Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24
SAN DIEGO PRESS
CLUB ENTERTAINS
Show Visiting Brethren and Auto
Men Good Time at the
Bull Fight
SENIOR R0BLES GIVES DINNER
Distinguished Spanish Matador
Acts as Host to Motor EX-
pertS and SCribeS
SENIOR ROBLES GIVES DINNER

Hats off TO the San Diego Press club.
the liveliest bunch of wires that ever
set the sparks going in motordom his
tory of Southern California. At the
request of these good scouts a bunch
of Los Angeles newspaper men jour
neyed to the Tia Juana bull fight last
Sunday, and the wav the San Diego
boys put up good things for their
g1ests puts q. crimp in everything that
was ever pulled off in our Angel city
to entertain visiting scribes. And it is
not out of order to ask why Los An
geIes has not a press club worthy of
the name. Combined with the enter
tainment on American soil, the man
who holds certificate from the king
of Spain as the greatest bull fighter in
the land of matadOrs-Senor Robles-fS
a prince of entertainers, both to the
crowds who witness his exhibitions and
in social life to the friends he wants
to favor.
Last Sunday morning, just as day
was breaking, three automobiles loaded
with newspaper men, automobile men
and representatives of two local thea
ters started on joy ride that was a
continuous succession of pleasure for
more than forty-eght hours.
The party was composed of the fol-
lowing:
American Simplex car-W. o. Will
liams. manager Of the Los Angeles
branch; Jay Barnes, press representa-
tive for Sullivan & Considine; r. S.
Cole, staff photographer of The Herald:
Lew A Spalding, business manager for
| the Ferris Hartman Opera company
! Chester Tucker of The Herald; 1. M.
Dunn, the oil magnate, and Harvey
! Herrick, driver of the machine.
! Badger car-Manager Bird of the
! Southwestern Auto company; R. c.
| t-nnraGpntiDor the STA ndpT6 Oil
company, and c. &. Scobey of the Tide
water Reform Journal
Kissel Kar-Willard Huntington
Wright, the Times; Paul Gylstrom of
the Associated Press; Attorney Gert5
of Milwaukee, and C. L. Leppo, driver
| of the car and manager OF the klsSel
| Automobile company.
The party were personal guests at
! the arena of Senor Robes, who enter
| tanned them at a Spanish dinner be-
| fore the fight, and later presented each
with a handsome Mexican blanket with
| his compliments. The visitors were the
! guests of the San Diego newspaper
men at dinner at o'clock, chaperoned
by genial Van" sporting editor and
| dramatic critic Of the Union. Covers
we're laid by Harry Rudder in the
Union cafe, the long table being artis-
! tically decorated with cut flowers
During the meal special music was rem
| dered Tor the NlSltoIS' sever dl VI tli0
! selections being particularly appro-
nrfate. This was especially true of
the Toreador song, by Bizet, which
was played when Senior Robles Joined
| the party. ..s.,
After dinner the visitors went, to the
! Garrick theater, where they met
! Charles King, most of them being his
personal friends. Manager J. NJ. Dodge
| then took the bunch in hand, placing
two boxes at their disposal. Richard
| O'Neill and Jack Finn were especially
! invited guests at the dinner served at
| Rudder's.
Mr.. Leppo drove his car up to the
Union building just seven minutes be
hind Mr. Herrick. En- route south the
two cars ran into a rain storm, the
occupants getting we'll soaked
The visitors enjoyed the fights, es-
pecially the work of the three nlatadors
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