Show alerce 8 g the F airey airly successful north 0 tha price riding driving ang tica presented some unus rk brov w events eats in racing racin boxing com ivest est features for ita its first ife ek just closed the attends the somewhat short of what of merited there are two iwo aa us reasons for the light at 0 however the meet was off too soon after the inde Is 0 aay celebration and many F ranchers who would other ve patronized the race meet cod busy with their ranch work odd not spare the time ausy wi aver the promoters were pre to lose some money on the mt aad they are not a dorthey feel that they gave eb sh opie such a good program I 1 his next meet will be better at following is a summary of eats ME OPENING DAY s races were very good fie only complaint the writer ord was to the effect that th at DOW us not enough of them 10 three eighth mile dash was by bi cricket ray of ephraim the owner S 31 peterson in me e time 35 seconds by en by charley wilson took zoney with chester owneta ea by J E brown of moab third halt mile dash dasha to sea sa a salt al t i lake la i k e 1172 r e 0 A arta alpedo Aai owned by jack mo ai ad ridden by wilson second bance 1 nce ance owned by whitlock clr of J third galena owned and bi ed mackelprang of hunt fourth time 5 rattler i by bythe the owner john E brown lie ue track in this race and in a by dragging a wire fence and cutting the tee of his leg between the knee very severely of buffalo ver handicapped by having a 00 oo slow for the steer he was ard throw with bis his hands ler I 1 the bulldogger bulldogged bull dogger c caught aught ma ihal on foot and threw him 1 bat but not in front of the grand he had expected to give dalition dili tion his fancy copl roping ing la 4 a a feature of the days dince at the city hall in the 19 vas was not well attended but t tho attended enjoyed the i BOXING CONTEST 1 aroud rod glove gi contest be 7 reagan 1011 ex world bantamweight and chalky D el the 5 ast and ua clever little atle youngster r was the big e wednesday toy afternoon and do was I 1 drawn battle elt it was zolah to satisfy tan bethh 1101 the hungriest both boys 1 weighed in L at at la lie 3 ri pounds and i en n ring iff aral give several 81 doun ids beav and take 0 from the of the ott railed farst round OU until a halt at the end of and final a a the tt round nd roughest heit and and most ost at 01 the apparently the hal scrappers sc rappers ppe but TO blow hini out POinted 1 and to for tte the his 13 vaoma OPI orients fet first t ten rounds it looked as if the little st louis lad might not last the twenty rounds but in the second half of the go he appeared to take on new life and made it very interesting for the ex champ landing almost at will but lacking the steam to put reagan away the latter waa was very rough and was three times cautioned by the referee for questionable tactics his strong point was to shove chalky against the ropes and then try to land one where it would do the business but the india rubber kids cleverness in blocking and ducking always saved him and he finished at the end of the final round fresher than his more aggressive opponent in the first round chalky brought the blood from his opponent enva nose and several rounds later reagan evened up the score nei aber scored a i kaack L no ek down during the he bout chalkley slipped on the wet canvas several times but always managed to get in a defensive attitude before reagan inflicted punishment during the early stages of the fight odds of five to two were offered that reagan would win but after the tenth round keagan reagan money became deaf and dumb As in inmost most bouts of this kind there are partisans parti samm of both boxers iso wa abo claim their favorite should have had hi ad the thede cislon but ut as a U general I 1 altoe aw serhy 9 adf e hardy downing of sail salt lake was satisfactory one thing is certain reagan and germaine are two of the toughest little scrappers in the ring today and both seem to enjoy being hammered about the ring the boxers received 60 per cent of the gate amounting to about and if all those who sneaked in without paying had done the right thing there woul have been considerable sid erable more for these lads and the i promoters reagan who left this morning for salt lake has a lame right thumb which he claims he received in the second round there is some doubt about the truth of this statement however as he showed no signs of being injured so early in the game he showed inc mere resigns signs of punishment than does chalky reagans friends bet quite heavily on a knockout knock out od and they are said to have lost between and because of toughness THE CLOSING EVENTS crowd was the smallest of any despite the fact that some of the best beat races of the series were run t this his afternoon the drizzling rain no doubt kept many away who would otherwise have attended the first race was a quarter mile dash between cricket ray of ephraim and sorrel chester owned by john brown of moab cricket got off ott a length behind and finished a length to the good showing her superior speed plainly th the e pu purse rs e w was as the three quarter mile dash was won by sea shore of salt lake with byron second and third this race was for a purce of to the winner and 10 0 to second place there were three mule races of which ed animal won two and mayor olsons methuselah bhe the other matt warners black bess won wo f P a pony race from a big field of entries the steer bulldogging bull dogging exhibition by buffalo vernon was the best he has so far given as the steer had learned earned a trick or two himself during the past three days and put up tip a good catch as catch can bout before he went to the matt vernon is the best roper seen here in many a aday day and he i liberal ap for his work with the rope f tho the price band was on the job every afternoon during the three days and did much to please the crowds and advertise tho the town wednesday afternoon the boys met no 6 0 and favored the passengers with a tune so well were they received that the passengers asked the conductor to hold bold the train for another 1 tune 1 ane passenger was hewus rad to 4 same levetown t own hereto here her eio e to io iMp support pori band and tend it to the trains in an wn automobile some advertising that 1 |