Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-12
SPORTING TOPICS.
News and Gossip About
TrOtters.
Two New Athletic Parks for
Los Angeles.
Los Angles Horses Will Try Over
the Kite Track.
The Los Angeles Derby the Opening
Event at The Fair Next Mon
day-Other Items of
Interest.

have already entered, and the chances
are that the number will be doubled be-
fore the end of the year. Those who
have entered the list this year are as
follows; Leon, by A. w. Richmond,
2:2214 Dick Richmond, by A. w. Rich
mond, 2:234; Rory O'More, by Judge
Salisbury, 2:24A; Kate Castleton, by
Ethan Allen, :2614 LARGO, by A. W.
Richmond, 2:2S; Redondo, by SIAM
boul, 2:281a; Miss Monroe, 2;29 Rich
ellen, by A. W. Richmond, 2:2914
Memo, by Blackwood Mambrino, :2914,
and Ben Corett, 2:30. Several reached
the brink, viz: Bob Mason, Jr., 2:3OM;
Waldo McGlegor, 2:304, and Black
wood Nam brine, 2:3l. These three are
sure to enter the magic circle before the
year is a month older. Other likely
candidates for thirty honors at the COM
ing Los Angeles meeting are Alec, Vim
cennes, Pope Leo, Caliph, Jud Wilkes
and number of 3-year-olds. 1t is also
very likely. that three 2.year-olds will
trot in 2 80 or better.
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The Los Angeles Athletic club has
signed all the necessary papers for the
new athletic park at the corner of Ala
media and Seventh streets. Work will
be commenced at once and no expense
will be spared to make these grounds
first class in every respect. The HERALD
has held that the grounds would be
forthcoming, and the Los Angeles Ath-
letic club directors have covered them
selves with glory in giving Los Angeles
an athletic park. In year or two Los
Angeles will send forth record breakers
to uphold the prestige of the city.
The Los Angeles Wheel club has APP
pointed a committee to wait on the
Athletic club to confer in regard to
holding joint athletic and bicycle
meeting on Thanksgiving Day. There
is chance of getting up big athletic
carnival but no time is to be lost, as
the athletes need all the time remaining
to get into proper condition. A Joint
meeting at the opening of the grounds
would certainly attract 5000 spectators
if properly advertised.
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1t never rains but it pours. 1t is re-
ported that another athletic park is to
be erected on First street near the old
grounds. 1t is also reported that the
cable road is at the back of the enter
prise. It will need something at the
back of it, as it is certainty that the
grounds will not pay, and if there is
anything more than talk in the First
street ground, it is not difficult to pre-
dict which will come off second best.
Winter professional ball can be made to
pay. There is no money in it for the
promoters, except perhaps an occasional
small dividend for ones trouble. 1t is
strange that in as large and prosperous
a city as Los Angeles no one has yet
come to the front with the necessary
money and brains to run the baseball
business. 1t can never be made to go
Los Angeles good ball, he can
rely upon good patronage, but it is
ridiculous to expect the public to pay
for the third-class article. The writer
has assisted in booming up the national
game in the past, but he will go slow in
the future. 1t was next to impossible
to popularize the game with such
managers as have appeared in Los An
geles in the past four years.
If either park will give the public tip
top ball they can rely upon the aid of
the writer, but not otherwise.
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Walter Maben, the manager of Edge
mont park, reports the sale of the hand
some Red Wilkes colt. This youngster
is bred in purple, and Mr.. Blee, of Santa
Ana, displayed considerable judgment
in buying him. Red Wilkes is
one of the very best sons OF George
Wilkes, and has sired more 230 per-
formers than any othes son of George
Wilkes, which is a great record. The
dam of the youngster is Lady Coats, by
Dictator.
The sporting editor has often referred
to Beautiful Bells, the sensational brood
mare of America, who was bred by L.
j. Rose in this county. The following
paragraph from the Breeder and Sports
man will be of interest:
Bell Bird, 2:27M, the champion year.
ling trotter, makes Beautiful Bells fifth
foal get in the "magic CIRCLE" and they
are not only in 'the list" but a most
wonderful aggregation, Up to date the
five stars have the following records:
Kinda Rose, 2:291s at three years st.
Bel (who died about two weeks ago.,
2:2415 at four years; Bell Boy (sold for
$51 900 at auction, afterward burned to
DEATH, 2194 at three years Palo Alto
ReIle 3 :22% at three Years Bell Bird,
2:273z at one year. These are all by
Electioneer. Then there is Bellfower,
two-year-old sister to the FLY Bell
Bird, to hear from, and If reports are
true she is not far behind Arion, 2:154,
in point if speed OF Beautiful Bells,
other foals Rosemont, by Piedmont, is
the dam of Mont Rose, the three-year-
old Electioneer FLY that trotted in
1929 last Tuesday at Stockton, the
first time that she ever went over the
kite-shaped course in public. Chimes,
2:3O3l, foaled in 1884, is beginning to
sire some fast trotters at Village Farm,
near Buffalo, N. Y, and Alto Bell, Bow
Bells and Electric Bell will yet be heard
from. OF Beautiful Bells eleven foals
seven are brown in color, one (St. Bell
was, like herself, black, while the other
three were bays. The mare is now nine
teen years OF age, but looks quite youth
full and good for the production OF few
more world beaters.
NY
Many people are anxiously awaiting
developments as to whether the Los An
geles association will be fortunate
enough to secure Wanda, Silas Skinner.
Frank NJ and Mckinney together in a
free-for all trot on the last day of the
meeting. 1t is reported that Silas Skin
ner pulled up lame after his race on