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J c to « jc ,, SI M ■■ s| the tl V n ■ C I h a a • g a I JOCKEY FISCHER TAKES A LITTLE NAP Gl Comes Near Losinq the Race on Arimo — W Charles Gates Couldnt Be Touted. Lns Angeles. Cal.. January 15. — A card of fair quality ami a sunny afternoon drew a large crowd pe Ascot Park. The track, owing to a heavy rain- fir storm in the morning, was heavy. Arimo won the ot most pretentious race of the day. the dash of one to to and one sixteenth miles, but through no help from tr jockey Fischer. The boy nearly threw it away. In to to the closing strides he permitted Levi Stanhope to fit flat steal up on the inside and run Arimo to a head. l j by Markie Mayer scored his second victory here in a sc. close tinish over a mediocre field. The betting was and ic spirited and heavy, with the books having a shade better of the days argument. el Charles W. Gates and party, consisting of Ort G Wells and Mr. Hopkins, vice-president of the l ia- m not mond Match Company, arrived today and will re- tl main for ten days. The party were guests of e: Colonel Lamlx-rt. occupying his loge in the grand- n stand. Mr. Gates was a frequent visitor to the In he letting ring and won several large bets. m Before leaving for the track today Mr. Gates was T accosted In the lobby of tiie Alexandria Hotel by an V W. apparent acquaintance from New York, who was II I; very effusive in his manner, saying: "I can do some ii In good for you here. Mr. Gates — in fact. I am in with play today that will win out your expenses. e Mr. Gates was equal to the emergency, thanked h the Samaritan for his kindly interest and brought 1; the ! audience to an abrupt ending by affably saying: li he "Very kind of you. but I made my expenses this t morning." t Jockey Gargan. under contract to Jim Curl, has I , disappeared. He Is supposed to have run away n , because Preston was given the mount on Common g v Sue yesterday. r
