Show Sat Salt Lake Is Pras Praised as asI I I de deal Place for Racing Leo Dandurand Plans Return to Canada Early Races to Be Held at Lagoon Next Year By STEVE After having completed successfully successfully success success- fully all all' b business conneCted conne ted th the closing of Lagoon race racecourse racecourse cour course e and the meeting which h endel there then last Saturday tur Leq Leo Dandurand general manager of ot the Utah Breeders' Breeders and Ra Racing ing association which conducted the meeting is making plans for his return to Canada where he has In in a professional hockey league Although he brought the meetIng meet- meet meetIng meeting Ing of ot the Utah Breeders Breeders' and Racing Rac Rae ing association to a a. close nine days das before it was as originally scheduled and this closing was due m to the that attendance has been smaller t than an expected Mr Dandurand Dandurand Dandurand rand has nothing but good to say f c-f racing in Salt Lake City and nd Utah He Is well wen aware of the c con conditions con con- n- n which caused the financial failure of ot the sport I Despite the fact tact that my associates associates asso asso- elates and self lost money In Inthe Inthe inthe the promoting of horse racing In Salt Lake Jake Mr 11 Dandurand said in explanation of the apparent paradox paradox para para- dox that h 8 Is pleased with the results of ot the m meeting eting we h have ve proven to our own satisfaction and to that of ot the public that horse racing has a place in n the hearts of the Salt Lak It is nat natural that the sport of of kings' kings should flourish In the great West where J if apy any place on earth the horse hore is still king It is natural natural nat hat ural too that the people of ot the ther r Wet t should have havea A place In n their I hearts for the thoroughbred The Ther r fact ct that the Lagoon meeting has been a financial failure means nothing nothing noth noth- noth-I noth ing except pt a loss to to- to us It wasn't the fault tault of racing but only of ot ote e external tel al conditions 1 Salt Lake has had too oo much racing for the year Bigger cities than Salt Lake cannot support 90 days of racing and 1 if the sport Isto Isto is isto I to prosper here and I believe it will th the length of ot racing time must be shortened We believe that our mee meeting here next year will be a decided success for we believe that the fans of Salt Lake liked the racing we gave them and will wilt welcome us back again At least we have tried d to give them good clean sport conducted in a clean honorable way rf V Salt Lake should continue continue to keep Its racing I know of ot no nomore nomore nomore more Ideal place in the country forthe forthe for forthe the sport The city Is seeking tourist trade It th the Center of ot Scenic America Every tourist who Is seeking enjoyment pleasure and recreation visits this historic c city Its fame has spread from Canada to Mexico throughout the breadth of the land Tourists are I bound to c come h here a and racing a recreation r that ht they y cant can't obtain fil In the smaller cities will hold them over and keep them hem coming I No city which has racing properly properly properly prop prop- erly conducted ducted has failed to reap profits from it An And l I know of ot no I city which can profit as much as asI I Salt Lake having as It already has Intense Interest for the tourist for with Its reputation rep as a playground playground play play- ground for the tourist racing will help it immensely In a addition l racing r here is as pretty and beautiful a thing as one would care to see Despite the fact that my associates es and self 1 I were losing money rapidly at La La- goon Koon due to our poor dates and I the extraordinary amount of ot racing I could not help but enjoy the sport myself at that beautiful plant plan Nestling against the rugge rugged l Wasatch range as It does and at atthe atthe the edge of ot a beautiful an and l fertile valley the Lagoon course is a picturesque pie pic I spot which even the most hardened horseman had to to admire The Spectacle of the thoroughbreds running lato In the abe he afternoon as the sun was lowering over the lake lakeIn lakein lakein in the west is a picture that few artists could paint and few Could tew h help lp but admire Salt Lake has shown by it Its as astounding astounding astounding as- as patronage a at three threll long long- meetings that It appreciates and likes the sport I am sure too that in future years the sport will wili will grow and prosper er and will bring brine I more and pr more visitors dl to this beautiful city It will fill the I hotels which vh ich were comfortably crowded during the 1925 meetings to tl point of overfloWing and andI I merchants and alike will begin ber be- be gin gln to profit by the h added trade that Is brought to the city r The They tell me too that hundreds of from the camps and agricultural and stock I have visited Salt Lake during the therace therace therace race meetings They will continue to come for those from th the o oUtI outlying out oUt- tI tn t- t I lying districts ls a always s visit t the cbs clos- I n lf st big I when h they can find amusement and recreation there ther This will bring a added trade to your your city even more so so than the tourist traffic will do Mr rr Dandurand has been conferring confer confer- ring with several local syndicates I which wish to purchase the LaI Lagoon Lagoon La- La I goon track or at It least beast ast obtain a apart part Interest In it It The syndicate J of capitalists which Mr Dandurand represents Is willing to part pare with an Interest In the track providing It Is obtained local locally thus insurIng insuring ing that local Interest in a a. a locally owned track Whether he disposes of the holdings In the track or not he heis heis is sure that there will be a race meeting at Lagoon early next year He and his associates have already I planned for their next meeting and even if the local syndicates which I are dickering for tor an Interest in inthe I I the track join the Canadian syndicate syndi- syndi cate tl te e plans will be carried through h |