Show RACING PLANT I AT WANDAMERE W WI M Murray Secures Lease and Will Hold Meeting in Early May That Salt Lake City become the racing center of the west was again made evident yesterday when W V H 11 Murray Murra manager of the Salt Lake Racing asso association elation signed a lease for the Wandamere racing plant vant and at once gave Jave out the announcement that he lie would hold holda a twenty days meeting starting on May MayI 1 I He also announced that he lie would give a days meeting In Septem September ber of this year eor The announcement that Murray will promote a meeting following the one of last week that the Utah Racing association association association tion would conduct a meeting at the State fair grounds will give ghe Salt Lake at least sixty days da s racing this spring The fair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds meeting is scheduled to start on onlIa May lIa 22 or at the tho close of the meeting at Wandamere and It is believed the two to meetings will be of enough Importance to bring every enry horse of class from the coast here hero for the rhe spring and early summer racing Murray Is the man who gave Salt Lake Its first real taste of the running game in his days meeting held hela at atthe atthe the tho fair fall grounds last fall He broke into the game when It was new to Salt Lakers and succeeded In working up quite an In Interest Interest interest terest In the sport when cold weather made him quit He conducted a sixty days da s meeting In El Paso Texas during durin the winter and came back to Salt Lake for the purpose e of conducting a meeting at the fair grounds this spring but as the other association secured the plant Murray at once got busy bus and yesterday signed i ne a contract for tor Wandamere Will Rebuild Plant Murray stated last evening that ne would ask alk for bids at once for the erection erection tion of or new stands fences stables and a paddock at the Wandamere plant He believes that he can easily easU establish one of or the best racing plants In the west at atthe atthe atthe the park Every Ee horseman In the state who has raced horses declares that the Wandamere track is of such a nature that It makes an Ideal footing for racing The soil soli Is free of or alkali and for this reason Is not injurious to the horses feet Mur Murray Murray ray ra states that the surface soil Is the best he has ever seen for racing and that when he gets things in shape the public will not know the old park Murray will leave for the coast in a Il afew afew few days to secure a number of the prominent stables on the coast for the opening of or his meeting He lie expects to togo togo go 0 to Oakland and Los Angeles and book the horses for Salt SaIt Lake at the close of the California meetings This ThI l will be beabout beabout beabout about April 22 t and will give the horse horsemen horsemen horsemen men enough time to get jet to Salt Lake for forthe forthe forthe the opening of the Wandamere ere racing on May Mav 1 I Murray burray announced last evening that lie he would be able to announce his officials within a few da days s Los Angeles Cal Ca March 30 Manager W W V Finn of the Utah Racing association association tion which will ill hold a meeting at Salt aIt Lake City beginning May 22 secured to tonight tonight tonight night the signature of Dick Dwyer the starter at Santa Anita to officiate In that capacity at the Salt Lake meeting Finn also has lias ha employed Judge P P Pomeroy of Santa Anita as racing secretary |