Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-03
Large Crowd at
Close of Fair
(Contirred From Pogo ~

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not bear to ihiNk that the settin.
sUn woail send racers and Their
mounts away to other tracks.
These races of Saturday were
probably the best Of the meet. at
least from the starting point Of
view, the horses betraying little of
that nervousness they had shown the
two previous days The weather
vas ideal and the track very fast.
The first race got off without any
difficulty. The horses approached
The barrier in 4 lire and were sent
off without any delay, perhaps the
best start Of the meet. 1t was a
hcau.iful run throughout. and the
runners were punched at the turn
coming in under the wire neck and
neck with The OregGnian stretching
bit to get tn nod. c. J. Meany
took second place with Chief's Re
gre: in third The time for the five
turiongS was Loo.
Better time was made in the see.
ond event, five furlong race. Tom
Nash coming under the wire in
l:0ll2 Dick Dillon took the lead
at the start but could not hold it.
nor could Frank Peterson, Moran
up, keep his second place, being
passed by Cas- Walscr with Dick
Dillon third.
In the third event the horses got
off to very bad start. CateSbv and
Olive Dexter bumped each other as
the barrier dropcd and were left be-
hind by the others. The horses were
Very nervous and some 10 minutes
were needed to get them into any
scmblanc2 Of order so they could be
sent off. Billiken, Walpole and
General Fryer crossed the finish line
in the order named. the time being
1:41.
The next race was The Whirlwind
Handicap. the distance five and one
half furlongs. The ponies got off
in blnch with Yucca leading. then
Woodface, then Don X. When they
pulled into the stretch. the leaders
were punched but Woodface pulled
away to cross the finish in first
place with Don X second and Flat
foot third. Time for the event: Ill.
Another bad start characterized
the one mile Fl Contro Chamber Of
Commerce Handicap. Fetching act
ed up and held the others from get
ting started but when the barrier
fell she took the lead and got away
like a flash. with Leo Lamp hot in
nursuit. AZ tho half mile post.
Catcsbv Forged ahead only 10 lose
his iead when the horses turned into
he stretch. Fetching again going
to the front not to be headed. Leo
Lampe took second place. Catesby
third and Nose Dive, fourth. Tine;
l:45l..
Tho sixth and last race on the
regular card was won bv Some
Fashion over 4 four furlongs dis
tancc. The horses got off to 4 rum
ming start and kept together all the
way around and down the stretch
when Some Fashion showed her class
hv drawing away to lead the field IT,
the finish. Miss Lester was second
and Miss Con third. Time .5ll..
Boys Stage Race
Two other races. not on the reg
r'ar schedule. were run off between
the last two. These were the special
for local boys mounted on local
horses and was FOR an eighth Of a
mile. Five entries lined up at the
start after some confusion. The
bows had started their parade past
the Judges stand when the buelc
b.ot-. callin@ them back to the starr
ing post. Three of the Youngsters
thought il was the signal to start
and 50 spccd"d up their mounts and
r@mc tearing past only 10 discover
''at they were bit premature.
When the real start was pulled off.
Clinton Cox Of RI Centro got his
racer off to flviug start aud cane
IN first with r. H. Wyuns of Impcr-
ial and Earl Bonner, of FL Centre in
second ard third places, respective.
".
The other special. for l mile. was
for saddle horses only with three en-.
tries. Babe DcFriest came in first
with Dick Cotton in second place.
Between races, introduction Of
honorcd guests to the fair was mado