Show THOUSANDS I SEE RACES I I AI OGDEN I I I Ogden Day Crowd Is Estimated Estimated Estimated Esti Esti- I mated at JocKey tey Miller Br BreaKs aks Leg BY W. W T. T LITTLE OGDEN May 19 When When the county fair is in fu full blast blast- there blast there might have ha been more people crowded into the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds than there were yesterday but never in the history of horse racing has such a crowd gathered on a mile half-mile track as was present yesterday in celebration of Ogden day I Those who are familiar with the local course the writer is not and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore must take estimates of local folks claim that the gathering numbered all alt the way from to people with the latter number being proba probably ly the most reliable Certainly not many more could have ha found a vantage anta e point to witness some of the gruelling contests which were run off during the after after- noon The three stands were simply a amass amass amass mass of we well packed humanity and it itis itis itis is doubtful if ever eyer on gala ala days durin during during dur dur- in ing the fair have so many people occupied occupied occupied pied the standing room on the tures turea Those unable to gain admittance admittance admittance admit admit- tance to either one of the stands were I compelled to seek seck the lawns and from there the crow crowd gradually spread itself until it was lined clear up the quarter guarter stretch to the sixteenth pole and down the line beyond the paddock gate to the first turn The jam finally became so great reat that Manager Man ger Murray Hurray quick to grasp rasp the situation had bad the gates opened and allowed the overflow to enter enter enter en en- ter the infield This in a measure relieved relieved relieved re re- re- re the pressure in front of the betting betting betting bet bet- ting rin ring and it as we well allowed hundreds hundreds hundreds hundreds' hun hun- to see the races who otherwise would have been unable to do so And Booger Red Bed came into his own again He lie took the measure of the tho worlds world's record holder Seven full like breaking sticks In with only pounds after having haing packed all aU the I Iway way from to a all winter the impost set as a feather on the little Bulldogs g s back and he simply iniz- iniz He lIe grabbed b by b- the tho head at the last turn looked him in the eye for a second and then went on his way There was n-as a safe mar margin in between him and the Stover mare marc at the finish Ontario Ontario On On- tario tarlo Oregon which was expected to give the winner a stiff argument was a 1 distant third The rhe better portion of the speculators made no mistakes when it came to picking the right one While bookmakers opened Boo Booger er Red and equal favorites the rush of money was so great on Booger that he was quickly forced into an odds on choice They stepped the mile half in 49 5 4 seconds and there is every ery reason reason rea rea- son to believe that if the track was as fast yesterday as it was before the tho rain of Saturday night the record would certainly have been lowered Today Todar was not without some sensational sensational sensational sensa sensa- incidents In the third race Tom Shaw owned by A. A F. F Dayton was crowded into the fence on the first turn the first time round and Jockey T ocke Chris Miller iler had his leg jammed against the rail and it was fractured in two places placeR Despite the excruciating pain he lie must have suffered antlered he stuck to his mount until he was able to pull pun him up when he lie dismounted He lie was hastily carried carrie to the jockey room room and subsequently was sent to the hospital in an automo automo- bile Miller was in the employ of Mr Dayton havin having been connected with the latter's stable for years He has ridden over nearly every race track in inthe inthe inthe the United States and has bas many creditable creditable creditable credi credi- table victories to his record In Iii the same race a five five- year old gelding which has bas brackets to his credit at the present meeting bled while running up the back stretch and went down in a heap throwing his rider Manders anders very heavily However However How How- ever the boy bov escaped with a shaking up tip hut but it was his second spill of the meeting The gelding quickly recovered and was led off oft the track none the worse for the loss of blood Late last night nig-ht Mr Dayton Millers Miller's employer who accompanied the inJured injured in in- jockey to the hospital stated stilted that the operation in setting the fractures fractures frac frac- tures both hoth of which were below the knee were very successful and the attending fur surgeons ons who used modem modern modern mod mod- em ern methods in performing the operation operation op op- stated that unless some som unlooked tin un- looked for complications rations set pet in the lad would be up and about in six weeks Notwithstanding the many rumors rumors ru ru- ru- ru mors more which a prevailed in resorts last ni night ht that Millers Miller's injuries embraced a broken shoulder bone and internal injuries injuries injuries in in- in- in juries Mr 1 Dayton said that only the two fractures were the result of the accident Miller was under the influence influence influence ence of ether during the settin setting of the fractures and the first words he said when he lie came out from the narcotics narcotic's influence influence- was Well We I nearly got cot through n. 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