| Show I I G N OAY MUST DUST WORK I ro BEAT T SATURDAY CROWD I I t 1 By D W T Little Lillie 49 4 big day clay next Tuesday will have to brush up a n bit to beat out the tho I attendance atten ance at the fair grounds s yes yea i afternoon It was the largest J 1 I i crowd so BO far Car which witnessed tho the thoi I i I s p ping sport Manager Murray Is gh giving J i ing the people of oC this city What was N particularly noticeable was the tho con conveyances coni i which showed evidence of o oJ J I having come como afar In fact thero there were one or two schooners sandwiched In between the modern and aristocratic auto all of which Is Isa s 8 sa a silent testimony that the fame of the meet has traversed beyond the I confines of the city limits Superintendent Horton was early at nt work getting the track Into the best bost possible shape shupe The rho fair fall grounds course courso is Mr r Horton s especial pride He practically rebuilt the track three years ago ugo and the valuable expert experience ence he brought with him to the trie plant makes the local course cour e the very vcr best half mile track In the United States a well as Canada The most remarkable thing about the track Is I Ithe the fact that a civil engineer had bad no hand hond In its reconstruction after Mr 11 Horten assumed control or Oi an IL t With Witha a trotting track In lu view he banked tho the turns and Ji ft t is this foresight which s has lias made It l so fast for not only on I has one worlds record been heen shattered over It but several other track records have hae been heen easily equalled Mr Il Horton w JIe rejoicing over the fact that his track now holds i ithe I the worlds records for four and a halt hall furlongs Is looking forward to see seo other records torn to pieces before the present meeting ends One of or the tho distinguished visitors yesterday was Mayor John Bransford I of Salt Lake Lako City Cit His honor had hal I I i some somo business In fn n Ogden which occupied occupied pied pled the morning hours but In tho the afternoon ho he threw care c re and business aside and Journeyed out to the track He lie camp came unannounced but he did not escape the watchful eye oyo or Manager Murray and for tor tho the rest test of oC the day ay he ho was WItS the tho guest of that gentleman I II Mayor Ma or Bransford saw tho the horses from I every advantageous point He Ho occupied pled pied a box In the tho grandstand went to the post and saw gaw them started from there and finally became Judge Blums guest In the tho judges pagoda Of course the tho interest of everybody oer bo centered in the fourth race when five of tho the really best sprinters In the tho west at present met for a three hun purse It was the Elite cafe fo handicap the Elite lIte cafe being belna a big contributor to the tho sum Harry Stovers gallant mare which lowered the worlds rec ord at the tho four and a half furlongs furl distance during the week was made mado the favorite with little Booger Rod Red second choice Neither the bookies nor the players ers made mado any an mistake as asto asto asto to which was the right one ono for Seven full took command at barrier rise I and her hel hold hola tile tie en cn I tire the tit a distance She Sho stepped stepp ell the five lit o 0 i eighths In and had she been pressed she could have easily made It In n a second faster She is the speediest animal In Utah at present and nothing in the horseflesh line has hasan any an business hooking up with wilh her ber in inthe inthe inthe the sprinting game ame Outsiders won the majority of events In the first race Chief Des Dos Dosmond Desmond Desmond mond the choice met a sur surprise prise In Bon Ton The latter hart hall speed to spare and made the tho public choice look cheap all the tho way war round Ontario Oregon which showed plainly plain I In his last start that ho he was short t had hada i a picnic In the second After Aftel break breaking Ing through the barrier a half haIr dozen times and bringing condemnation down upon his jockeys s head bead from Mr Murray i he got ot away awa well rushed to tho front and bis his op opponents opponents won with something to spare on end I Eel the best filley fillet which ever ran over oer Ogden soil 2011 simply romped in her race the third She Is the quick quickest est eat breaker br turf followers ever eyer saw sa and the which will take tare her measure In fn this western country c will have to do some energetic work to do so There Thoro Is nothing In the two division in Ogden or Salt Satt Lake City which can beat her bel in her present form providing of or course the conditions are arc such that do not nol require her to carry a ton of weight Birth finally finalI came Into her own In Inthe tho the fifth Heretofore she was off orr inthe In Inthe Inthe the rear division and her joy 0 never nevor had bad much chance chanco to got get her he into a contending position Yesterday she broke freely freeh secured the rail and was thereafter In no trouble Sheon She Shevon won von on handly from Pretension a horse which Is not within thirty pounds of his form Tho The last race proved a surprise to the tho dope students J when Mike MIko Jordan dropped out of the clouds In the tho final anai quarter of tho the event and ran over the strongly played choice Cardinal Sarto The latter had bad no excuses and It was seemingly seem a case of or the tho best horse winning |
