Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-26
CLARK 5 STABLE
TAKES THREE
WELL REPRESENTED IN THE
DRIVING CLUBS MATINEE
March Meeting Of Harness Horse En-
thuslasts Productive Of High
Class Csrds-Pounder's
Narrow Escape

| WIN Agricultural park track III per
feet condition the lovers of light har-
ness racing in Southern California en-
joyed one of the most successful matt
nees that has ever been held under the
auspices of the Los Angeles Driving
club yesterday afternoon. The racing
was repete with driving, smashing fin
ishes and in several events the result
was in doubt ten yards from the wire,
with the drivers using the whip vigor-
ously to urge on their sprinting footers.
William A. Clark, jr., the son of SEN
ator Clark, captured the stakes in every
race I'm which his stable was repre-
sented, winning the 2:25 trot, the 2:25
and the 2:20 PAGES. Clark drove all his
own entries and demonstrated effec-
lively that he is more than moderately
clever with the reins. The first race,
the 2:25 trot, was taken in successive
heats by the young owner, Master Del
mar drawing away from George An
derson, driven by w. S. McGiffert, in
the stretch, although every foot of the
way was pluckily contested by Nc
Giffert's bay gelding. Flash, George
Chandlers trotter, was outclassed in
both heats and never got within hail
ing distance of Anderson and Delmar
when the real racing began.
Master Delmar shows great improve
ment over his form in the last matinee,
bringing his stride up for the drive
and causing but little scoring. Clark
handled his gelding ably and nosed
out Anderson in the stretch, Master
Delmar responding gamely when called
upon for the final effort.
The second race also proved easy
picking for the young millionaire en-
thusiast. Clark entered his pacing
mare Christobel in this event and but
two heats were necessary to pick the
speediest horse. DR.. William Dodge's
Lohengrin was Christobel's contender,
and would probably have taken the
second heat if he had not broke badly
in the last hundred yards. The first
heat was productive of one of the
keenest finishes of the day. Lohengrin
and Christ obel rounded into the stretch
|
choose between them two hundred
yards from the wire.
Clark's horse had the pole and
flashed under the wire winner by a
scant half length. Gladys M, driven
by H. j. Meyers, trailed along a couple
of lengths in the rear, but can be
tabled a future prospect of no small
ability.
The second and final heat looked like
Lohengrin all the way until Dodge's
gelding lost his stride in the stretch
and Clark won, pulled up. This made
the fourth successive heat that was
added to the laurels of the Clark
stable.
Clarks third and last victory was
scored in the third race, the 220 pace
for the Garland cup, of which William,
jr., already controlled third in
terest. Daniel j., the big black gelding,
represented the Clark interests in this
race, but the gelding had all he could
do to stall off Casey, handled by E. R.
Guirado for first money Casey is the
horse than ran away during the last
matinee, and is one of the most un-
likely appearing horses that ever
toted a spider, but he certainly can
cover ground with the best of them.
Daniel j. had a little more to offer
in the stretch, however, and took the
race with hardly head on the right
side of the wire.
While jockeying about for the start
in the second heat an accident occurred
which threatened to result seriously
for G. A Founder, the driver of Glen.
George Becker was warming up his
trotter Mayo for the sixth race and
was heading up the stretch. Founder
was letting his charge foot it in an
opposite direction. Beckers horse
swerved slightly in front of the grand
stand AMI the two sulkies collided,
Founders spider being splintered and
broken. Glen took the bit and went
down the stretch with Founder drag
ging along at his heels, The horse was
thoroughly terrified and it seemed i'm
possible for the driver to escape seri-
Gus injury.
Founder rolled from the wreck, how
ever, just before Glen decided to seek
other fields and pastures new and
cleared the right railing, tearing out a
couple of yards of fence and landing
on the other side unscathed. Founder
was but slightly shaken up and the
horse practically uninjured.
Henry Berry reconsidered his de-
termination to scratch Brney X in the
free for all trot with ole, and it. took
three heats to decide the winner
Brlney took the first heat in 2:17, but
in the two succeeding heats ole clat-
tered down the stretch a winner in 2:16I
and 2;1s1A.
In the free for all pace Stanton
Wilkes annexed the first heat and Wei
come Mack beat out DR.. Brysons
Toughnut for the place, hands down.
Welcome Mack captured the next two
heats, nosing out Wilkes i'm both in
stances in the final drive. DR.. Bry-
son was unable to get the best out of
Toughnut, the horse evidently not feel