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Show REVIVAL OF INTEREST : I IN HORSE RACING ; Local Horsemen Arc Laying Early Plans for the Coming , " Season and Many Good Races Are 1 Promised. I' J ; Although tho enow has scarcely dls-. dls-. appeared from the ground and fair US, I ' woathcr Is evidently some moons dis-' dis-' J tant, horsemen of this city have awak-I awak-I onod from their wlnter'B lethargy and ' f ' ' are looking: forward to some good sport " '' 1 at tho tracks this summer. Thero aro it , any number of men In Salt Lake who J ; would rather take a spin behind a y : I ' blooded horso than eat a turkey dlnnor, ' ' and alroady a numbor of them are tak-5 tak-5 , I ing dally Jogs with their horscB, al-I al-I though tho roads are still very formlda-I formlda-I i Tho outlook for some good harness 1 r L racing- this year is brighter than over j B before, according: to a well-known I owner and promoter. Nearly all of tho I 1 horses that appeared on tho trackH last I year aro still In tho city and will no 1 doubt bo Been again tills, 6easn. Bell Be-ll ' sldos these thoro will bo several now ) Jaces In local horsedom this summer. k: Eevoral of tho owners have purchased j now stook and many aro tho tips going 1 around concerning tho' abilities of tho I now-comors, I 1 Among tho last season's horses that i will bo Been hero this year aro Kanga-i Kanga-i II roo, June Wilkes, Cold Storage, Tor-. Tor-. roon, Sarah Green, Bclva A. and others. Frank Nash has purchasod Jlmmlo IL, tho '"bronco" formcly ownod by Will Wlmmor, and will endeavor to got now speed out of tho horso this year. Juno Wilkes has passed into tho hands of Ezra Thompson. Dr. Hummel-baugh Hummel-baugh purchased an Eastern horse this winter nnd decided to dispose of the Wilkes mare. The Eastern unknown comes here highly touted and the horsemen are anxious to seo the animal worked out C. S. Thompson will probably raco Torreon this year, and Osmont, a California Cali-fornia horse, that was seen hero for a short tlmo last season. Besides the above-mentioned animals, thero will be several younger horses at the tracks. Tommy Higgins and May Wallace, two colts sired by Hal Brown's stallion, Altoka, are being worked and much is promised of them. W. S. Jones also has a youngster, and Dr. J. B. Kcysor has a 3-year-old that is expected to figure In the going this year. In nil probability the racing mcote will bo pulled off at Calder's park. Tho track at Agricultural park Is considered consid-ered a trifle better by somo bui the horsemen have been unable to como to an agreement with the State fair directors, direc-tors, and it Is likely that this track will life Idlo until exposition time. In order to stimulate lnt'erest in the racing meet at the fair next fall the management will probably publish a list of the purses and events within tho next thirty days. These will bo circulated circu-lated throughout the State and will give outside horsemen an opportunity to participate If they dedro to do so. i im |