Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-12
THE PARK.
A Glance at the Pfepar ations-Ths Flyers
at their Exercise - The Cattle Pens
Filling up.

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We availed ourselves Of the in
vltation of q friend interested in the
approaching Agricultural Fair to
60 out to the Park and take look
at the horses at their practice yes.
terday. Leaving the city about
$3.50 A. NJ, we struck the track In
the height of the training. We
found the course In superb order.
Many Of the favorites of last years
races were going through their
PAGES when we arrived. We rec.
ognized the strong and beautiful
Lady Fleet. The mare has broad.
ened out sensibly in the past twelve
months. Lady Compromise, also,
was there, looking about as she did
last year. Tower, too, coursed by.
He is a strong and magnificent
looking horse, and bis friends ex-
pect good work from him this year.
The famous horses thronged past
on the track, Walking John and
Inca, and score of other flyers,
attracting our attention In turn.
CAPITAL RACE PROGRAMME.
The managers Of Agricultural
Park, and notably the acting Pres.
/ lent, Mr.. s. w. Craigue, and d.
rectors Hancock M. Johnson, Wal
lace Woodworth and Wm. Fergu.
son have been unremitting In their
efforts to make the fair q success
this year. They have the grounds
In admirable trim and their purses
and other arrangements, consider
ing the scanty funds Of the Associ.
alton, are on the most liberal scale.
As a result the entries for the races
are far more numerous than those
of last year, and more noted range
of horses will contest for the hon.
ors. The Club House is in keel
lent order and the general supervis.
ion of matters on the ground has
been confided to the courteous and
popular Capt. Gordon, who is exc
outing his trust with great tact and
ability.
A GLANCE AT THE CATTLE.
We shall have occasion to note
the horses more particularly in our
account Of the races. A detailed
list of the entries will be found in
our advertising columns. We could
not forbear hasty glance at the
cattle pens. We first inspected the
splendid Durham and graded stock
Of Mr.. H. M. Johnston. From the
"Duke Of Tulare,'' a baby bull
weighing twelve hundre1 pounds,
down to the graded stock, the dis
play is q very creditable one. MIR.
Johnston has shown what splendid
results can be achieved by crossing
the Durham with the common
scrub stock OF Southern California.
AS a result, the stock raiser can
get more weight in beef from a
three-year-oId graded steer than
from scrub steer eight years old,
and the Durhams and the graded
cattle will get fat on feed on which
common cattle would remain as
lean as Panama pigs.
We next inspected the thorough.
bred Durham collection of Mr..
Waters, of Old San Betnarjino, a
cousin of Hon. Byron Waters. 1t
is a splendid exhibit and should, as
it doubtless will, attract great
deal Of admiring attention during
the Fair.
The splendid herd of Jerseys be-
longing to Mr.. Barretto, of powney,
will arrive to-day.
CLUB HOUSE HosPITALITIEs.
After couple of hours spent in
Inspecting racing stock and cattle,
the visitor to tho Park was very
well disposed to enjoy the excel.
lent breakfast to which a select
party of invited guests eat down.
The menu comprised all the deli
cacies Of the season, from broiled
chicken to the not less delicious
beefsteak and omelette, and the
whole was washed down with
Chateau Margaux, Haut Sauterns
and Roederer. When the repast
was through one and all of the
guests felt perfectly reconclled to
the hardship Of having had to
shake Off .the "balmy" at such an
unconsclonably early hour.