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Show The Races. Yesterday the largest crowd of ladies la-dies and gentlemen that ever assembled assem-bled to witness a race in the TcrrU tor' was gathered at the Agricultural Park course. Livery rigs, hacks and private teams were kept on tho move between the Park and the city all of the afternoon, and even after the races were over many were on the way to the course. This new half mile track, just completed, is one of the best in the western country, and has already gained great favor among our horsemen. horse-men. Yesterday the first race ever traveled on the new course came off, and wc premise that it was only the forerunner of others, to follow in rapid sueeess5n on the same track. The Park is pleasantly iiuateil on I the east bank of Jordan, north ol Voj'tli Temple street, is convenient to the public, .Qi'id vet is retired from the busy part of town. We bespeak for it an eminent popularity in the fur tu re. The il ret race, yesterday, was A trotting match, mile heats, best three jn five, for a purse of $100. There woro four ontn'es Uenham's "Sheep," Lyon' "Cay ClliU-lev," Walker's "Lady Hamilton," all jn Juirness.and Kimball's "Billy," handicapped--.-and id) started. "Lady Hamilton" won ia thr3e straight hea.ts. Time. 2.rll, -2.40J, li.M. Jn the first heat "Sheep" was distanced mid "Char ley" hi the second heat. The second, and what promised to be the mo;.t interesting race .of the Fair series, was a running match, mile heat;, two in three, for a purse of $100. Two ui' (he mo;t celebrated blooded runners in ihe Territory CLawion's "Faugh a Ballagh" and Hammond's "Midnight Befl'' were entered and started. The first heat was made by ''Bell" in l.-Vlj , -'Faugh a Ballagh" coming in about a length behind. On the second heat the horses Were making belter time, had made the first round, "Faugh a Bal-high"' Bal-high"' ah tad. when tie became un-uunageable, un-uunageable, Hew the track, rin into "rr (Jjawson's buggy, breaking the axle i icn a:"nstthc pole ot Mr. McKimm.'"5' f, throwing the rider and brc,. "S :lb.0l'L Lhe inches above Uu7 , P1'" Bcnediet was on the '"u"d. UW mediately temporarily tlu: broken limb, and had i'0 ilmrf mnn removal to the TuW(18Cw House, where the leg was JL"'i''3P' erly set last evening. Robert Graha.,y is the name ot tiie unfortunate rider. He is a bov fifteen vears of nee. and has lately .arrival in the city from Montana, where his mother and sister sis-ter now reside. The injury was a compound fracture of the tibia fibula mil was ol a serious character, but it is hoped that he will recover without imparing the use of his limb. We regret seriously the accident which so suddenly terminated the race, but trust that the same horses will soon be matched again for anoth-' er run. There are to be three races on the same course to-day, commencing at '2 o'clock, p.m. Tlie first is to be a trot between roadsters ami buggy horses, to buggies, mile heats, two in three, for a purse of $o0. The second is to ho between double teams, mile heats, two in three, for a purae of $-"0. The third and last of the Fair nvos is to be a running match, half mile , heat-;, two in three, for a purse of 30. ' We understand that entries have been made for each of these mccv, and a got.nl time may be expected. |