Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-26
MACS PACE IN
RECORD TIME
/. A. DRIVING CLUB HOLDS
GREAT MATINEE
OUT WEST MEMBERS FEATURE
GOOD CARD
Five-Gaited Saddle Horse E%hlbIt
Brings Out High Glass Equines.
Running Race Proves
Exciting

Two thousand persons gathered at
Agricultural park yesterday afternoon
to witness one of the best driving
matinees ever held in southern can
fornia. Wen balanced fields OF the
best trotters and PAGERS or southern
California finished noses apart ana III
nearly every instance was II necessary
to run three heats. Chestnut hlns
won first prize in the fine gated sad
die horse exhibit.
What without question are the best
six saddle horses in Los Angeles were
placed on exhibition when the hVe-
GATED saddle horse class was called
The magnificent animals trotted, gal
loped and pranced up and down tho
track in front of the judges stanu,
At a touch of the rein the horses would
break from a lope into a canter, from
a canter into a single-foot and from
a single-foot drop to walk. Inen
the judges lined them up and the
crowd began to get excited. Inc pun
lie choices were Highland SqurreI
King, owned and ridden by r.. l..
English. and Jacqueline, ridden and
owned by Mrs. +. p. Riggle.
''The lady wins or "Give II TO pa
were some of the expressions heard
from the spectators who became more
excited as the judges carefully eX-
amined first one horse and then an
other The suspense finally was brok-
en- when the coveted blue ribbon was
pinned on a dark horse, at least tigur-
atvely speaking. Chestnut King t1e
property of w. 4. GlassCock. and rid
den by r. Hughes, captured the silver
cup and first prize, ana was led IN
triumph from the track. Highland
Squirrel King was forced to. be con-
tent with second prize, while Jacque-
line was awarded third place.
Many Novelties
To the out West club the success of
the matinee was largely due. A novel
feature was introduced when fifteen
or twenty yelling cowboys rode upon
the track with Il shaggy looking white
horse which. they declared, had never
vet been ridden. The horse finally was
blindfolded and mounted by daring
rider At the signal the pony was
turned loose and amid a voley of pls-
tol shots reared and bucked half way
around the track. There fingers a
suspicion, however, that both horse
and rider were trained for the event.
Another attractive feature was held
when the cowboys rode a relay race
in which two mounts and two saddles
we4 used, the event being won by Rat
tlesnake Pagget.
Miss Charlotte Gleason rode Lady
c. a mile to beat the present 2:45
trotting record and came within three
quarters Of a second Of turning the
trick Had her mount not broken the
present worlds record would have
been lowered by several seconds. The
results were as follows:
First race green pace, first heat-Red
Jacket Jonas, driver, won: colonel Nc, L.
E. Mcclellan, driver second; Hal Nc, j. w.
McI.aln, driver; third; time 2:2s Second
heat-Hal Nc. won. Colonel Nc. second; Red
Jacket third; time 2:26. Third heat-FIal
Nc. won heat and race; Red Jacket second,
Colonel Nc. third; time $3.50.
Second race, 2:25 trot-First heat
Rancho del Pasn {. r. Hewitt driver, won;
Lenora NJ. r. b. Moorhead, driver. second;
Mozeppa, Charles Chick driver. third; time
2:27l.. Second heat-RanchO del Paso won
heat and race; Drummer Boy second Le-
nora NJ third; Mozeppa fourth time 2:25.
Third race 2:15 pace-First heat-Lady
Nc, W. w. MeClaln, driver won; Artesia,
O. o. Jonas, driver. second; Steve Bailey, l.
c. Mosher driver. third; Dlabeleta, l. r.
Mcclellan, driver. fourth; time 2:l5 Second
heat-Lady Nc. won heat and race; Steve
Bailey second: Artesia third; Diabeeta
fourth; time 2:12.
Fourth race, furlonss, running-Golden
Ledge W. Coleman, rider won; Cow Boy,
d. f. Hogan rider, second; Lonia. j. l..
Maxwell rider. third; Vida ran away.