The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
EQUINE STARS
IN THE STALLS
First Horse Show at Los
Angeles.
WEDNESDAY OPENING DAY
NOTED HIGH-sTEPPERs WILL
BE EXHIBITED.
A Feature of the Week to Be a Polo
Match Between the Buriin-
game and Riverside
Teams.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3O-The first
horse show that has ever been held
in Southern California will be formal
ly opened at Fiesta Park on Wednes-
day evening, and there will be a con-
tinuous display of horse flesh on Feb
ruary l, 2, 3 and 4, concluding on Sat
urday, when the $4,000 offered in prizes
Will be awarded. The arrangements for
the show are complete. Two large
tents cover the arena, the private
boxes and the seats for the main show,
While another tent covers box stalls
and the ordinary stalls for horses
Though the fashionable world of north
and south might stand night air, the
pampered beauties of crack stables
would be totally unable to go through
the ordeal. Not a crevice is allowed
in any of the stalls where the lordly
animals are housed. The influenza and
grip apparently have taken a fancy to
horses, and colds and sneezing are just
as prevalent among the high steppers
as among those who have to toll for
their daily bread.
Staid citizens of Los Angeles who
were taking a quiet Sunday afternoon
walk were surprised at an impromptu
parade of thirty-six glorious animals
from the depot to Fiesta Park The
horses are all in charge OF Walter Ho-
bart Most of them belong to him, a
few belong to "Jack' Parrot, who has
many entries, a few to Thomas Kelly
of San Francisco, and a few to Mrs.
Lester, the sister of Mr.. Hobart, who
was we'll known in San Francisco So
ciety as Miss Alice Hobart and who a
few years ago married Mr.. Lester of
Santa Monica.
Mr.. Hobart's horses which are en-
tered are Damrosch and Seidl, Hunt
ress, Spot, Lightfoot, Prejudice, Pride,
Dip and Sparkle.
Among Mr. PARROTS horses are Pa
Alibaba and Frills.
Barrett Fithian, S. p. Stow and Wiley
Thompson of Santa Barbara will have
their strings on hand tomorrow.
Mr. Hobart has brought with him five
polo ponies, which are said to be
dreams by those well skilled in polo
science. There will be sixteen polo
ponies in the Burlingame polo team
which will be composed of Joseph 5.
Tobin. Richard NJ Tobin, Charles Dun
ply and Walter S. Hobart. The River
side team is composed OF Robert Lee
Bettner, c.. Z. Maud, G. l.. Waring and
Mr.. Mackie The Riverside team is
said to have improved wonderfully ana
the Burlingame team has not been al
lowing the grass to grow under its
aristocratic feet.
The horses that probably attract
most attention are Park 1our-ln-
hand, owned by Walter S. Hobart. The
leaders are two beautiful mahogany
bay horses that have won prizes at the
New York Horse Show and at other
places where they have been entered.
y, hoo eli
half inch high. Although not quite up
to the extraordinary standard of the
leaders, they beat anything in the way
of Wheelers that has been seen in this
country. When Mr.. Hobart takes hold
of the lines on Saturday night and
drives the four horses around the ring
to compete for the cup that has been
presented by Coils P. Huntington, the
lovers of horseflesh will see sight that
the southern metropolis has never be-
fore enjoyed.
Mr.. Hobart will have some hard COM
petition next Saturday night for the
Huntington cup. The Bay Wood Stud,
which is owned by John Parrot, has
entered a crack-a-jack four-in-hand
composed of June Day, December
Night, Lancer and Senorita. Although
these are California horses, they are
said to be game animals. They will be
pitted not only against Hobart's crack
four-in-hand, but against four-in
hand owned by Len V. Hardness, the
Standard Oil millionaire of Pasadena,
who is said to have some horses that
will cause Hobart to turn green with
envy, and also against four-in-hand
owned by Mrs. Lester.
Mrs Testers team consists of four
light bays-all beauties and sixteen
hands high. Car and Sultan are the
leader are Emperor and King are the
wheelers. Car and Sultan have espe-
cially high action, while the wheelers
are serviceable, with good action and
plenty of pace.