Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-07
MATINEE MEET
MADE HISTORY
MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER HELD
IN SOUTH
GREAT SPORT FURNISHED BY
PERFECT MANAGEMENT
Board of Directors Have Session To-
morrow and Will Arrange for Next
EVent-Gossip of the Horses
and Horsemen


and Horsemen
BY DAN PATCH
Never in the history of the Los An
geles Driving club was a higher class
card presented or a better days rae
ing given than at the last matinee.
There was not a hitch in the days
entertainment and though there We're
nine events on the program the last
one was decided before o'clock and
the 5000 persons present had ample
time to get to their respective homes
before dark. This was owing to the
management insisting on contestants
answering the bell promptly and doing
away with the tiresome and entirely
unnecessary delays between heats.
All the finishes were good and some
exceptionally close, as, for instance,
in the free for all pace. In two of
the heats in that race blanket would
have covered both horses at any spot
in the mile, and the finishes of all
three heats brought the grandstand
crowd to its feet, breathless with eX-
citement. Such a race is not seen
more than two or three times in a
lifetime. Personally, I remember of
seeing only one, and that at county
fair in Maryland in 1887. but then the
fastest heat was in 2:34A, and it
lacked the excitement of the one here
because it was won in straight heats
and this was not.
Had the matinee taken place on
Thanksgiving day, as intended, 10000
persons would have seen the race, but
owing to the postponement till Sat
urday following, on account of the
rainstorm the preceding Wednesday
night, two thirds of the crowd could
not attend on account of their bust
ness affairs or other engagements.
Still the Driving club a little more
than paid expenses and showed what
it could do in the way of furnishing
a great days racing. Encouraged by
this success and being assured now
of the interest of the public In the
races of the club, every effort Will be
directed to make the next matinee a
still more brilliant one.
Promising Matinee Winner
Silveretta, who made her debut to
the matinee public in the 2:30 pace at
the last matinee and won from large
field, is a beautifully turned gray
mare. by Silver Coin, and is owned
by w A. Glasscock She only has
been worked this fall and has so far
done everything asked of her. She is
level-headed, smooth gated and has a
sweet disposition in or out of the
stable, and bids fair to make valu-
able member of the matinee brigade,
even if she does not make a sensa-
tional race horse; though there is no
reason in the world why she should
not train on and learn to go fast
enough to win many a purse on the
professional tracks.
Horses and Horsemen
That was great drive that Mace ace
Greenleaf put UP at the finish of the
2:2O pace behind Honest John, and
worthy of any professional. He fairly
lifted the chestnut gelding under the
wire, and the cup he earned by his
skill is not a bit too handsome to
commemorate his own and his horses
performance.
The cups made an imposing display
in the judges stand during the racing,
and were admired by every one VINO
saw them, from the Clark cup, stand
ing over two feet high and easily cap
able of holding over two magnums OF
champagne, down to the cup l.. e. Nc
Lelian won in the novelty race.
Mace Greenleaf still asserts he should
have been declared the winner OF the
novelty race, though he finished abso-
lutely last, and by five numbers at that,
for he claims that he was the only one
who Droperly adjusted the contents or
both the boxes, in his case pair OF
corsets that looked as If they had been
made to measure for Barnum's fat wo-
man, and a diminutive hustle. NC
Lellan. he claims, after vainly trying 10
nut on a night shirt as if 1t were pair
IF naiamas. gave up in despair and
mounted his horse with the arms .tled
around his neck, which Greenleat says
is not according to Hoyle.
That Dan Hogan, who invented and
managed the novelty race, was sue
cessful in his efforts to amuse the
crowd was amply proved by the shrleks
of laughter that shook the rafters OF
fine grand stand and re-echoed from
the people in the infield. Hogan already
is revolving in his mind an attraction
for the next matinee that he says VIII
be even more grotesque.
Charles II. Thomas, the owner OF the
wonderful little PAGER Velox, was de-
lighted with the handsome cup pre-
scented to him for winning the tree-
for-all pace and promised to bring MIN
IN for the next matinee, possibly TO
trv and lower the coast pacing record
That was the only event on the pro-
gram that was not carried out. Copa
de Orc was to have attempted II, put
after the unexpectedly hard race ne
had in the free-for-all it was asking
manifestly too much of him, or any
horse. so it had to be declared on.
Velox is a rather peculiarly bred
horse. being by Zolock (2:05A) out
of Anne Bolyn, by the thoroughbred
horse Balboa. Then he goes back to
the trotting strain again. as his second
dam was Grey Annie by Romero
I2:19K1. that Jimmie Goldsmith cam
naigned down the grand circuit and
through the east in 1882. The third
dam was Gretchen, by son or Pilot
Tr. fourth. Sally by Williamson's Bel
mont; fifth, Mad Sally, that VIII Dur
fees father once owned. The thor
oughbred cross in his pedigree can be
accounted for by the fact that his own
or always has been Identified with the
runners on the coast, he having begun
mat game in 1S4s. He raised Romero,
hnt Velox is the first harness horse he
has raced himself, which bears out the
old adage. ut is never too late to
Coma de ORC (2;OSA) has had ibis
shoes nulled off and is enjoying well
earned rest after his remarkable cam
paign through the east all summer.
Carlolxin l(2.0SA), also in Durfee
string. has been 'let up" and is taking
life easy.
Ted Hays has signed a two-year con-
tract with w. A. Clark, jr. to manage
Bon Voyage. He will leave here prob
ably in January to make the season
al Pleasanton, where the horse has
many admirers and number OF most
| promising colts.
Walter Maben drove Jean Vatican, a
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