| Show L C LEE THE VICTOR 1 1 I I 1 Tile iJli HorsefWinsr th Free for All sI I L THREE ST1AIGRTIHETS J 1 Ii 1 Plb I iU I Mounllgbt WIn the Mile and a Ualf r i DaSh5VOlbCrWftfl AwaX With Tou Jou I IJ 1 The closing day of the spring eetihs of the Utah Driving Park Association was marked by more than the regular Interest i The grand stand was filled with spectators the presence of numerous num-erous ladies lending a brilliant effect to the assemblage and all thespare space on the south of the course was packed by hundreds of vehicles most of which contained spectators who cotamandeda good view of the track from their seats The first race was that upon which the main interest of the day centered the free for all for a 750 purse competed com-peted for by the Utah champion L 0 Lee Velox Romero Bunker and Lady Bonner There was great disappointment disappoint-ment at tbe nonappearance of IcFad den who it was expected would give Lee tbe closest rub no reason was assigned as-signed for his absence so that it can only be ascribed to a wholesome respect re-spect for Lees record of Monday tnT HEAT The pools had been going at lever heat Lee telling favorite at 100 Bunker second choice at f 10 the field 10 In tbe start Romero had thepole and Lee the outside and a fine go followed fol-lowed Lee and Bunker soon demonstrated demon-strated that the race was between them exclusively as both forged ahead and kept evenly together most of tbe way around a magnificent spectacle they presented as they tore down tbe tibiae stretch together but Lee showed his superior mettle and came in a nose ahead amid ringing cheers in 228 Bunker second Velox third Bonner fourth Romero last SECOND HEAT There was an extreme wariness about the pools after this heat Lee selling at 50 10 and 20 against the field at t12 1L and 7 In tho Paris Mutual the dealers could hardly take In the five dollar gold pieces fast enough When the bell rang there had been 308 tickets 4183 issued on the heat 221 of which were on Leo and 112 on the field With Lee winning this meant 7 returned for 5 with the field about 17 for 5 A fair start was mace all five horses going abreast From the first Lee and Bunker forged ahead and the three behind had no interest in-terest for the crowd though Bonner once or twice crept up to close quarters She soon fell behind again however and the pair on bead came handsomely around together Lee leading lead-ing bv a length Bunker second sec-ond Bonner third Velox fourth Romero badly distanced Time 227 THIRD HEAT The pool seller screamed in vain after this heat There were plenty of 4o bids for Lee but if was almost al-most impossible to get anything above 5 or G on flue field and the 40 man declined de-clined to go in at these odds selling therefore had to be temporarily suspeniled Tee four horses had a good Start and Lee and Bunker again took the lead His fine staying qualities and the lack of them in Bunker soon demonstrated themselves and he went steadily lorward widening the gap at every bound and finally coming in on beau even and true as a pulsation in 226 winning the heat race and first money 450 Bunker second 225 Velox third fj5 THE HALF MILE BCXSISGKACE The entries in this race were Jou Jou policy and Dulclimah JouJoa was as ever the favorite at 25 acainst the field atG7 and 8 but selling soon came to a standstill In the Mutuals there were 611 tickets 3055 sold 223 on Jou Jou and353 on the field One prominent horseman bought fifty ticket on Ute field and hq was followed thick and fast by a host of those who thought it had been arranged ar-ranged among the fraternity for Jou Jou to lose the opening heat So it turned out the three got a i bad start Jou Jou In the rear and his driver seemed to be taking great care that he should remain there There was a damp silence broken by a few groans as Son Jon came in third t Policy first in 52k Dutchman second There rwero a few cries of Rule him outCall off etc but MR Webb Toakth6fnon6a of them SECOND HEAT How obvious the arrangement was could e seeninthe pools whertcizf the Mutual all the demand started out for Ton Jou and in the auction he went for 70 while Policy aad Dutchman together to-gether brought but 19 1 But the heat demonstrated truly how frequently the best laid plans gang aft taglee Jou Jon darted on ahead but Id and behold be-hold here castle Policy bounding alongside along-side of him and keeping a head in advance ad-vance of him all the way around and amid yells of astonishment and chagrin winning the heat in 513i There were some terrific results to those who had bought the field of course the chagrined buyers on Jon Jon standing by and seeing the Paris iiutual investors returned 20 for their 5 THE MILEA5DAUALF DASH The starters in this race were Moonlight Moon-light Vi Regent and Narrow Guage Moonlight sold favorite at 10 against tbe fieldat 15 then 50 against U5 The selling was extremely lively in the Paris Mutual there being 412 tickets sold 311 on Moonlight 101 on the field A very fine race followed Vice Regents rider breaking a stirrup and ret ring and the two others making a side byside contest con-test nearly all the way aroundi Moon lights mettle was the superlorhowever and he came in leading after an excit inc dash in 254 50TES Where was the > much talked l ofj sprinkling tiujdeive last evening A sketch of the vehicles flying homeward could have been aptly represented by ail a-il b Fpa nt on tHe canrass London in a fog whold have been nowhere to it The bridge on the Treat side of the C Cutlers residence ia drive near John sadly in need of repair The management say they baTe every reason to feel saiuned with tbe out of tbe spring meeting The receipts re-ceipts come have been large but not larger than the improvement needed to mate areturn The substantial profit is ex copied at the fall meeting t Rchards aspect as he gazed upon L C Lee yesterday after the races was forcibly mindful of the old poem of Tbe Arab and his Steed and it would not have be n a matter of much surprise had he emulated the example of that dusky sun of tbe desert in flinging them back their gold and scouring the distant plain on the back of hu be Ipved charger TODAYfl BACE On account of the large number of horsemen and amount of blooded stock from abroad together with the great ntcreat and enthusiasm manifested in the present meeting the management of the Utah Driving Park Association have determined to add ono more und a final day to advertised time of their ap ing meeting There will therefore be rac = 3 today at the truck for which purses have been offered by tbe Association i Associ-ation and entries made as follows Race No1 running handicap threa fourth mile dash Purse 200 12U tu first fro to second 20 to third No Moonlight carries 112 bounds b f entered by Kely k Lynch ban Francisco garnet and gold N J 2Vce Kcent carries 112 pounds s g entered by H It Baker Butte City M T red and blue No 3Echo carries 110 pounds ch g entered byB C Holly Salt Lake brown and cherry No Marquis De Piro carries 71 pounds b c entered by S F Walker Salt Lake green and red Race No 2 trotting 230 cb < sOne mile heats Best three in five In harness har-ness Purse 20J 1200 tint 60 to second 20lo third ho LLuella b m entered bv Ham Hitchcock Denver Col I No 2Cow Boy br g entered by I M F Jones Fort Collins Col > > o 3carrle Belle b m entered by W H Raymond Virginia City M T No 4BUly Nolen b p entered by N M Barnes Salt Lake gray 105Jact Gamble br g entered by S C Ewing Salt Lake drab There will also be a third race for a purse of 200 the style of and entries for whicn will be announced at the track this afternoon fOTES POOLS to a large amount on todays races were sold at the Walker House last evening and the betting was lively Foe Race No1 running handicap threequarter mile dash Moonlight and Vies Regent sold together for 20 againstJO the other two Echo and Marquis Do Fire in folO pools FOB RACE No 2 trotting 230 class Luella sold first choice for 20 Billy Nolen second 10 field 10 POOLS WILL be sold at the track today to-day as usual on both the above races and also on Race No 3 us soon as it is announced JoHSKYMoBzisBEY the typical Coal OilTommv of the course who is here from Leadville is one of those who with the widely famed Johnny Morgan made it so interesting for our baseball boys in their Colorado trip last season |
