Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-31
REFUSE TO RUN
THE RACE OVER
PASADENA CHARI0TEERS ARE
OBSTINATE
compromlse Proposed Another Great
Race with Augmented Cash
Prizes, but Drivers Would
Not Agree
PASADENA Agency,
II North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1141.


PASADENA. Jan. 80.--The expected
cornpromiee In the contest between tne
Tournament cliarioteers did not mate
rialize this morning, and 1t appears az
though the courts are to have the niai
word after all. ,. l.,
The blame for the latest failure III
the negotiations engineered py trenso sIo
,frar Frank ". Rider lies with tne
,1ervv driver Of the Lucky BALDWIN
horses. G. G. West, who this nornlns
presented his ultimatum in condltioi,s J.,
which his chief opponent, EdWaru -
ClY found impossible to meet. Inefe-
fore Secretary Cary sent formal notlce
~ the four charioteers this AFTERNOON
that the association is ready 10 pay trs
cash prizes as follows: one thousanu osn1 ~
dollars to Lucky" Baidwlni Svov ~
M r5ff whose horses Mack Virgins
S,n,,s IN tbe anal race, and $150 to eacn
ri ii,e other contestants. Lewis n. Mer-
rift ana A. P. Gaylord, according 70
the accented agreement between tne
: MO drivers at the time of their failure
10 rim the final heat as required py
the Judges. The money VIII De palu
over on February 10. IN
Mr.. Off announces that ne VIII en- en-
toin the payment OF the first prize py
appeal to the courts WITHIN that 'lie
--af1d there you are.
mighty near Witnessing another great
chariot race between West and Oit nau
not West demanded conditions whlch
his opponent claims he was and is now
"a aheoltitely powerless to meet. After all
other suggestions for peaceful set
t1enent of the contest had Deen ao.
yanced without avail the management
OF the tournament made this PROPOSE
ton: Each driver was TO put up sovV
cash. the association to add as much,
and this sum added to the original
purse Of $500, making $4,000 in all, was
TO be hung rp for another race between
fhe Baldwin and Off horses; the win :
xler of this race to receive s2OOO the
loser $1,000, and the dispute as to the
race on New Years day to be finally
closed. OFF agreed to this, as did West
for Mr.. Baldwin. Off says that he
found on examination that at least one
of the four horses he had used in the
race when the alleged foul was COM
mitted Is likely never to be fit for an
other race west demanded that the
same horses be used or none at ALL
and after desperate efforts to get him
to allow another horse to be substituted
the compromise fell through. Mr.. Rider
IS quite chagrined at the failure of his
efforts as q peacemakeri and without
more ado will drop the role.
Speaking of the distressing outcome
of the chariot races and the many an
noyances connected with the tourna-
1nent sports, certain directors of the
tournament association are inclined to
throw all the blame upon one man, and
he the tournament master, #. S. Allen.
A leading member of this board stated
tonight that Allen was to blame for
the failure of the field judge to be at
- L. Il fI1n oil
foul was committed and that arrange
ments committed to him invariably
went wrong, just as this did.
The director characterized the tour
nament master as 1.-The greatest false
alarm that ever struck the Tournament
of Roses"
Whatever may be the real state of
affairs as regards Mr.. Allen and his
connection with the great New Years
day fete, this remark and others of
similar import which have been let
fall occasionally seem to indicate that
harmony does not exist inside the board
of directors to a much greater extent
than it does between Charioteer West
and Charioteer Off, the Ben Hur and
the MESSIAH Of the New Years day
race.
At any rate, the courtesies Of speech
are not all being saved for the forth
coming annual election of the tour
narnent association, but are being
used to decorate the earlier gatherings
of the directors.
Council Defers Action
Councilman Crandall's motion re-
scinding all previous action looking
toward the purchase of the citys wa
ter plants did not get an airing today.
Whether this was agreed upon at
the preliminary meeting of the coun-
Gil last night in the mayors office or
whether the shortness of the days
session is responsible cannot be told
with certainty. AT the usual hour this
forenoon the council assembled and
almost immediately adjourned. The
city attorney, it was stated, wished tc
spend the day in the superior court
watching the progress of the Graham
water suit against the Pasadena Land
and Water company. Without his pres.
ence the council did not care to pro-
ceed with the business before it ano
adjourned.
A special session will be held or
Thursday to attend to the necessary
routine OF business. Mayor Water
house hastened to Los Angeles as soor
as the council adjourned and listened
TO the Graham suit from a seat in.
side the rail. Curiously enough. it de,