The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-22
OUT OF DOOR SPORTS
What is Going On in the Racing
Field and Among Athletes.
TURF, FIELD, WHEEL AND RING
A Comprehensive Glance OF Men and Events
Prominent in the Sporting Circles
of the Country.

Seldom, if ever before ia the history of
western turf events has there been big
ger list of big horses entered for races than
that which is booked for the spring meet
ing of the Salt Lake Driving Park associa-
ton In this city from Saturday, June II, to
Saturday, June Is. The interest in the
meeting is more widespread than ever and
there is every probability that the week
will see the greatest throng brought to-
gether that ever attended a sporting event
in Utah. This week and next many of the
horsemen are in Denver preparing for the
meeting there, which holds on steadily
from May IS to June 10. Among those who
are here, have been or will be hero in time
for the opening, however, are the follow
ing:
A. c. Beckwith of Evanston has been
here for two weeks with his stable OF four
teen horses, included in which are his
famous premier stations Satin Wood and
Bedford. He has besides several and g.
year-old colts entered in the stakes. Beck
with's stables are in charge OF the we'll
known eastern horse-trainer Yorke, who
will take them over the Montana circuit
later. Beckwith's Thornless, who had u
record last year of 2:l5$4, is entered in the
free for all
T. Z. Heating of Lodi, Cal, arrived
Tuesday with tine string of trotters and
PAGERS, all OF which are entered in the
various races. The trotter Frank NJ, with
record of 2:1114; the PAGER Turk Frank
lin, 2:l614, with Grown Prince, Ottinger,
Ed BigGs jr., Eastwood aud the 3 year old
colt Extravagant make up the Heating
stables.
B. c. Holly, the only and original will
be here Tor the event; he passed through
Salt Lake Friday enroute tor Denver.
&C. David, the Sacramento horseman, is
here with the black stallion Nevada aud
one or two other horses.
Utah's old favorite, L. c. Lee, will be in
the free-for-all, being en- tered By a. ID.
Carson, under whom he has made a record
of 1914. Carson also has the chestnut mare
Bee, Scott Ashton and the PAGERS John b,
Fred w and e. W. S.
Denver stables will be represented by
the PAGERS w. w. P, Jenny Mccoy and
the trotters Daggle, Red Bird, Knoxie,
Maquet, Superior, Medwin and SUPPOSE
ton
DR.. K d. Wise of Los Angeles will be
here with his trotEers Glendine, whose
record is 2:20 Adelaide, McGreggor, Emin
Bey and Adelaide Simmons.
Williams and Morehouse of Milpitas,
Cal, are on hand with their bay stallion
Silver Bow, trotter, the bay mare Leap
Year, and one or two others.
These are the main animals of the
foreign list, but they are not all.
The local horses include almost every
animal of any standing in the city, and
among them, of course, are Manbrino
Thorn, Miss Faxey, Otto, Dan Velox now
owned by Skinner), Pomp, Don Angus,
| Cognac, Electricity, CoXcomb, Jay See
and Lydia Allen (who are matched for
$1,000 on the first day., Niger Boy, Dick
| Kitchen and Stoyermount
Mr.. Parks, secretary of the association
says the purses and stakes are well filled
up. The entries for the running races will
not close until the afternoon of the day
prior to each race.
The full amount of purses is $40, 900.