Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-02
BALDWIN'S FOUR
TRAILS CARAVANS
COLORS IN DUST
WEST DRIVES FURIOUSLY TO
VICTORY
ARCADIA THoRoUGHBREDs VAN
oUlsH NEW YORKER
Thousands Witness Thrilling Chariot
Race Between Eastern Million
aires Horses and Those Owned
by Noted Turfman
IN HIRTY thousand persons-tbe 1arg

m HIRTY thousand persons-the larg-
i est throng ever assembled IN
Tournament park, Pasadena, yes
terday saw E. J. Nucky) Baldwin's
four trail Richard Carman's coIors
in the dust by winning the yearly
chariot race.
The pick Of the two stables were in
cluded in the fours that faced the
starter, and as the steeds swept past
the crowded grand stand cheers for
the red and cheers for the blue doomed
forth.
e. g. West, driver for Baldwin, won
the first heat, E. Hogoboom, plotting
| Carman's four, won the second, and
the deciding heat was taken by West,
who was greeted with the plaudits due
a victor.
After the parade of the morning was
| over and the immense crowds that
| witnessed it had a midday lunch
many OF those from adjoining cities
having brought their picnic baskets
with them, from which they ate in
groups on the lawns. beneath the
shades of spreading palms-they be-
gan moving on the park
By 1:30 o'clock, the hour scheduled
Tor the sports to begin, 'e immense
grand stands were filled, the fences
bordering the track were lined ten and
twenty deep in both directions for
considerable distance, automobiles.
private carriages and carryalls were
densely packed in the track inclosure,
and but an occasional empty seat re-
served by some dilatOry box party re-
manned.
AS is usual at this great annual
event, the grand stands and any other
framework upon which a patch of
green, flag, or a piece of bunting
could be tackled. had been utilized to
enhance the festival spirit of the oc-
casion, while draped flags and palms
were placed wherever more severe
decorating was possible.
Crowd Good Natured
1t was a merry, cheerful laughing
crowd. The sun, lying behind a fliSmamaA
bank Of clouds, filtered ThrouGlMN w
sufficient warmth to m&Imn
comfortable for the Women
come attired in their summer
and the great fields of white
dainty shades Of coloring that madS#
the grand stands resemble a medley
of flower gardens were proof that the
woman heart in but few cases failed
to yield to the impulse to look pretty
in spite of what may, to them, have
seemed better early morning judg
ment
And everyone had come to enjoy
themselves. Conventionalities, SO com
mon to similar gatherings in colder
climeS, were forgotten and flow Of
light t-hearted bantering and good
natured fun ran from mouth to mouth
and from stranger to stranger If
asadenans were on polite parade they
certainly had well drilled their parts.
their Open-handed welcome communi-
eating itself to the thousands of
strangers and feeling Of homelike-
ness could not have helped but take
possession of the veriest stranger, how
ever far from home and friends he
might have been on New Years day.
As a matter of fact. it was o'clock
before the changing of bells announced
the appearance of a cavalcade of rough
riders, both men and women, and for
three hours the merry crowd was
amused and entertained with a varied
program that was both instructive and
at times thrilling. including cowboy
sports and tricks of many kinds, a rea!
chariot race for real glory and real
money, consisting of three heats: an
amusing stage robbery and a two
period game of pushball on horseback,
which proved an exciting novelty for
three-fOurths of those who witnessed it.
Rough Riders Welcomed
The out West club, consisting Of over
200 men and women riders in pictur-
esque garb Of American borderland,
tangs and Montana broncos, with
leathern trappings and lace Haunting
saucily to the breeze from chaps and
saddles; were the first to pass the grand
stands in martial review, and were
given an ovation for their horsemcn-
ship and their attra appearance
Many Of the riders were men who i'm
their day have ridden the range, and
their little side features proved a reve-
latiOn to many spectators who for the
first time were setting eyes on real
cowboys. One trick especially was ap-
preciated, that of a lariat being con-
verted into hoop which dexterous
cowboy rolled up the track as if it had
been of steel instead of braided strips
of hide Many of the horses were
trained in side-stepping, backing and
cake-walking. and their riders pleased
the crowds by ahowing them off to best
advantage.
forced to beat a hurried retreat with
the announcement of the first heat of
the chariot race, and everyone held his
breath in expectancy as the numbering
two-wheeled vehicles, drawn in each
case by four long-limbed, lithe-Iooking
animals, came rumbling past the
crowded stands, the spectators stand
ing in their seats, waving their hand
kerchiefs and cheering Justify their par
tisanship, leaving no doubt as to this
event being the chief attraction to
bring them to the sports.
Chariot Race
The race was for a mile, in three
heats, for a first prize of $1,000 and a
second prize of $500, between the car
drawn by. horseT' "elonging to Richard
CaTnan the centre Of ths ~ Hogoboom
and the b-of-coId roses us = J.
w .ls.r.-.- I,arman's car was Of a light
blue, while Vests was of a gorgeous
red, and innoce~t wagers were soon be-
ing thrown back and forth among the
spectators on the chances OF "blue" or
"red" to win. Baldwin's four seemed
to rule favorite, yet the Carman team
was by no means without supporters,
as Hogoboom, riding like a Roman
charioteer Of old, piloted his prancing
animals down the stretch preliminary
to the start.
The first start was ''go,'' and the
two chariots dashed past the stand at
hreakneck speed, with West at the POLE
the spectators rising to their feet and
with their eyes following the chariots
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