. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 10, 1907. CLOSING DAYS AT PLEASANTON. Good, Clean Racing Every Day of the Meeting. Never has better racing been seen anywhere on the Pacific Coast than was furnished by the trotters and pacers at Pleasanton last week during the Jour days' meeting held under the auspices of the Pleas- anton Matinee Club. There was real genuine horse racing every day, with split heats occasionally, and close finishes frequently, and the old track record was beaten on numerous occasions. The attendance was good, even excellent on some da
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 10, 1907. CLOSING DAYS AT PLEASANTON. Good, Clean Racing Every Day of the Meeting. Never has better racing been seen anywhere on the Pacific Coast than was furnished by the trotters and pacers at Pleasanton last week during the Jour days' meeting held under the auspices of the Pleas- anton Matinee Club. There was real genuine horse racing every day, with split heats occasionally, and close finishes frequently, and the old track record was beaten on numerous occasions. The attendance was good, even excellent on some days, while the management was of the best. President Wells, Sec- retary Colestock, Clerk of the Course Neal, and the speed committee, of which F. P. Hellwig was an energetic member, worked day and night during the meeting to keep everything running smoothly. The best of feeling between horsemen prevailed through- out and while there were difference of opinion in re- gard to a few decisions, the protests were made in a gentlemanly and proper manner, and no ill feeling re- mained after the meeting ended. It was one of the hightest class meetings that California has seen in years, and following after four days of the same sort at Salinas, presaged great things for the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, which opens at Santa Rosa next Wed- nesday. Our report last week closed with an account of the first day's races. On Thursday, the second day, three events were on the card. The opening race was the 2:14 class trot, for which a stake of $800 was the prize. Out of the original entries there were five starters, with Mr. F. H. Burke's Vallejo Girl a slight favorite in the pools in the over-night betting. When the horses came out for the start R. Ambush was favorite, but after a heat Louis Stock's mare, Oveta by Caution, sold as first choice and maintained that place until she ended the race by winning it The first heat went to Oveta in 2:12%, a new
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