Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-25
THE TURF CLUB.



The day opened cloudy, the mist wa,
almost rain and made the dust lie a,
though light sprinkle had been espe
eially ordered TO mako the drive %
Agricultural Park unusually pleasant
Double the number of people were pres
emit, and all wore smiling countensnces,
enough to compensate for any financial
shortage the new club may experience.
It was truly an old fashioned California
day. nobody hurried, everybody seemed
to have money, all orderly and all
happy. On that plan the first race was
not called until 3 o'clock and We reporter
looked about to see who else were there
beside the many handsome ladies'. Some
prominent turf notables moved quietly
through the throng. Among them were
w. X. Clapool, the manager Of The
famous Haggin stable; H. A. Unruh
and Capt. A. j.. Gordon, the latter for
merly with Baldwin, later Of the Gar
lington" at Santa Barbara. f. M.
Slaughter, Of Chino, our old friend
Jack Simmons OF same place, that
wholesome visage jake Cries Of Ventura,
and last but not least Rube Anderson
Of San Bernardino. But horses were
called for the first race, Ell Cajon stakes,
dash of three eighths of q mile; $40
entrance; S25 added; second to save
stake. Entries were closed July lst
with by error. b. P. Hills
6. g.. Johnny Gray. aged. by Shiloh, dam
Margery. F. A. Sanchez '. g., Eclipse,
aged, by Baby, dam unknown. s, B.
Stroud's b. z, Amazon, 4, by Bowhowks.
dam unknown. j. w. GARDENERS b. I.
Fannie G.. 4, by Billy Lee, dam by Ben
Wade, and Thos. STATIONS blk. I. Min
ME Stratton, 8, by Reveille; dam, Utah.
The last two were scratched and
Eclipse, aged; McCurdy. lis, green and
purple; Johnny Gray, aged; J. Ryan,
lis, red and yellow; Amazon, 4;Ap-
pleton. ll5. red and white. appeared as
starters and were placed in the order
named. Johnny Gray was chosen at
$40 to $40 for the field. In the auction
pools great deal Of money was put up,
shor! though the distance. Considers
BILE time was occupied In effsoting start.
After two or three brsaksways all got of
together in bunch and ran close to-
gether. Johnny Gray won BY two
lengths, Amazon second and Eclipse one
length behind her. Time, $50. Mutu-
els paid I'll as.
Second race, the event of the day and
the meeting the horses entered had
been together the day before at q mile,
and Dublin Bay was the winner in fast
time, with Hills Ally close up and Jim
Polk running easily. The race on the
programme was the High License Stake
free for all dash Of one and one qnar-
ter miles; $50 entrance, 800 added by
the club, second horse to save his stake,
and $3.50 added by the Oppressed vend-
ers of high license beverages. Value
Of stake to the winner, $3.50.
closed with s. Stroud's b. .. Jim Polk,
8, by Shiloh, dam by Hercules; b. P.
Hill's 4. I. Mollie Capron, 8, by Reveille.
dam by Jack Hawkins; b. Bridges b. o.
Dublin Bay, 5. by tlrinstead, dam
Amanda Fortune: APPleton bad the
mount on Polk with l21 ibs.. colors red
and white; Perro on Mollie Capron. 100.
but carried l04, oolors red and yellow;
McCnrdy on Dublin, III, green and pur-
pie. They were placed In the order
named. This was the betting race Of
the meeting, and so pieces rolled into
the pool box at S25 ON Dublin Bay to 80
ON the field. After the usual dslays, the
second attempt was q go and most
beautiful race was run. The bay Grin
stead cut out the work from the start,
the Polk horse trailing along and COCA
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