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Show eovcral cvcnt3 since the meeting began. be-gan. Mr. Horton bought Red Ball for his wife for a saddle horse. Mrs. Horton Is one of the finest equestrians equestri-ans In this section of the country, and It was her practiced eye which picked out Red Ball as being the very horse she wanted. As for Lord Flor- I In Mr. Horton will probably keep hlih In the running class as be has ' been showing some great -stunts In I his work-outs of late. , Captain Forsee, the great Pinker-ton Pinker-ton track man, who will be the bete nolr of the ubiquitous tout at the Salt Lake City meeting, waa a visitor visi-tor yesterday while enroute from San Francisco to his new field of labor. The feature of this afternoon's card will be the Sylvan Fark Cup event at. one-mllo for 3-ycar-olds and up. The management of the park, have contributed con-tributed handsomely to the purse. To- morrow night the race will receive j an echo in "Horseman's ts'lght" at the : park, where elaborate preparations have been made to entertain the vis- j itlng tuifltes, a big ball being the 1 main attraction. JOCKEY CAN' RIDE NO MORE ARCHIBALD INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED SUS-PENDED BY JUDGE BLUM, Deliberately Impeded Horse's Chances to Win Archibald a Jockey of , Great Ability. (By W. T. Little.) Jockey Archibald is indefinitely suspended sus-pended for an unsatisfactory ride on Lady Quality, and also for grasping tho reins of Cooney Neff's bridle In order to impede his running in the stretch. Official ruling of Presiding Judge And6y Blum after the running of the third race. Wlillc on the face of It this statement state-ment 6eerns simple enough, but those who arc familiar with judicial rulings as handed down from the presiding officials' paganda realize what it really real-ly means to the offending jockey, for it practically means that Archibald's riding days arc over, for so Incensed was Judge Blum over Archibald's daring dar-ing action that it Ib Improbable that he will ever consent to tho rider's reinstatement. re-instatement. Manager Murray was also highly indignant at Archibald's boldness In committing one of the worst offenses a rider could be guilty of, deliberately impeding a horse's chances and right under the eyes of the officials, that It Is hardly possible he would In any way ask that in the course of time there be any softening In the official ruling. The offenso occurred in the third race, a selling event, for three-year-olds and up, at five furlongs. Archibald Archi-bald had the mount on Lady Quality, whose past performances made her the legitimate favorite. She opened up In the betting at the favorite's price, but gradually receded under the pressure of money which poured in on Garland's chances. From a high quotation of 3 to 1, Garland was backed to 7 to 5, at post time. To say the least, the betting did look suspicious suspici-ous and tho officials took proper cognizance cog-nizance of this fact . i Off to an excellent start, Archibald took Lady Quality to the front and in the first eighth of a mile opened up a gap of Ave furlongs on her field. It looked suicidal to race the filly at such a fast clip, for she Is very speedy and game, and could have maintained a' length's advantage all the way without really becoming distressed, but Archibald's tactics were of an entirely en-tirely different order. He kept at Jhls mount until turning the last time for home when she began falling "back. Of course, It cannot be proved positively that he pulled the filly at the head of the stretch, hut she did hack up very fast. Straightening out for home, she was still two lengths to the good with Cooney Neff second and Garland third. Cooney Neff was coming like a shot fnd Archibald took Lady Quality to the middle of the track, leaving plenty of room for Garland Gar-land to come in on the rail.- Half Traydoun the stretch Cooney Neff reached Lady Quality's head and here "began Archibald's coarse work. He first struck Cooney Neff on the nose with his whip and when thU did, not seem to Impede the gilding's speed, he dropped his whip and grasped Cooney Neff's bridle, holding him fast. In the meantime, with this assistance. Garland closed strongly on the rail and landed tho purse by half a length, but It was not until all possibilities of Garland's' defeat had vanished, did Archibald loosen his grasp on Cooney Neff's rein. Honestly ridden Lady Quality could have won easily and, unimpeded, un-impeded, captured the purse. The ruling in this case is the first serious one of the meeting. It Is also the only scandal that has cropped out since the first day, but the fact that the officiate are alert and will not countenance any sharp practices is sufficient evidence that the claims of the management to have only clean racing were made Avlth a do-sire do-sire to see that all offenses against turf ethics will be promptly dealt with. The ruling means the practical banishment ban-ishment from the turf of Jockey Archibald. Arch-ibald. Tho lad was considered to be about tho best rider In the west today to-day and what was the incentive which prompted him to be guilty of 1 such a raw piece of work Is a secret i with himself alone. After Ogden Day It was expected ;, that there would be a sloughing off In the attendance but such was not the case. The regular dally crowd was present and the speculation In the ring was of sufficient volume to keeo seven nencllers hnsv. Now that Ogden Day Is a thing of the past It is only in Justice to say i that the great success achieved ;i by tho efforts of the- management Is f: due to Mr. James Hanby. the enter-.prising enter-.prising press agent of the assoela- ' tlon. Mr. Hanby conceived the Idea i of an Ogden Day; made it his busl-ness busl-ness to enthuse the merchants and finally succeeded In having them f. agree to close up for the afternoon. Nearly ten thousand people turned out. He accomplished what has never been accomplished before on a half-mile track and that tho management as well as those who enjoyed the day are appreciative of his good work goes without sajlng. j While tho entire card was full of exciting ex-citing contests it remained f.r the ! last race, a mile affair to furnish the r real thrill of the afternoon. There I were but Ave entrants and of this number three had good chances to ;j win. These were Work Box. Cardinal Cardi-nal Sarto and HI Caul Cap. The bulk of money went In on Cardinal Sarto, ;! but the other two found strong support. sup-port. Work Box tried to make a run- away race of it but began to back ; up after going three quarters and wa5 rapidly overhauled by Cardinal j Sarto and HI Caul Cap. Entering the stretch the three were head and head, and It did look for a while as If they would finish In this order, but Work Box weakened and fell back, leaving Cardinal Sarto and HI Caul H Cap to fight It out. It was a nose '; finish with HI Caul Cap securing the decision. Jockey Chris Miller who had his L leg fractured In two places on Ogden ;, Day by being jammed Into the rail 1 by Cobblesklll, when the latter began to bleed, was reported bv his em- ' ployer Mr. Daytou jesterday as do- j lng nicely. "Unless blood-poisoning i sets In," said Mr. Dayton. "Chris will j be up and around In Jig time." ' Superintendent Joe Horton, of tho 3 Fair Grounds course, who sometime j ago bought Lord Florin, a two-vear- i old, half brother 10 Se enfull, yes- terday bought Red Ball, a starter In 5s |