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I SANTA ANITA RACING IS FEATURELESS. Paradise Queen Proves Herself a Good Two-Year-Old — Diamond Fails His Supporters. l,os Angeles. Cal.. January Mb — Itacing here today was perfectly featureless, not even being punctuated with a run-up. With "Red Walker and J. P . Dunn at Oakland there is little likelihood of any bidding up of horses in the near future. Jockey Shilling drew a fine of $° from starter Dwyer today far misbehavior at tee post. He has been offending considerably lately and the fine was just. Twenty two books drew in again today but as usual fared badly. The layers of odds have been having a hard road to travel here thus far. in fact, never before in the history of southern California racing has the public selected so many horses which finished inside the money. This, in a measure, accounts for the somewhat stiff place and show odds posted. John Shields Hastings gelding. Diamond, was considered the best thing in his raee, but acted badly at the post, causing the field to lie held for nearly ten minutes before the starter eouid spring the barrier to let them go. Diamond broke with the others, ran in a contending position and finished resolutely, but was easily passed iu the stretch and finished unplaced. Christine A. won the fourth race after trailing the pace-making Bazil and Badly Ised to the stretch ami was the second favorite to reward the speculative public. One of the most exciting incidents of the afternoon was the close finish between Bazil and Badly Ised after running lapped throughout the mile and an eighth. Bazil was tiring iu the closing strides, but lasted long euouugh to save second place by a head. The third odds-oti favorite was returned the wiener when Barrel won the fifth race in commanding style. Laudable was an easy second, while the finish between the next three horses was close, only heads separating them. The withdrawal of La Oloriu and Martha Jane toft the first race an open affair from a speculative standpoint. Lady Vashti was made a lukewarm favorite, being smartly backed just before post time, bat when it came to the running of the race, was not good enough to overtake the horses which finished in front of her. She was off none too well, but closed up fast in the stretch run. Nouie Lucille made the pace at a fast clip, but tired sudenly and was nosed out for second place by Adoration. Succeed nas anotlier of the Texas horses at the track to join the winning list in taking down the purse. Paradise Queen had to be much the best of the juvenile racers which w.-ut to the post iu the second race. The Carman filly broke slowly aud was in close quarters until reaching the turn into the Stretch, when- G. Burns found an opening next to the inside rail, bringing his mount to the front with a rush to win going away. Joe Oaitens. a first starter, was prominent throughout and in a sharp last sixteenth drive, gamely outstayed the recent winner. Banthel, for second place. Frank Clancy essayed to set the pace, but tired in the closing drive. lackey Beetle Duaan was set down for three days yesterday for what the patrol judge called sharp practice. He cut across Magazine with Creston in the running of the fourth race when turning into the Stretch, causing O. Burns, on Magazine, to pull sp for an instant and. as the finish was of a sensational order, the interference might have cost his mount the race. Dugan was also reprimanded for his offense, but was permitted to ride out an engagement lie had made before the fine was imposed with W. L. Curl on Ben Stone, which won the last race.
