The initial race was held in Tournament Park on Jan. 1, 1904. It pitted chariot and four-horse teams in a mile race. Competing were Off, Max Wiggins of El Monte, C.C. West of Arcadia and E.E. Turner.

I will admit I don’t like the design for our city’s 2012 Rose Parade float (“Elephant float kerfuffle continues to charge,” Sept. 8). “Stepping Out in Style,” featuring a circus ...

A solution to the elephant problemI will admit I don’t like the design for our city’s 2012 Rose Parade float (“Elephant float kerfuffle continues to charge,” Sept. 8).