Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-06
THE RACE TRACK.

THE RACE TRACK.
Our Reporter Visited Il, and Made Note; Of
What Ne Saw.
A reporter from this Office visited
the race track yesterday, and gives
the following account of the prepara-
tions for the races next week:
'The track is looking splendidly,
and one forgets all about the dust in
cidental to the ride out as soon as the
line of fences of the Agricultural So
ciety comes in sight. L have seen q
great many race tracks in the old
world and the new, but think / never
saw such II finely appointed running
ground attached to city of the size of
Los Angeles. The first thing that at
tracted my attention was the splendid
condition of the fencing round the
Society's grounds, and the perfection
of the appointments connected with
them. From the collectors house at
the entrance, to the smallest minuti3
of the stable arrangements, but little
escaped me, and 1 must confess to be-
ing thoroughly pleased.
entering the avenue one is at once
struck by the way in which it is laid
out On either side rows of gum trees
are planted which, in two or three
years hence, will afford abundance of
shade and welcome green.
"On the left hand side, before reach
ing the grand stand, is the house of
the man in charge, while stretching
out in semi-circle to the right are the
well-built cattle and hOrse-sheds, etc.,
for exhibitions.
"a description of the grand stand is
modiOus, and commands a fine view
of the whole course. Underneath is
large refreshment hall, with excellent
accommodation for visitors.
"What pleased me most were the
stables. l am quite sure that the
Ocean Track or the Agricultural Park
accommodations are no better. AS
near as l could reckon there were
fifty-six loose boxes, with space for
buggies between every nine or ten
The stables are solidly built, have
plenty of ventilation, and in addition
are lofty, healthy and warm.
"My first visit was to Willis Hull's
horse Target. Target is full brother
to1Nell Flaherty, and is sired by Ri
fieman. He is u black horse with
white star on the forehead, and the
near hind foot white. He stands about
15'hands % inches, and Is remarkable
for great depth of shoulders and his
long reaching quarters. He was just
preparing for his three mile walk, and
1 had the pleasure of seeing him before
and after his exercise. When he
landed his legs were little big from
want of exercise, and knowing ones
said he was likely to get stale after his
hard work in Sacramento and the Bay
city. A glance at him to-day, dis
PEELED all such illusions. He feeds well,
and is probably as fit as ever he was
in his life. l hear that Charley
Thomas has four horses from San Bel-
nardino. Two of them, belonging to
Slaughter, are by TenbrOeck out of
Belmont. Mr.. MachadO has two
horses at the track, BanderO, and an
other, whose name l think is OstianO,
but on this point am not certain.
John Reed has three horses here,
Monte Belle and another, by
Tenbroeck, the third | did not see
Mr.. Carr and James Adams have sent
Captain Jack out. He is looking
splendidly, and was taking his cXer-
else with the rest. Burkhill Jacques
arrived while / was there with Cap
tain FOrney's mare, MaripOsa. AS far
as one could judge, looking at her with
her clothing on, she has not suffered
at all from the journey overland. She
l., 40 fn Rnv vIN in
days, and seems none the worse for
the trip. Tomorrow when she takes
her morning exercise L will be able
to tell you more about her. George
r. Buffers horse I4ongfellow, and
Gifford's Milk Boy were out airing
and by the way afforded us little
amusement. Milkboy got away from
the boy who was leading him and
LOngfellow followed suit. For about
two minutes they were all heads and
tails and scampered round the inside
track like yearlings on a frosty morn
ing. However, they were caught
without any difficulty and resumed
their exercise none the worse for their
temporary liberty. Mr.. Hazards
trOtter is at the track, while Charley
Durfee is represented by Nance, EnOch
Arden, and saddle horse. Mr.. Ellis
has charge of DR.. Stanway's string,
which consists of Sultan, King, Pride
of kentucky, u brood mare, and a
yearling colt out of Missouri. Tom
Sanchez has a three-year old by Dash
away, and Chapman's WhitestOckings
has also taken up his quarters. Dona-
hue's stable is well represented by
Paddy McGee, sired by Mormon Chief
and half brother to LOngfellOw. l had
only time to take hasty look at Irene
Harding. She is bright bay, about
half an inch short of fifteen hands,
with two white hind feet and magn-
ficent head and neck. You shall hear
more about her when l have seen
her going. Captain Jack is what
is usually designated in this
country Clay-bank, lie. not exactly a
dun and too dark for cream color. He
is fine outstanding looking horse,
with white feet, name and tail. Billy
Donelson will have on exhibition a
yearling filly named Ballet-girl. She
is sired by Monday, and spoken of
very highly. L. J. Roses trainer,
McGregOr, will be here tomorrow
with the rest of Mr.. Roses string, and
several more animals are expected on
the steamer and overland. Prob
ably by tomorrow shall be able to
give you some interesting news.
"The old place on the home stretch
last year, which was SO bad, is now
just as good as any other part of the
track, and there is no difference be-
tween any two feet of it. Geo. But
Ter has made arrangements for having
it watered and rolled every day, and
everybody out there is highly pleased
with it. L may have missed seeing