Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-16
[. Ado. RACES
ARE TO BE RUN
ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENTS
ARE ASSURED
Later on Afternoon Contests Will Be
Pulled Off at Agricultural Park
for Benefit of Elks
Fund
BY DAN PATCH

BY DAN PATCH
The st. Patrick's day matinee of the
Los Angeles Driving club now is an as
sured fact The weather and track are
all that can be desired, and the horses
that have entered are all at their best.
The program will INCLUDE mixed
2:30 class, a free-for-all pace for the
Lawrence cup that Frank u. Long
good PAGER Siegfried has one leg on,
a half-mile dash for 2year-olds that
will bring out the three sensational Bon
Voyage colts owned by w. A. Clark,
jr., 2:22 trot which should beat the
class by several seconds, 2:25 pace
with five or six good placers IN the
field, and one Of Dan Hogan's celebrat-
ed novelty races.
This card certainly should satisfy al
most anyone. The horses have been
classified carefully and all the races
should be contested spiritedly.
different system of classification
will be used at the next matinee, which
will be given within short time lot
the benefit of the Elks' entertainment
fund On that occasion the entries
will be olassed, as in professional races,
by their records. Thus a mare like
Rapidan Dillon, with no matinee rec
ord, will be put in the slowest class,
though she is known to have 2:l0 speed,
and a mare like Zombretta, who has
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the 2;14 class. In this way horses after
a few races will class themselves, ana
when they are no longer able TO win
in their class their owners will have TO
do as owners on the professional tracks
do, either be satisfied to ride behind or
buy something with which they can
win. This method is In vogue in all the
other matinee clubs, and keeps up an
interest in the game by bringing IN
fresh blood and making Infinitely more
exciting races and giving the pubic
new horses to look at
AS it is now, the same horses appear
in about the same classes, time after
time, until the public is tired of seeing
them perform.
Matinee Races Beneficial
Matinee races are of the greatest
benefit to both trainers and owners,
and no effort on their part should be
spared to make them a success.
If it were not for the matinees two
thirds of the trainers would have TO
go out of business for the lack or
horses to train, and the owners soon
would get discouraged, trying to find
buyers for their horses, unless they
could show how their stock would be-
have in company and in races. A
buyer is not going to look in stall
and buy a horse for $4,000 or $4,000 be-
cause the owner tells him he is as
fast as a ghost and a good actor in
company and game. Buyers are all
from Missouri now and insist on being
shown. 1t is absurd to think that Kid
Wilkes would have sold last month
for $4,000 had he not won his matinee
race on Christmas in 2:10 ga. Velox
was sold Immediately after his matt
nee race here on November Is, when
he beat Copa de Orc. for $4,000.
1t surely is up to the owners and
trainers to stand by the Los Angeles
Driving club in every way they can,
for it is a sure thing that unless they
enter their horses the club cannot
make up attractive programs to please
the public; and If the public loses in
terest in the contests, as they Will,
unless the races are well worth see
ing, it will mean good-by to the races.
and the owners will make more money
raising cattle and the trainers can go
to blowing or driving hacks.
]. c. Wallace of San Diego slipped
up to Pleasanton last week and
bought one of McKinney's best sons,
the bay stud Kenneth c., 2:13A.
There are a number of well-bred stall
lions in Southern California, but none
better than Kenneth C. His dam is
Mountain Maiden, the dam of Tom
Carneal, 2:0S1s, and Miramonte, 2:24A.
She was by Cresco, the sire of Allie
Cresco, 2:13A, and others, son Of
by Hambletonian 10, out of
ALA by Almont 80. Can that breeding
be improved upon? Kenneth c. is a
beautiful bright bay horse, seven years
old, very stylish, good all around
action, sweet disposition, exceeding
ly intelligent, in fact high-class rep
resentative of the great Mckinney.
That he is a race horse he demon
strated by taking a record of PIT fiat
at a three-year-old, which he reduced
to 2:13A. Wallace bought him from
the widow of the late S. K. Trefry
of Pleasanton, and though the price
was not given out, it is said to be in
the neighborhood of $4,000. Kenneth c.
will make the season for a limited
number of mares at his new home
and will then be fitted for the races
in the fall, when he will be given the
to get in the 2:10 list. He
will certainly prove a valuable addi-
ton to the breeding interests of the
southern part of the state.
Horses and Horsemen
The following entries have been re-
ceived for the st. Patrick's day races
L. e. Mcclellan, br. G. Mandolin;
Thomas Silverthorne, br m. Wild Rose;
Frank 3. Long, b. g. Siegfried; r. l.
Prescott: G. g. Major Clifford; W.
James, b. m. Caroline; Charles Saddler
br. m. Zombretta: L. A. Denker, Bernice
Wilkes; J. H. Torey. b. m. Elloretta;
w. A. Glascock, Oh. g. Fresno Boy; w
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