Show BLUE ll BLOOD OF UTAR Horses and Horsemen Who Areis Preparing for the Start SCENES AT EARLY MORNING VELOY JA YSEE DOX AXGUS AXD THE OTHER CRACKER JACKS A Snug Offer for Lady Muckn Drop Snlanin and Autocrat to Meet on Even Grounds lioxerx Milliard isis Hall Tosses and UiUers all on the Move Local turfmen are all working their I bread winners and Utah is promised more generous representation on the I I ring circuits the approaching season than at any time since its get began I to be feared I Courses private and public presented presen-ted a scene of splendid and thrilling animation during the week Superfluous Super-fluous fat and flab those dangerous descendants of Inactivity are being rapidly worked off the jockies cheeks show a healthy tan the sulkys spinning spin-ning wheels have received their Easter I coats the grooms and rubbers are crooning to their pets and preparations I for the campaign are to be seen on al I sides I Perhaps the largest and most formidable I for-midable of all these many strings is I that collected by Smith McEvoy I which is headed by Harvey Velox 218 and who last year was peerless in his I performances He was started thirteen times and out of this number earnedm first money eleven times second I frst tmes money I once With the same string whose dapper coats illuminate i McCoys private 1 pri-vate barn at Main and Seventh South I may be seen Irene L a four year old filly that in a trial showed a mark last season of 223 Annie Smith a green one that in a trial heat got down to 30 and who is booked to start at the Denver meeting Glen Arthur a fledgeling that was brought from Kansas Kan-sas and which is a descendant of the blue bloode sires and dams of thit state is also in the Smith McEvoy string and as a youngster shows remarkable re-markable promise t J C C Glanfield owner of Blrdseye the peerless dam who at twenty years put a mark o 29Y before her rivals and lowered I the worlds record has I teo three of her get one by Tramp S an other by Salaam and another by Silver Bow that promise well The Siver frst youngster sired by Tramp S has al ready done a turn in 40 flat and hav ing been got on to the Smith McEvoy string threatens to become very troublesome cuit to the rivals on the cir 4 Tom Harris string never entered the season with better assurances of r I earning large profits for their wary I owner In addition to a large school I of youngsters that are receiving their first lessons under the bridle thei in his string Miss Foxey that last pro cured a mark of 24 vof Mmtrk Alta a four year old who recorded a mile at 23 and Spartan who closed the season with a record of 30 wih with this o quar tette Mr Harris wiVh Haris should come home with a well feathered nest and fame enough t last him a life time William Carr will enter the cam paign with three wih good ones as the head set including Johp S with a turn of 291 to his credit a green pacer that in Jreen a trial spinned the mile in 25 and a youngster that mie at 3 oungter years finished in a 40 clip All these marks Al malks will be reduced the present season I the stung taking to their work like an industrial army to Utah alms S S S Frank Spicer is working his nimble footed lot down at the race track and 1 promises to show he show a measure of foemanship early in the campaign that will keep the wise ones guessing His string Is led by Jaysee guessing whosE performances have earned him friends wherever they have been seen He is taking zealously to the crisp morn ing air and is as chipper as the young mor L sters that surround him Frank M a promising candidate who at the time has a mark of 40 to his credit I is another of Mr Spicers string as is i also Daisy L with a record of 30 who will make her seasons start at Over land in Denver S Matt Cullens string are all in fine fettle and moving strong at their matutinal jogs Don Angus the sta of the Cullen string having earned a life of ease in his retiring days is i nibbling at the young grass shoots of I the spring meadow and is permitted to tax his energies at will The faith L ful old fellow will not be started this season but that the honor of his owners string may be maintained will wi depend on the younger blood and more elastic joints of Possum who at four years turned the mile in 37 and a lot of striplings to be seen each morning as the rising sun shoots it Is is gilded shafts over Liberty Park f Tom Matthews Is also working the winter kinks out of his lot and wil II be represented on the circuit this cilcuit season sea-son by Dennis 39 at the third milestone mile-stone of life and Denny Ryan 29 > He has a splendid family of youngsters with which to close in the gaps I should