The herald., 1896-09-10

hand, which caused a very general dis
! cussion, and the various committees
were instructed to reduce expenses to
| the lowest notch at once. Then the board
! adjourned.
On Monday evening Right Rev. Peter
c. Yorke lectured on the subject
"Rome's Red Hand" The. Catholic
church, the largest auditorium in town,
| was crowded The speaker was intro
, duced by Bishop Montgomery. who, in
his Introduction, said the lecture was
the first of series on Catholic truth,
| and paid a glowing tribute to Father
| Yorke. who in his opening remarks cap
tured the audience and held them SPELL
| bound throughout
J Col. Leroy Ledbetter spent the day
| here, looking very much chagrined over
coming out for Mckinley. Led says it
was shaving off his mustache
| c. G. McComas, the popular district
attorney, spent the day here: He has
a large number of friends here who
would like to see him on the superionr
| court bench.
THE RACES
| The first day of the tenth annual rae
ing meet of the Southern California
Folio club drew a large attendance, with
the aristocracy and push well repre-
sented.
| On the grand stand were noticed Mr..
and Mrs. w. e. Lester. Mr.. and Mrs. G.
| L. Waring, Mr.. and Mrs. Patriola Rob-
ertson, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Machell, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. J. Gorham, Col. and Mrs. j.
Bradbury, Mr. ana Mrs. w. H. McKit-
| trick, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Young, Mr..
| and Mrs. r. L. Bettner, Mines. Lester
and Bettner.
The first race, three quarter mile Gal
oway race, had eight entries with seven
| starters. 1t was pretty race, with Miss
| i'm no Loo ha1 n as.t tor,
| pest was reached, when she died away
| completely and Red Jacket passed her
| and won; Nellie second and San joaquin
third; time, $1:23. Mutual paying 1920.
The second race was a quarter-mile
dash, there being seven entries in the
race. In the first heat there We're four
| entries. p. d. Martin 8 g. m. Lady. Jane
Gray, 1928 pounds; w. H. McKittricks g.
m. White Wings; Mrs. w. s. Tevis' d. &.
| Taffy, and ], A. Parkers b. e. Dr. Jack.
1t was an easy race for White Wings.
who won; Taffy second, Lady Jane Gray
third: time, 0:251s. Mutuals paying $1.7O.
| In the second heat the starters were G.
L. Warnings ch. g. Wonder, 1856 pounds;
| A. A. Alvords b. h. Jackpot; DR.. j. A.
Edwards b. g.. Dandy. 1t was close
and exciting race from start to finish,
Wonder winning and Jackpot second;
| time, 0:27. Mutuals paid $140.
| The next event was a hurdle race, one
mile, for ponies, over six hurdles, which
had four starters: j. A. Balfour's b. g.
| Roulette, 165 pounds; A. Alvarado's g.
G. ~ G., 1855 pounds; E. d. Digge's b. m.
Daisy, and j. A. Parker's b. 6. DR.. Jack.
| 1t was both laughable and serious race
| to one man, Roulette being the only
horse that jumped the hurdles with any
degree of success. N. G. jumped them
| but took his time about it. Daisy threw
| her rider and went home cross lots,
| ot1, I'm To h ic pi Il and
er into colored brother, who thought
| for a few minutes that the kingdom
| come had arrived.
| Roulette won before the second horse
| had gone half the distance; time, 2:20.
| Mutuals paid $2
| The third heat in the quarter-mile
| dash was run between the first and Sec
| ond horses of the previous heats, namely
White Wings, Taffy, Wonder and jack
| pot. 1t was a beautiful race. T'onder
leading until almost home, when White
| Wings and Jackpot made a rush. 1t
proved to be dead heat between Wcn-
! der and White Wings. A protest W.
entered by the owner of Jackpot, which
| was disallowed, and on the owner of
White Wings refusing to run the heat
| off the race was given to Wonder; White
! Wings second, Jackpot third.
The next race was a three-quarter
mile one for ponies. with six entries,
| they being Red Jacket and Salvation
| from the Waring sta BILE; j. A. Edmonds
| Ante w. H. McKittrick's Fiddlesticks,
and T. NJ Virgins Queene H. After a
number of trials good start was Sc
cured, with Red Jacket in the lead,
which he kept until the close, winning;
time, 0:251a. Ante second. Mutuals paid
| $1.55.
A consolation pest race was then made
up of ponies which had been beaten in
| previous races, it being half-mile one.
The entries were Miss Wild, 165 pounds;
Duchess, 40 pounds; Gata $50 pounds;
Lady Jane Gray Miss Wild won easily;
Lady Jane Gray second; time, 0:57.