Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-25
PAGERS MEET IN
4 FREE-FOR-ALL
HAZEL PATCH AND O'CLOCK TO
RACE AGAIN
Harness Association Offers Hleh-clsss
Card for Closing Day Of Most
Successful Meeting In
Its History

meeting ever neld IN southern Cdh-
fornia will come to a close this after
non at Agricultural park and the state
ment that the most attractive program
Of the meeting will be offered today Is
no exaggeration.
zolock and Hazel Patch will meet
again In a free-for-al pace and De-
dalion and Richard b will attempt to |
lower the colors of these two speed |
rnarvels.
John Caldwell, Helen Norte and Ju-
piter B will meet In the 2:09 trot, the
first two being grand circuit perform
ers, while Jupiter b has shown much
class by his performances In winning
from Morone and others in the 2:11
trot Tuesday
Six entries have been made in the
2:40 class trot and this event will be
the concluding race of the day.
The deciding heats In the unfinished
1927 pace from Friday will be resumed
and much interest attaches to this
event because of the performances of
the starters yesterday.
With four high class events on the
card for decision, including the meet
ing of Hazel Patch and zolock in their
second race of the meeting, 1t is ex-
pected that the attendance record will
be broken and nothing short of ten
thousand spectators will cause any fe-
licitous remarks from the management.
The attendance yesterday was the
ldTReSI OI any udY except >
when Zolock and Hazel Patch were the
feature attractions, and all the races
were of the same high standard which |
has been maintained throughout the
meeting.
Hazel Patch Wins
Hazel Patch took the fourth and de-
Gliding heat in the special match pace
with Zolock yesterday at Agricultural
park. Three heats in this race were
;IAl ,J,,,, toI1 ts,lT
ing two. AS the race could not be
concluded Thursday afternoon it was
continued until yesterday.
1t was believed that the rest over
night would aid Zolock and large
crowd attended the meeting yesterday
to witness the finish between these
high class PAGERS, expecting that the
coast stallion would at least be good |
enough to force the full five heats for
a decision.
Patch was fit as fiddle however,
and went to the post in better condi-
tion than on the previous day. Patch
and Zolock paced as team to the
eighth pole when the Kentuckan began
to draw away and when the half mile
was done Patch was two lengths in
front, which lead he maintained
throughout the circuit of the course.
The heat was the fastest of the race,
being paced in 205 1-2 The first
quarter was done in 81, the half in
1:01 1-2. the three-quarters in 1874 and
the final quarter was paced in 81 1-2.
Trainer Delaney made an attempt to
send Zolock to the front in the stretch, |
but Patch was equal to the calls of
his owner-trainer and the duel down |
the stretch was a splendid exhibition |
of horsemanship and the gameness of
the PAGERS is attested by the fast time
made in the final quarter as compared |
with other similar distances in the
race.
Another unfinished race was up for
decision, the 2:12 pace on Thursdays
card having been undecided when the
hour for closing the days racing ar
rived.
Lady RS Surprise
It was expected that Winnie Mann
and Glenn. each of which had won two
heats on Thursday, would have the
race between them, but Lady came
to life and romped home in front three
successive times and thereby gave the
spectators a jolt from which they will
have much difficulty in recovering.
Lady r finished eighth in the first
third twice and few considered the bay
mare as being so much as a dark |
horse" for the purse.
That Lady r was entitled to the race
was shown by the impressive manner
in which she outfooted all. other con-
the post back in the bunch and re-
NAMED so far back during the first
half mile that she seemed to be out |
of the race, but NJ. B. Sweeney, her
owner and driver, sent her after the
leaders at the three-quarters pole and
she went by them as If they were tied
Winnie Mann always took the lead
and Glenn was as invariably pumped
out in attempts at keeping in shout
ing distance of the pacemaker. These
two had very little left with which to
finish and when Lady made her bids
she found it a mere romp.
The first heat was run in the fast
est time of the seven heats and the
time of the second heat was the slow
est. Seven starters made the circuit in
the first heat yesterday, which was the
fifth heat of the race four of them
dropping out after the heat was paced.
The third race on the program. the
2:24 trot, which was the first race of
the regular card for the day. gave the
judges more trouble than all the 9TH
ers combined. Seven starters went to
the post each time and it was not un-
til after Starter Bruner shouted him
self hoarse and broke the flag and
threatened to quit his Job that the
horses and drivers consented to go by
the Judges stand in anything like 4
bunch.
Billy Dooley hastened through the
field in the first heat like a bullet and
opened up a gap that could never be
closed and won the first heat very
handily,
HomeWay's Trot
Homeway, the favorite. took no
chances on Billy Dooley I'm the next
three heats and speeded under the wire
first in all three, winning the race.
Billy Dooley wore himself out in the
false starts and Travelled several miles
further than any other trotter in the
race during the afternoon He finished
third in the second heat fourth In the :
third heat and was distanced in the
final heat.
Fred Fanning's bav gelding. Victor I
Platte, which ran Welcome Nc TO
heartbreaking finishes In the 2:2O pace
Thursday, was made favorite in the
227 pace yesterday and won two out
of three heats in spread-eaele style.
In the third heat Victor Platte broke ,
at the eighth pole and when he was
straightened out the field was a quar- I
ter of a mile ahead Of him vro+I 1