The morning call., 1894-07-28
CLUBMEN TO RIDE.
Country Club Outing at
Del Monte.
ALL OF THEM IN THE SWIM.
August Days of Function and
Sport.
ALL OF THEM IN THE SWIM.
TWO-MlLE TURF HANDICAP.
A California Association of Pony
Racing and Steeplechasing Will
Be Organized at Once.

Del Monte in the waning days OF August
you will be In it, This is not paradox.
1t means that for four dear, delightful,
summery days all that constitutes the
social swim will revolve around the fes-
tivlties of the clubs fifth annual outing
and the participants will be strictly In 1t.
This year the Country Club will fairly
outdo itself. With a new track and new
grand stand. fat races aud steeplechases,
trap-shooting, music, Examinations, fire
works and dancing the four days devoted
to the outing. Thursday. Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, August 25 to 26 inclusive. will
be crowded with good things.
Yesterday Fred r. Webster. who has
the direction of the whole affair. mailed
the entry blanks to the gentlemen riders
of the different clubs who have been in
vited to participate, and already the gen.
tlemen jockeys are considering the ribbon
best to match with their picturesque
beauty. There are any number of cracks
in the clubs. and, in the big steeplachase
which occurs on the second day of the out
ing it is fair to presume that good field
will face the starter. Among those who
will probably ride In this event are: Dick
Tobin. Robert Tobin, K. II. Sprague.
Downey Harvey, Harry Dimond. Harry
Simkins, H. II. Hinshaw and Lieutenant
Strother, i. S. A.
The track. which is now being built Is
located about half a mile directly in front
of the hotel. 1t will only be partly built
for the coming outing events, but next
winter il is proposed TO finish it, making
one of the finest tracks in the country.
The place selected is u beautiful one. The
gr and stand now being erected is only a
temporary affair. meant to hold about a
thousand persons, and will be replaced by
q magnificent structure and the course set
off with substantial and artistic buildings,
the whole cost 10 be in excess of S50.000
furnished by the Pacific Improvement
Company.
The programme for the outing is a very
elaborate one. Thursday. August %, a
special train bearing the guests will leave
the Townsend-st station of the South
ern Pacific Company at , o'clock in the
afternoon. At the Del Monte in the even
illumination and a concert by band of
sixty pieces under the direction of Cas-
ASA. Friday is race day. Five events
are underlined, with purses aggregating
$500. The first is quarter of mile for
ponies not exceeding fourteen hands one
inch, three entries to fill. weight 100
pounds. The second is the pony steeple-
.,
weight 155 pounds. The third event is a
mile, flat course, for horses and galloways,
the latter allowed seven pounds for every
inch under fifteen hands. forty pounds
added weight for age. The fourth is a
pony race, half mile, same conditions as
the first.
Then comes the big steeplechase, the
event of the afternoon, where all the
gentlemen Jockeys are supposed to do
their prettiest and leave their ensanguined
remains on the springy turf, if necessary
to avoid defeat. Beauty in the grand stand
Will reward the victor with smiles more
valuable than any floral horseshoe of the
professional turf could and 1t may be that
the measure of woe of the vanQuished will
be diminished by ones just as sweet. The
course is about two miles and five-year-
olds will have to carry at least 162 pounds
of swell young clubman, while the six
year-olds will carry 172 pounds.
Entries close August ID. and are to be
made with r. 81. Sprague of the Pacific
Union Club. Horses must be the prop
erty of club members invited to partici-
pate In the outing. Entry blanks may be
obtained from the secretaries of the clubs
invited. All races will be run under the
rules OF the American Hunt, Steeplechase
| and Pony-racing Association.
Then the grand race ball at the Del
Monte In the evening. 1t will be on big
pants can promenade the piazzas and view
magnificent display of fireworks.
Saturday the trap-shOOters will blaze
| away at blue rocks for five silver cups,
five gold medals and. above all, for the
Shreve championship cup Of gold and sill
yer, valued at $500. for the best score Of
the day, to be won two years by the same
man.
For Sunday no special programme has
| been prepared, but it is expected there
| will be grand parade of small traps.
| There are number already at Monterey.
the most notable being that of Walter
Hobart, recently received from the East.
He has four sets of bays, maguiticently
stylish animals, for the turnout week
| ago he drove party of twelve from the
| city to Monterey, covering the 120 miles
In spanking style.
The special train will return to the city
on Monday morning, and the guests of the
Country Club can look forward to the next
summers festivities.
The clubs invited to participate are the
Burllngame. Pacific Union, University,
Bohemian, Cosmos, Athenian of Oakland,
Santa Monica Polo Club. Santa Barbara
Jockey Club. Officers OF the army and
navy with their ladies are also included in
the list.
Out of these races will probably grow
an organization for the furtherance of
steeplechase. 1t has been discussed some
what already, and those interested even
60 so far as to say it will probably be
called the California teeplechase and
Pony Racing Association. The promoters
of the organization have in view the giving
of races twice wear at Monterey unNar