Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03
CLOSE FINISHES
MARK MATINEE
CLEVER SPORT WITNESSED AT
AGRICULTURAL PARK
Welcome Mac and Explosion Create
Excitement In Final Heat Of Free
for-AlI Pace When They
Finish Head TO Head

Probably no more exciting series o
finishes have marked local harilSS
matinee than those in connection WIZ
the Los Angeles Driving clubs eNhlol
tion at Agricultural park yesterQa!
afternoon. Time and again the pll
throng in the stand was on It's teeI u
cheer favorite which ran apreas
with some other flying PAGER OF 'Iot'e
| in a dash to the wire.
| Ry some hook or crook Secretary
| Stewart had arranged card WhlcI
! brought together the classiest horses
of the club, and judging from tn'
| manner in which several meats WeIt
contested an expert Handicapped mlgh'
have allotted weights according 10 rum
ming race rules. ST., =.
None but the judges were aDIe 70
determine whether Welcome Mac ol
Explosion won the third heat of the
free for all pace. So close was the
finish that many thought that dead
heat had been run. Explosion broke
under the wire, however, and welcome
Mac was awarded the heat ana race
Explosion, under pretty driving OF D.
L. Springer. had captured the first heat
and Welcome Mac the second. When
Welcome Mac finished the second neat
in 2:10 he paced the fastest heat oil
the season. -,
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pace in two straight heats, with FRANK
Longs Seigfreid second.
No end of excitement was attendant
upon the free for all trot. which was
won by j. d. Springer's Danube In
cidentally Mr. Springer evidenced the
fact that he is an excellent driver. Mr..
Springer, with Don H., annexed the 2:3O
trot In the first heat Don and Zoe
Patchen broke badly before the half.
Zoe recovered at the halfway station
and Don also fell into a stride
Patchen broke again and Don u.
made a pretty run down the stretch
with Geraldine. At the wire Don broke
and allowed Geraldine to take the first
heat.
Mr.. Springer won the second heat by
a close margin from Geraldine and also
captured the third.
William Garland's Cleopatra had
small difficulty in winning the 2;SO
pace in straight heats from Tehama
second and third.
The 2:15 pace was called off, as one
of the entries became i'll.
Secretary Stewart made the an
nouncement that Ackley Cloyes Schuy
Ter of the New York Driving club had
presented a silver cup to be known
as the Delature cup, which is to be
awarded the horse trotting the fastest
heat in a race during the next matinee
season.
Driving club officials are to be con-
graduated upon the success of yester-
days meet, and harness men may an
ticipate some fast exhibitions in the
near future.
The results:
FIRST RACE-2;4O trot; mile heats; 2
Direct Maid, b. M; L. ]. Chris
topher, owner and driver..... 3
? Willow, b. g.; j. w. Snowden,
owner and driver ............. 2
3 Greenwood, b. h.; l.. E. McLel-
Ian, owner and driver ........ q
4 Gen. Garcia, b. G.; c. c. Col
year, owner and driver ....... l l
Time-2:2S, 2;2915.
SECOND RACE-2:2O pace; mile heats;
2 in g.
/ Admonto, s. g.; C. B. Johnson,
2 seigfried, b. g.; Frank B. Long,
owner and driver .............. 2 .
3 Flora G., s. m; A. l. Stewart,
owner and driver ............. 3
Time-2:191a, 2:171s.
THIRD RACE-Free for all trot; mile
heats; in 8.
l Ida Mllerton, br. m; H. NJ
Henderson, owner; E. j. De-
2 Glory, br m; G. A. Founder,
owner and driver ............. 2
5 Hazel Mckinney, b. m; ]. H.
Reynolds, owner and driver. 4
4 Danube. br. h.; Capt. j. c.
Newton, owner; j. D. Spring
er, driver NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1 1
Time-2:i21A, 2:181s, 2;14.
FOURTH RACE-Free for all pace;
mile heats; 2 in 3.
Henry N, gr g.; II. n. Hender-
son, owner; E. L. Delorey, .
: Welcome Mac, b. g.; Thomas
Hughes, owner and driver. l l
S Explosion, b. m; Joseph Wat
kins, owner; j. d. Springer,
Time-2 :l6la 2:1O 2:13.
FIFTH RACE-2:3O trot; mile heats; 2
/ Geraldine, b. m; ]. H. Rey-
nolds, owner and driver ......... 2 3
9 Zoe Patchen, b. M; O. l.. How
ley, owner and driver......... 2
s Don H., b. g.; j. d. Springer,
owner and driver .............. l
Time-2:22, 2:17.
Exhibition of high school saddle horses.
1 Black Diamond, b. g.; c. I. Hewitt &
? Rex b. g.; C. T. Hewitt & Son
SIXTH RACE-2:15 pace; mile heats, 2
in 3-Declared off; horse sick.
SEVENTH RACE-2;3O pace; mile
/ Tehama Boy, s. g.; L. 2. Nc
Iellan, owner and driver.... 2
Cleopatra, s. M; VIM. Garland,
owner and driver ............. l l
Bernie Wilks. b. m; L. L. Den
cker owner and driver 3
Time-2:24, 21Sh,
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