The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-23
YESTERDAYS RACES.
The First Day at the Utah Driy-
Ing Park.
THE ATTENDANCE VERY LARGE.
!. j. S. Wins the Trotting Match-Asa Wins
the Mile Dash and Ferguson the
Half-Mile Heats.

The first day of the Utah Driving Park
association meeting drew out very big
crowd yesterday afternoon and the
interest shown was quite as great
as it has been at the past big
meets. Pool selling was lively through
out the day, the only drawback to it being
that the favorite horse won in almost every
case Everything appeared to be fair and
square and not a single complaint was
heard about any feature of the manage
ment. ..-..
THE JUDGES.
Judge Webb was on the stand ac7
companied by j. M Taylor and DR.. bod
son, and the result was the utmost satisfac-
ton with regard to all decisions.
The timers were Goodspeed and Stanton,
and T. F. Mulloy acted as starter.
The TrOtting Race.
Trotting 2 80 class for a purse of $500.
The entries for the first race were: l. J.
s., chs, entered by L j. Starbuck, Salt
Lake city; Maud F., b.m., entered by F. H.
Dyer, Salt Lake city; Dennis Ryan, br.s.,
entered by S. G. Ewing, Salt Lake city !;
Pink, chm, entered by b. G. Holly, Val
lejo, Cal. - o..
Dennis Ryan was the favorite on the
race and on the first heat, and some heavy
money was put up on him.
THE FIRST HEAT.
ii S. took the first heat without much
effort, with Ryan second, Maud F. third
and Pink fourth. Time :3419
THE SECOND HEAT.
In the second heat l. ]. S. sold fayorite
against the field. He took the pole, but he
soon lost it and made poor showing on the
heat. Ryan got in some good work and
came n ahead. Pink, the little mare, came
up in good shape, making good second and
winning many betters for the next heat.
Maud F.. came in third and l. j. S. fourth.
Time 81.
THE THIRD HEAT.
!. J. S. and Ryan were put up against the
field, the latter being the favorite. The
showing made by Pink in the preceding
heat had led many to believe that she
would take this one, and the result was
some heavy betting on her.
The heat was holly contested by |. j. S
and Pink. The little mare shot ahead on
the 4 first quarter and took the pole
from l. ]. S.. who took it on the start from
Ryan. On the second quarter, however,
the little mare broke, and it was some time
before she could be brought to her feet
The minute ashe ubegan to trot she began
to gain and from that time to the end of
the race it was very close. The mare did
some very pretty work on the homestrercL
and pressed her opponent very closely
coming in only a neck behind him. The re
suit was: l. j. S. first, Pink second, Maud
F. third, Ryan fourth. Time-2 :32$l.
THE FOURTH HEAT.
ii. S sold in the pools for $50 against
the field 81 and there were only few
takers for the field. The heat was another
close pull between l. j. S. and Pink, the
former winning by less than a length.
Tire, 2:30.
!. J. S. was declared winner of the race
and first money; Dennis Ryan took the
second money having won heat.
The Second Race.
The second race was a running match,
best two in three, half mile heats.
The entries were: Red Elm, Big, by J.
c. G.. Thornton, Butte, Mont. LYDIA F'ergu-
son, chm, entered by Sturgis & Lambert,
Eureka, Cal; Monte, s.g., by Fields q
Thurman, Lander, Wyo.
The race was rather one sided, Ferguson
selling in the pools for $50 against the field
at SIS, and for $50 against SIS.
THE FIRST HEAT.
Ferguson took the first heat easily, with
Red Elm good second, and Monte third.
Time-.50
THE SECOND HEAT.
In the second heat the horses came in in
the same order as in the first. Red Elm
pressed the big mare a little on the first
quarter, but the latter had no trouble III
coming i'll ahead. Time-.5l1a.
The Last Race.
The last'race was mile dash for three
year-olds for a purse of $500.
The entries were: Kee-ve-na, entered
by j. c. c. Thornton, Butte, Mont. Asa,
chm, entered by Hazlett g. Davis, San
Francisco, CAL; Jack Pot, big, entered by
E. G.. Smith, San Francisco, Cal.
Asa was the favorite in the pools, selling
at S25 to Kee-ve-na's 49, and Jack Pots 81.
Asa won, Kee-ve-na second, Jack Pot