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Show A NOVEL RACE. BRIG YOUNG TO BRING THE SONS OF UTAH SIRES TOGETHER. The Innovation to be One or the Most Thrilling Ever Introduced in I'tfth The Montana Kid Arrives with Hie Dukes ITp. Rrig Young, tho ncstor of local turf men, has conceived a race that, if carried car-ried to a suecessfull culmination, will not only he a thrilling innovation in Utah, but stimulate Interest in tho raising rais-ing of blooded and thoroughbred stock. His scheme is to bring the youngsters and get of fivo well known sires together to-gether as yearlings. This would date the race sometime in October next, the specifications being that entrees shall be the descendants of either I. Jay S., 2:251, the property of Mr. J. W. Carri-gan; Carri-gan; Stewart Wilkes, owned by lion. Frank H. Dyer; Inca, 2:27$, owned by R. N. Raskin esq.; Rriuo Wilkes, owned by Mr. Pendleton, and L. C. Lee, 2:15, that now occupies the loftiest place in Ri Holly's stud. The proposition proposi-tion is to make the race $.VM) a corner, which, in the event of five entries, en-tries, would hang out an inducement in-ducement of the value of $2500. The owne.s of these animals all express their approval, aud the get of the past season promises to place Utah alongside along-side California next fall. The "Montana Kid ' who has been fighting his way to fame and who recently re-cently wrested the sceptre from Dobbs, dropped down from Ogden yesterday morning and pulled the latch-string latch-string at Kd Kelley's hospitable roof. In conversation with the sporting editor of this journal, the Kid stated that ho was ready to spar with any man in Colorado or Utah who came anywhere near the range of his class, and to this challenge will await replies from the ambitious knights of the arena. The Kid is not a very big chunk of flesh, but is 18-karats fine when in the square. Colonel Ed. Kelley has decided to construct a gymnasium in connection con-nection with his resort, where the athlete ath-lete can press the kinks out of his buff and brawn at any and all hours. It will be in charge of Professor Williams, who stands ready to meet all comers in his class, and who will take pleasure in teaching tho old as well as young idea how to shoot. A syndicate is organizing for the purpose pur-pose of placing Salt Lake in the baseball circuit and putting it in condition to exchange courtesies with San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Portland and Seattle. A franchise in such a loi jin sh mid pay its way if it does not pay dividends. :- Ed Leonard is in excellent trim and is anxious for the go with Dobbs. The Provo "water nymphs" are anxious for the next pull against the oarsmen of tho Garfield Beach club and with that in view are keeping up their practice. |