Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

resident of Los Angeles, having been
here twenty-five years. He Is devoted
to all kinds of outdoor sports, but
harness racing is his hobby. He is
never so happy as when seated in the
grandstand directly under the wire
watching the finish of a hard-fought
heat between two equally matched
game horses, except when, as is often
the case he is behind one of the con-
testing animals, for his services are
constantly in demand by fellow mem-
bers, who are aware of his skill and
GOODNESS as driver that have been
shown in many a race.
He holds the unpaced record of 2:10
with Virginia and the race record of
2.081a and 2.0SA with Welcome Mack.
He is a shreWd business man and
man of executive ability. He is de-
voted to the best interests of the club,
and under his administration it is
bound to succeed. for when he makes
up his mind to carry out a certain pol
icy he will accomplish 1t through thick
and thin. Personally he is hail fellow
we'll met with everybody and is pop
ular with all classes, never looking for
trouble, but will fight like his ances-
tors at a Donnybrook fair if the inter-
ests of the club are at stake.
William Garland the vice president,
is a retired business man of large for
tune, an enthusiastic horseman, and,
like the president, a charter member
of the club. He always has an eXcep
tionallya good horse or two that he
drives Himself in the -natinees He is
known from one end of the country to
the other as the owner Of Sweet Marie,
2.02, when she made her sensational
campaign down the grand circuit a
few years ago.
At present he has the bay gelding
Romeo by James Madison, with a
A..4a 81 1. -.
free-for-all trot Thanksgiving day,
and next season will send east to try
and duplicate Sweet Marie's perform
ances.
DIR. A. C. Humelbaugh, the treasurer,
is a dentist with a large practice and
a most methodical business man, con-
sequently an excellent treasurer. He
always has been a lover of horses and
owns Duryea Patchlock and Zoe, the
latter one of the most promising
2-year-olds at the track.
c. A. Garfield is a capitalist known
to everyone in Los Angeles and a di
rector in the club. He owns Walter
Barker, by Heir at Law, and Volante.
The latter looks like one of the best IL
not the best 2-year-old trotter in the
state. He is by the great sire Zombro,
and in size, conformation, disposition,
style and gait is almost perfection. He
has only been handled this summer,
but has done everything asked of him,
and with ease, miles in 1922 and halves
in 1908 are apparently little more than
a road gait to him. He will be sent
after the stakes for 3-year-olds next
year. Then MIR. Garfield has a number
OF yearling colts and fillies by Walter
Barker all trotters, though the sire is
q PAGER but trotting bred Aileene, who
promises to be as good if not better
than Volante
L. ]. Christopher, also a member OF
the board of directors of the club, is
the we'll known confectioner and al
ways has a number of fast trotters
and PAGERS, and though he does not
drive them himself, they are always
seen in the matinees with some of his
friends behind them. AT present Mr. |
Christopher is in Europe, but his mare
Zombretta, by Zombro, will be seen In |
one OF the classes on Thanksgiving day |
Candidates for Honors
Mandolin is a bay pacing gelding, |
full sixteen hands, by Altamont, dana |
Alma Mater, and has a record of 2;09A. |
He is a new addition to the matinee |
brigade and promises to be q star per- |
former In his class later on. At present |
he is short of work. as his owner, l.. |
E. Mcclellan, an active member OF the |
board of directors, has only had him |
a short time and has not asked him
" 30 any last AllAlCS dS yet nat itp |
has a world of speed was shown the |
other day when he stepped off an |
eighth In 141s seconds, and did it as |
If it was play to him. He wears no |
boots of any kind and light shoes all |
around. On the road he jogs on trot,
is afraid of nothing, does not pull and
is perfect gentleman's roadster
Explosion is a bay pacing mare, by
Steinway. dam Flash, and owned by
Joe Watkins. She is a great, big, racy
looking animal, with speed to burn.
She has a mile in 20S% 10 her credit,
and can carry a competitor round the
first turn fast enough to make him
dizzy. She viii be seen with Mandolin
and others in the 2;12 pace, which, by
the way, promises to be one Of the hot
races on the card. Explosion has been
campaigned in the north all summer
and has just returned from Phoenix.
so she is in good shape and should