The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-19
UTAH'S NIGER BOY
Grandson of L. c. Lee Eclipsed
the FavOrite Son of NutwOod
IN H0TLY- CONTESTED HEATS
1t Was the Most Phenomenal Race in the
Annals of the Turf-otinger'a Wonder
full Performance
IN H0TLY- CONTESTED HEATS

THE REsULT-SSOO Trot-Won by Ottenger
In three straight heats. Best time-2:22 f-2
2:24 Pace-WOn by Niger Boy in the fifth,
sixth and seventh heats. Best tims-2:25 ii
Running. One-Half Nile Dash-Won by the
Jew In :49 34.
The most exciting contest ever witnessed
on any racing course in Utah was that of
yesterday
The spectators went wild, and the scene
during the seven heat race has seldom been
equaled on any track.
| With field of five horses, each horse
winning heat and the winner of the fifth
taking the race in the seventh, and not a
horse distanced, is something phenomenal
in racing annals.
Niger Boy, owned by w. B. Richards,
q black gelding from a Cache county farm,
the grandson of L. c. Lee, Salt Lake born
and Utah bred, eclipsed the favorite son of
Nutwood blood and won the 81, ZOO pace in
seven holly contested heats.
The crowd received it's moneys worth
| There were seven heats in the pacing
race, three in the trot, and a square half
mile dash.
The track was sprinkled in the morning
| just enough to lay the dust, aud make it
4 fast for the afternoon.
Two thousand people were in attendance
and comprised the gayest crowd ever seen
! at y tab race course.
| When Judge Webb tapped the bell
spectators were all eagerness and closely
! scanned the entries for the first race
which was won by Ottinger, ia three
straight heats without any trouble.
When the second race was called it
looked as though it would be tame days
I J.
disappointed.
Yesterday was the most exciting race
day Salt Lake has ever seen.
Eastwood took the first heat in 2:24
with hands down. He was the favOriEe
and the talent backed him in the beginning
and backed him again for the second heat.
This time he lost by bad breaking, coming
in fifth; but the wiseacres still had CON
fidence in him and put their money the
same way the third time. He lost again
by frequent breaks but still the crowd
stuck 10 him, and it was pity to see the
way the losers tried to get even with this
fractions brute.
After the first heat, he never passed the
wire first, but broke every time.
The sensation Of the day occurred when
Niger Boy won the nth heat. 1t was
his first heat, and il ne had not finished
winner he would have been sent to the
barn. He was not stable horse and took
the next two heats in thoroughbred style,
winning the 81, 900 stakes.
FIRST RAcE-3:OO TRoT.
At2:1O the entries for the Three-minute
Trot took the post
Ottinger had the pole, then came Dazzle,
and Miss Foxie had the outer rail.
They received the word from Starter
Webb all in a line, and the crowd was led
to the quarter (0:3715) by Ottipger, Dazzle
second and Foxie third.
The race to the half was without interest.
Nobody changed their position. and OF
| finger logged past the stake In 1:1415
On the way to the three-qIarters Dazzle
made break and F'oxie took the ''place y
Ottinger increased his lead to five lengths
ond showed his nose across the post line in
80.
AS they neared the stretch Foxie came
ND from the outside, but only lasted for
moment. Heating, without plying the CAD,
easily retained the lead and passed the
wire with his brown gelding winner of the
first heat by two lengths.
Miss Foxie was second and Dazzle the
tail-ender The mile was traversed in
2:27.
took $40 to win 81 If Ottiuger was chosen,
and the Paris mutuals returned $40 for
s. tickets.
/ The winner OF the
SECOND HEAT
was foregone conclusion.
/ Ottinger was too fast for his company,
and everybody knew it.
The Judges before the start unloaded
Harris from behind Foxie and seated Mr..
York. They claimed that Harris was 100
easy with tue mare.
They scored thrice, and then got well
under way. Ottinger took the lead, Foxle
was second, and Dazzle soon after leaving
the wire went into a run, and when she
settled down was twelve lengths behind
the leader. The quarter was passed in
:35l5. Itw a single file procession to the
half q :12) and three-quarters NA0.
Foxie after passing the last stake showed
little speed, and quickly closed the gap
between herself and Otunger. She made
a hard light in the stretch for first place,
but Ottinger easily retained his advan-
tage.
Ottinger trotted the mile in 2:231S
Foxie went uGGer the wire on a run.
Dazzle Du Bots Bros bay mare, was
Ottinger sold for $50 against So. The
mutuals paid 50. rs on him.
THIRD HEAT.
After scoring twice Ottinger took the
lead from the wire q nose in trout Of
Foxie. The race to the quarter was, as it
was all the way through, uninteresting. Tne
stake was passed in 80, the favorite a
length ahead.
He increased the gap the length Of a
suiky as he reached the half 10 $780,
Ottinger was travelling under heavy
pull and logged past the three-quarters in
AZ. They entered the stretch with three