The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-21

Y u uCuHCeu " eHAS
'-zzzs.====-s- = place until the
middle of June. That is true, tho public
Is not invited until that time, but every
days training is now having something
TO 90 with the final outcome.
The business man when be plInges IL
the pools does so on the strength of the
name of the horse he backs, but the turf
follower is governed by the horses ICON
dition.'
The favoritc vas out OF condition and
the Brooklyn handicap was lost before 1t
was run.
If you can get away some fine morning,
Drive over to the track and visit the
stables. If you want to get on good terms
with the rulers take a pound Of lump
sugar along, for the race horse sticks his
nose out for a sweet morsei, just as the
elephant does at the menagerie-
The stables are stocked with sweet
scented horses, and if you are sugar lined
you Will be surprised 10 find that the fiery
and nervous racers that used 20 race men
out of their stalls have been supplanted
by gentle, kind spirited, intelligent ami
mails, that can do everything but talk.
The old idea that horse must be wild
and vicious TO make his mark, holds good
no longer.
There are a dozen horses on the track
that viii interest you.
PHENOMENAL COLT.
The world beaten is there. He is the
progedy OF the time. In MERGERS string
there is a brown stallion not year old
that PAGES like the wind. This infant
astonished the stablemen the other day by
pacing an eighth of mile in II seconds,
or at the rate of 2.I6. The colt is
little narrow faced thing with big name,
'Wappella, '-''Wap,' as the stable
boys call him-attracts more atten-
ton than all the horses on the
track. When he is hitched up
with Mercer in the sulky, he looks like
an ant pulling grasshopper. Wap was
sired by son of WaDsy. He was broken
when eight months old and showed
eight's in twenty-three seconds at this
tender age. Wap in the sulky acts like
an old veteran. When he feels like it he
VIII shoot down the track like streak of
lightning. John McEvoy told The HER
AID reporter that ssWap'' was with
in the world. Why, be viii sometimes
show such bursts of speed as to scare you.
You do not know where he gets it. Q. r.
Bullock, who cares for Wap, styles him,
1.-the greatest horse living and a world
beater.' In spurts he is the fastest horse
on the track, and even Incas is some
times thrown off his legs by the worlds
Lamb OF Clay Center, Neb., and is the
latest wonder of the turf
UTAE's FAMOUS STALLION.
Incas was the most popular horse ever
raised in Utah and the noble stallion is
glossy as satin. He is being cared for by
G. e. Bullock, who in speaking OF his
condition said, She is in condition to
trot a mile for mans life
Iucas is one of the showiest horses on the
~ nd Il
last year he was pronounced the hand
soonest animal among 500 of the finest
horses on the turf.
Incas is years old, with record of
2:l4H. made on the kite-shaped track. lie
is entered in the 2:15 and the free-for-all,
and Mr.. Bullock expects that he will
lower his record to 2:10 before the season
is over.
a SWIFT FoUR-YEAR- OLD.
Strathbery. a -year-old, got rec
ord of 2:195s and walked under the wire.
They expect him to lower his record to
pos this wear. He can, with the little
attention that has been paid him, pace an
eighth at the rate of two minutes.
Strathberg is a great eater and to pre-
vent him from eating the very straw from
his stall. as well as the planks, he is kept
muzZled. He was sired by Rosebery,
z:15si, and his dam was by Chevalier.
Strathberg has got good full eyes and his
headquarters are muscled like those of a
runner.
Mercer brought his stable here from
Hastings, Neb.. the n moved back to
Iowa, but be IS now here to stay.
Another of Mercer's string is Captain
PAYNE, years old, sired by Black Cap
tain and damned by Seafoam. He got q
year. He is in splendid condition and is
fa-rNpctefi tn m q l<e a GREAT 20 DoU9ion
4 coLoRADosTR1Ne.
W. a. Bronough of the firm OF Os-
born d Bronough, is one of the biggest
men on the ground. Their stable is at
Saguacbe, San Louis valley, Cal. Chief
among the horses stabbed here is Opti-
mus, a AIambrino Clay that cost g, 600 in
kentucky when 2-year-old, bred by
Bean brothers.
Optimus' colts are famous for their
style, and Maud H, a yeariiag, is as
pretty as a peacock. She is so intelligent
that she will do anything except talk.
Maud will have an easy time OF it this
summer and viii not take in races this
year, unless she is let 60 at some colt
trials.
s.rhere is a homely old brute, y said
Bronough, as he pointed out Nlambrino
Bell, a spanking golden chestnut, pretty
enough for q candy pulling She S
SIS he patted her pretty TANKS with his
hand, and ne added, ''when she has her
ears turned back and she's coming down
the home stretch little in the lead she
looks pretSier. Mambrino Bell is by
Manbrino, Jr-, and has a record of $50.
Our local sports Will remember the
taffy-colored horse that got record of
2:3l'S here two years ago by beating Incas
the first heat on the old track. That race
was one of those made historic by the
numerous kicks. Alex Carson sat in the
sulky and pulled the ribbons.
Dick Ripton is 3-year-old brown geld
ing and is entered to contest for the 81, 600
stake for 3-year-oid trotters. Dick Rip
ton was sired by Wiesbaden, IT., and
when he win be called upon to do his
duty he looks as if he had the stability
and speed to turn the wheels.
w. p. Osborne is the driver for this
stable and he knows how 10 get every
ounce of speed out of his horses. He has
driven for nineteen years and is nc tender
foot on the turf.
THE M'EvoY STABLE.
The MeEvoy Bros. are among the most
prosperous horsemen that follow the
western circuits.
John McEgov was born in manger,
SO 70 speak. He has been raised With the
horses. He it was VINO captured the gold
medal aud first premium and two blue
ribbons at the territorial fair.
The NcEvoy Bros. have stable OF six
hesd. The favorite is Salaam, son Of
Onward, the greatest sire living, and the
greatest gf6ndsire. The dam Of SoIaam
IS the sire OF Bell Hamlin. Hamlin has a
record OF PIP, and she went to pole in
2:129fs the worlds record Tor team.