Show GOVERNOR HERE A guest of the utah county fair THE SPLENDID sl SPORTS romp jr and file winners of wednesdays caces his excellency the governor is is a guest enest at the fair today he was met at the station elation this forenoon by the mayor and other prominent citizens of provo visited the fair and then drove down to the races A ball will be given in his honor this evening at the opera house wednesdays RACES pomp mack and knights kni gats rajah cajah jr were the of the two first firs races and the half mile dash and hockford Koc PoC kford took first mon money a y in the 20 race match races the first day of the horse races at tte west weal race track run ran in connection with the utah IT tab county fair was a most successful one bothin regard to attendance and the manner in which the races were handled haudley haud led there being no long and tedious waits or hitches and this was the subject for much favorable colment con ment the greatest prevailed throughout tue the big crowd present the ladies were numerous in attendance ard they backed their judgment against that of their gentle men exerts winning inumerable pairs of gloves and boxes of bon bons the judges were jesse knight atvin alvin robinson and J M scott mr scott was the starter the were 0 E loose and johnny lewi lew T the first beai was between wilsons Wil sons maud 8 pomp Wila ons charlie and looses bess being won by maud S in 2 55 flat charlie was distanced the second heat was run ran off with the following horses peada blucher Loo looses seii mack knighted Knigh hta td chessie and cheevers blue bine mare being convery won ery easily by mack time 25 third heat same earns borass as first heat with the exception of charlie was wag won after a hard bard smuggle by pomp who went through the heat without a break time 2571 fourth heat with same sama hort hora a as second heat beat was won by mack thus taking the race winning two straight heats beats in iii this heat beat the brave little blue mare broke her left fore toot at the score but went around the track the afif fifth th heat was with the same hrs a as in the third heat beat and was won by pomp giving him this race time 2 59 the next race was a class tro troy or pace 3 in 5 heats bet between salt bait lake horses bobby B gatien and rockford being beine won ny dy rockford after running 4 heats beats rockford took tha first third and fourth heats gatien taking the second time 2 flat and race was a one ens dash dah between knights rajah ji jmj J wilsona wiliona Wil sona rajah jr dare belle balle cliff being won very handily by rajah jr time 1 5 dating daring the progress of the races there was some match races made up and sandwiched in bestif between een the heats of the race one being between knights brown saddle horse and a salt sal t ake ciare marer nancy hanks the salt lake in this little affair being beaten easily by the brown another was arranged between alexanders danish annie and an iron gray danish annie won very nicely I 1 TO DAYS BACS no 1 I team race 2 in 3 beats 3 en tries no 2 free for all 2 in 6 5 heats 3 entries no 3 3 year olds 2 in 3 heats 2 entries no ho 4 yamile mile dash 8 sentries entries LIVE STOCK DISPLAY the gerds at the fair brounda arounds have hare been fitted with stalls and a splendid jie ine of thoroughbreds are on exhibition each horse is a prize w winner inner for there mere s no competition in the sto stok k line the same may be sala said except in one or two breeds K R of the well known breeder is in charge of the horse department and he has haa on exhibition hibi tion some of his thoroughbreds his cleveland bay Mn Mu langard no is is there which has been a first prize winner wherever exhibited he took first prize in london in 1893 when only a three year old he is ottine action weighing 1403 lbs some of Mulan gards graded colts art also displayed showing up his splendid stock there is ia also oie oae of mr Palf thoroughbred cle cleveland veland bay mares bred from chief Justi justice cei the same earne man has his hie shire horse saulsbury there at the side of reed heed smoots shire mitre mare belle they are both beautiful animals the horse horae weighs 1700 lbs and the mare 1850 lbs ibs both are prize winners laed smoot also has his bis thorough bred in one of the stalls he is a Hamil toman horse and a prize winner J 0 bullock of pleasant grove has six head bead of fine Per chons including some line fine fillies fil liea one yearling weighs 9 iba his hia horse LonD london lon no presents a pretty eight wm hansen haneen of goshen has an english hackney Stunt stantney stuntney ney maeso no ito 93 which is a new breed for this thia section of the county the english hackney is ia the buggy horse and stuntney stantney Stunt ney tasso is ia a fine specimen it is ia a pleasure to see hishon his hock action and he 40 has as fine a neck on him as ever seen there are some soine graded horses and a fine work team by johnson of spanish fork BLOODED CATTLE benjamin argyle of spanish fork is ia in charge of this thia department which looms up well about the only competition however is in the jersey the state insane asylum having entered a bull two iwo cows and a calf al dacia ot provo belph it bull and wm strong a fine cow and S 8 jones three cows caws most of these beauties are registered benjamin and hyrum anzyle haye have on exhibition a couple of iolue devons and a nice fee holstein Hola Hol tein stoin cow charles redfield Rad field of provo also has a registered holstein Holst eln john jones of spanish fork has two areford Hr H reford eford bulls and a cow atthe ot the same breed exhibited johnson has a thoroughbred short horn hom durham bull there david meldrum of provo has a bull ot the same grade BLOODED SHEEP T 0 thompson ts is the only one exhibiting hi blooded sheep and he has some acme beauties there are fiva head bead of registered Cots wools that cannot be exceller excel leo loo we believe in the state one lamb iamb born last april 1 weighs lbs ibs and has wool woal measuring 12 inches itis it Is as fine a lamb as can be found any where are a tho the cots Cat wool and merino which show up well and makes a breed particularly ticul arly well adapted to utah PETS AND in this department ibi is tm olous breed a mixture between a wk I 1 gander and a tame goose by Hyrum Argyle of lake shore ahe new breed can sy fly just as well as wild geese L J milner has a box bos of pst pet guinea rainea pigs that attracted attention A P bird of provo bench has a pen of large brahma hens and a pair of beautiful ducks arthur dusenberry has hag eighteen pet pigeons J falcom has six plymouth rock kock fowls charles and jorgen hansen has a case of golden wyandotte chickens eliza bigelow pet pigeons W S gibbany exhibits one coop of partridge chickens david strong exhibits one pen of bantams battams Ban tams a M barratt snows shows plymouth rock chickens J A IL olinger clinger exhibits one full blood and three st bernard pups NOTES tomorrow there will a match race arranged between provo driving horses being john taylors taylora black hoover and bluffs cluffs gray and L 0 taft brown pacer owners are to drive their own honea hor es three in five heats the paris selling belling on the heats at the track did a pretty good business the ladies exhibited considerable enthusiasm over the different positions of the horses as the heats beata were being run off and especially when hen their horse won |