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 THEATRES, FESTIVALS, SPORTS 77 Pasadena and Riverside. There are few winter days when the ponies are prevented by the weather from leaving their stables. From December to June is the best golfing sea- son. There are good courses in conjunction with many of the large hotels. Particularly well known are the clubs of Sacramento, San Rafael, Oakland, San Jose, Burlingame, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Redlands, Riverside, Catalina Island and San Diego. The tennis tournaments at Del Monte, at Long Beach and Nordhoff elicit the best talent among the famous racket and ball experts of California. On the courts of Golden Gate Park and the Cali- fornia Tennis Club, San Francisco, one may see champion play the year round. At Del Monte the guests indulge in archery and bowls, and participate as spectators or drivers in the annual automobile meets. The motor track at Pizmo is one of the fastest in the country. But at Santa Monica the super- lative of speed is attained. In February, along the beach and down palm-bordered Nevada Avenue flee the racing-cars manned by their gog- gled pilots in contest for the Vanderbilt or Grand Prize cups. One of the motor events of the year is the race from Los Angeles to Sacramento. The desert