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RECORDS AT SANTA ANITA. VOX POPULI DEFEATS. STANLEY FAY AND BREAKS MILE AND AN EIGHTH TIME. I Fitz Herbert Wins the Garvanza Handicap and Ties - i the Mile Record Colloquy Also i . .i in the List. 17 Los Angeles. Cal.. December 10. The racing here today was Tepletc with sensational circumstances, the most salient of which was the breaking of the American record for one and one-eighth miles by Vox Populi, the whirlwind son of Voter, which covered the distance in 1:50. This time is three-tifths of a second faster than that made by Charles Ed-wavd and Green Seal, which held the record co-jointly. In the second race Colloquy equaled the American record of 1:05 for five and one-half furlongs which was made by Fern L, at Seattle last August. Then Fitz Herbert ran a mile in time that tied the track record. The disqualification of Waterbury in the second race was just. He crossed over and interfered with Gemmell opposite the final sixteenth post. Jockey Howard, who rode him. was fined 200 and given a severe reprimand. H. Smith has been reinstated and is under contract to Lynch and Savage. Twenty-six books drew in today, which equals the heaviest draw-in of last year. The sport is gradually reaching its height, which is evidenced by the increased crowds and the larger number of books that arc doing business. Stanley Fays defeat was probably owing to the fact that Shilling had to take him around Green Seal just lK!fore entering the stretch, losing ground at a critical stage of the race. He finished with rare courage and would have won in a few more strides. . Fitz Herbert bad little trouble in annexing the Garvanza Handicap to Sam Hildreths long list of winnings. He was not called on until turning for home, where ho easily overhauled Lee Rose and held him safe all through the final sixteenth. He easily demonstrated that he is by far the best two-year-old here. Colloquys effort was a sparkler. She barely got up in the last stride to nip out Waterbury after a great stretch sprint. The crowd was the second largest of the season and the books did a big afternoons business, most of them lpsiug heavily.
