Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-02

Patrick, Pitblado, G. L. Logan and P. ].
Ward Won by Patrick, 305 feet.
Owing to the lateness of the hour the
other races advertised for yesterday will
occur today at p. m. Entries are open
for Southern California. Participants
must leave Los Angeles at :15 in order
to be on time.
Today's athletic programme is as fol-
lows:
l. One mile foot race.
2. One-hundred-yard sack race.
8. Pole vault.
A. Bicycle race, one mile.
5. Potato race.
6. Throwing the hammer.
Z. Bicycle race, three miles.
s. Hurdle race, 120 yards, 10 hur-
dies, 31a feet high.
The two last games of football will oc-
cur Monday and Tuesday next. Game
will be called at 2 p. m.
The tennis tournament will open Mon
day, August 4th. A detailed programme
will be given tomorrow.
Athletes and lovers of sport are taking
a lively interest in this new feature of
the Chautauqua.
At O'Clock last evening Emily J.
Raymond, OF New York, addressed the
Round Table. She spent the hour in an
able plea for more thorough study of
history.
Today's programme is as follows:
Sa. m.-Classes in languages.
Ga. m.-Lecture "Book of Hebrews"
DR.. w. H. Pendleton school of art.
10-School of oratory.
11-Lecture: "The Uses of Ugliness,"
John De Witt Miller.
2p. m.-Field sports.
SC. L. S. G.. Round Table. Lecture,
Emily j. Raymond
At s p. m.. under the direction OF Prof.
Ludlam, will be presented "Ben Hur."
The tableaux and scenery for this
evenings entertainment have been pre-
pared at cost of nearly $4,000 The
programme is as follows:
Orchestra tableau, "The Wise Men in
the Desert;' tableau, visions of the
Shepherds )" tableau, "The Wise Men
Before Herod; )" tableau, "Home of the
Hurs;;" tableau, with song, song by
Miss Fannie Kimball, as "Tirzah -
recitation, ''The Fallen Tile," Miss
Gertrude Foster tableau, prisoners of
Rome;" dialogue, Mr.. Charles
Vogelsang as "Arrius," Mr.. Henry
Ludlam as 'Ben Hur;" orchestral
tableau, Meeting of Ben Hur and Es-
ther;" orchestra tableau, "Statues and
Characters from Daphne's Grove;'
tableau, with song, 'Iras and Ben Hur;"
recitation, "The Chariot Race" Henry
Ludlam; orchestra; tableau, Grown
ing the Victor;" recitation, "Healing
the Lepers," Miss Gertrude Finney;
tableau, ''The Happy Hearthstone.
Notes and Personals.
Again last evening Prof. G. E. Bolton
drew large audience at his illustrated
lecture, "Russia and the Romanoffs."
Monday night he speaks on Land of
the Midnight SUM-"
Effort has been made to secure some
of the Redondo lecturers for Los An
geles, but this cannot be done, as all are
under contract to lecture nowhere else
on this coast.
John De Witt Miller is on the ground,
and delivers his first lecture this morn
ing. As popular speaker he is said to
equal Talmage.
A number of Los Angelefos will be
down to the hop at the Redondo hotel
this evening.
l. l.. Spencer, secretary OF the Chau-
tauqua, has been called home to Ven
tura by the illness of his wife.
J. Clement Ambrose left for Chicago
yesterday.
Work on the pavilion is rapidly pro-
crossing. The upper deck of the build
ing will be used as a public promenade,
while the lower will contain restau-
rant, with ample space left for shady
seats, where spectators may watch the
surf and the bathers.
The Eureka, north-bound, stopped at
Redondo last night and took on num-
Der of passengers and miscellaneous
cargo of about 200 tons. 1t consisted
largely of barley, marble dust and starch,
billed for San Francisco.