Show L1 Sport Open I Last Day of the Salt Lake Associations Asso-ciations Meat A WROtE WEEK OF RACES Orcr Siccfy Thousand Dollars PASS Through the Pool Box < Charges ol Jobbery In the 1roeforAll Trot Yesterday lllchnjoml Jr Took v o tbe llacc Orphan Prince Took r the aicrclianta Stake NE solid week v 4 I ot races has been given the public and the spring meeting of the Salt Lake Driving Driv-ing Association closed yesterday The postponed races of Thursday 0 c Thurs-day were declared off The directors direc-tors held a session in the Cullen last night to consider the matter It was decided de-cided by them that the races under the tules could not be legally run Consequently Conse-quently there will be no racing Monday The pool sellers were busy until midnight mid-night paying tickets and leave this morning morn-ing for California I r In many ways tho meeting has been the most successful ever held in the mountain mount-ain country Whether it has been financially finan-cially is an undetermined question It Was impossible last night to obtain figures fig-ures upon the weeks receipts Over 590000 have been placed in the pool boxes and this in a year which has been considered i consid-ered unusully dull From tho point of view taken by a horseman the meeting has been unusually a bright one X Tho horses present were of better bet-ter grade and swifter gait and I the purses were far and away beyond those ever previously offered in the territory terri-tory The management has been unusually un-usually liberal in every way and has done everything possible for the comfort and welfare of their guests The meeting has fully demonstrated that good races and purses will draw fast horses here S AX UXSATISFACTOBY CLOSE The last days racing of the week was unfortunate for the association in two ways The attendance was not what it should have been by half there not being more than 1500 people present and those who were there went home thoroughly unsatisfied There is a trite saying which has it that there can be no going behind the returns but sometimes there are exceptions ex-ceptions even to this Insinuations of obbery in the free for all pace broadened into specific charges Although the r judges throuch their speaker Starter StarOuck disavowed their belief that r jobbery had been practiced and fully exonerated ex-onerated Driver Williams who was removed re-moved in he third heat because it was said he was not driving Silver Bow tho first favorite to win the audience would not have it that way The fact is that the heats were taken by various horses in succession in such a manner as to keep the bettors in hot water Of course the losing element always al-ways sets ap a howl but prompt action upon the part of the judges when the openlyexpressed criticisms were so general gen-eral would have put a stop to all the commotion The affair is rejrretablo because be-cause it injures the association particularly partic-ularly when there was so much occular evidence to support the charges 0 The pool selling dragged more than at any time during the meeting 5000 will easily cover all the money In the boxes For the first two heats of the free forall betting was quite lively but after that the betters became scared out and but little money was placed upon any of the events One feature of the races has been the pool selling of Whitehead and company They have been fair and square in every I way No man has won money but has been paid and there have been several instances where men were paid iSpon their bare word saying they had lost their tickets No betting ou the races is allowed among any of the men and the association is to be congratulated that the pools have been so cleanly handled without with-out kick or protest Mr Whitehead has been coming here for several years and is generally appreciated by the turf community com-munity MEItCHAins STAKE 1000 First HeatA slow heat and of little interest Mormon Girl sold favorite at 20 to f3 in the field When the race was started the attendance was not large and there was but little vim in the heat Orphan Or-phan Prince had the pole Adelaide Complete Com-plete second Silver Bird third Mormon Girl on the outside Mormon Girl took the lead switching to the outside for a clearer track She ran neck and neck I with the Prince to the quarter where she I forced the latter off his feet Recovering up the back stretch Kinneys colt swung into a faster gait passing the favorite at s the second tnrn Adelaide and Silver f Bird were strung far down the stretch in I three four order At the stretch Prince had a lead over Mormon Girl ot two lengths which was lessened at the wireS wire-S to a length Time 247 By quarters 42 15 206 V Second Heat Pool betting made a complete com-plete switch Orphan Prince sold at 520 l Mormon Girl f5 the field S3 Mormon Girl at the flag took the lead from the Prince holding it