The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-22
YESTERDAYS RACES.
A Good Attendance on the
Track.
G0LDIE WENT OFF HER FEET.
iha Horse Entered rs Jessie B. is Realty Jim
Page and 1t was EIpelled-To-day's
Programme

There was very good attendance at the
Driving park yesterday afternoon. The
first event on the programme was q year
ling trot half mile heats, best two in
three, for purse of $780, The starters
were the Bast colt, Mr. Ewing's colt, Mr..
Hardy's colt and the Harris colt. The
youngsters fitted up to the judges stand
In line order and got good send off, The
Bast colt quickly took the lead and was
not headed, although the Harris colt
crowded him a little on the stretch. MIR
Ewing's horse came in third. Time so
Basts colt shot to the front again in the
second heat, and led the procession all the
way around, the Ewing colt coming in sec
ond. Time-1 AZ.
The second race was for three-year- olds
mile heats, best three in five, the con test
ants being Coxcomb, Electric ty, Dennis
Goldle and lnkeno.
In the first heat Goldie led to the quar-
ter, closely pressed by Dennis. At the hall
the latter closed up the gap and the pair
came down to the stretch neck and neck
Then Dennis made squirt, which carried
MIN under the wire length ahead of Col
die, with Electricity third. Time-2:4l.
A good start was effected in the second
heat, and Dennis quickly forged to the
front. Goldie was closing up the gap as
the stretch was neared when she suddenly
went off her feet, and when pulled UP
came to dead stop and refused to move.
Dennis, OF course, was an easy winner,
with Electricity second. Time-2; AZ.
Goldie made desperate struggle in the
third heat but when urged went off her
feet again and fell behind. Electricity set
tied down TO work and overtaking Dennis
the two passed under the wire so close to-
gether that cries of dead heat were
| heard from the grand stand. Dennis was
the winner, however, by nose, and thus
took the race in three straight heats.
Time-2 Al.
! Then came the trotting race for the 2 90
class, the starters being Phil Sheridan,
Jessie B., Lady Pomp and Leck. In the
| first heat Leck took the lead and held it to
the half. AT the three-quarter pole the
racers were all punched, aud it was close
finish. Lady Pomp passed under the wire
nrst, with Leck close second and Jessie
third. Time-2:43
| In the second heat Leck once more took
the lead, but was overtaken at the stretch
by Jessie and Sheridan. Jessie took the
neat, with Sheridan second Time-2 3S.
| In the third heat Sheridan set the pace to
the quarter, but fell behind and Lady Pomp
went to the front Leck gradually gained
on the mare, and they came down the
| stretch neck and neck. The finish was so
close that the judges mad some difficulty in
deciding it, but they finally gave the heat
to Lady Pomp. Time-2:24
Lazy Pomp took the third heat easily.
| Time-2:4115.
The last event was tve-eighths dash
between Blue Dick, Dwarf Regent and
Fred Is. There was so much jockying at
the start that the patience OF the specta-
tors was exhausted before the word was
finally given. Dwarf took the lead first,
Dick close behind him The finish was
very exciting, first one horse leading, and
then the other. When close TO the wire.
Dick again shot ahead and passed under
the wire first The judges thought that
Fred b. was not out to win, and believing
that the race was not on the square, de
clared it off and ordered that it De run over
again to-day.