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

the grounds. The races We're edSily the
best given this season by the CLUB, me
track was in good condition and the
weather favorable
OF course there are many improve
ments and additions to be made, and the
members of the Driving club hatter
themselves that there will be quite a
transformation before the next meet
comes off.
waits either, which have been one OF the
chief drawbacks in all former events.
Sam j. Weigel made model starter,
and when he pulled vigorously on the
gong for the racers to line up, the driv-
erS realized that if they did not give
speedy compliance, their chances CT get
ting let out were very good. So most
OF the events went OF promptly, and M
terest on the part of the spectators did
not flag until the last race had been con-
tested and won.
Weisel, were j. NJ. Moore, j. w. Jen-
kinS, j. II. Hughes and the veteran turf
man, Colonel Tom Haines, who did office
as judges
the 2:50 trot, in 3, for a purse of $50.
were called out for the first mile heat.
The entries We're b. Y. Hampton's Sura
" B S F9xs a faG Tid Main sSd T
Needham's Gray Lady. All the horses
except Sura c, which was handled by
Carson, were driven by their owners, and
the whole bunch got off well together.
Captain Haines took the lead in the Sec
ond lap. closely followed by Sura c. Half
way round, HaineS gave his heels to the
air and broke three times more before
coming under the wire. He was the
nrSt IN, with Sura G. a close second and
Gray Lady poor third. The heat was
awarded by the judges to c. Haines, on
the ground that he had lost rather than
gained by breaking. The crowd did not
take kindly to the decision, and there
We're noisy expressions of disapproval
In the second heat Haines was again
winner @ Ia IN ror-l- hors y for
the victory. Sura c. was with him neck
and neck to the last quarter when
Haines gradually pulled ahead, winning
by half length, with Gray Lady third
and Gilmore fourth 1t was a pretty
break.
&c Captain plain, Haines finished the first lap
one length ahead Of Sura c. and went
under the wire an easy winner by for
lengths, Sura c. second, Gray Lady third,
ana Gilmore distanced. The last heat
The next event, the 2:4O pace, for
purse of $50. brought out w. II. Haman's
Poliy Il, w Busby's Joe. Joe. ]. W.
Kelley, and Roam Mccoy, owned by John John
McAvoy.
In the first heat, Polly H. set the pace
ana ana Joe Joe got close in his wake They
Kept side by side through most of the
neat, with Bay Bird coming up fast be-
hlnd- Joe Joe was coming down the
sseretcn at g great pace, but went off his
e e;-st ana Polly II. went under the wire
nrst with Joe Joe second, Slide Kelley
third, Bay Bird fourth.
Joe Joe took the next three heats in
s sono1d pretty finishes with Polly H. The
except that Bay Bird gained third pIace
and Slide Kelly brought W. the rear
foIly n. broke i'll the third heat and was
handy winner, with the other three sea e
tered several lengths behind. Slide KeIJL,
pun pulled IN second, and Bay Rird was given
iast pace Tor continued breaking. In the
second lap OF the next heat, Jeo Joe was
way ahead and finished with several
lengths TO his credit. Slide Kelly, with
rom Mccoy driving. and Polly H made
gettlng the position by half a. neck Joe
Joe won the race, Polly II. second Slide
Kelly third. The best time was 2:4
Inc special race of pole teams was the
Z. w. Higgins and 2. Thompson were
the entries. They got away together in
the first heat, but II the first quarter
Ihompson's team, which was driven by
H W. Brown, lost their feet and after
that had no chance OF winning the heat
The same thing was repeated in the sec
ond heat, IhompSCn'S team SendiUg their
heels up within Il few rods of the start
They made a speedy race, though. and
were pushing the doctors team hard on
the last lap, when they again broke and
Higgins got under the WIRE with time to
spare. The doctor Nude gallant show
ing as a driver by leaning forward to-
wards the close of each heat until his
face almost touched the dashboard In
his exuberance over the result of the
first heat he lost his bearings in the sec
ond and almost caused a collision by pull
ing up at the end of the first lap, sun
posing that the race had been won. He
soon discovered his mistake and was
greeted with cheers as he came in at the
finish an easy winner. The best tinae
was 3:11.
The chief interest of The day conferred
in the final event. This was the free-for-
all trot, three in five, in which the fol-
lowing feet-footed racers were the en-
tries: L. A. Bertons Alta. Burton's
Freddie R, c.. Peterson's Holger and
Higginss John ;. The finishes were all
close and exciting. and in two of the
heats all the horses went round the
course closely punched. John S. captured
the first three heats and the race Hol-
ger second, Freddie u. third.
There was some amusement furnished
that was not on the bills. Three red
skins made a 1O9-yard sprint over the
course and victory was with a hardy
young buck of about twenty summers.