with varying distance 1 to the wire Orphan Prince gave her a r good tussle for it into the stretch going neck and body for some distance Silver r Bird was a number of lengths behind Adelaide lost her feetat the half and overtook over-took Bird at the stretch having galloped i the entire way around Mormon Girl 11 continued to hold her lead finishing in r front in 247J Orphan Prince second t Notwithstanding Adelaide caught Silver Bird on the lope at the quarter the pace r of both of them was too slow to ever i catch up and they were distanced Quarters f Quar-ters 42 124 206 Third Heat The backers of Prince saw t a good race for their money Odds remained k re-mained about as they were before Mormon II Mor-mon Girl had the advantagein the starf but was badly fagged She led the Prince to the quarter where he broke 1 badly I Between the half and fiveeighths Mormon Mor-mon Girl lost her stride Jallingback perceptibly 5 per-ceptibly and at the threequarter poleS pole-S Prince had made a long fine trot and was I nose and nose with her Crowding into the stretch he further increased his advantage I ad-vantage and closed a winner by more than a full length Mormon Girl lost her feet just before the wire Time 24S i t By quarters 42 124 207K The heat S was decisive of the race Orphan Prince receiving first money and Mormon Girl II second money I FREE FOB ALIi TROT PUKSE1000 i First Heat Silver Bows favorite won in the lead at the flag with Ottinger second Incas off his feet and Richmond Jr fourth At the quarter Ottinger commenced to crawl and soon placed his i head alongside Silver Bows neck Richmond Rich-mond was still behind Incas whom everyone said was out of condition and f not fit caught hisfeet handily and went r after the others with determination Long before the half he passed the k leader gradually putting lengths of day r light oetween Rounding into the stretch in this manner it bore much the appearance of a pulled heat Ottinger Lir second ana Silver Bow third both pulled to the outside allowing Incas to drive to S the Tail down the stretch in a pretty motion He came in a winner by a length J and a half Ottinger second Silver Bow third Richmond Jr fourth Time 2242 Quarters 35H 111 149 Second Heat It was a seesaw heat from start to finish First Incas then 0 Ottinger then Silver Bow had the lead and it wound up with Silver Bow first under the wire Ottinger second Incas third Richmoiidi ji foUrth Incas lost his feet at the flag losing ground rapidly Ottinger and Silver Bow had a neck and neck trotfor it up the back stretch Incas In-cas had recovered and was hot after the pole team in front Richmond jr far behind VaS trotting in a manner to please his admirers and at thethreequarters had shortened the long distance between himself him-self and Incas for third place Ho was selling favorite at 20 with Silver Bow at 7 and bade fair to win the heat Just around the stretch the pace took him off his feet and he finished fourth Silver Bow finished slightly in front of Ottinger having had the lead from the three quarters pole Time 2174 Quarters 332 104 i43 Third Heat Richmond was selling at 25 Silver Bow at 15 the field at 6 After Af-ter this heat the crowd were more than ever satisfied that some jobbery was afloat somewhere It presented much tho appearance of a fixed race at the turn to tho stretch Previous to this Ottinper had been in tho lead with Silver BoW second Incas third in line Richmond jr on the outside Leaving the quarter he began to trot rapidly Incas and Silver Sil-ver Bow were left behind easily and almost al-most to the stretch he trotted it neck and neck with Ottinger Passing the bay here he headed into the track a sure winner win-ner amid hisses cat calls and cries of rotten rotten take him off Although Al-though the judges j awarded the race to Richmond the crowd was not at all Satisfied Sat-isfied that all was square and bet wanly on the next heat Ottinger second Silver Sil-ver Bow third Incas fourth Time 219 By quarters 35 111 14614 Fourth HeatIt wag another sad hour for the talent Richmond at the pole led to the flag where Incas went up slightly Ottinger was well away in front with Richmaad and Silver Bow almost tied for second place While the others were fighting at the quarter Incas recovered his stride and started for first place at a I terrific pace amid the cheers of the crowd who saw his splendid recovery and effort Crowding rapidly by be passed Silver BowandRichmond putting II his head close to Ottingers belly band The Salt Lake stallion is slightly out of condition owing to a recent accident and could not hold the pace Richmond pushed past the failing stallion as did also Silver Bow and at the stretch they both passed Ottinger Richmond had made a number of small breaks and this had lessened his chances slightly of winning win-ning Down the stretch after the dust had cleared