The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-06
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70 = > was a good rea-
son for the slim
attendance. however. The public had
occasion TO remember vividiy the dire
failure Of the last meeting at Calders s.
but the public did not generally un-
derstand that that meeting was not
held under the auspices of the Gentle
mems Driving club. which gave that
OF yesterday Had the lovers of rae
ing been fully aware of the facts and
known what sport was in store a diff
1erent statement could have been made
concerning the attendance The fact
that the crowd was small, however, did
not detract from the excellence of the
card, or deter the club from carving
out the run programme and the racing
was well uD toward the head of the
best that has been seen al the track
this season.
The track was in good condition. a
frl1le heavy perhaps, but not enough
so TO prevent fast time from being
made. and IN each of the harness
events. half a second was taken off The
class time in the fastest heat. There
was but one attempt at chicanery dur
ing the dag and that was dealt with
so summarily that the punishment put
an effective END to it. 1t was in the
2.2s trot that Tom Mccoy. behind
lrma ID. A, and Frank Spicer behind
Tex MembrinO. pniied their horses so
glaringly that whereas d previous heat
had been made in 2:24iA, Jukeno was
allowed To win in 2:331a The judges
promptly called the two drivers up and
md them $40 each. and informed them
they would double it if they did not
drive their horses out. From that
time the drivers did what they were
there for, and the racing was hot
enough for the most critical.
The event of the day was the POI
pace, with Freddie r., Dick Kitchen.
Malcolm and Billy .. starting. 1t was
as fine performance Ola the part of
tie latter three. while the work of
Billy D. and Malcolm was something
sensational in the way of harness rae
ing. 1t took four heats to decide ii,
and at no time were the winning and
second place horses a length apart
Billy ID. won the race, making 2:2Ois
as his best time, While 2:23 was the
slowest time made. Dick Kitchen sur
prised everybody and gave his best
performance of the season. BY the
use of a new bit he was kept from
breaking. and he paced Sc fast that It
was confidently predicted up to the last
heat hat he would win in the end
Ths management substituted the >. %
trot, which was On the card for to-
day. for the e:S5 not, scheduled for
yesterday. 1t afforded Inl1eno an op-
portunity CT showing such form as he
has not displayed this season. He was
wonderfully fast, and won the race
with the greatest ease, getting d marx
OF 2:24ia as his best time. Like the
pace, it took four heats TO determine
the race, but need not have taken hut
three had Brown. who drove Inkeno
in the first heat. driven him instead OF
holding him. After the first heat
Busby WAS put up behind Inkeno and
from that time on there was but one
horse in the race
The three-eighths mile dash was the
only running event. Ii was run for
blood, ana everything else there was
IN ii, and furnished good entertain
ment, and was won by Spider who
made the footing from the start The
race, not only afforded good sport. but
1t evidenced The fact that Salt Lake
people are partial TO running races.
Tor whereas the harness events had
been played but indifferently in the
pool box. there was q rush for the box
when the three-eighths dash was
called, but though a great many in
vested in the mutuals, none Of them
drew down any great amount for
nearly everyone bought Spider and
Spider won
The race came near ending disas-
trousiy for one of the riders. Young
Scott Reid. the lad who has given sev-
eral good exhibitions. was up on Quail
He rode a horn saddle which we.s bad
enough in itself but it was not prop
erly cinched. with the result that It
rolled and threw the boy. Happily. he
was not seriously hurt, but he had a
close cali.
The judges We're j. NJ. Moore. starter.
and r. Thompson, w. j. Carr and c.
G Moore. They We're eminently fair
and gave universal satisfaction.
THE EVENTS.
Rex Membrino was selling favori+e
when the first race started. The starr
ers were Trina .. A. Tom Mccoy he
hind; Rex Membrino. Frank Spicer.
and lnlSeno. Il. w. Brown. Irma d. A
drew the poll. Rex AIembrino second
place and InlNeno third. The horses
were slow Al getting away. and when
they did, Rex Membrino forged ahead
and took the poll on the first turn. He
was never headed from chat time, and
The horses held the same relative sposi
lions, inkeno travelling second and
Trina J.. a. third, travelling from one
10 two lengths apart till che home
stretch was reached. Then the whips
commenced TO drive, and a prettier
finish has rarely been seen. Rex Mem
brine finished first in 2:29 fat with
Inkeno half length behind and Irma
=. A. close upon inkeno's wheel.
1nkeno gave the crowd a surprise in
the second heat. Billy Busby had been
substituted for Brown, who had driven
unsatisfactory. and he was evidently
out for mark. for he drove his horse
.,rs l.
a perfect start as was ever seen. and
the horses were working easily as they
got away. Busby began driving i'm
mediately and had secured the poll
before the first turn was rounded
Dawn the back stretch lnlseno went at
? terrific gait. working like clockwork
and gaining at every step. lie went
Under the wire in the first half in 1:12
and was a dozen lengths ahead of the
other horses, who were being driven
furiously by Mccoy and Spicer 1t
was all unavailing. however for
1nkenO kept on increasing his lead till
the stretch was reached in the last
half Then Busby took him in just
enough to save the other horses the
flag. If it was d mark Busby was af-
ter. he get ii. fer the heat was won in
2:2sls-
PACING EVENT BEGINS.
The first heat Of the 2:21 pace was
sandwiched in after the second heat
of the % trot. 1t was one OF the pref
Tiesf heats imaginable. and was won
by Billy D., apparently with perfect
ease. The starters were Freddie r..
Tom Mccoy behind; Dick Kitchen. A.
Scott; Malcolm, Frank Spicer, and
Billy D., Brig Jensen.