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Show FREE DAI BRINGS j OUT MANY LADIES il i I Billy Myer Breaks State Track I ?" Record for 11-16 J h Miles. 1 1' H Ladles' day was a big success Frlda If ' afternoon at the horse races. Tho large M grandstand was packed to Its fullest ca- I t paclty. The weather could not have been better, and while the half-mile track 1 seemed lo be In ilrst-clnss condition tho S ' majority of ovent3 were run in alow ft time. j In the third race on the programme, Billy Myer ran the mile and one-sixteenth i S, In 1:50 2-5, which breaks the state record J for the distance. Agreement held the 3 . former mark at 1:502. Mycr led all UC' f way, with Jockey Williams in the sad- t J die. Cabin was held the favorite In tho race, while Myer was third in tho lUt f- as a orohuble winner. Woolen, an out- j ' slder, beat Cabin for place by a length, j p coming In on the rail. ' Three favorites won at the track and i three third choices.. Boas, with Harris P up, 4 to 1, was held too lightly and I breezed home a winner by two and one- i half lengths ahead of Martinmas, the fa. j ' vorlte. Wistaria took the show but 2 ; greatly weakened near the finish, not- I' .withstanding the time of the six furlongs ? ! was slow. J Tiie second race was won by O. K a L Ilerndon, a favorite that was backed off w the board. There was a big plunge and I the hookies paid out considerable money 5 on the nice. The horse was second at 1 S the start, but Jockey Sandy soon eamo to I J the front and outran his field bv two f 1 lengths. Lady Panehlta beat Galtor for 2 place by a Ijcad, just lasting out the S 5 race. 3 ": Jockey Kunz drove Orelio to the front i In the fourth race, outriding his field 1 down the stretch and winning bv four 4jU lengths. Billy Mayham was jammed in mv the start and waa practically thrown out H" of the race, and came home with tho also yj' rans. Grasscutter by one and onc-hnlf JJ lengths died, hut managed to beat St. W' Francis for place by a head. r Free Knight the Bear put up a game fc race and Jockey Peak managed to shove iEp his horse's nose to the front at the wire, fir Cardinal Sarto finished strong and would $m have won In another Jump. The best 5! Jockey Otis could do with St. Joe was to show by a head over Glaucus. The jjlt Bear was a big favorite, being hold at 3 THi to 5 at the lime tho horses were sent fff away from the post. W6 The last event, for soven furlongs, was usk' also won by a favorite. La Heine Hindoo 'w was brought up through the field by Jockey Donvitz. taking the lead at the head of the stretch and In a pretty head-to-head ' Jw race beating out Beau Man for thft hon- 'HP' ors. George Guyton taking the show. XV With fair weather prevailing today, .Mr one of the largest throngs ever seen upon Mtf a racing course in the west will go a-rac- M' lug to the fair grounds this afternoon, Tlntic day. The Tlntic handicap will Mm bring out a fine field of horses, while the five other events are well balanced. The -H Salt Lake Route is running a special cx- a cursion train from the Tinttc district ! points for lhe afternoon's racing. More 'Mm than a thousand Tlntic enthusiasts will m come to town for the day's sport- The l special leaves Tlntic Junction at C:50 a. M m., and from Mammoth, Silver City and gM Kureka a few minutes earlier. |