away Silver Bow was seen to pass Richmond with Ottinger a close third and Incas last In this way the finish was made Richmond being given fourth place for repeated breaks Time 218 4 By quartelu32J 110 144Ji Fifth HeatThe score now stood two heats for S Iver Bow and one for RIchmond Rich-mond When it was over with it stood two and two with everyone guessing whether to copper or play open No pools were sold because everyone was shy and none knew how the heat would end Richmond the heat previous had played 20 to 15 All the starts were identical Richmond lagged behind on the outside with Ottinger in front Incas racing him and Silver Bow third On the backstretch back-stretch Richmond was several lengths behind but with head up and feet front log was after the race He was due not to disappoint his backers and he didnt Incas dropped behind before the five eights pole allowing Silver Bow to go into second place At the third turn Richmond had crept to his sulky wheel and on straight track passed Ottinger as did Silver Bow also Richmond made several wobbles down the track but lost no footing shooting under tho wire a winner from Silver bow by a length Ottinger third Incas fourth Time 220K By quarters 34 111 l46 > i Sixth Heat Ottinger not having won a heat in five iras sent to the stable and the race finished with Silver Bow Richmond Rich-mond and Incas driven Richmonds strength seemed to be in his ability to cover gaps rapidly and catch his feet after going up To the half pole Incas I lead and dropped again as before Richmond Rich-mond was crawling up in his oldtime fashion and at the fiveeighths turn shot ahead of Silver Bow who had been placed in second position by Incas losing his pace Richmonds lead at the stretch was a long onealthough Silver Bow was working manfully to win the race In the stretch it was evident Richmond would never be caught Half way down Silver Bow tired losing his feet and all hope of the race Richmond finished winner win-ner of heat and race in 220 i Incas second Silver Row third Time by quarters35 111 146K Richmond was given first money Silver Bow second Incas third and Ottinger fourth SPECIAL TROT PURSE f250 First HeatA field of six horses in a pretty start got away to the quarter without with-out mishap except that Bawley broke at the flag Alta had forged ahead to a considerable con-siderable length in front of Prairie Chief who was crowding her hard Beyond the quarter Prairie Chief advanced to first place leaving Alta a few feet behind Close to the quarter Eli Almont came up rapidly and at the stretch was in second place Bawlev was still in third and had a header for first but broke badly and dropped behind Prairie Chief held his head handsomely and went under a winner win-ner by two lengths Eli Almont second Billy B third Spartan fourth Alta fifth with Bawley who finished third placed in sixth place for running Time239 By quarters38J 120 201 Second HeatThe string got away in about the same position as before and at the quarter Prairie Chief was leading Billy B second Bawley third and Eli Almont clear at the rear four lengths behind the fifth horse The run up the back stretch was thus strung out the horses bunching more at the turn with Spartan and Almont neck and neck for fifth place Prairie Chief had a lead by sufficient space to easily keep it putting his noser first under the wire Billy B second Bawley was in third place as before be-fore but was again set back to sixth place for running Alto third Spartan fourth Almont fifth Time 230 Quarters 3ni 115i 154 Third HeatPrairie Chiefs owner complained com-plained to the judges that his horse wa very sick in the stall and unable to start but after examination they decided he should go HP never lost the lead for an instant after taking it from Alta at the Hag The heat was uninteresting because I be-cause ot its monotony There were at least ten lengths of daylight behind the aick horse as he rounded the stretch and this was reduced to six or seven by EH Almpnt who had come up rapidly from the fiveeighths taking second place from Billy S Alta came in fourth Spartan and Bawley being distanced Time 23234 By quarters 37J 117 157 Money was divided as follows Prairie Chief first Eli Almont second Billy B third Alta fOurth THEEEOJTABTER MILE DASH PURSE 200 EntriesFlora E Beaver Act n and Blue Dick The latenesi of tho starting made the race tame one People were tired because of the delay in the freefor all and many had left the grounds before the race was run The start was made from the quarter with Acton well to the front after a few feet Flora E was well I up to the turn where the horses wont into in-to an indistinguishable bunch from I which Acton emerged still in front followed fol-lowed byBlue Dick Flora E had dropped to third place Beaver in fourth the finish fin-ish under the wire being made in this manner Time 119 |