The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-10
AT THEDRIYING PARK
A Good Turnout and a Pleasant
Days Sport.
SURPRISE PARTY FOR THE BOYS.
Mnderma7 Goes Against the Man with the
seythe and Beats Him The Work by
Grants Marble and Mate.

Inc races at the driving parI, drew ont q
very good attendance yesterday. norwich
s'anuing the TACT that the heavy rain of a
lew hours before had made the ground
raeher moist, and the clouds were hang
ing threateningly around, Indicating that
announcer downpour might be expected ar
! any moment. Soon after the hour named
LII - commencing, however, the clouds
cleared away and the sun came ont briSbt
ana warm, relieving the track of consid'
eraole OF the heaviness with which n yvas
at hrSt encountered -'
!ne afternoons sport was very mucb
hands. --0oJ 0nanged
Inc first event in the matinee, WAS q
Iro1 between Riley's Black Crook and Gil
fort1e,. James T., and 1t was won by the
IorIler IN straight heats Tine-2.491/
and a 2:39. James F., big bright bav. was
a Il upon the track and received MANY
naGteflng comments upon his general an
Pearance, but he was not feet enough for.
MS dusky companion. James was eyidentIv
OUT Oh condition and worked as though he
Hdu lnpeled MS manager and feed box only
d lew moments before he was sent to the
Track. Crock broke twice, but mad no DIFF
ncutty In regaining lost ground. and fin
lsned each heat in Jog
Dyer's Flora K, who was advertised In on
IN ILLS race, was withdrawn on account -
laTlfeness, bad weather and sloppy track,
bIackblrd, Charley Brown and Busbv re-
sponded to the call for the two in three Ioco
and finished in the order named Rirdg ~;
the outside in the start, but flew around the
others before the quarter was reached and
was never after collared. The game vvas
evidently to beat Brown. The little oray
was pocketed early in the first heat and
ho ~ mere 10 the distance pole. The same
tacVlcs were tried on the little stranger for
the second heat. He was still in the 1oiddIa
but the pace set by Bird was too hot fo1,.
I usoy ne fell back On a break and re-
leased brown, who started after the leader
ana ran him out in 2:44 under the wbin
First heat, 1868. This was more az
CHUNG race than the first and more Interest
was taken in it because the racers yvere
more evenly matched.
:, considerable money changed hands on
the result of the next race. which was n,ada
up on the grounds, that J. F. GRANTS
marble and mate were to beat BIS to mole
IL the hrst attempt. The horses had never
1sen hooked together before, and odds were
2Iered That time" would get first place
ny Grant ably piloted the ponies throuph
n . 10 after driving each to a break.
Inc losers then wanted TO get even and
would wager any reasonable amount that
!; f. could not drive his own horse MAR
,ie) tne mile out in 8 minutes. "Joshu
hereupon relieved them of their surplus
" DONG the trick in 2:49, with a Compare
lveIy fresh horse at the finish.
Inc event Of the day, however, was In
erman against time. He was to do 2.3O
te did 1t, but with nothing to spare. and
ne man with the scythe got left. Az
nough 1t was very interesting davis
port, not many ladies were out, because Of
ne threatening weather, but the attsndarca
,as Ialr and shows that the racing inter-
st IS not wholly dead, but only sIeepeth.