The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-01
RACING AT CALDER'S.
MUCH TALK OF 5oBBERY AND
POOLS DECLARED OFF.
There Was Some Good Racing, How
ever, and There is Not Likely to
be ANY Trickery in the Future as
the Management Has Set its Face
Against it.


Old Sol mad hidden himself over the
mountains beyond the lake last even
ing when the races at Callers park
came to a close.
The attendance was not large, but
those who We're there expected TO see
one of the best races of the season in
the matched trot between Freddie r.,
Erma D. A. and Rex Membrino. Ii
was supposed This race would be on the
Square" and the pool box did rush
/ ing business, 4 great many were will
/ ling to chance their money on the re-
/ suit. Freddie r. and Rex Membrino
were the favorites, and before the race
was called betting went about even on
the animals.
There may not have been any job
berry" going on between some Of the
owners of the horses, but more than
one believed there was something up
between them, and even the judges
came to that conclusion when, in the
fifth heat, Tom Mccoy, the owner and
driver of Freddie B., and Scott, the
driver of Rex Membrino. allowed Harry
Dukes Erma D. A. to take the heat in
2:3O.
The judges declared it was plain
enough to them that Mccoy and Scott
had held their horses back in the last
half. on purpose, by some pre-arranged
understanding. The heat was given
to the horse passing under the wire
first. but all pools on the race were de-
clared off The decision seemed to give
general satisfaction, except 10 a few
who had risked little on Harry Dukes
animal
Evidences of bad faith were apparent
to the eyes of the judges in the half
10 I'd ,frp
In the repeat Charley Evans, the rider
Of Spider, ran his horse in the way of
Vivian VintOn, causing the latter to
fall and throw her rider, Shorty" Ev-
ans who miraculously escaped being
seriously hurt by being trampled, upon
bv the runners following.
The heat was declared off and Sam
Clark, the owner of Spider, came over
after the judges, overlooking with
wrath.
As result of the decision Clark re-
fused to allow his horse 10 go on the
track again.
1t is the intention Of the manage
ment of the park to allow nothing but
fair racing at Callers.
They realize that to get the crowds
desired the public must be protected
from any trickery of horsemen. 1t may
be that no unfairness was intended by
yesterdays incidents; however, the ac-
tons Of the judges in calling a halt to
what appeared to be such will possibly
be Of benefit in the future in the way
Of patronage.
SUMMARY OF THE RACES.
It took six heats to decide the match
race for a purse of $3.50. Freddie r. did
some very pretty trotting in the first
heat, and came out at the end an easy
winner
The other horses broke several times
and fell badly in the rear. If Herman
Cohn, who drove Harry Dukes horse,
had used his whip a little less, the ami
NAL would have no doubt kept her feet
better and given very pretty little
t-os.
Rex Membrino won the second, and
Freddie r. had to take second place
Rex broke once, but caught his footing
and came in at 2:25.
Freddie R. took first place in the
third in 2:2415. The betting at the pool
box was heavily on Rex Membrino, but
Mccoy took advantage of a break
made by Rex and came in ahead. Cohn
was too handy with his whip and had
trouble to keep Emma D. a. on her
ceet
Al Harris, the veteran horseman,
drove Emma d. A. in the fourth heat,
in place os Cohn. The little flyer did
nobly with her new driver. and trotted
the full mile without a break and came
near winning. She broke just as she
was approaching the wire. and Rex
dashed ahead and won. Time-2:27.
The fifth heat went to Erma d. A.
in 2:30, but Mccoy and Scott could
have won with their flyers had they
urged them on.