The herald., 1897-10-18

Third race, running, western
Sprint" one-half mile, purse 5000
Sontag 1872, Selkirk 112, Detective
112, Bourbon 1O7, Jessie o. 1O7, Min
ME R. 100, Road Warmer 100, Celoso
95, Chancey T. 30, Tucollette 90.
Fourth race, running, "Santa Mon
lea Scramble" for 2-year-olds, eleven
sixteenths of mile, purse $4oO-
Tempse 1O1, Queen May 1o1, Eta
wanda 95, Papinto 95, saticoy 90, De
los Reys 1O3, searchlight 95, Amasa
e5, Bodacia 95, Highland Ball 100.
AS the harness races will consume
much time the races will start promptly
at / o'clock this afternoon.
The success Of the eighteenth annual
meeting Of the Sixth District Agricul-
tural association now in progress a t Ag-
ricultural park is already assured, the
attendance at Saturdays races having
more than paid the expenses of the
meeting. All that is made from now on
will be "velvet" for the organizations
and the building Of new track is almost
a certainty. 1t had been the intention of
the association to greatly improve the
track and grounds for this meeting, but
there was not enough money in the
treasury to pay for the work, and the
association decided to depend uponthe
receipts of this years meeting to furnish
funds sufficient to make the improve
ments next year. Now that it is certain
that the meeting will be success finan-
cially, the officers have already begun
to make plans, which, If carried out will
place the grounds in as fine condition
as any on the coast An additional Sec
tion is to be built to the grand stand, a
new paddock erected, new stables and
stalls put in and most important of all
the track Is to be made anew. 1t will be
surfaced with material which will make
1t good in almost all kinds of weather.
The inside track is also to be made over.
In short, the entire grounds will be put
In as good condition as the judicious
expenditure of money will make posi-
BILE.
The admirers Of harness racing will
have a great bill of fare during the pres
ent week. This afternoon the 2:17 and
2:12 class trots are down for decision.
The latter event is one Of the star attrac-
tions of the entire meeting Zombro is
steadily advancing in popular favor, and
hundreds Of his admirers are coming
over from San Bernardino today to see
the son Of Mckinney meet the stars of
the California trotting turf. While the
majority Of horsemen incline to the be-
lief that the real struggle will prove to
be between Jasper Ayers and Zombro
the San Jose mare, Ethel Downes, is re-
garded to have a great chance If the
trio engage in a heat splitting match
the chances of Mamie Griffin will be ma
terially increased, as she shines in
long-drawn-out contest and secured
her record Of 2:12% in a fifth heat in the
race at Chico, in which she triumphed.
over Zombro and Jasper Ayers after
each horse had two heats to his credit.
Chris Peterson, II he has regained his
Montana form, should certainly prove
an element in the struggle for the big
end of the $1,000 purse. He did not show
his true ability in either of his last two
races, but he has had the benefit of al
most the weeks special preparation.
Galette will have to show improvement
to cut a big figure in what promises to be
the most sensational harness race ever
seen in the west. If the track is fast
this afternoon 2:10 Is very liable to be
beaten in one or more heats The six
starters are all ready for the struggle,
and the first heat will be called at about
2:15 o'clock
Considering the condition of the track,
Searchlight paced phenomenal race on
Saturday, and on that 10 three-year-old.
in America could have duplicated. Joe
Wheeler is a wonderfully fast horse, as
his last quarter in 30 seconds in the first
heat is ample demonstration. Search
light, while not as fast, possesses more
endurance than the Fresno horse, but if
Andy Mcdowell had been selected. to
drive in the first place many good judges
believe that Joe Wheeler would have won
in straight heats. Charley Owen does
not profess to be an experienced reins-
man, and it was at his request that Nc
Dowell was substituted in the fourth
heat While Anaconda beat Joe
Wheeler at Oakland in the race in which
the latter paced mile in 2:071A, 1t looks
as il the Fresno horse might turn the
tables on his conqueror on Tuesday, and
IL the weather continues good there is
every reason to believe that new race
record for this state will be established,
and heat in 2:06k would not create any
great surprise. 1t is doubtful If two
faster sdewheelers than Anaconda and
Joe Wheeler ever scored up for the word
In California.
klamath, 2:07, Is being prepared at the
Santa Ana track for the free efor-all trot
next Saturday. He will probably be
shipped here on Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Ethel Downes has the best mark of
any OF the starters in the 2:12 trot this
afternoon. She and Jasper Ayres fin
ished head at San Jose in 2:10
The following weights have been as
signed for the Main Street and Agricul-