The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-27

But for the wild wind yesterday af-
ternoon and the threatening state of
the weather, the programme at the
Driving park would have called out a
big crowd, and as it was the attend
ance was fair, a number of ladies' be-
ing noticed in the grand stand.
The judges were c. e. Stanton, D. D.
Johnson and j. c. DeKalb, while S. ].
Weizel acted as starter, and George A.
Kelly and e. M. Jones held the
/ watches
The first event was the 2:23 trot for
a purse of s40O The entries, as posted,
were as follows:
| Mambrino Thorn, brown stallion, en-
tered by T. H. Harris, Salt Lake.
Miss Foxie, bay mare, entered by H.
W. Brown, Salt Lake.
| Alarmist, bay stallion, entered by j.
E. Forshee, Coyote.
Gray Ned, gray gelding, entered by
w j. Hills, Denver
Gray Ned did not appear, on account
of an injury recently received, and &C
cording to the American rules, Mr..
Hills was fined $50 for failing to have
his horse at the post when the bell
rang. The ruling was revoked, how
ever, when the reason of the absence
of the animal was shown.
| Interest cenitered in the race and
the splendid record of Alarnlist made
him a favorite in the pools. Miss Fox
| lie was heavily backed, however, and
! fully justified the confidence of her ad-
mirers by taking every heat and clip
ping a quarter of second off her own
record.
MISS FOXIE WINS.
The horses were sent off well for
the first heat, and Mis- Foxie soon took
the lead, followed closely all the way
round. The mare took the heat handi-
| ly in 2:22A, Alarmist second and Thorn
third
Miss Foxie took the lead again in the
second heat and the race was a beau
tiful one from start to finish. The
three figures SKINNED around the
track without a break. Thorn all the
time crowding the mare, while Alarm
list was close enough to be dangerous.
Down tEs stretch the horses were
speeded for all there was in them, but
Thorn was unable to close up the
gap and Foxie went under the wire d
length ahead in 2:2312
In the third and final heat the horses
went off again at a rafting clip, the
mare as usual taking the head and set
ting the pace. The contest between
AlanTnist and Thorn for second place
was interesting, but the former cut in
in ahead and forged up to Foxie, but
the speedy little mare was never once
headed. 1t was close finish, Foxie
winning by half a length in 2:24.
Considering the conditions, the strong
wind, the time made was excellent, and
old turfmen pronounced the race one
of the best they had ever witnessed.
Alarmist, from whom great things
were expected, was not in the best of
form. having recently had a touch of
distemper, but The carried off second
money.
In the minute pace things were
pretty we'll mixed, it taking five heats
to decide the race. Irene l.. was the
favorite, with Iras second choice, the
other entries being Lady A, Postum
and Little Joe.
The horses were given a good send
off for the first heat. Postum pulling
out of the bunch and taking the lead,
but broke badly and lost some ground.
The drivers all had difficulty in keep
ing the horses on their feet and posi-
tions were changed several times.
Irene L finally coming under the wire
first with Lady A a close second, 1ras
third, Postum forth and Little Joe
trailing away in the rear. Time-2:34
In the second heat, Iras paced stead
lily, although closely pressed by Lady
A. The trotter's chances for winning
would have been excellent but for
break. Iras took the heat in 2:30%,
Lady A second, Postum third, Irene
fourth and Postum distanced.
The horses went off at fast clip in
the third, Irene, Lady A, Postum and
Iras all keeping well together. Lady
A made a very bad break and the
others followed her example, but did
not lose so much ground. The strug-
gle for first place was between Irene
and Postum, and the mare won
handily in 2:31, with Postum second,
Iras third and Lady A fourth.
The feature in the fourth heat was
the finish between Iras and Lady A,
both horses coming down the stretch
with a fine burst of speed. Iras passed
under the wire first, however, in 2:2S14.
with Lady A second, Irene third and
Postum forth.
The fifth heat was a repetition of
the fourth, the horses having the same
position. Iras won the heat and race,
in 2:29.
THE RUNNING RACE.
The last event on the card was the /
half mile and repeat for a purse of
800, five runners being entered, Gold
Bug, the favorite, Nehawska Girl !
D.
Much difficulty was experienced in ,
getting them off, and the start was |
not entirely satisfactory to all of the |
owners. Gold Bug took the lead and |
held it. finishing first in each heat in |
:49A, Nehawska Girl second.
AN EXTRA
An extra race, a quarter mile dash, |
was put on, the starters being Flora !
B. Nettie S, and Chappus Pig. Flora |
B took the race in :23, with Nettie, the |
old favorite, a very close second and !
Chappus third.
THE POOLS LAST NIGHT.
The pool selling was quite lively last !
night. In the 2:4O trot, George w sold
first at S., the field paying S..
In the 2:23 pace Black Cloud, the |
Idaho flyer, was the favorite at $40 !
to SIS for the field
In the 2:28 trot Alta sold first choice, !
the field bringing S.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME.
Following is the programme for to-
day:
2:40 TROT-PURSE $500.
Ida V, b. M; owners, Garrett and |
Mcintosh; Ogden, Utah.
Rawley, b. g.; F. v. Fowler. Ogden. |
Dennis. b. g.; owner, Thomas Math-
ews, city.
George w. b. g.; owner. John "
Rich.
2:23 PAcELPURsE $500.
Mollie, m. b.; owner, E. Conray, og-
den.
Maggie H, b. M; owner, George Ed
wards, Ogden.
Liddie Allen, b. m; owner, G. R.
Boutwell, city.