Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26
BREAKS COAST
WAGON RECORD
REDLAcK COVERS A MILE IN
FAST TIME
Agricultural Park Races Provide Good
Sport for Lovers Of the Har-
ness Horse-Summary
of Events

Ideal weather and an enthusiastic
crowd were attendant upon good har-
ness racing at Agricultural park yes.
terday afternoon, the program being
featured with Redlack's breaking OF
the coast trotting record to a wagon.
Driven by the owner, G. j. Grubb
Redlack cleverly covered the distance
in 2:11 fiat, lowering his own mark OF
2:11 Ia In yesterdays successful at
tempt Redlack was assisted by run
ming mate, his first record having been
made minus the speed aid.
Every race on the program was not
1y contested and from the time Jessie
Lovel captured the first event, Win
ming two out of three heats, 1t was
manifest that very evenly balanced
card had been arranged.
Lovel, after taking the initial heat
of the mixed event. was beaten out
in the second by Amos Ketchum. The
third proved easy for Lovel, which
won handily.
The 2:40 pace went to Wild Rose,
after Billy w had annexed the first
heat. Wild Rose made gallant bid
for a two-straight victory, but was
forced to accept second honors in the
first round. Then the Silverthorn mare
ran away with the next two meats.
The 2:40 trot for the Los Angeles
Driving Club cup resulted in a victory
for L. P. Keller's Glenetta, which,
after finishing second to General Gar
cia in the first heat, won the follo"-
ing dashes successfully.
Fritz Godfreys Billy Red had small
difficulty in annexing the 2:3O pace
from q. A. Ingram's Dewey, which
finished second in the first mile ana leu
Billy Red to the wire In the second.
Redlack came out next for the eX-
hibttton mile and an expectant air
bovered about the stand as Grubb sent
his horse away to a good start. The
animal found a nice gait and hnlsneu
the mile one-fourth of second below
the coast record.
PHYLLIS took the 2:30 trot in straight
heats from Billy NJ, while Fresno Boy
won the 2:30 pace in straight heats'
Following is the summary:
First ace-Three-minute mixed race
first heat: Jessie Lovel &c; A. Taylor9
won: Barney (Joseph Walker, second ,
Miss Thelma Qdarry Messmore), thlra'
time 2:35N. Maud St Clair was scratcn,ed
lan9 first: Jessie Lovel CTaylor), second; ;
Miss Thelma (Messmore), third; time
1'TSiRn, Tinal heat: Jessie Lovel CTaylor), won;
Miss aa Thelma. second; Barney, third;
'a Second race-2:4O pace, first heat; Billy Billy
W. John NickerSon), won; M Mlu 15J.9S 5eGsS
(Thomas Silverthorn), second; Glen Polus
6r. William Dodge, third; time 2;29;
Second heat: Wild Rose, first; Bill w"
second; Glen Polus, third; time 2;2512.
Final heat: Wild Rose, won; Billy W.
second: time 2:2615. Glen Polus scratched
Third race-2:40 trot, first heat General
Garcia rel : &C. c. Colyearl; first; Glenettia
Il. P. Kellar), second; Clavel &c. A. Hol-
combe) third; time 2:2l. o,,
Second heat: Glemetta, won; SiaVei'
second; Gen. Garcia third time "a.
Final heat: Glemetta, won; Gen. Garcia
second: Clavel, third; time 2:23. ,,-
Fourth race-2:20 pace, first heat: Bllly
Red. won; Seigfried, second; Dewey
third; time 2:1412. nu,.. Dad
second; Seigfried third time 2:121-3.
Third heat: Billy Red. won; Dewey,
second; Seigfried. third time 2l3
Fifth race-Redlack broke. coast trot- tri
ting record to wagon, covering the mlle
in 2:11 fiat, lowering the former marx
one-uuarter second. ,,,,,,-.
SIKH race-2:3 80 trot first heat: Phylls,
won: Billy NJ, second.
Second heat: Phyllis, won; Billy NJ
Seventh race-2:3O pace first heat, Fres-
no Boy, won Gladys M. second; Te-
hama Boy, third; Bernie Wilkes, fourth;
Second heat-Fresno Boy. first; Gladys
M. second: Tehama Boy, third; Bernie
Wilkes fourth; time 2:26A.