The herald., 1898-09-13
The POLO CLUB RACES
GOOD CLEAN DAYS
SPORT ATSANTA MONICA
Tho Three-Quarter-Mi Horse Race
the Event Of the Meeting-Dis-
qualified Wagoners

| OF the Southern California Polo club a
Santa Monica yesterday. The track Is moi
a pretentious affair, but nothing could have
been more pleasant than the occasion. The
grand stand was filled with gaily dressed
women, while about the betting ring anc
the stables were as motley and interesting
crowd as could be seen at EPSON on q
derby day-only not quite so large. The
Brtishers were most numerous, combining
all sorts, from the monocled youth just
from dear old London to the horny-handed
thoroughly Amer!canized rancher Of many
years residence. There were plenty oi
Americans, and enough Mexlcans, Indians
and Chinese to add picturesqueness to the
scene.
The races were all good, and, what IL
more thoroughly honest In all details
Everyone was good-natured, and mos
everybody knew everybody else, SO there
was little difficulty in arriving at thor
oughly good time.
There were four entries in the three.
quarter mile for maiden ponies. Ugly
Duckling, Retenta, Little Billee and Grass
hopper. Little Bilee. who was ridden by
Juan Fuentes, led all the way, winning ir
:32. Grasshopper. ridden by Mr.. T. H
Dudley, came in secod; Ugly Duckling
ridden by Mr.. Langworthy, third; Retenta
under A. Carrillo, finishing last.
This quarter-mile match was we'll started
by Peter Weber. Jim Cook and Etiwanda
being the entries. The time was slow, the
former winning in :251e by half length
The three-fourths Of Q mile race fol
horses proved the best event Of the who!e
meeting. The entries were Petrarch, 13t
pounds; Palomares. 126 pounds, and M. N.
126 pounds. Palomares and Petrarch goi
off together, and ran the half mile in 81
seconds, which Is the track record. Avery
good race ensued down the stretch, result
ing In a neck victory for Petrarch. Time
| :19, which Is also the record for the track
In the one-mile hurdle race there were
three entries, Telephone, Pavilion and
Campeador. Pavilion was a red-hot IA
vor.te. and was ridden BY Juan Fuentes;
Telephone was ridden By Mr.. Vans Agnew
of Fallbrook, we'll known gentleman rider
and Campeador by Mr.. Dudley Diggs.
Telephone led off, and was over the two
first jumps in the lead. Pavilion closed up
although jumping badly at the three
quarter mile post. They then came on to-
gether over the first jump, which Pavilion
struck hard. Telephone then pulled away
In the straight. winning handily by a
length. his rider, Mr.. Vans Agnew. being
loudly cheered from the grand stand.
The one-mie wagon race created a great
deal of excitement. Two wagons, with
four horses attached, were driven by NJ.
Wolfskili and M. Machado. The former led
almost to The finish. Then Machado came
up, and everybody thought he would pull
in winner, but Wolfskill was having his
fun. He came in winner by a length.
AS the horses crossed the line one OF
WolfskIll's leaders fell, and Machado had
great difficulty In avoiding a collision. to
enclosing the track, cleverly avoiding a bad
accident. There was great deal Of dis
cussion as to the straightness of this race
which was fortunately decided by the
judges declarig the race and all bets Off.
The days sport terminated with fitting
at the rings, which was won by Joe Ma
chado, after a close contest with Vicente
Lugo.
Notes Of the Meeting
In the riding line, Juan Fuentes was the
hero of the meeting. He won three races
on a horse that 1t was commonly reported
would not stay on track, riding him with
great judgment. in every race. This horse
was Petrarch. He also rode Little Billee
to victory, colt that nobody else has ever
been able to put first under the wire. Mr.
Vans Agnew also proved himself to be a
most popular performer. He steered the
old horse Telephone, who confesses to flf-
teen summers as well as winters, over the
sticks in a mastery fashion.
After the regular program several foot
races were run, in which Mr.. John Lang
worthy distinguished himself by winning
them all.
Ed Ryan filled the position of presiding
Judge to the complete satisfaction OF
everybody.
Peter Weber, the veteran trainer, flour
ished the starters flag with great success
and all the starts were good and above
complaint.
Messrs. w. H. Young, W. g. Jardine and
Wilbur Parker took great deal of trouble
as stewards In conducting the meeting In a
proper manner, and their efforts were much
appreciated by ALL
To MIR. q. l.. War.ng, secretary and gem
eral manager Of the club, is the great sue
cess Of this years races largely due. He
has worked indefatgably In the interests
Of good sport, and the thoroughly satisfac-
tory termination Of the meeting Is dis
tinctly encouraging.