Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
ROMEO ANNEXES
FEATURE EVENT
WINS FROM HAZEL KINNEY IN
FREE-FOR-ALL TR0.
Exciting Finishes and Good Time
Made by Side Wheelers, Despite
Poor Condition of Track,
Due to Auto Races

The feature event of the June matinee
of the Los Angeles Driving club yester-
day afternoon at Agricultural park was
the free-for-all trot, in which three
starters contested for the honors. 1t
easily furnished the best sport of the
afternoon, despite that the card was an
unusually attractive one.
Romeo won the race In straight heats,
taking the first heat by three lengths
after a pretty duel over three-fourths
the distance with Hazel Kinney, always
his rival. Hazel stepped such good
pace for the greater portion of the dis
tance that 1t was expected she would
make Romeo hustle to beat her in the
second heat, and she fully performed to
expectations. Hazel and Romeo hooked
up in the stretch In this heat and both
were going at fierce pace until half
the distance to the wire had been COW
cred, when Romeo exhibited the strong
er staying powers and gradually pulled
away from her, getting the heat and
the race by half a length. 1t was a
contest that excited much enthusiasm.
Following Is a summary of the sew
oral events of the afternoon:
First race-2:30 pace. mile heats, two best in
three:
Maxine Gowe)
Bud tBricker) ...................'.'...''s
Rex (Moore) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Lady Seton CWalker) .....................5 dis
Time-2:31, 231.
Second race-240 trot, mile heats. two best
In three;
Drummer Boy (Glasscock) .........,...!.1 l
Crisis Pounder ....,,........'''.....''a
Bonnie Crockett Plerce) .........,......4
Impetuoso (Delorey) ......................3 A
Signet WillamO observation-disclosures .
Time-2.36 2:29
Third race-Free for all trot, mile heats,
two best in three:
Romeo (Garland .S........1- i
Hazel Kinney (Reynolds) ........,.,.."..2
Gold Nut (Williams) .....................3 3
Time-2:16, 2:H.
Fourth race-2:15 pact, mile heats. two best
in three:
Joe McGregor CwilliamS .................1
Henry N Delorey) ........................2
Time-2;l7. 2:l6.
Fifth race-29O pace. mile heats. two best
in three:
Buck Cw A. Clark Jr) ....................1 1
Isabella Up. u. Lowe) .................,.....2
Sixth race-2:2O trot. mile heats, two best
in three:
Alexandra CMiller) ....... ...............".. 1
Escoboda Cwilams) ..A.......".......2 2
Sadie Mckinney Garland ...........,,..5 q
Time-2:1s. 2l7.
Alexandra trotted a splendid mile in
the first heat of the 2:20 trot, under
beautiful drive by Miller of the Denver
Driving club, and although winning
both heats easily, owing to breaks BY
his rivals, he showed excellent class In
both efforts when challenged.
w. A Clark, jr., had no exciting mo-
ments in driving Buck to victory In the
2:20 pace. Buck made a runaway race
of the second heat, winning under q
strong pull by about 100 yards. This
was Bucks maiden pace. having for
merly gone in trotting races, and he
made good in most impressive man
ner.
Frank Williams gave a beautiful ex-
hibition of driving in the 2:15 pace,
handling Joe McGregor. the winner, 1T
a perfect manner. McGregor showed
fine burst of speed and won the second
heat by three open lengths, the same
margin by which he won the first heat
and evidently is a good one.
C. II. Thompson of the Salt Lake
Driving club anticipated better show
ing by Escoboda in the 2:20 trot, but
permitted his hopes to get oack 10
earth after the first heat.
John w. Snowden, vice president Oh
the Los Angeles Driving club. was In
the judges stand in an official capacity
having recently returned from Imperial
San Bernardino will have a harness
NEE mig July and 4, and extraordinary
efforts are being made to arrange an
unusually attractive card.
The track was not fast yesterday
owing to the fact that the auto races
last week cut 1t up so badly that the
going was anything but satisfactory.
The fastest time recorded yesterday
was in the final heat of the free-for-al
trot when Romeo did the mile In 2:l+