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Show LAGOOm RACE MEET PLE1SESJE PllBLIC The end of the first week of the fall race meeting at Lagoon findB the officials of-ficials and general public well satisfied with the sport aa conducted at tho beautiful beau-tiful Davis county course. The weather bf tho greater part of the week waa unfavorable un-favorable and the track conditions poor, but despite these handicaps the atten-I atten-I dance was up to expectations and the sport Interesting and at times excltlng-Wlth excltlng-Wlth tho present beautiful weather, the crowds at the race course this week, should be greatly augmented. The track should aoon be at ita best and an even better class of horses will be seen In' contention. Owners of high-priced high-priced thoroughbreds were unwilling last week to start their valuable horsesi over a track deep In mud, but with the course In good condition, the best horses in tho west will compete for the purses. The race meetings in Western Canada have closed and a number of good horses which have been racing In that country coun-try ' have arrived at. 'Lagoon. Tho pick of the riders who have been performing onMhat circuit will rldo throughout the meeting here. Radng has been formful and the public pub-lic has had all tho hotter of the first week's battle with the bookies. Every bookmaker In the ring' reports a deficit oh tho week's business, a aure indication that the public is "getting tho money." The officials are maintaining the strictest strict-est watch and anything suggestive of unfair tactics 13 meeting with prompt corrective measures. Several riders were fined and suspended for rough riding, while another whoso riding was not entirely en-tirely satisfactory to the Judges was Indefinitely In-definitely suspended. All that is necessary for an entirely suo'cesful meeting Is a continuation 01 the present perfect fall weather. |