any occur Turfman Forsche to whose string attention was last season drawn by the phenomenal performances of Alarmist son of Autocrat wi start his lot at I Bozeman and work through the circuit i I cir-cuit I is said o Alarmist that never I has he shown a more powerful pace I than at present and the record of last season promises to be left away in the I distance A three year old is also I showing good speed and he goes forth i as a more formidible rival than ever before I t t Blue Note a side wheeler 22Vi and 1 Dollie Tuba a half sister of Velox both owned by Dr E W Whitney are taking readily to their spring work and I show excellent promise of earning big bread for their owner during the season i sea-son although the doctor has not yet given his word that they shall go Dollie Tilton is the girl upon which a whole lot of faith is pinned and If given the advantages to which her breeding entitles her should produce most gratifying results John McCoys handsome Lady Gracious Gra-cious comes forththis spring a perfect type of the perfect roadster and speedier speed-ier by far than when as a threeyear old last year she made a mark of 40 The Lady and Bob Bolles 222 wIll both fly his colors in the seasons campaign and excellent reports are expected pected from them I An event upon which all eyes arc 1 fixed and to which all necks are I craned is the approaching accouchement accouche-ment of Lady Mack the proud daughter I daugh-ter of L C Lee 21t and the property prop-erty of Captain John Walker In a box at McCoys stable the Interior of which has been upholstered by an owner own-er who almost idolizes her Is she the mildeyed recipient of a thousand daily caresses patiently awaiting the arrival of a youngster that is sired by Salaam 230 at three years A perfect specimen speci-men of blue blooded flesh she has always al-ways been the envy of the turfmans l eye and already S200 has been off red for the drop no matter what the sex previous condition or prospect Cap ain Walker her affectionate owner has spurned the offer however and will rear for private and very likely specu ative uses Lady Mack as a roadster is as mild as n June day and has shown her heels to every rival in the city during the afternoon crushes Salaam the splendid property of Smith McEvoy will start this sea wi Ss son again At three years he jbtalned a record of 30 Inca 227 and sire of Incas 214 Is I eing sweated out on the old half mile rack wltfi the others constituting Mayor Baskins string and will be started in the seasons campaign Lon Bast the owner of Incas Ivan and others is giving his lot some stiff spring medicine these mornings Efforts are being made to pull off a match race between Elder Lucas 226 mo owned by J A Hughes and John S I 2fo 29m the property of Tom Higgins I or 500 a side I the match is effected i will take place in June Washkle the superb side wheeler owned by Messrs James and Owen logle is showing a wonderful spring pace and whether on track or road w ill be troublesome this year Harry Hynds has brought his string rnS over from Cheyenne and promises to educe the conceit in certain quarter before the campaign is ended Autocrat is also to come out of his h lermitage this season and will start with Ollie Dillon at the ribbons The old fellow has lost nothing of his fire and some time ago in a trial drive over the undulating track at his former for-mer owners farm showed a clip of 1228 Alj the same time Mr Dillon I who recently purchased him and the entire string is putting the pick and flower in harness and excellent reports are coming up from Grass Valley where they will remain until the gong I sounds the season opening 4 With all this material and more at home no difficulty should be experienced enced in pulling off a spring meeting f ollowing that in Denver The movement move-ment is being agitated and a proposition propo-sition is now on that one hundred c itlzens subscribe 23 each for stock in he association I would induce a l arge number of turf men to stop off on their voyage over the circuit and afford excellent entertainment Salt Jake must have a meeting and active I preparations for I should begin without with-out further delay Reach Into your sockets gentlemen and put a little bread on the waters In J J Fielrtn Wildwood the California crack has i I ben declared out of the Brooklyn I landicap I Pitcher Stratton has been offered 51600 by Louisville but is holding off for 2400 Tom Kelly has accepted the position of boxing instructor at the Manhattan club Toledo I does not seem possible but it is t a fact that John L Sullivan tipped the cales avshoit time ago at 270 pounds Cincinnati claims to have a wonder in i her deaf mute