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Show 'good grnres of the people of this city, the feeling of Rood win is mutual and the visiting turfmen will leave here boosters for Ogden because of the rplendid treatment that has been accorded ac-corded them here. The- racing of yesterday was In keeping with that of the preceding days, Interesting contests coming from the several events. The afternoon's after-noon's most exciting finish came from the second race, In which John A. Mal-lon. Mal-lon. a top-heavy favorite, lasted just long enough under a hard drive to stall off nuna and win by a nose. Eel. In the third race, lived up to her well earned reputation for consistency by making it Ave straight victories, holding hold-ing Good Ship very safe nil the way Billy Mnyham was sent to the post, favorite In the opener, and rewarded his admirers by winning easily. The only outsider to win was Huapala, who In tho closing event went to tho front when Dalreed quit, and had no trouble In disposing of Surety at the end. ' OGDEN RACE MEET HAS PROVED A CREAT SUCCESS (Dy T. J. Slattery.) Getaway day at the races is now at hand. With the running of the llual number of today's program the best race meeting in every respect that has ever been given at any half-mile track In America will have passed into turf history. When it Is ta'Ken into consideration that racing on a pretentious scale was, until the present meeting was inaugurated, in-augurated, practically an Innovation not only for Ogden but as well for this entire section, the success of tho meet has' been little less than phenomenal. The daily attendance hns been large far beyond the most sanguine expectations expecta-tions of Manager Murray and his associates as-sociates in tho venture, as well as of the visiting horsemen and followers of the game, for now that the season it at an end It may be said that In advance ad-vance of the opening It was predicted by manywho by reason of their knowledge knowl-edge of local conditions might be ox-pected ox-pected to be qualified to pass advance opinion, that such a meeting as had been projected would be a failure. How far from correct was their judgment judg-ment in the matter time has shown. 1 The big and representative crowd of the opening day could not of Itself be taken to signify that the people of Ogden would take to the "great sport of kings," as tho developments of that day might be attributed to nothing more lautlng than their mere curiosity. curios-ity. But when the attendance Instead In-stead of falling oft apparently Increased In-creased with each recurring day, then the doubtful ones became convinced that to the growing Interest in the performances of the splendid thoroughbreds thor-oughbreds which had been brought here, and to that alone, could the big crowds bo attributed. The best business bus-iness and social element of the city have lent their support to the meeting, meet-ing, thus Indicating, as they could have done In no other way, their appreciation ap-preciation of the efforts of Manager Murray and those who have been associated as-sociated with him In an official capacity ca-pacity to give to tho people of Ogden Og-den sport of a high order. If thoBe who have been Identified with the meeting, whether as promoters, officials, horsemen horse-men or mero followers of the game Laivo insratl&Ud Uiemselves into the |