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Show STABLECHATTER AM HORSE TALK Crab Apple's Victory a Surprise. Time Was the Best Made on the Local Track This Year. Why the Running Races Are "Not Popular at Present in Salt Lake City. THE DEFEAT of Angle Duryea In her match race with Crab Apple at Calder's park on Friday was the subject of considerable gossip gos-sip among the horsemen yesterday. Many thought before the race that Humelbaugh's mare was an easy winner, and her decisive defeat caused no end of surprise. The time In which the miles were covered cov-ered were the fastest that have been stepped off in this city for some moons. The timekeepers gave out the official time as 19U seconds for one of the heats, but a number of stop-watches caught the time at 15 seconds and a traction. This Is better than the performance per-formance of the horses In the Decoration Decora-tion day free-for-all, and shows conclusively conclu-sively that Crab Apple is one of the speediest marca In the State. Oft has the question been asked: "Why don't the people of this city like running races?" In most every other city in the country the runners have first call, and harness races are but secondary events. In Salt Lake it is different, and it is such races as the one between Commodore and Hymn last Friday that have killed the sport here, or rather kept It from securing a foothold. Year after year running races have been sandwiched in with the harness events pulled off on local tracks. Usually Usual-ly two or three horses would be entered, and thc race prearranged by the owners own-ers or jockeys. The public would bet Its money and get nothing but experience experi-ence In return. The people came to look at a running race as a piece of easy money for a few intimate friends of the owners and Jockeys, and for this reason they fell Into disfavor. Last week's running race was very unsatisfactory. Whether or not the match was "fixed" is not known, but one would have hard work convincing the majority of the spectators that such was not the case. Many race-goers dropped considerable money on Commodore, Com-modore, playing him on thc form displayed dis-played In the race on Decoration day. They may have had a square run for their money, but the Judges would have made a decided hit had they called all beta off. Many horses are now quartered at Calder's, training for the meet on July 1. Most of the entries In the Decoration Decora-tion day free-for-all arc working out, and there may be some reversals when these same animals meet next lime. Ed Conroy, the untrained horse that won In such easy fashion on May 30, Is now In training and will be entered in thc Fourth of July meet. Conroy and his owner, "Doc'' Carson, made a hit with the crowd last time, and the horse will no doubt have plenty of backing when he appears again. |