pitcher Flay He is i a strong addition to the Porkopolitans Farrell after signing a New York contract at last immediately put on L his h uniform and got to business practicing prac-ticing tcinglke Kelly the King is buried I with a onenightstand ball team down I In i Pennsylvania How the mighty have fallen Jerry Marshall the colored Austra Ian h boxer may be matched to light Timmy Dime the wellknown lightweight weight Marshall is now in Pittsburg Billy Maher and Coon Richards will furnish the feature of Tuesday nights bill at Langes athletic club at which time they will contest for points Bob Thompson should take his star east There is nO likelihood of his getting get-ting on a match In this firmament while across the Mississippi there are dead loads l of them to be had Frank Ives In a letter to Maurice Daly says billiards are on the boom in Paris Ives has withdrawn his forfeit posted to play Vlgnaux as the later refused to play the Napoleon There is 1 17yearold billiard player in Corry Pa who it is claimed ran 5030 points at straightrail billiards on a 5x8 table This probably is the highest mark ever attained even by a wonderful player in the woods The Boston Athletic association is to have a 40000 country seat I is to be located on the Charles river on a twentyslxacre tract part of which will be converted into an athletic field I The place is twenty minutes ride from the city Jim Hall the Australian t pugilist writes from West Baden Springs Ind that he is getting In good share for his bout on the 29th with the big St I Louis amateur who boxed Fitzsim I mons Hall is training among the his of the Hoosier resort In a challenge issued in St Louis Spider Kelly who claims the championship cham-pionship In his class of North and South Dakota wishes to get on a match with any 145pound man in Chicago I Chi-cago or the state of Illinois Kellys address for a week is Alton III Byron McClelland has gone to Sheepshead bay with vfhe great colt Itmm Henry of Navarre who is a promising candidate for the Brooklyn handicap and five other laree eastern stakes He also took along Will Fonso and Fon i doline two good selling platers and ten 2yearolds all In fine form Champion Corbett is finally on the water and Peter may now fire his shots by cable Its a little expensive hut the industry must be protected Corbett opens at Drury Lane eon e-on April 21 and will be seen nO more in the arena until the seasons unt engagements engage-ments have been filled Captain Lange has determined to I drop a few dimes in the missionary box and nn the evening of May 1 will give with his school an athletic entertainment en-tertainment the proceeds of which will be added to the charity fund His enrollment en-rollment has grown very rapidly during dur-ing the past few months and now includes in-cludes many of the most prominent young men in the city The club recently organized in this I city is the forerunner l l I LHe LVlel UHHta nf such n lnh us Ull luu the Denvpr Athletic club and all that it needs Is to be taken hold of by the sporting fraternity and pushed on a larger scale Incorporated under the territorial laws and managed after the plan of the Denver club i will bs the means of advertising Salt Lake from the the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans Oxford has led the way all around in this seasons InterVarsity contests winning the Rugby football match by 1 points crosscountry by 7 points golf by 13 holes billiards twohandled by 72 points boat race by 31 lentrths and the sports bv six events to 3 Cam bridge on the other hand hs won the assocIiMon football match by S goals to 1 billiards single by 7 points and chess by 3 to 2 The hockey match was drawn 1 goal anlece Duncan McDonald at one time champion of Utah who scarred with James J CorhPtt in this city six years ago passed through this city a few days ago on his way to Butte where he is conducting an athletic club and in commenting on the advantages of the Salt Lake club stated that i Is the finest small club that he had ever seen I it was for sale he said he would take I in a minute and make I the largest club in the west There has been considerable talk gO ing the rounds regarding Sandow the strong man and Champion James J Corbett to the effect that there existed bad blond between them Their meet lag at St Louis a short time ago precludes pre-cludes the possibility of there being any ill feeling between the two i filng betwEm great men Corbett ald I have never said that I should like to go into a room with you with the Intention of seeing which was the best man Sandow then said he would never engage In a fight with any man unless compelled in selfdefense to do so |