. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Mabch 3, 1900] tRije gveetisv cmb &povt#mixn. n Matinee Racing at Los Angeles. "Will Continue Breeding Trotters. The Blood of King Tom. I"Los Angeles Herald, February 23d.] A good day, a fair card and a large crowd of epectatore signalized the Loa Angelea Driving Club's celebration of Washington's Birthday yesterday. Notwithstanding the dozen attractions elsewhere in the city and vicinity the big grind stand at Agricultural Park was more than half tilled and the fence along the track was lined with buggies. The races themselves were not blood curd
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Mabch 3, 1900] tRije gveetisv cmb &povt#mixn. n Matinee Racing at Los Angeles. "Will Continue Breeding Trotters. The Blood of King Tom. I"Los Angeles Herald, February 23d.] A good day, a fair card and a large crowd of epectatore signalized the Loa Angelea Driving Club's celebration of Washington's Birthday yesterday. Notwithstanding the dozen attractions elsewhere in the city and vicinity the big grind stand at Agricultural Park was more than half tilled and the fence along the track was lined with buggies. The races themselves were not blood curdling but were sufficiently interesting in many ways to hold the attention of the specta- tors to the end. The program contained five events for trotters and one for runners. The first race decided was a mile match race in which were entered A. W. Herwig's Beveta, R. V. Redpath's Myrtle and Godfrey Frilz'a Bell Green, drawn aa named. At the second break they got away to a straggling start, Myrtle and Green on even teras and Beveta up in the air. At the quarter Green had opened up a gap of ten lengths from Myrtle. At the half he had made it twenty and won in a dog trot, pulled up, by 200 yards of daylight from Myrtle. Beveta was out of sight in the rear. Time 2:41. The half mile, two in three, waa cbanged to a mile dash) D. J. Desmond's Medico and Dr. W. W. Hitchcock'a Dewey starting. This race waa exciting for awhile but Medico broke several timesand lost to Dewey by fourlergths. Time 2:28|. The third race waa a mile daGh, free-for-all, in which were H. G. Bandrem' Burley F , Frank Humphrey's Nellie W. H. Stimaon's Sophia K. and D. J. Desmond's Beach- wood. Thi3 was a holiday picnic for Beechwood, for after Bonner Farm is not to be discontinued although all the horses belonging to Robert Bonner, with the exception of Maud S , have been eold at auction. On the Eubject of Bonner Farm, in Weetcbeeter, Mr. Kobert E. Bonner makes the following statement: "In looking about to
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