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Show Horses and Horsemen What will undoubtedly prove the social j event of the season for Salt. Lake, as far as field sports arc concerned, has been planned by the Utah Jockey club for next Saturday. That day will bo known as Fort Douglas day at. tins Uuena Vista track, and the programme for tho occasion oc-casion will have a decidedly military suggestion about It. One or the features of the card will be an officers' race. In which half a dozen or more officers from tho fort will compete for honors at one-half one-half mile, on horses from the local army post, each i;fflc:ur to rls-i In regulation uniform. While there are no particularly speedy animals at the post, they are, according to Lieutenant Elliott, who was among yesterday's visitors to tho new track, evenly matched, and as Ihe genlk-me.ii genlk-me.ii who will have mounts In the interesting inter-esting event are expert horsemen the contest ought to bo spirited as well as spoetacular. The featuro event, of the card will bo the Fort Douglas handicap, as an effort will be made, to bring together to-gether in It the best horses at the track. Jockey Manders, who was Indefinitely suspended by the stewards at tho spring meeting of the Utah Jockey club, showed up at the track yesterday afternoon, but was ejected from the grounds long before be-fore tho racing began. Manders struck the 2-year-old "Genova a blow across the head with his whip, laying the colt's eye open. The blow was Intended for the rider Instead of tho horse. J. .1. Mohr. stepson of the lato Harry Stover, having disposed of the fast 2-year-old filly The Eol, which he sold to .1. T. Slrlte & Co. before the closo of the Ogden meeting, will null the racing game, lie will leave for his home. Paris. Texas, within the next few days, and will engage In business. John A. Mallon. which he has been training for the owner. Mrs. Allen, will be shipped back to the Kenilworth stock farm with Coppertown. Mark Moore, who has been booking at the local track since tin; opening of the meeting, took his departure for Oklahoma City Saturday night, after a particularly bad flay. Ills lack of success in his booking opern lions, however, had nothing lo. do With his leaving, as he had previously pre-viously planned t go to Oklalioma. Saturday Satur-day to be on hand for the meeting there. King of Voln showed yesterday that he did not need to beat the barrier In order to finish second to Captain Ilack-ett's Ilack-ett's crack filly Yuba. In yesterday's race the Galveston colt was not straight when the barrier was sprung, ami .with all tiie worst of the slarl had to bo much the best horse in his race to win. Van Dusen was substituted for E. Smith, as the Jailer's ride on Agreement was not satisfactory lo Trainer Crawford. Some complaint was heard in tho betting bet-ting ring about the heavy "cut In" price as contrasted lo the lightness of the play, except by Insiders, who usually cash. "The big trouble." said a prominent out-of-town layer, "is that there are too many boys in the stands, and they get as big a play as we do in Ihe ring at a merely nominal 'cut in' figure, which enable them to hunch the prices. The management will be asked to reduce the number of messengers, as T do not believe be-lieve many of us will bo able to stand the strain another week without some good 'breaks.' as every book Is a big loser to the meeting to date." One of tho biggest killings to dale was made on Rose Daly In the opener. A Wilson thought the mare could not lose, and bel a big bunch, out of town as well as in the. ring. A belated rush to Pel-ham Pel-ham did not save the layers any. An unusually high -class card is offered this afternoon, with the fifth race as the feature. Calves and Madeline Musgrnvo look much the best. The fourth appears to have been made for Agreement, which. If he runs back lo his Jast good race, should gallop homo, there being no Charlie Char-lie Paine or John Louis to beat. F. Merckel again played Gossipcr H to win. and after the race was ono disgusted dis-gusted owner. "I have bet on her a dozen times, but she simply Is no account." ac-count." said Merckel. "I have no excuses today." E. .1. Crawford couldn't see how anything any-thing could bent King of Yolo, and bet all he had on the colt. Yolo was pounds the best, and won after being all but left flatfooted at the post. Hannah Louise ran without blinkers vesterdav. which made a big difference. Captain Ilnckett tried to have them taken off last start, but it was not permitted. J. T. Strlto though Aquiline a real "good thing." and lost considerably to the race, "r knew she didn't care for much weight," said Strito. "but I did think she could trim tills kind." |