The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-14
Myrtle PERKS SECOND DAY.
A Very Slim, but Very Well
Pleased Audience.

The crowd in attendance at the
Jordan Driving Park yesterday after.
noon, on the occasion of Miss Peek's
second appearance, was not such one
as to cause any great amount of en-
thusiasm in the breast of either the
lady or her manager. There was doubt
in the minds of some as to whether she
would consent to ride. Approached on
this subjsc3 By a reporter. she said: 81
certainly shall ride; I have never dig
appointed an aud;ente Jet, and do not
care to commence now" A few minutes
later, she emerged from her room, and
was soon on the track, this time seated
on Athol, handsome bay whom his
mistress found considerable difficulty in
controlling. the first event was a half
mile dash against the riderless Long
View. The latter took the lead from
the start, and kept it until near the
homestretoh. Then was the whip
piled vigorously on Athol, and Miss
Peek passed the judges stand a winner
by head in LOB.
IT, THE ROMAN STANDING RACE
was the one event looked forward to,
however, and when the little lady ap
peared with Ghost and Athol in hand.
she was warmly applauded. Athol
again acted rather meanly, and there
was some difficulty in procuring start.
For a second both animals stood still,
the grooms loosed their hold of the
bits, there was the sharp swish of
whip, and Miss Peek came tearing past
the grand stand at rate that
caused more than one to express fears
as to her safety. It did not take
long, however, to convince the audi
ence that she had the animals we'll in
hand. AS she neared the turn the whip
was not spared, and it was magnifi-
cent sight that greeted the eyes of the
audience as she came down the home
stretch with the speed of the wind, her
bright colored ribbons flying and her
cheeks agloW with the exercise. She
passed under the wire in Sc, o3e and
three quarter seconds better than the
day previous, and modsstly acknoWl-
edged the cheers of the audience.
THREE MILES WITH SIX CHANGES.
The five mile race against time,
changing horses at the end of each
mile, advertised, was not given,
but in its stead a three mile
race with a change at the end
OF each half mi'e. The horses used
were Regal, Athol and Eddie Smith,
each bearing a lady's ordinary side
saddle, while the eq1estrienne was at
tired IN blue velvet riding dress and
q 1NnEpU tho 81 Ill
mile she rode up alongside of fresh
horse, and was lifted from one to the
other by sturdy groom. This pro-
ceeding occupied but couple of sec
onds AMI away she flew, urging each |
animal to his utmost speed. Twice the |
horses got well under way before she |
caught the stirrup, but trife like this |
did not seem to annoy her in the least
neither did she slacken her pace on &C |
count of it. The three miles were
made in 5 81. and at the conclusion OF
this race she rode slowly back to the |
stables, where she was soon surrounded |
by crowd of people anxious to con-
graduate her. She accepted the con-
gratuiations good-naturedly.
PURSE RAISED.
When Dr. Benedict came forward |
and rendered her purse of 500, which |
he and MIR. Chas. Auer had collected |
on ths grounds, she appeared somewhat |
EN- EMBARRASSED for moment, but thanked |
the donors kindly. and after few sec
onds' chat disappeared. There were
none present who did not express q re
gret that her audience had not been ten |
times as large as it was. It is a long |
time since any combination so deserv-
ing Of the public patronage has re-
ceived so little encouragement from
Salt Lakers.
REAL ESTATE AUCTION.