Show BRILLIANT OPENING Of THE TAE I BiG BEG SPRING RACING MEET Under the new regime regimo of or the the- Utah Jockey club Salt Lake had Its first day of or racing Saturday and if the tho same sameI excellent card Is presented during the tho I remainder of tho the meet of or forty days I Salt Lake will win deserved fame famo as I the racing center of or the country With the grandstand filled to its utmost utmost ut ute most capacity the betting ring a a. Jam Jamor II of or speculators and the society of the city thronging the verandas of ot the Turf and Field club the beginning of or ortho I the tho racing game under improved conditions conditions con con- hero here was most auspicious Enthusiasm ran high during tho the af af- af I When Booger Red the tho gallant gallant gal gal- al- al lant pony pon won on tho the Cullen CuHen handicap in in handsome fashion getting off in front and leading the tho field to the wire there thero was a medley of cries in the grandstand from the tho Come Como on you Boo Booger cr of at the man with a ticket on him who ho was pulling the horse harge in by snapping his fin fingers to the tho Run you 1111 little dear of his fair companion When in tho the fifth race rao Ester Esther M M. threw her jockey jocke M. M Nelson Nellon but continued con can to run run with the tho bunch bunh coming comin in first past tho post femininity went wild and applauded the tho brown mate mare after learning that tho the boy was not hurt Taking it all in all all tho the well kept grounds and freshly stands and fences the tho bri bright ht colors of the jockeys and tho neat uniforms of their valets with the sea of faces faEs in the stands and tho the crowds lining tho fence made the tho scene a brilliant one ono long to be bored Like Telegram Extras extras of THE TIER EVENING TELEGRAM TELEGRAM were ero eagerly sou sought ht and the tho grandstand scats after the the races were over O had a decidedly pink appear appear- ance Horsemen from the east cast and west were loud in their praises praise of this metropolitan metropolitan metropolitan met met- way of handling a raco race meet While the tho horses did not go JO to tho the post on schedule time for the first race they were at tho the barrier on the dot after fter that and with Richard Dwyer as the tho efficient starter were sent away well and with but little delay The first raco race brou brought ht out a field of often often often ten which on a narrow track gave Mr Dwyer a fine opportunity to demon demon- demonstrate strate his ability to those who had not seen his work wark on other tracks Billy Myer Iyer with a price of af 4 to 1 on him won handily with C. C Williams an au apprentice boy up Williams has a number of friends among the California Califor Califor- nia horsemen all of whom were pleased to see sec him capture his first race Galvanic Galvanic Galvanic Gal Gal- vanic which appeared at at 20 to 1 in inthe inthe inthe the overnight ht book was backed to 6 to 1 at the track by a flood of wise money but the tho best he could do was place A Astron stron strong hunch was out on Coppers but the son of Ogden wasn't in the money Goodship Disappoints In the second race Goodship made a strong favorite in the books was badly badly badly bad bad- ly beaten finishing fourth the first money going to which tailing tailing tail tail- in ing at the start finished strong winnin winning winning win win- nin ning with plenty to spare Hereafter and John II If Sheehan fou fought ht it out in the third finishing in inthe inthe inthe the order named and far outclassing the field La Reine heavily played to be in the tho money got ot away last and wasn't able to come up Va- Va loski taking the show money at 7 to 1 Booger Red won the Cullen handicap handily from Ethel Day while whilo Blagg played to win by by some finished a bad third The Tho latter is IS expected to do better bet bet- ter Gossiper IL lL breezed in the fifth race winning by four lengths from Bonton Banton the favorite In the last race rae the choice hoice of the wise ones won in a driving driving in ing finish from Work Box and Aunt Kit which finished in tho the order named Twelve books cut in for the first day but made mado little money the public taking taking tak tak- ing out a nice bunch of money on Booger Booger Boo Boo- ger er Red The books were also heavily bit hit by a strong play pay lay on inthe inthe in the last fast race While While the ring was crowded at all times a large per cent seemed to be spectators with a disinclination disinclination disinclination to wager possibly because it itI I was the first day daJ and they wished to get a line on tho the horses The police arrangements were excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent and the best of order was main main- Detectives Sheets and Janney aided by Capt Forster of the Pinkertons Pinkertons Pinker- Pinker tons kept a careful watch on the crowds for pickpockets and strong arm touts No arrests were made but several several several sev sev- eral suspicious characters were warned off the grounds Apparently underestimating the attendance attendance at at- the street car service from the grounds was not up to its usual standard but the officials promise to remedy this in the future The card rard for today includes a number number num num- ber of hi high class entries |