The herald., 1897-09-11
.SANTAMONICA MEETING
POLO CLUB RACES AND A TRoT.
TING MATCH
Well Contested Events Furnished q
Good Afternoons Sport-Entries
for Today's Races

he elSHuH annual race meet OF the
Southern California Polo club was sue
cessfully begun sterday afternoon at
Santa Monica. Nearly five hundred peo-
pie assembled at the Seventh street
track. filling the ruGe grand stand and
the improvised betting ring and scat
tering out along the course at such
points as would command view Of the
races. The track Is not enclosed, and
an admission fee was charged only to
the grand stand, the seats in which were
taken up mostly by ladies. There were
three events on the card, but a fourth
was added at the conclusion of the pro-
gram. The officials were: Judge T. B.
Merry, assisted by w. H. Young and j.
E. Hoy; clerk of scales, II. D. Osborne;
starter, Ed Ryan; timer, G. L. Waring;
stewards, E. Gorham, w. H. Young, j.
e. Hoy, Roy Jones. WILDER Parker. H.
A. Winslow, J. Machell and G. L. War.
ing.
There were three starters In the half
mile race, half-mile run and repeat:
81. b. g., owned by M. Marquee; San
Joaquin, ch. g., by st. David, owned by
81, L.
owned by F. Slert. Each horse had
1876 pounds up. The start in the first
heat was made at the first trial, and Red.
got away in the Lead, with 81 close up.
This order was preserved into the
stretch. when Red lost ground, and al
lowed San Joaquin to pass him, 81 win
ming with ease in 541s. The repeat was
almost repetition of the first heat, the
horses finishing in the same order in ex-
actly the same time.
A three-Quarter dash for maiden
ponies was the second event. Lena B.,
b. M, by Foxhunter, owned by ]. A. B.
Hunter, was the favorite in the betting.
Nearly half an hour was required to Sc
cure fair start, Queenie H. being the
cause of the trouble, as she repeatedly
broke from the bunch. and could only
be brought back with difficulty. She
jumped to the lead at the fall of the flag,
and was never headed, finishing fifty
YARDS ahead of Lena B., with Monte
Christie in third place, two lengths be-
hind the latter. Time, 1.28. Bessie and
Hiawatha also ran.
| The third race, a three-quarter dash
for horses, all ages, proved to be the best
| event Of the day. The following were
entered: M. F., gr. g., 4, by Rutherford
II "a. N. Wiggins); TEMPO, ch. h., 6. by
| Sienpra, dam La Prieta Is. P. LandelD;
| Prince Hooker, ch. g., 4, by Joe Hooker,
| dam Princess; Idler Belle, b. m., aged,
by Idler Is. E. Morse); Leon. ch. h., aged,
by St. David (P. Weber,; Red Spinner,
b. h., 3, by Pescador (G. L. Waring).
The bunch at the start was maintained
for more than half the distance and it
seemed to be anybody's race. In the
stretch Leon and TEMPO pulled ahead
of the field and began contest for first
place. First one led and then the other,
but Leon poked his nose under the wire
ahead of TEMPO while Red Spinner was
at the latter's shoulder, a safe third.
Time, 1:20.
This completed the program, but a
quarter trot was put on in which ]. Cor
bett, Nellie and Maybe entered. The
| first heat was so close between Nellie
and Maybe that decision was difficult,
but the award was made to the former.
The second heat was a procession, with
Nellie again leading, this time by thirty
yards over Maybe. The finish was made
! in jog.
The entries for today's events, the final
day Of the meeting, as follows:
Half mile dash for ponies-Bessie, br.
M, 165 q. B. Procter) Little Billie, b. g.,
153 (E. H. Parker); Jack Pot, b. h., 165
| "a. A. Alvord); Kittiwake, b. M, 1852 &C.
| L. Waring).
Two mile dash for horses-Sharon
Lass, br. M, 105 &c. L. Waring) Leon,
ch. h.. 125 (P. Weber,; M. F., &. g., 1872 "a.
| N. Wiggins)
One mile pony race-Red Jacket, b. g.,
165 e. L. Waring); Queeney H., b. m.,
| 165 "a. N. Wiggins); Jack Pot, b. h., 165
| "a. A. Alvord).
There will also be three-quarter con-
ISOLATION handicap for ponies, in which
the list of entries has not been made up.
All of the races are for $50 purse, with
entrance money added.