Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-08
LADIES' DAY.
Good Races Yesterday at the
Park.
The FavOrites do Good Work,
Half Length Wins Two Races.
DR.. Wise's Glendine makes a Record
Details of the Contests.

The attendance at the Agricultural
Park yesterday was larger than upon any
preceding day of the meeting, about
5000 people, of whom at least one third
were of the fairer sex, being within the
enclosure by three O'Clock.
The presence of so many ladies was
due to some extent to the fact that the
day had been specially set apart as ''La-
dies Day" by the Association.
The weather doubtless had also good
deal to do with it, as the heat of the sun
was tempered during the whole after
noon by gentle breeze from the ocean,
and more enticing day for out door
sport could not well be imagined. The
inside rail on either side of the judges
box was lined with carriages of every de-
scription from the entrance gate to the
corner at the head of the stretch, and a
large number of vehicles were hitched to
the fence near the club house.
The days sport was fairly exciting, al
though the pleasure was marred some
what by tedious wait OF almost an hour,
while the twoyear-olds were at the post
for the first race.
Six, as pretty two-year-olds as one
sees in days journey came to the post
in the opening event, fve-eighths
dash for two-year-olds. They were Matt
Storms bay filly Mystery, H. I. Thorn
toms brown flly Bessie Barnes, Owens
Brothers bay colt Nero, Rickabaugh &
Harold's bay filly Santa Ana, Dave
Bridges brown flly Peri and Sherman
& Ferguson's black colt Midnight. Peri's
win at half-mile the other day made
her the favorite, and she sold in the
pools for $40 against $6 for Santa Ana
and IS for the remainder Of the field.
They were kept at the post three quar-
ters of an hour before the flag went
down and Midnight jumped to the front
at the fall Of the bunting and got two
clear lengths ahead with Nero leading
the pack behind him. When they
Strengthened out around the turn the
order was Midnight, Nero, PERI, Santa
Ana, Bessie Barnes and Mystery a
length apart.
In the run down the stretch Peri was
not called on until they got to the gate,
where she easily forged ahead and won
from Midnight by half length. Santa
Ana beat Nero head for third place, a
length from the leaders. Time :03a
slow enough.
The second contest, and the one in
which the interest of the day centered
was the Southern California handicap
for all ages, three-quarters of a mile,
purse $1,000. The best three-quarter
milers in the state were in it, Gladiator,
Comet, Dan Murphy, Daisy D, Carmen
and kildrea. The handicap i'm
posed was a satisfactory one, Gladia-
tor getting 102 pounds, Comet 100,
Dan Murphy los, Daisy d, 12l, Car
men 107 and Kildare III. Carmen had
to take UP pounds overweight, but
that did not stop her. When the flag
went down Dan Murphy showed in front
and ran to the half mile post, length
ahead OF the pack, with Carmen leading
them. On the turn Carmen joined Dan
Murphy and they raced to the head of
the stretch together. Kildare joined
them there and they came down home
shoulder to shoulder, and just inside the
distance post Carmen showed her nose
in front and with few cuts of the whip
she flashed under the wire half length
in front OF Dan Murphy, he the same
distance in front of Kildare, the others
beaten off. Time :141a.
The half mile was run in 0:4SL, a
rapid clip. Carmen had something left
in her at the finish. Her victory makes
five starts for the meeting and four
straight wins and second. Two of
these were 81 900 purses and the best
things of the meeting.
class trot, purse 1000, in which there
Jim Leach, Belle B., and Danger. On
the strength of Glendine's performance
in the 80 class upon the opening day
box, selling at $50 against $11 for the
whole field.
They went away in the first heat to
struggling start, Glendine getting con-
siderably the worst of it. Belle B. took
the lead as they swung into the turn
with Jim Leach second, Danger third,
and Glendine fourth. There was no
change until they got around on the
backstretch, where Glendine took third
place. At the second turn Jim Leach
got up to Belle BIS wheel and
Glendine crept up to within
length of them. In this position they
entered the stretch. Under the press
ure Belle B. went. off her feet and in
a hard drive Glendine beat her out by
half length in 2:2514. Jim Leach
was at Glendine's wheel, Danger four
lengths back, Bob Mason fifth. Bob
Mason made bad break at the start
which killed his chances.
After the heat Glendiue was barred in
betting and Jim Leach sold against the
field at $40, to $6. When they had
scored three times, REGISTER, the driver
was fined five dollars for disobedience OF
starting orders and then, with few
more trials, they got off. Glen
dine at once took the
lead. Danger got into second place at
the turn. Bob Mason went off fast and
broke at the turn, and when they got
into the backstretch he was in fourth
place. Glendine went off in the lead,
but at the half Jim Leach had passed
Danger and established himself in
second place. The order of things was
not changed until they got we'll into the
stretch, when Bob Mason came home
with great rush of spead and drove
Glendine out in 2:261a, finishing alta
break half a lanoth hahind him