The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-07

first-cless.
The 2:S5 class pace and trot was the
first race called. The starters We're
Linwood. Morris behind; Frank y.
George Edwards: Old Dominion, Al
Pendleton: Cation, \. Scott. They
drew positions in the order named, and
after scoring two or three times got
away together in good shape. Linwood
went at once TO the front, Old Domin-
ion followed a length behind, Frank n.
d length and a half behind Dominion.
and Cation trailing several lengths III
The rear. These were the positions Of
the horses at the quarter pole. and
they were maintained throughout the
heat. with the exception that Frank \.
occasionally crept up d yard or two
on Old Dominion only to fall back
TO the old position. Cation was in bad
form. and broke repeatedly. In the
las ilai1 ne barely saved himself the
Wire Linwood won the heat in 2:SlSz,
Old Dominion second, Frank n. third
and Cation last.
SECOND HEAT.
The crowd invested heavily in the
box on the first heat, with Frank n
selling favorite and the field won
handsomely as a result. If the play
had been brisk on the first heat how
ever, ii was a land Office business on
the second which followed. Frank n 5
previous performances were remem-
bered and he again sold favorlte, While
the field was again in good demand.
The horses held the same positions as
in the first heat till the back stretch
was reached in the last half. Then
Cation who had been striving hard TO
keep his feet, finally struck his gait.
Around the upper turn he passed
Frank N and drew around the out
side of Old Dominion. AS he turned
into the stretch he came home like
whirlwind He passed Old Dominion
as though he was standing still and
came tp to the throat-latch of Lin
wood. He was going beautifully, but
Scott was not contented and drove
him of his feet just as he had the
heat won. He fell back and LinWood
took the heat in 1851, Old Dominion
second. Cation third and Frank \.
last.
CATION GETS a HEAT.
Frank y. was drawn in the third
heat Of the 2:35 race. He was sore and
had shown himself badly out of form,
for which reason he was permitted TO
be drawn. The party got away easily.
and Cation proceeded to give the spec-
tators a surprise. Linwood went UP
going round the turn and fell back be
hind Old Dominion. while Cation drove
around the outside of them both and
went down the back stretch with a
squirt. working easily and holding his
feet much better than he had hitherto
done He broke a few times, but set
tied down SO quickly that he lost Moth
ing by il. At the half he was three
lengths ahead of the field, and il looked
like a shut-out for the hindermos@-
The positions were not changed till
The three-quarter pole was reached,
when Linwood. who had been going UP
repeatedly. settled down, and began TO
gain on Old Dominion, who had been
travelling second. On the stretch he
kept gaining and finished second TO
Cation. who won the heat in 2:341a.
FOURTH HEAT.
I.inwood sold favorite in the fourth
heat. and the horse started away well,
bui broke badly at the beginning of the
second half, and Cation took the lead,
holding it past the wire. winning by a
length in 2:29ls. Old Dominion being
distanced.
CATION WINS.
The fourth heat was a pretty con-
test between Cation and Linwood. the
former winning on merit purely. They
changed positions several times, but
Cation nndbN LOOK q oppu AtdQ anu
won hy length in 2:32 fiat
AIRS VERY FAST
The first heat of the 2:17 pace and
trot furnished mild sensation. The
entries were Dan Velox, Airs and
Black Cloud but the latter was
scratched and only the first two
started. Airs sold favorite at 81 to
Nelox A. Ailis drew the pole and after
Ha
down a couple of times to warm them
I'D. they were sent away with Nelox
half a length behind. They main 1
tanned the same position throughout 4
the mile. except that NeloX closed UP /
The gap al intervals. IT. was a beau /
tifui heat, won by Airis in the remark |
able time of 2:19lH.
ANOTHER FAST HEAT.
Airs was selling As to velox ID when
the second heat OF the Il class was /
called. The horses went away with a /
magnificent start and without any
ado, but NeloX was going too fast. |
His burst of speed was terrific as he |
went under the wire and was so great |
that il carried him off his feet as ne |
reached the turn. The break lost him /
the heat, for he had the speed to win ,
il, but he lost nearly four lengths, too [
trotted a wonderfully fast heat. how I
ever. finishing at Airs wheel Time
2;2Ois.
AIRS WINS.
The third heat of the Il race was a
Of the other two, with the
exception that Velox made no break
an6 the time was three-fourths of a
second slower. il took some time to
get the horses away. but it was an ex-
cellent start when they finally got the
word. Airs worked uD to lead of
half q length, which NeloX reduced or
extended slightly on stretch and turn
Airs won the heat in
2:2lN. with Nelox finishing at her
wheel once more. II was very pretty
race throughout. in which Airs showed
her superiority for the day. She
travelled easily in every heat. and at no
time appeared TO be making any effort.
SPIDER WINS AGAIN.
The einree-eielts mile dash, which .
closed the days amusement. was the
only running event II was a sporty
ace in which Spider made a hot squirt
by length in S4iz. The starters were
Spider, Esmeralda and Sego. with S. n
Evans. 3. Harmon and Charles Powell
Up. Esmeralda got the pole, Sego
next ana Spider was on the outside.
Sego was trifle slow getting away
and gave the other horses. who Went
away together, a little the best of il.
but the fact made very little difference
with the result Spider IS always great
at getting away, and this was no ex-
ception. Like shot from a gun. he
darted ahead of Esmeralda and took
the pole The mare was game. and
crowded the paceTnaker hard, hut he
was too feet for her for that distance