The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-29
YESTERDAYS RACES.
Lakewood and Maud f. Win
the 1rOtS,
POLICY FIRST BEST IN THE BUN
Good Work-The Coming
Match-Notes.

At the races on the Jordan River
Park Associations course. yesterday,
there was good attendance. The
weather was all that could have been
desired and the spectators. horses
r ders, drivers, judges and pool sellers
felt correspondingly well. The judges
were Register Webb and Messrs. Marx
McKimmins and AL. Thompson. Some
time before the horses were called the
interest around the pool box was lively,
Barney Harvey's horse selling iayorite.
THE RUNNING RACE.
Policy and Crisis were the only en-
tries; the first named drew the pole.
Harvey's horse sold favorite in the
pools, TO 2}I. The TWO got an even
send off. Policy took the lead at The
eighth pole and maint tanned it all the
way around, though ir was thought
Crisis rider did not let his horse out at
his best, for which ne was called up and
warned by the judges. Policy took the
heat, which was considered slow one,
in 81 seconds.
SECOND HEAT.
The two kept we'll together to near the
turn at the home stretch, when Policy
hot ahead and came in four or five
lengths ahead, winning the heat and
race. Time, 80.
FIRST TRoTTING RACE-FIRsT HEAT.
Blazewood, Jim McCord and Prince
were the entries, and drew positions
in the order named. B!azewood and
Prince were the favcriteS in the pools.
After good send-off, McCord broke
and fell behind; lakewood led, with
Prince close behind, and passed the
stand the first round a neck ahead. On
the second round. McCord acted badly,
the other two horses keeping on the
even tenor of their way to The winning
place, Lakewood half length ahead,
Prince second and Jim McCord third.
Time, 80.
SECOND HEAT.
McCord again broke, shortly after the
start, ard Blazewoo1 and Prince left
him some distance behind. Lakewood
broke later on and Prince gained on
him; then Prince broke twice, when |
Blezewood took the lead and held it to |
the finish, when Prince broke again, |
Just at the stand. lakewood hrst, |
Prince second, Jim McCord third. |
Time. 2 35A.
THIRD HEAT.
Before this heat was begun. the |
Judges changed the driver of Prince
from Fancher to Rysdale, being dis
satisfied with the formers driving of |
that animal. The change was made as
stated by the judges, to protect the |
hackers and the pool box, and met with |
the approval of the spectators, as was
shown by loud applause. Lakewood
led out; Prince broke three times the
first time around; on the second time,
be broke twice more. Lakewood came
Cord third. Time, IS. The result |
indicated Mr.. Fancher and gave salts
faction all around.
SECOND TRoT-FIRST HEAT.
Grants Marble, Fancher's Belle
Douglas and Harris Maud +. were
the three animals entered, and they
we're positioned in the order named.
The little horse, Marble, lost his feet at
the start and was left behind, by Maud
F. and Belle Douglas; these two kept
ahead. AT the finish Maud F. was first,
Belle Douglas second, Marble third.
Time, 2.4214.
SECOND HEAT.
The three animals got off nicely and
Kept along half way around, when
Marble broke and dropped in the rear.
The second time around Maud F. was
closely followed by Belle Douglas, up
20 near the home stretch, when Maudie
eft her for short distance; at the
home stretch turn Belle put in some Of
her best steps and gained on the leader,
put not enough at the outcome by half
, neck. Maud f. first, Belle Douglas
second, Marble third. Time, 246.
THIRD HEAT.
Maud f. led out to begin and kept
hat position to the finish, Belle Douglas
close behind her. with the little Marble
n the rear several lengths. Time, PA.
NOTES.
THERE was considerable interest
manifested In the proposition to match
Don Angus and Pomp, and it was
thought an understanding would be
arrived at to-day, to let them go one
lay on the Jordan Park track this week
and one day on the Utah Driving Park
course one day next week.
THE action of the judges in substitut-
ng Rysdale for Fancher, behind Prince,
while it did not materially change the
lime, and did not win tae race, satisfied 7
on the ground.
PROBABLY it is little late this meet
ng, but st the next meeting, wouldn't
t be good idea to have telephone
between the track and
ome central place in town.
THE question was asked WHY is there