Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
ARRANGE CLASSY
MATINEE RACES.
HARNESS MEN ANTICIPATE
FAST EVENTS IN JULY
LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATION is
SETTLING DETAILS
EIks' Program of Trotting and Pacing
Enthusiasts Attracts Much
Attention-GossipA Among
Horsemen
BY DAN PATCH

Several stables have written engaging
stalls at Agricultural park for the race
meeting of the Los Angeles Harness
Horse association. and already that of
Homer Rutherford has arrived. This
aggregation includes the bay mare
Josephine, 2:O7A, that is entered in the
fast pace on July 16.
At meeting of the board of direct
ors of the association held Friday II
was decided to make the admission fee
sc cents and 25 cents extra for seats in
the grand stand. but women will be
given seats there free. The private
boxes. holding six persons, will be sold
for $3.50 each, and if whole box Is not
taken seats will be sold at 80 cents
each. In addition to the regular class
races and stakes for purses, matinee
race will be given each day OF the
meeting, open to members of any drlV-
ing club in the country. The whole OF
Southern California has been by TINS
time thoroughly covered with 12-sheet
Autographs of the meeting, and by July
3 every billboard in Los Angeles Will
be decorated with a similar picture, to
say nothing of the window cards, whlch
will have a picture of the hnlsh OF the
first heat between Velox and Copa de
CiO iriSb 4 AAoAAAh9oNf AA-S Nt-5
tural park
If the proposed plans are carried out
by the state board Southern California
will have one of the finest race tracks
in the country. The proposition is to
build a mile track along the south side
of the park, doing away with the pres
ent track, giving more room Tor the
proposed buildings and improvements,
leaving sufficient ground for line OIL
stables and grand stand, and enclosing
the whole with a woven wire renee
This surely ought to give the trottlns
interests of Southern California
boom. for a race track like that, sur
rounded by the magnificent grounds
that Agricultural park will become at
ter the expenditure of the thousands OF
dollars called for in the appropriations
cannot fail to stimulate the breeding
interests of this part OF the state ana
attract horse lovers and buyers from
all over the United States and Europe
lust as Lexington, KY, does now.
Horses and Horsemen
w. G. Durfee's campaigning string
will be shipped to Terre Haute today.
1t includes Copa de ORC, 2:O3h; car
lokin, 2:0SA Del Coronado 2:O914;
Zomata. 2:0Sh; Almaden 2:22A as
3-year-old, but with a trial last week
of 2:09%; a green mare by Del Coro-
nado and five or six others that will oe
turned over to different parties on their
arrival. Durfee himself will follow
about the middle of the week.
Though VIII Durfee's arm is still IN
splints, he is game enough to work out
some Of his horses himself, though IT
is more or less difficult to hold his
reins. watch and whip all in one hand.
That was a good ride of Almaden's
| in 2:09% the other day and done SO
easily and the finish so strong that
| the veteran trainer-oWner who did the
| teeming wanted to bet hundred ne
could cool him out and beat 2:O9 the
next heat, but there were no takers.
He looks like he ought to be pretty
good in the slow classes this year.
l.. w. Folsom put the straps on
| Divedio Boy last week, and when he
| turned him round and asked him TO
| step mile he tramped the distance in
| 2:13 and a fraction, with half in 1:O5.
Josephine, in Rutherford's string,
ought to be good goods" this year.
She is strong and rugged-looking, and
as the fastest mile she has been driven
was in 2;O9 and a fraction, which was
play for her, she has not been trained
! to death. 1t seems reasonable to sup
| pose that she will be able to lower her
mark a couple of seconds this season.
The Los Angeles horse Phoenix (The
Pig) made his initial start of the sea-
! son at Nld's iciot NNStN'
track at the Gentlemen's Driving park
was slow from continued rain. The fol-
lowing is the account of the race and
| the summary:
The 2:24 pace required six heats be-
fore it could be decided. 1t was n
gruelling race The first half mile of
| the second heat, which was paced in
2:16A, was in 1:05. A wheel of the sulky
drawn by Walter Hall broke and the
horse was distanced. At the time of
this accident he had two heats won.
The winning mare, Kentucky Belle, had
her day Her owner did not think she
was up to a race against such a field
and wanted to draw her, but was not
allowed to do so.
| 2:24 pacing; purse 400.
| Kentucky Belle. b. m, by Meal
| lister (Merrefeld) ...............7 8 ]
Ashline, b. g., by Ashland Wilkes
(Cummings) ........ .......,.,.. )
Mallow Boy. CHI &. (Malow)....,.6 6 3 2 re
| Jessie simmons b. m. (Abrams) 3 re
Billy Nelson b. g. Gamison).... do
Walter Hal gr. h. (Garth)...... 2 1 ds
| Thelma, blk. m. (SewelD ........ ds
Phoenix. blk. S, CTerreD. .ds
Time-21SA. 2;1G4, 2:19l4, 2:21A, 2;21H, 2;22A.