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Show MJ SOME RACING ACROSS M I THE AQUEDUCT H i "Up In the back yard at our house, we've got H w the stands of three bookmakers. They make H fine kindling. Rather Royal brought one of them H I home, Gossiper the Second landed the second, H H and Genova camp home with the third.'' That's H what one man said, and he meant it only an- H , other proof that they reversed the English on H , the prancing babies a little, and while book- H i makers are supposed to eat just like other hu- H ' man beings, they have treated our city better H than this same city has treated them. H Any man who sticks to the races or the min- H ing stocks long enough will walk a considerable H distance on his way home. But the bookies have H gotten decidedly the worst of It since the open- H ing Saturday last, not particularly because the H money was wise, but because a few people who H have been waiting a year or two to win a bet happened to have some fool luck and a little nerve H 1o back it up. H It's a great racing meet, and if continued B along the same lines as at present, forty days H should be about a third of the meet. Evidently H the town can stand a long summer of sport. Not H only have the stands been filled with enthusiasts H during the week, but the club house has been H the rendezvous for society, the cosy headquarters H for the smart set proving an attraction for a H iarge number of people. H Friday, June 4th, has been named as Society H day at the Fair Grounds, and already numerous H parties have been formed to attend the event. It H is the first time in the history of a racing meet H where the management has been so attentive to those who usually require the best to be had, and In consequence they "who enjoy the sport have not been unappreciative. There will be three big special days during the meet, Society day, Elks' day, and Salt Lake day, and the attendance on Friday next, the first big feature event, will in all probability be the greatest ever seen at the Fair Grounds, for society has the fever and you can't keep it away. The Decoration day handicap comes off this afternoon. It is for three-year-olds and up, with six furlongs the distance. Thirty-eight glossy babies have been entered, and most of them will start. The race is worth a thousand to the winner, win-ner, and as the entries include the handsome Glorio, the speedy Booger Red, and three or four other fast ones, the event will stir the talent considerably. con-siderably. At this writing it is probable that, llhe big end of the money will go on Booger Red, but those who have been watching Glorio, are willing to bet their immediate clothing, and it would not surprise those in the know to see that pony come in smiling and bowing, and wondering' who tied the others to the fence. That is not real dope, it's just a guess, but maybe it's a good one. The entries include Booger Rod, ValoskI, Jack Nunnally, Glorio, Valencia, Boggs, No Rule, F. K. the Bear, Blagg, Ethel Day, Yankee Tourist, Mary F., Burning Bush, Del Cruzador, Tavora, Tom Shaw, Capewell, St. Joe, Rabelais, Raconteur, St. Francis, Knight Dick, Albion H., Gold Heart, Bowman, Anna May, Work Box, My Nurse, Med-Ung Med-Ung Hannah, Pimkin, Nagazam, Exchequer, Fore, Salvage, La Relne, Hindoo, Hereafter, and Ra-varia. Ra-varia. There'll be five other races, and six races a day up to July 7th. That's what the Gleason- Finn combination promises, but it's a two to, one bet with place and show money on the board, that the meet will continue until the pumpkins and the brown October ale arrive. ! Part of the Crowd That Saw the First Day' Race of the Big Meet Now On at the Fair Grounds "ah pho' nl Material! Co. |