Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-01
FLORAL PAGEANT
WILL TAKE PLACE
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES DIREC-
TORS ACT
PARK EVENTS ARE POSTPONED
ONE WEEK
Rain or. Shine Morning Event viii Be
Given - AeropIane Flight De-
cided Upon as Coming
Attraction
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PASADENA, Dec. 31.--Rain OF shine,
, so the directors of the Tournament of
Roses have decided, the great floral
pageant shall be held on New Years
day. This was decided upon at meet
ing of the directors held this evening.
The park events, however, have been
postponed until Saturday, January 8.
Arhis postponement was absolutely nee
essary as part of the new half-mile
trs/k Was undermined by the rain and
az Of the track which cost about $4,000
TO build, was left in bad shape. 1t is
Bsafe to say that the damage done at
I Tournament park will run well over
INS1000
d In order to attract the crowd to the
Hpark on January it has been decided
|Eto add to the program a flight by
gaeroplane, and the directors are going
Rto guarantee one such fight on that
i date At a cost of $1OO one of the fly
ing machines was brought to Pasadena
n this afternoon and work of preparing
for the flight will be commenced Mon
day. 1t is probable that the Out West
club feature may have to be curtailed
but it is thought that the aeroplane
fight, which will practically be the
first in Southern California, will more
thaN offset any other loss the program
may sustain by the delay.
Postponement Discussed
The question of postponing the
Tournament of Roses bodily for one
week was debated by the directors off
and on all day. There was formal
meeting from until $3.50 o'clock in
the afternoon after which it was an
nounced that the whole affair, parade
and track events, would go over one
week. No sooner had this been an
nounced than it stopped raining and
the directors decided to hold another
meeting at o'clock in the evening to
again consider the matter. At this
evening meeting all but three of the
directors were present and after a con-
siderable debate it was unanimously
voted to go ahead with the parade and
postpone the park events.
George Frost, in charge of the ticket
sales for the park, was instructed not
4 to refund money on tickets already
Bsold unless, in his judgment such a
&course seemed advisable. He will how
lever, probably refund where people
#show that they cannot attend on jan
Ruary s. This point was the most keen
oby argued of all, but the Tournament,
(which is now without surplus funds,
ifor the first time in years, having spent
the money on the park, will have a
flard time financially and it was
ieemed necessary to hold every dollar
possible.
Rain Guarantee Fund
There is, of course. the regulation
ainy day guarantee fund, but it is
he desire to make this touch as light
s possible as the men who are down
pon it are also the greatest losers be-
ause of the rain. Such guarantee
md has been secured every year for
he past dozen years or so and it is
that fn a. a
as it been necessary to call upon
uch sps scriptions for financial aid.
hG, ffeYaE} this year is said to aggre-
AZ about $4,000.
1here are this evening about ninety
tries in th9 parade, and most of those
Inning fioa4s and other features state
at they will Narch or drive tomorrow,
len If it raips. The Seventh regi-
ent, however. has Withdrawn ana