The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-25

der that the people might picnic among
/ the trees and enjoy the shade ard
grass to their hearts content. There
was a good attendance and a notable
absence of rowdyism. All Of the events
were full of interest and the races
bicycle, horse and foot-attracted large
crowds. The days enjoyment wound
up with a ball in the evening and the
crowds left the park we'll content with
the manner in which they had spent
the day.
Early in the day the people began to
gather at the resort and bv the time
Of the commencement of the regular
sports the attendance had reached
handsome proportions.
The horse races came first and
promptly at O'Clock the first event
was pulled Off 1t was a mile free for
al pace best three in five heats, the
entering horses being: Postum, by
Matt Cullen; Billy w, by Thad Naylor:
DR.. Malcorb, by ]. w Laws; Lind
wood, by Tom Mccoy. Only four heat
We're run and of these Billy W took and
the race. 1t was a good race and the
horses did some first-class work. Billy
W took the first, third and fourth
! heats. the last two handily, while Pos
sum won the second in 2:34L The
time OF the winner was 2:36, 2:S3 and
2:36.
In the half mile dash Beaver won
IN o212, with Nancy second and Dexter
third, the fourth horse in the race be-
ing Lady. The winner is owned by
Adam Spiers, jr This event was
lively one, but Beaver secured the les d
before the first eighth pole was reached
and maintained the advantage through
out
Twisted Its Tail.
Tho nj
race contend that they might have
stood an even show, but for the fact
that W. s. NayIor twisted the tail Of
his horse all the way round. This ter
rible twist gave Naylor the race by
length in 10Y. the second man in he
ing Sam Neslin. It was supposed to
BE- race between mail delivery outfits
and their drivers and there were four
participants, W. S. Naylor Joe Rie-by
{. c. Cummings and Sam Neslin. The
claim is now made that but two of the
horses were delivery animals, those
driven by Rigby and Cummings, while
the others were selected. At any rate
IL was a great race and as soon as he
had crossed the line NayIor grabbed
for the tail of his horse and twisted it
all the way round. 1t was go-as-
you-please and the famous chariot race
of Ben Hur could hardly have been in
1t. Naylor was the heaviest driver Of
the lot but that twist did the work.
Horses Against Wheels.
Two horses, ridden by one boy bested
two bicycle riders, alternating every
mile, distance of mile
and one-sixteenth in a ten mile
straight-away. The bicyclists were S
T. NesIin and Walter Heath, while
VIII Helm did the horseback riding.
1t was one OF the most interesting
events ever seen at Caider's park and
? HI
with great attention. Helm rode two
mustangs, one a roam and the other
a sorrel He was uniform in his
changes from one horse TO the other
but often put the animals through a.
mile pace at g, time. The bicyclists
We're forced to change every mile, or
at least, not oftener. Heath took the
first heat for the men Of wheels, while
young Helm opened the ball with his
sorrel The first mile was made by the:
horses in 2:41, while Heath did not
come in for sixteen seconds later This
was the history of the run from start
70 finish, for the horses never allowed
the bicycles to regain the lost time,
but on the other hand kept getting
ahead until they finished the ten miles,
a mile and one-sixtee1th in distance.
and three minutes and ten seconds in
time ahead of the bicycles. i was
very evident. however, that the ami
mails were fast becoming tagged. and
had the race been heightened out the !
wheels would undoubtedly have won
The first half of the course, of five !
miles, was covered by the horses In !
1885, while the men on the wheels
made it in 1906.
Jumped the Hurdles.
Four horses were entered for the |
hurdle race OF half a mile three
hurdles. They were Powells Leeolo. !
Eiton's Sleepy Dick, Snarr's Prince and !
ty race and won by Leeolo. in 1909.
shetIaDds Were in 1t.
One of the novel events was a half |
mile dash between Four Shetlarads. It
was won by Prices Black Prince in |
lilo, while McCieIian's Mormon Girl Sc
cured second place, Winder's Prince.
third, and Winder's Frank, fourth
Just at the finish the little rider OF /
Prince tumbled off under the horses
feet and was walked over but escaped
injury.
Mile For Bicycles.
In the free for all mile bicycle race
there were seven starters, but through
an accident, only four finished. Before |
passing the eighth post VIII Cunning
ton locked his front wheel on the rear
wheel of one of the riders whom ne
was pressing for place and went down,
1nly to be run over by two of the other.
racers, PORTER and Schmidt. The shock
threw PORTER to the track, but Schmidt
rightsd himself and continued the race.
coming in fourth. Cunnington'S wheel
was badly damage and he received
/ number of bad bruises about the
head ard shoulders, but nothing of
serious nature. PORTER and his wheel |
uninjured. The contestants in
he race were Cunnington, Snyder.
Dawson, Calder, PORTER, Schmidt and
Silver. From the start Calder led and
anne in first, winning the race in 2:25.
Dawson was second. Silver third and
Schmidt fourth. All OF the others
iailed to finish.
There were a number of minor
events later in the day after the heated
season had passed, including foot
aces, bicycle races, scrub horse races
md general athletic sports. They were
LII interesting. The days festivities
wound UP with q. ball
The judges and <imekeeper of the
lay were Messrs. Noritz, Starbuck.
Iriffin and Nickum.
Jr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.