The herald., 1895-09-10
Good Sport at the City by
the Sea
RIVERSIDE BICYCLE RACES
The Opening Of the New Tbird.MiIe
Bicycle Track
Rodriguez Wins the Road Race-Track Races
In the Afternoon Bring Out 1000
Peopie-A Day Of Good Sport

and plenty of people marked the opening
day of tho Santa Monica races, held un-
der the auspices of the Polo club. At
conservative estimate there were 1900 peo-
pie present, and that IS pretty good for
Santa Monica at this time of the year.
The grand stand was filled with ladies',
and their bright gowns helped to make
up for the absence of the sun. Many en-
thusiastic Englishmen in cords and tops
walked about and discu. .sed this or that
horse, interspersing their remarks with
observations on the great yacht race on
the other side of the continent.
The officials of the race were as follows:
Judges. Major Bolton, Messrs. W. E. Ped
ley. Wilbur Parker; stewards, Messrs. II.
A. WinsIow, E. Gorham, hoy Jones. W.
Fl. Young, P. D. Martin, s. Reinhart;
secretary, Mr.. G. l.. Waring; handicap
per, Mr.. W. Russell Ward; starter, Mr..
E. Ryan.
The first race was started pretty nearly
on time, and Sheila, Jackpot, Regina and
Wonder came out to ntest for the Area
da Polo pony race, distance one-half
mile. At the post. on the first start, Won
der ran away. going nearly. half mile
before his Jockey pulled him up. They
uuduy kOb away W SOOI SthEJ anu W on
der and Jackpot jumped to the front, en-
tering the stretch tog 'ther. They had it
out in a dlng-dong finish, Jackpot just
winning py q nose, Shiela coming in a
poor third. Time. :56L.
Arthur Griffin of Los Angeles came out
on his bicycle to attempt to beat the time
of / :05 for half mile. He was psced by
a tandem, and they had better have
stayed out. Mr.. Grtin stayed behind
the tandem until the stretch was reached
and then forged ahead finishing fifty
yards in front of his pacemakers, whose
ohiof use had been to hold him back.
Time, 1:25.
The next race, the Mirimar handicap,
had six entries, but only five went to the
post. Mr. Bradbury scratching his bay
mare Monkey on account of dissatisfac-
tion over her handicap, on weight. Mr..
6. l.. Warnings brown mare Santa Clara
wenS to the post good favorite and was
never headed. Kittiwake made bold
bid for the race but was beaten out by a
head in the good time of | :26. The other
entries were nowhere and Chip was dis
tanced.
The third race. the Surf stakes, one
mile, had four entries j.. A. Parker
scratched Dick, and Sleepy Charlie went
to the post as favorite, with Hello and
Pavilion for the field. This was the best
race of the day, and resulted in a hot
finish between Hello and Pavilion, the
talent going under on Sleepy Charlie.
The horses fooled away a good deal at
the post. and finally the patience of
Starter Ryan gave out and he fired the
ri}ers of Sleepy Charlie and Pavilion IS
start, and at the half Sleepy Charlie
and Pavilion led, with Hello UP close and
running easy. As they swung into the
stretch Hello moved up on the inside,
and Sleepy Charlie dropped back beaten.
Then the two leaders had a hot fight
do. kac rafo thor, Aoo ha1 Iar
the wire with Hello in the lead and Pa
vilion at his throat latch. Time, :5O4 ;
good for com paratively unframed horses.
Then the judges announced scratch
race for polo ponies, and four entries
came out. They were Geronimo, Little
distance was half mile, and at the post
Little Belle caused long wait by an eX-
hibition of her temper. A bystander
finally blind folded her and got her to
the post, and the ponies got away on the
second try. Geronimo won in any style,
and there was pretty driving finish be-
tween Little Belle and John Day-Zin for
second place, the former taking the posi-
ton under the whip. Monkey, with 139
pounds up, lost good position on the
turn, and was held out OF the finish. The
time was :55.
The handicap for polo ponies was called
off. and the lateness Of the hour prevent
ell any mole races being run. The Judges
announced a special race for Tuesday, for
horses. top weight 30 pounds. Hello. the
winner of the Surf stakes, barred. There
will also be another special race for
ponies that have not won anything at
this meet, ana this will be weight for
inches race.
There we're many well-known people at
the track, and among the many noticed
there were Abbot Kinney Mr.. and Mrs.
Corson and Miss Corson, Roy Jones ana
wife of Santa Monica. Dr.. Ferguson of
Bakersfield. DR.. and Mrs. Lindsay, Judge
party, Mr.. and Mrs. MoConnachie, Mrs.
Dolores Bradbury and John Brad bury,
Captain and Mrs. Tompkinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. kenealy and many OTHERS. A. j..
Hubbard and party occupied four horse
drag, and there were many parties in
carriages scattered around the field.