Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
fine SPORT AT
DRIVING MATINEE
BIG CROWD SEES HARNESS
RACES
RECORDS BROKEN BY SPEEDY
TROTTERs AND PAGERS
Three Thousand Persons Assemble at
Agricultural Park to Witness
an Excellent Pro-
gram
BY DAN PATCH


Notwithstanding the postponement
from Thanksgiving day till yesterday
afternoon the Los Angeles Driving
clubs matinee was the greatest sue
cess. Never in the history of the club
has such a high class days racing been
given.
Both the trotting and pacing records
in matinee races at Agricultural park
were broken, and unless L am mistaken
the matinee race record for PAGERS was
tied. The events followed each other
without the tiresOme delays between,
and the whole program was finished at
O'Clock. After the hard free-for-all
race 1t was decided not to start Copa
de ORC against the wagon record.
1t was a beautiful day and the sun
was warm enough to make oVercoats
and wraps unnecessary. AS early at
1890 p. m. people began to arrive in
street cars, automobiles and carriages,
till by the time the races were called
at lis p. m. the grandstand was COM
fortably filled and there was a line
along the fence of the infield, and long
before the free-for-all pace there were
| at least 5000 people present.
Had the meeting taken place Thanks
giving day there would have been 5000
| or 10000 present, as last Thursday aft
]
afternoon, not thinking that the rain
the night before would put the track
ont OF commission. Many of them were
not able to attend yesterday on ac-
count Of business affairs.
| The first race. a dash of one mile for
| 5:35 trotters, brought out a field of
four and they got the word promptly
at l:15 p. m, Mazeppa had the pole,
| and went away in the lead; Nellie
Ketchum last as she was on her bad
| behavior. Mazeppa held her lead till
| the fiYe-eighths pole, but there Clara
G., who had been steadily creeping up,
! took the lead and held it to the wire,
winning easily in 2:2S. This was Clara
G.'s first performance in public.
2:2o Pace, Mile Heats
In the first heat wandering Boy had
| the pole, but lost it by a break on the
| first turn. Mace Greenleaf with Honest
John took the lead, with Shecam sec
ond. They were all well together on
the upper turn, but in the stretch Hon.
est John and Shecam drew away from
! the others and John finally won by
half length in 2:21 IA.
In the second heat Shecam took the
lead on the first turn, with Honest John
second, and at the half he began clos
ing up the gap, and at the head of the
stretch was nearly on even terms, ano
after hard fight all down the stretch
finally nipped Shecam at the wire ano
won the heat and race in 2:24.
copa de Orc Beaten
Copa de ORC, with viii Durfee uI
and Velox, with Bonnell behind him
| appeared for the free-for-all. Copa
looked drawn after his hard campaign
east, but went sound and free. Velox
the little chestnut stud that went such
good race at Phoenix, is a small
compactly built little fellow, and looked
in the pink of condition. They got the
word on the second score, Copa de Orc
having the pole and the best of the
start by a length. Velox collared hin
on the first turn, and from there they
raced head and head to the wire, where
Copa won by a nose in 2:07 lowering
the matinee race record by IL sec
onds.
Copa de ORC again got the best of the
! start by full length, but Yelox caugh