Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-31
BRIGHT SKIES
ARE HOPED FOR
IN PASADENA
FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR
ROSE TOURNEY
FLORAL PAGEANT WILL START
AT 1o:3o A. N.
Hot Sport Promised in Chariot Race
and other Games Scheduled
TO Begin at 1880 in
Afternoon
fspeelal 70 The Herald. ]

Especial 70 The Heraldi
PASADENA, Dec 3O.-Rain is the
| one thing feared in Pasadena just now
! The authorities have even gone to the
trouble of securing a special weather
| forecast and are rather encouraged at
/ the result In this forecast it is re-
ported that storm moving in from
| the Pacific has hit the state of Wash
ington and appears to be moving in
/ land. Unless 1T should turn and move
/ down the coast, aside from showers
| Friday, there does not appear to be
much danger of rain on Tournament
/ day.
/ Plans for the Tournament practically
are completed. 1t is an assured tact
that. if Saturday is clear, there will be
more than ninety and probably Wei
over a hundred entries in the floral
pageant. This pageant will start at
/ l0:3O o'clock promptly, forming on
South Orange Grove avenue. 1t is
scheduled to reach the business section
by IL O'Clock in the morning ana
| Tournament park about l O'Clock IN the
afternoon. The review at tournament
park probably will be concluded by
! 30 o'clock, the hour at which 1t IS
officially announced that the park eX-
ercises, that is, chariot races and
sports. will start, but past experience
| indicates that it will be after CLOCK
before the park program Will be COM
menced. The official program for the
afternoon at Tournament park is as
| follows
Official Program
Lancers drill and parade-Out west cIuo
FIRST heat of Roman chariot race best
two in three. mile heats Frlzes' ~ -
! $1,000; second, $500 Contestants hs'e -
| tTnglish red chariot: +. J. Levengood' pIue
| Half-mile dash First prize s75i secohu'
s25. Entrles-Chester T. Huston, star sau-
die Livery, Harry r. Townsend e. J. L!l LeNen-
good Revel L. English. f. Little starter
Ponv Express Relay Race-Each rider
| must ride at least two horses @ @s1a,' 90 ~
| made with saddle on ground at Ieast oO
| feet from horse to be ridden in hrst neat
| At signal rider will secure saddle ana ap-
| proach horse that is held by the heau Dy
| one attendant Rider must saddte ms W. W.
horse without assistance ana s stHle as ~
| as he wishes. He will ride once AROUND tS tmS
| track to the starting point, where ne VII!
take saddle from horse No. l. place same
| saddle on horse No. ?, and start "lthOut
| further signal. After second heat ne may
| ride the anal on his first horse or on a
| third horse II he so chooses No allowances
for accident or stoppages' Horses MAJ, may ~
| ridden with or without sadie o4aHhe'
| blankets or pads may be attached 10 sau
die Contestants-Out West club, Star SAD,
die Livery, sierra Vista stock farm Fred
| Hill T. ]. Levengood.
| second heat Of Roman chariot race -.
Representation OF stage hold-up' ou'
Third heat Of Roman chariot race. Un
the event of the same chariot winning m tne
first and second heats, the third VIII De run
simply as an exhibition race)'
Parade's Line of March
ur,o line of march for the floral pa
rade is as follows;
North on Orange Grove TO Colorado;
east on Colorado to Fair oaks; south
on Fair oaks to Vineyard; east on
VINEYARD to Raymond; north on Kay
mond to Colorado; west on Colorado 20
Fair oaks; north on Fair OAKS 10
Holly. east on Holly to Raymond;
south on RAYMOND to Colorado; east
on Colorado to either Wilson or Men
tor: thence south 10 the central en-
trance to Tournament park.
At the park the parade Will pass III
review before the judges stand
awards will be announced and the nst
of tournament cup and prize winners
will be announced.
The race in chariots between LeVeh-
good and English promises to be one
of the most remarkable in the history
of the sport. Levengood has made the
mile on the new full half-mile banked
track I'm / minute and SO seconds, and
English has made II i'm 2 minutes fiat.
Neither has vet let his four out to the
utmost. and half-mle chariot records
should go glmmering on New Year
day.
Police Orders Issued
For the benefit of the public Chief
of Police Wood has issued the follow
, ing official notice for Tournament day
3 "A1l traffic on South Orange Grove
= avenue between California and Colo
RADIO streets will be stopped at a. m
i'm order to allow the parade to FORM
= "The following streets Will be
blocked to traffic at 10 a. m, and the
! streets win be roped off at that time:
= Colorado street from Orange Grove
2 avenue to Wilson avenue, Fair OAKS
: avenue from Holly street to Dayton
! street, Raymond avenue from HOLY
street to Dayton avenue. All SIDE
; streets leading from the above streets
will be blocked.
"At Tournament park the regula-
tions will be practically the same as
they were last year, or as follows:
"Au automobiles are requested to go
to the park via Lake avenue and Ar
den road. thence to the automobile en-
/ trance.
T. "Au other vehicles are requested ia
go to the park via Hill avenue to Cal
I ifornia street to the carriage entrance.
"Wilson avenue between California
street and San Pasqual street will be
used only by vehicles which wish TO
leave their passengers at the main
entrance and who do not wish to drive
into the park. This street may also
be used as a waiting stand for public
y vehicles.
california street between Lake and
Wilson avenue will be used by cars
and pedestrians only, and no Vehlcles
of any kind will be allowed.
"On leaving the park the same regu-
lations will prevail, and you are re-
quested to return from the park the
same way you came in"
Edith Margueret Gray, daughter OF
the Mount Wilson photographer, VIII
not make a sensational attempt to run
from Wilson peak to Tournament
park on New Years day under Tour
nament of Roses association auspices.
The father of the 7-year-old child
planned to have his daughter do the
stunt in two hours and wind up on
Tournament track, but the tournament
officials have decided not to sanction
the attempt.