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Show 1 Herses and Horsemen The weights for tho Fort Douglas handicap, handi-cap, scheduled for Saturday, were announced an-nounced Thursday night, and the entry list shows all tho best horses at tile track entered. Glorlo tops the heap with 120 pounds, with Gallor carrying SS pounds at low weight. Ethon will carry 11S pounds and Miles is enlored with 08 pounds. The weights announced aro as follows: Glorlo, 120; Ethon. IIS; Little Osage. 1 10; La Gloria, 110'; Lord Nelson, 1 nil ; llarcourt. 108; Madeline Musgravc, 100; Hannah' Louise, 102; Miles. 38; Yuba. HO; Galtor. SS; Calves. 100: Ethel Day, 101: Valencia, 101: Plmkln, 100; Del Crusader, 107; Capewell, 103. There has been so much complaint about Jockeys' valets touting In the ring, and also signaling information lo parties In the paddock from tho jockeys' quarters, that the stewards decided It was time to take the matter In hand. Accordingly they called the valets before them before the racing began yesterday and gave them lo understand that these practices must be discontinued, and that If persisted in they would bring punishment to the guilty ones. Chief Barlow of the track police forco wno was present at the heart-to-heart talk was directed to take In hand any valet found in the helling ring touting. tout-ing. - Starter Dwyor and Associate Judge Skinner will be In at the first of the duck shooting, the season for which begins be-gins today. They started on their initial gunning expedition at I o'clock this morning, morn-ing, the guests of one of the local gun clubs, but will return In time to lake up their duties at the track ibis afternoon. after-noon. Dwyer is a crack shot, and while so much Is not known aa to Skinners prowess in this line. It is said that he Is no slouch with a gun himself. There will be another addition to the local riding colony today in tho person of P. Wilson. Wilson has been riding at the tracks in the east, and report has It that he is better than fair. v Pickens, who got a nasty-looking fall when Hannah Louise went down in her race Wednesday, was at the track yesterday, yes-terday, little the worse for his thrilling experience of the day- before, It turns out to be true that the teeth which he had knocked out by his fall wore artificial arti-ficial and they wore hooii replaced by others, lie waa a trifle lame In one shoulder and complained of being sore In ono leg. That was tho extent or the damage he sustnlncd, and ho will be back in the saddle probably Saturday. Tho stewards havo boon officially notified noti-fied that S. Johnson, who was suspended at the recent meeting at Dillon, Mont., lias been restored to good standing. The "chief" Is therefore eligible to take mounts and will likely be seen in the saddle soon. M 't A "signal service" was discovered at Iho Ruena Vista mile track Thursday afternoon aft-ernoon by the officials or the Utah Jockey club. For several days winners of races have been phoned to tho city, and It Is said that the results were also wired to outside cities. At any rale, a young man was caught in tho grandstand signaling sig-naling to R. L. Dent, who was in a house some distance from the race track. Dent was spotted the officers and Officer C. C. Riley arrested him and brought Bent to tho city, but no charge was put against him and ho had to be released. re-leased. Dent was found in an upper room, with a pair of field glasses, and was blamed for sending out the winners to the city b.v phone, and It Is alao believed be-lieved that the information was wired out of town for the benefit of poolrooms, pool-rooms, etc. ft H Phil Hamill. an old-time bookmaker, arrived yesterday. Hamill has been covering cov-ering the races at Vancouver and Victoria Vic-toria for the Evening Times, and also the Evening Post, of Victoria, and he will act In the same capacltj" for Ihose papers here. The Victoria meeting was extended to October 0, but there was talk when Mr. Hamill left there that this week would wind it up. A number of the horsemen racing at the Uritlsh Columbia meeting contemplate shipping here, and asked Hamill to wire them as to the local game and Its prospects. a There was apparentls- an attempt to create the Impression that Ethon was not himself, as he was marked a doubtful starler on the combination board. It" that was for effect it failed of Its purpose, as the bookmakers took no liberties with the Pasadena stable's crack sprinter, who was backed from 7 to 10 down to 2 to 5. ,Tocke' Borcl has written friends here from Helena, where he is riding and leading the jockeys in prize winning, that President Tnft was present at one of tho meets and judged the race which Swede Sam .won. Immediately the state fair races are over in Butte, Borel will leave for this city to ride. A. Wilson purchased Ethel Day from C. Morton Thursday afternoon at the track. The price paid for this popular horse was not announced, but it is said that the figure was well up. t Ono of tho features to be held in tho near future Is a match race between Rllev and the Trainers Message. Manager Finn believes that the card will be of public Interesl and if he can secure the event for a reasonable figure he will put It on. Knch is confident of winning. M. V. Baker of Los Angeles arrived in tho city unexpectedly lo surprise his son. J. H.' Baker, but upon his arrival here was unable to locate his boy, who was supposed lo be working at the race track. |