Show TERRITORIAL TOPICS The Cache Valley Man and Brigham Ciiy Races J t LEGAL LORE Yd HORSE FLESH Some Splinteri From SprlngTllle Newsy Itaefta From the South Brief fltonerr1 Glimpses It is estimated tnat nearly 600 people gathered at the raw track on Saturday only to be disappointed Four horses were to have contested for a purse of 10P three being entered it was reduced re-duced to 75 8 L Swensona Napoleon Napo-leon E H Peirces Kent and 0 F Snows Black Prince were the starters Pools sold lively Napoleon being nightly favored Black Prince was totmd to be lama and SHOW wished tot to-t p < withdraw him to which Peirce consented con-sented but Swenson positively refused so he went In the first heat Napoleon drew the pole Kent second aad Black Prince third This was a prettilycontested tret Napoleon winning Kant a neck behind and Black Prince sevorallengtha farther limpiD badly Time 313 In the second heat the sole Kent captured the pole on the first turn keeping it to the nnish and passed the stand amid cheers Tlmo 312 The track was ten or fifteen seconds low and the tim made was considered very satisfactolY The man from Cache Valley seemed to have come over hero with the lull determination de-termination of having everything his own way and his losing the second heat originated the trouble It appears that he first offered his note for his portion of the stakes the other parties declining this he was finaly prevailed upon to put up the cash but insisted un depositing it with a private stakeholder We learned subsequently that ho had gojd reasons for sodoingthere was a man on the ground anxious to attach the money for some debt Failing to win tho second heat Swanson Swan-son realized that he had no show to capture the race SQ he quietly Recalled his note and obtained his money from the private stakeholder Af lor buttoning button-ing nis pocket over the lucreha felt safe and declared a foul in the second heat stoutly refusing to complete the raceWhen they ascertained that he stub vbornly refused to finish some of his i backers chimed In with him and the spokesman had the gall to ask the judges to leave it to the crowd to decide de-cide as to whethor there was a font or not A kid of unassuming mein shouted out at the top of his voice Lordy what be th judges up there for Swenson sam he would finish the race for the amusement of the assembled hundreds but not for money The others concerned would not assent to I this as they did not care to help him to advertise a horse that he was soliciting solicit-ing patronage for it being a stallion raceso this race fizzled Things looked rather foreboding for a time and it appeared as though the services ser-vices of a corpse of physicians woud ultimately ul-timately be required to attend tho prospective pros-pective soreheads and crooked legs as redeyed men were accidently caught in the act of loosening their coats sharpening their knuckles on wagon wheels ana one man appeared to be hardening his clenched fist on the judges stand At this most onportune crisis the heavens weptwhether with an el or pity Ill give it upand the drizzling shower effectually dampcned the savage spirit of the surging and hoist prnns crowd The drooping feelings of the throng were soirewhat revived when it was announced that there would be a race between United States Commissioner Carrington and Lawyer Coombs Mr Carrington was to cover three laps riding a rather fractiousbehaving broncho while the lawyer on foot wsa to make only one 3rcuit of the track Intense interest naa soon manifested in this race The purse was 0 When the men appeared they wars I greeted with a shout of delight which made the heavens fairly ring Shorn of his coat vest and shoes the comnis I > jsionr looked like a diminutive though of wily jockey making a strikingcontrast with the lawyer who swelled out like a imdern Hercules A good start was effected The horse darted ahead followed by Mr Coombs who bounced off as unconcerned as you please and in uoapparenthurry either Mr Carrington covered one lap in good style and passed the pedestrian who had ran about two thirds of his half mile The horsemen shot by the stand the second time but hai barely passed when the animal was seen to stagger I under tbe incessant urging of its ambitious ambi-tious rider who should have hopped off right there completing the last half mile on foot The gritty lawyer came ap the homestretch home-stretch on an easy dog trot bat puffing liki a freight engine pulling over a Pikes Peas He rolied past the judges stand being welcomed by a tremendous roar which was beard nearly a mile away Time 401 About L thirty seconds later Mr Carrington and his completely faggedout steed wiggled up to the crowd which was thc signal for deafening yells hoots and whistle Ho appeared as fresh as he ever dMA dM-A match race has been arranged for next Saturday between O G Snows I Black Prince and A E Snows Colonel I JAKE MILES BBIOHAM Utah May 211888 |