Show E fOR OR STAKE EVENTS WILL ia AVERAGE ABOUT ABOT IT FORTY OTY EACH Public to See StaKe StaRe Events Every Day Except at Opening Meet Although the work vork of or making up the stake book for tor the spring race meeting at atthe atthe atthe the fair grounds has not been started yet et Judge P. P P. P Pomeroy who also will act as ra racing Secretary and handicapper Cr at atthe atthe atthe the meeting has looked over the bunch bunh of ot entries filed flied with him for tor the three stake events and says the they will average a close around thirty-five thirty or forty each Tho mile stakes the handicap which will be run July 3 3 has lias proved to be 1 the n most popular of tt the three efi fi fixtures of the meeting about o forty five e t being n nominated to O that event The Ju- Ju fe fen k venue stakes for t year two y which h h will be run June 19 19 attracted the smallest number of ot entries about thirty five being received The Memorial day clay handicap which will be the first stake event to berun berun be bo borun run at the meeting also has proved very popular with horsemen and a classy field of ro printers ri Is expected to race raco for tor this his cr 1000 1000 prize Judge Pomeroy and Clerk of ot the Scales Scale J W. W v. v II Hayman will open their offices at I the fair grounds this morning and begin the great tasks ahead of ot them In preparing preparIng I ing for Cor opening da day All horses have haw been registered red except those at Ogden and Judge Pomeroy will begin work today upon the program book for tor the first seven days of ot racing This Tills book booe will be ready for distribution the first of ot the week The work upon the stake book will come next and this book k will be printed n and d ready I g eil r for h horsemen early In the week e Although no stake event Is scheduled for Cor I opening day May 22 the opening handIcap handicap handicap handi handI- cap will w be announced in the program book This will be In the nature of an overnight handicap and probably will bo be routed at six furlongs and have a gross value in excess of the other events scheduled scheduled sched sched- for that day The class of horses that will race for tor this purse will be equally equal equal- ly Iy as good as that which will be seen In the two fixed handicap events that carry a value of 1000 each Thus the public will stake have event the fl in no opportunity all ff but the O of name a witnessing I on S opening open open- n a ing day GOSSIP OF OP THE TURF Stuart Hamilton Polk owner of ot Proper which won at Ogden last Tuesday did not bet a cent on his horse He had lost several bets in succession on him and while advising his friends not to be caught napping overlooked o taking his own pre pro Proper was held at 8 and 10 to 1 I and Polk could have drawn down his season expenses with one of his ordinary wagers J. J D. D Brown horseman and Fred Whitlock Whit Whit- lock who formerly trained for Barney SchrIeber have havo opened a large kitchen and dining room at the track and are feeding several score of ot horsemen and their employees every day Until It was walt established eating was Wag a most InconvenIent lent proposition during the day when horsemen are at the t track ack John D. D Cleary Clean an old time follower er of ot the turf in the east east- eastIs Is in the city on busIness bushness business busi bush ness connected with with- tho the erection of ot the new Short hort Line depot He Intends re remaining Te- Te through h the month of June for tor a bit of ot racing at the fair grounds That the patrons of the sport of kings in this city will not have to depend upon Inferior Interior Jockeys to ride for th them m is proved In the fact tact that such well known and Capable ca capable capable ca- ca pable riders as Archibald Sandy baum Borel Bore Shriner r. r Nelson Kelson Manders Miller Jarrett and Howard will bo be seen seene In the rn saddle regularly at the f fair grounds n meeting e Jockey Rettig who Is riding at Houston also will come corne to Salt Satt Lake City and this boy Is one of ot the Although there sire are several modern apartment houses In Salt Lake City horsemen bookmakers and racing officials dais are finding them to be very ery scarce at this time as near nearly all of ot them are I well filled and this demand for apartments apartments apart apart- ments for tor an extended period indicates apart I that somebody e can make e a good I Investment investment Invest invest- sg gl T eo ment t by building ln a few o of these housekeeping house house- keeping J Fo apartment s r houses U t for the accommodation accorn- accorn r of tourists and other visitors who desire to remain in the city for an extended period J. J W. W Rice secretary of or the tho Utah Jockey club arrived rIV In the city from r Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago last night ig He e 1 had been away from Salt Lake on business connected with the coming meeting since March He looks look well and brings s the information in effect that Joe Yeager will be here next Thursday |