The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-18
Track Notes,
The last race closed at 1850.

The last race closed at5:50.
Jaysey's mile in 2:17 Il was pretty fast
one against the wind.
Tom Kehoe, AL Thompson and Thoma 8
Jennings were the judges.
The Raymond coac b was out, loaded TO
the guards with race lovers.
Keep your eye open for good races, large
pools and fast time on Monday.
A number of ladies were out, but not
as many as there will be Monday.
There will be great racing on Wednes-
day. 1t is one of the best days of the
week.
There were 300 people on the grounds,
in the grand stand and around the pool
box.
Wapello. the phenomenal colt, will
give an exhibition every day during the
week.
the Salt Lake grounds. 1t will be great
meeting.
Over So. 800 went into the pool box
yesterday, and the betting has just COM
menced.
Sprinklers will be at work tomorrow
and Monday on the track. 1t will not be
so dusty.
Dennis is a great breaker at the wire and
almosU invariably 'sgoes up'' before the
word is given.
Harry Duke looked complacently upon
the races from behind his glasses and pro-
nounced them good.
| A buster, straw hat with a string to it,
beer and a good voice were requisite to
the fullest enjoyment.
Keep your eye on Don Lot in the 2:30
trot. He has good record and will be in
the race if he is in the field.
|
or not, will be admitted free to the Mon
day races, but on no other day.
The high wind bothered everyone. 1t
blew the papers off the reporters desk
and sent hats flying by the dozen.
| G. W. Wigton, the old time score card
man, was on hand, and extended the
usual courtesies to the press gang.
Geraldine, whom it was thought would
eventually prove a favorite, was shut out
in the first heat. She has q bad foot.
Menfred only sold for 81 in the pools,
but he won his race from Al Watts as
easily as if he had only been taking exer-
cises.
Jaysey lost one heat because of an acct
dent. His driver tangled the whip in the
harness, and in trying to disengage it al
lowed the horse to lose his stride.
The splendid racing and large attend
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Day. 1t is almost certain the mercha nts
will close and allow their clerks to see the
races on Friday.
/. j. Starbuck is satisfactory starter
and quite a speechmaker. He told the
drivers what was what before the races
came off, and there was no foolishness.
They drove to win every time.
Wapello, yearling sired by Wapsie,
made an eighth OF mile yesterday in a
trial heat in IL seconds. This is a won
derful record. He is a Nebraska animal,
a well bred colt and the property of J. W.
Mercer, Bast's driver. He was a year old
the Both of last month.
1t was unfortunate that the drivers and
riders did not wear the colors given them
on the score card. It caused confusion
and no end OF trouble. At one time there
were three black caps on the field, and nc
one could tell who was who when they
got out on the back stretch.
There is little romance attached to
Jaysey. and his career has been as check
cred as the trousers of ssWales.D He
was only common scrub and was for 8
long time in general service in the livery
stable of Tom Mccoy. He was repeatedly
offered for sale at $3.50, but found no
buyer. He was used as buggy horse fol
some time, but finally was found by Bill
Grant, who put him in training. Yester-
Jay ne won d Sl,UUO purse lot MS owner,
and goodness knows how much on the
side.
, Horse Notes.
Mr.. Croker is said to have made an Offer
of SO, 900 to the Fleischman stable fol
Senella, which was refused.
The men who are the backbone of oul
greatest race meetings oppose intensely
any fooling with the distance flag.
Belmont has withdrawn Lady Violet
from the Chicago Derby. The FLY has
rheumatism and can not be gotten ready
Marcus Daly's colt Delury, by King.
fisher-Delilah, an American candidate, i:
alleged by the eastern turf writers to bt
touched in the wind.
) Unless Rainbow improves much, The
Messrs. Morris may not think his, chance:
in the American Derby worth the cost O
his freight to Chicago.
Ed Corrigan purchased two LongfelloN
yearlings in New York, paying $500 fol
the Lady Montrose colt and 81, 800 for the
colt out of Queen Beluga.
Little Maud, which got record of 2:261a
, at Hampden park, Springfield, last Sep.
TENDER, had a leg broken In two places sc