Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-10-10 | Page 1 | Horse Racing at Fair Grounds Even without Betting

HORSE DOHSE RACING AT fAIR GROUNDS EVEN WITHOUT BETTING Officials Say It Shows vs Sport Can Be Had Minus the Gambling The fact that horse racing c can n be made successful without the he betting feature was I demonstrated last week at the fairgrounds fairgrounds fair fairgrounds grounds when a race meet was pulled off for sport only Horace brace Ensign secretary of the Fair association said this morning t at this year the race track netted the Fair as- as 3 O over oer and above all expenses ex ex- including purses This was on gate receipts alone Last year the races lost ost despite the fact that there were big gate receipts and the pool sellers paid in Iii large amounts for the privileges Mr Ensign said this morning that the tho therace therace thorace race track men were well tell pleased with this years year's meet We did not have havo a complaint from a a. arace arace race horse man who had horses on tho the track and that is something unusual There was Voas greater interest In the fair this year than ever before despite the fact that there was no pool selling nor mu- mu Of course there there- there weer weer some bets made by individuals but we have no po poI I jurisdiction on over that and that had no influence on the races The Tho The sport this year was clean races were better because they had no nt strings oi oi 01 them b. b because a of the pools