Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
GREAT HORSES
OWNED LOCALLY
VETERAN PAGERS HAVE GOOD
RECORDS
MUCH PRIDE SHOWN IN SHEcAM
AND DEWEY
Former Is One of Only Two That Ever
Beat the Wonderful Dan Patch.
Thanksgiving Matinee May
Furnish New Marks
by DAN PATCH

Shecam 2:1215 is a bay pacing geld
ing owned by Jake Levy and is well
known to all who attend the matinee
meets at Agricultural park. He is by
Durfee, dam Lady Prompter, and was
bred in Oregon. Levy bought MN
about five years ago and has raced MIN
in New Mexico and Arizona, as well
as in the matinees here during the last
year. Shecam took his record at Co
lumbus, Ohio, in the fifth heat of a
winning race. He has the honor Oh
being in the money in race with
Dan Patch and in another race beat
Queen Marshall, that was one OF tne
only two horses that ever won heat
from the wonderful son of Joe Patchen.
Shecam won three cups last season,
given by the Los Angeles Driving club
and is looking for more silverware this
year. He is a model road horse, as he
is not afraid of anything, wears no
boots of any kind and is big and strong
enough to pull two men in wagon
anywhere, as he stands full los HANDS
and weighs 1850 pounds.
Fast Matinee Horse
Dewey, a bay stallion by Little Dock
and owned by Z. A. Ingraham, is an
Iowa production and is years old.
He Is a very rich, dark bay, about 1914
hands high, very compactly built, up
headed and with lots of speed. He
has appeared only in two matinees, the
first of which he won in 2:12%, but
this is far from the limit of his speed,
for he has worked miles in 2:OS72 and
halves in LOBE.
He is an ideal horse on the road, for,
like Shecam, he wears absolutely no
boots, does not pull a pound, is afraid
of nothing he meets or sees, he trots
I'D to a four-minute gait before he
trily a
five ounce shoes all around, as he re-
quires no balancing. He probably will
be seen in the handicap pace at the
matinee at Agricultural park on
Thanksgiving day. He has no colts
out here, but Ingraham says he saw
one of Dewey's sons the last time ne
was east and that he is as big and
good-looking a two-year-old as one
would want to see.
Matinee on Thanksgiving
At a meeting of the directors of the
Los Angeles Driving club, held last
week, it was decided to give a blue
ribbon matinee on Thanksgiving day.
which really will be the Inauguration
of the matinee season of 190S-09. "A
program is being prepared that not
only will bring out all the lovers OF
harness racing in this city, but from
all the neighboring towns. Handsome
excellent band will be in attendance
and no effort will be spared to make
it memorable day in the driving
clubs calendar of matinee entertain
mentS.
Among the features will be the sec
ond race for the Clark cup. The OFF,
cial conditions are printed below, as
there have been made some changes
since the trophy was first given. A
handicap for PAGERS, on the order OF
the 900 handicap for trotters, given
so successfully at Readville, Mass, last
August should bring out big field
of horses, as this style of racing bids
fair to revolutionize the harness racing
game, and from present appearances
there hardly will be meeting held
anywhere in the country next year that
will not have two or more on the pro-
gram, and this will afford both the
horses and drivers a chance to learn
the new method.
Coast Record in Danger
VIII Durfee and his all-star combi-
nation that has been racing so sue
cessfully down the grand circuit this
year, will have returned by that time
and he will be asked to let Cope de
Orc go against the coast pacing record
to wagon of 2:10, now held by Miss
Georgia, made last Thanksgiving day
at Agricultural park. Then, IN derer-
ence to the public taste for running
races, there will be one on the pro-
gram at half mile heats, best two in
three, for horses owned by members
of any recognized club, and a half
mile dash for polo ponies. The days
program will wind up with a novelty
race of some kind not yet decided on.
The Financial Question
Owing to the hard times of the past
year and for other reasons the finances
of the Los Angeles Driving club are
at very low ebb, and in order to
keep up the plant at Agricultural park
and continue giving free matinees, it
is absolutely necessary occasionally to
take advantage of the new rule alloy
ing matinee clubs to charge an adj
mission fee without giving the
competing horses records. For seven
or eight years the driving club has
been entertaining the people of Los An
geles with some of the best matinee
races in the United States. and treat
ing them to some sensational perform
ances, as, for instance, Sonoma Girls
mile in 2:07 a year ago last Christmas
day, mile that was heralded all over