Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-13

$50 Each rider had to dismount seven
times in the two miles or the race
transfer his saddle to new horse then
mount and away for tA next station
AS the changing stations were only a
quarter of a mile apart no remarkable
time was made until the last quarter
into the finish, when both boys rode
their horses out and fought a pretty
finish.
The Judges of the sports, save the
pushball game, in which DR.. Z. w.
Everett acted as referee, were Col: w.
]. Hogan, F. V. Rider and DR.. u. L.
Malaby.
Previous to the sports some 5000
pounds of beef, with 500 gallons Of
baked beans and much bread and cof-
fee, were distributed to the waiting
thousands by the Elks of the Pasadena
lodge, who turned themselves into cooks
and walters from IL o'clock in the
morning until 80 o'clock in the after
noon.
The earlier arrivals of the Elks did
not in point of numbers come up TO
expectations. In fact, by IL o'clock
there were little more than 3O0O visitors
in the city. But later they fiocked in,
train after train of special cars being
run out from Los Angeles by the Pa
cific Electric railroad. The occupants
of these cars were received in the Cen
trail park, which was roped off by the
police for the exclusive use of the Elks.
Autos Ready for GaIegates
There they were sorted out, dele
gates to the grand lodge and their COM
panions being started off in automo-
biles for tour of the city, and the
others directed in any direction they
chose over the trolley lines. Many OF
them went to the park direct, While
Sl,I sal 70 l111r1f n fri G
in the city Altogether it is probable
some 10000 of the visitors to Los An
geles took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to visit Pasadena and become
acquainted with their brethren of Six
SeVenty-Two.
Miles of bunting covered the build
ings of the city, even the private
houses along the route of the automo-
bile parade and the route to the park
showing evidence of the good will and
hospitality of the Pasadenans to their
guests of the day. The police protec-
ton, both in the city and at the park,
was perfect.
+ There were no arrests, no accidents,
and, so far, not one reported case of
serious loss to mar the day.
The arrangements in the morning
were in charge of Capt. j. w. Pierce
and Sergt. George Longley; while at
the park Chief H. H. Favour, aided
by the two officers, Lieutenant Coping
and Sergeant Reynolds, directed the
work They were aided cheerfully and
effectively by a squad of twenty-five
Los Angeles patrolmen, under Lieuten-
ant Williams and a sergeant.
Had Dope on Son
At the drinking water shed laugh
was aroused when an elderly woman,
who was plotting her grown son from
Greeley, Colo, announced in a loud
voice that there was no danger of her
Henry ever taking to intoxicants.
why the first thing every morning
he drinks whole pitcher of ice water,
and then can't seem to get enough of
it," she declared with parental pride.
A stout and florid man made a COM
plant to the executive committee that
some souvenir seeking lady had
stripped his coat of badges while he
left 1t for few minutes in the grand
stand and went to speak to friend.
He said that there were only women
near him, but even at that they seemed
to like badges rather well.
Another stout man who had taken
many pictures of the days events
dashed over a fence in an effort to OBJ
tain good position, and then fell on
his camera Some small boys began
to sing Nobody Loves a Fat Man"
and the portly gentleman seemed some
what peeved about their chorus.
During two of the intermissions a
body of eastern and native Elks who
were back of the band in the grand
stand sang with rare pathoS the chant,
Nobody Knows How Dry Am" and
then they went on to relate words which
conveyed the idea that nobody seemed
to care, and made the second line
rhyme with "am."