Evening star., 1939-03-04
Any One Of 10 Horses
Can Score Without
Amazing Experts
Fair Weather and Crowd
Of $4,000 Promised
For 100000 Race
BY ROBERT MYERS,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

LOS ANGELES, March 4.-The
Santa Anita Handicap took complete
control of the sports public here to-
day as the Los Angeles Turf club
prepared to run off the fifth edition
of its colorful 100000 horse race.
Special trains and planes from dis
tant points rolled in with fans to
augment the local army of turf en-
thusiasts, and speculation on the
! outcome of the cap was split up
in some l8 directions, that being the
number of candidates slated to go
postWard in the ll4-mile event.
Cheered by careful predictions of
cool, fair weather, the crowds
trooped into flower -splotched Santa
Anita Park, spraWled out in lavish
elegance at the foot of the hazy
blue San Gabriel Mountains.
Field of Is Expected.
Post time scratches were expected
to cut the field to Is, depending upon
the condition of the track, and so
close were the contenders rated that
little surprise would result if one of
no less than 10 horses captured the
rich purse-and little more astonish-
ment if one of the decided long
shots came in to win.
The two stand-out horses, if such
they could be called. were C. S.
Howards Kayak II, the flashy a.
year-old from the Argentine and
second hope of the Howard Stable
to win race previously dominated
by the mighty, but now ailing Sea-
biscuit, and Townsend B. Martins
Cravat, 4year-old son of Sickle.
Like Stagehand, another famous
offspring of Sickle, Cravat went into
the fray feared for his stretch run
ming ability.
Cravat, with Jockey Alfred Rob-
ertson aboard, drew the No. IL post
position, and Kayak II, ridden by
Johnny Adams, was on the outside.
Handicappers found it difficult to
rate the rest of the field, admitting
that Nelson Howard's Gosum, fourth
in the handicap last year; Neil Nc
Carthys 7-year-old Today, a pair
OF pacesetters like Specify or Which,
Gee, the filly,. Jacola; Alfred G.. VAN
derbilt's Heefy or Sorteado, Kayaks
stablemate from the Argentine,
easily might upset the best of CAL
culations.
Film Colony Well Represented.
The motion picture colony was
we'll represented in the field, with
Executive Louis B. Mayors Main
Man and Quick Devil named to go:
Director Raoul Walsh's French-bred
FreXo and Olimpo, the mudder sent
in by Bing Crosby and his racing
partner, Lin Howard,
Mrs Emil Denemark colors
rested on War Minstrel, or Melo-
dist, Fred Turner, jr.. of Texas
named Congressman. Mrs. Parker
Corning had Thanksgiving and the
kozlnsky brothers of Los Angeles
prayed for mud for their Argentine,
Amor Bruo.
Experts predicted that if the strip
turned muddy. Gosum, Congress-
man and Main Man would stay in
their barns; if the track came up
fast. Olin.po, Melodist and Amor
Brujo would be scratched
Track officials expected a crowd
of around 10000 but were not opti-
mlstic about it surprising the re-
cord $1,000 of year ago.
The purse to the winner, provided
1S accepted the issue, was set at
S92,600, with $4,000, $4,000 and
$4,000 going to the next three fin
ishers. The winning trainer gets
1000 from the turf club.
Post time for the big race was set
for Alp pm. tP. S. t., and soon
thereafter another name will be
added to a roll that lists Azucar.
Top Row. Rosemont and Stagehand
as previous winners of the Golden
Gallop"