Evening star., 1915-01-03
CARNIVAL Of SPORTS
Great Variety Of Contests
Booked for Panama Fair.
FINE PRIZES TO BE GIVEN
Grandstand for Horse Racing Con-
structed So as to Seat
$4,000 Persons.
FINE PRIZES TO Be GIVEN

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. January O.
A carnival Of sports, stretching over
nearly an entire year and including
Olympic games, polo championships,
yacht contests and summer and au-
tumn harness horse meets for guaran-
teed stakes Of $227,000 make up the
most comprehensive program of events
ever arranged at any celebration.
This diversified schedule will at
tract to the Panama-Paciflc EXPOSE
ton international meets the worlds ia
nous horses and horsemen, and, in the
opinion OF sport authorities. is destined
to develop a new type Of American
athlete. AS to the Olympic games, the
international Olympic committee has
conferred on the exposition the right
to bestow Olympic medals on the win
ners Of the pentathlon and the de-
cathlon. The pentathlon includes con-
tests in shooting. fencing, swimming,
riding and athletics. the military items
already having attracted large entries
from the United States Army.
The harness events will bring to the
sulky 'Old Budd" Doble, who drove
Dexter in 2.17A July 81. 1s67-almost
forty-eight years ago. Mr.. Dob1e is
be seen driving some trotters on the
exposition water front course, Mr..
Doble's most famous mare was Gold
smith Maid, which trotted 332 heats in
$50 or better during her racing career
and won more than 100000 for her
owner. Although Mr.. Doble Is acknowl-
edged the dean of American reinsmen,
there will be others whose names are
bywords on the harness tracks Of
America and whose ambition to once
n rao fvar III, I,
fulfilled in special events for valuable
purses offered to these veterans.
"Pop' aeers to Drive.
Among them will be Ed r. deers.
("Pop'). the "silent man from Tennes-
see." He will bring out string of
horses to compete. Pop" Geers has
piloted more Futurity winners and
campafgners than any other man in the
profession. and a more popular favorite
Is not to be found among owners and
trainers. Then there are such drivers
as Billy Andrews, Lon Mcdonald, Tex
as Foote. Charles L. De Ryder, Charley
Durfee and his son Billy, w. P. Cox,
Thomas W. Murphy, Millard Sanders,
Billy Fleming, George Haag, w. l.,
Snow, r. Macy. F. Egan, Fred Ward.
Walter Mabon, Al Mcdonald, Lou Dan,
iels, Arlie Frost and H. Hersey Of Dan
Patch u.55) fame. All are entered in
the exposition harness horse events
and all are completing arrangements
to send their trotters and PAGERS to the
coast this winter and to take ad-
vantage Of the climate for training
purposes.
Experts who are completing this race
course declare 1t to be the fastest and
safest ever used for racing. Opposite
the grandstand. which will seat $4,000
spectators. Is an inward curve from the
beach, which Is devised to obtain the
result long sought by racing men-to
have a track In which no horse can
get and hold the advantage over an
other in always being ION the rail-"
Fine View to Be Had.
From this grandstand can be seen
San Francisco bay. with its islands and
its steamships. and the mountains be-
yond. reaching down to the Golden
Gate to the left. Toward the right
will be viewed Alcatraz Island and the
towers and minarets Of the exposition
buildings.
The infield Of the oval race track is
to be used as parade ground, ath-
letic field, polo ground. aviation fIeld
etc. The harness events will take nm
twenty-four days of racing in the sum-
mer and autumn. All ages and classes
OF horses Will nave an opportunity to
compete. Horses must be named with
entry. Nominators may. substitute
I horses, however, before June /, 1916.
upon payment OF an additional sum.
All races will be in mile heats. three
in fve. No race will be longer than
| five heats, and moneys in races not
| divided before the fifth heat will he
| divided according to rank in summary
| at the termination of the fifth heat
All stakes will be guaranteed. and the
| racing will be run under the rules Of
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