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Show lajic fill. l.nkcMlc !' icw. .lanunr) IS. 19H1 S' a J$W 0 r- - ' s'S Ae&fe. v K& - I'nf '''WWigMui Ws '. 3tAws ? 4 ; - w -- jWWBMftWv ? ' . - . mmMrnsmM Wi - - s rf , '' r? ' v' fis5Sajfeiw Izr "" - $ r ' ' ; AFTER THE GATES SLAM open, it is nose and nose, hoof to hoof as the teams fight for the extra distance and the edge to win the race. O Flying hooves, straining muscles, spinning wheels, the crack of a whip and theyre off! Team on team, man against man in the rush toward the finish 350 ; ; yards away. Every Saturday during the winter months this scene repeats 20 to 30 times as members of the Beehive State Racing Association compete in the fast growing sport of Chariot racing. Chariot races are held every Saturday, from December through February, at Lagoons race track by the Beehive Racing Association. Barbara Tracy, secretary of the association said the races involve between 40 to 50 teams of horses each week. The teams run in twos pulling their drivers 4n perilously small carts called chariots to the finish. 0 o Photos by Dan Miller The horses compete in three age groups, and two categories and depending on their classification they will run either 350 yards or 440 yards in each match. Some of the winners will go on to the World Championship Race, which this year is being held in Elko, Nevada. Others, well, theyll be back for the aged races next winter and for some of the younger animals this is the start of their career on the track. old horses running in the go on to the flat track later in the year. Mrs. Tracy said many of the race horse Many of the two-ye- ar chariot teams will trainers use the chariots as a training period for their young horses. She said it gives them a chance to get the horses in shape before the summer racing season begins. RUSS ERICSON, offers his horse a pat of en- couragement as he wishes for a successful race. other Ericson joins drivers each Saturday at the Lagoon race track for the chariot races where between 40 and 50 teams are entered. t . - |
