard Swope of New York, Eric
Pedley and Rube Williams the polo
players, and the usual collection Of
Whitneys. Vanderbilts and Du Points.
From the movie world came every
one but Baby Leroy and Mickey Mouse.
The latter was represented, however,
for Walt Disney, his creator, had q
grandstand box.
Some of the boys in the press box
who didn't have much else to do
polled the movie folks yesterday and
found that most of them were back
ing Rosemont and Chanceview. Ed
mund Lowe, the Sergt. Quirt of What
Price Glory" was the most stanch
OF the Rosemont hackers, while Al
Jolson and Joe z. Brown were the
Chanceview cheer leaders.
Brown had bet $50 across the board
the other day when his Barnsley won
at odds in excess of 20 to !, and quite
a bit Of those winnings went down
with Chanceview.
Warner Baxter Liked Chanceview.
WARNER BAXTER was another hot
chanceview supporter, while Pat
O'Brien was among the many who
backed Bert Baroni's entry Of Star
Shadow and Golden Eye.
As for the feminine contingent, Kay
Francis gives you an idea Of it. She
said she was backing Red Rain be-
cause that's her favorite color. The
press had no answer to that one.
One of the least ostentatious of the
movie folk was the elegant Adolphe
Menjou. He keeps away from the
club house and bets with the hoi
polloi on the mezzanine.
One Of the best laughs heard con-
corning the race involves the giant
Don Roberto, a California-bred horse
that finished sixth today. Last year
when Hal Price Headley's diversified
Whopper came here for the HaLdicap
after successful season at Miami,
some of the boys wisecracked that he
just came here to show Californians
what big horses they raise in Florida.
Well, this year California had an
adequate reply. for Don Roberto weighs
about , pounds less than . truck. He
Is bigger than Whopper In every way.
and tha*,s pretty he.