The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-31


present.
The track. which is half mile
around, was in splendid condition I
has lately been fixed up and fenced
round, and the grand stand put in good
shape, and the park and surroundings
| looked very refreshinging in their new
mantle of green.
Several things, however. happened
during the afternoon which consider
ably marred the success of the meet
| One of those was an accident which
happened TO Tom Mccoy, driver OF
Emma D. A, in the second race, the
2:24 trot, by which he sustained a dis
| located shoulder and some lesser in
| juries.
! Another element of discord was the
rulings of the judges, which in some in
| stances did not meet with the approval
| of a large number of those present,
whether rightly or wrongly is ques-
ton about which there is a diversity OF
opinion, but certain it is that some
very hard things were said about the
| judges, and frequently pointed ques-
tons, as Which horse have you got
your money on?" (which one do you
want to VIM" were directed to them.
A false start in the half-Inile dash
nearly precipitated a riot, and for a
while an angry mob surrounded the
judges stand, yelling and gesticulat-
ing, the majority wanting the race run
over again and the others insisting
that the start was all right, and that
Rajah, owned by ]. W. Wilson, the
only horse that went round the track
in the race, was the legitimate winner.
So turbulent became the mob that very
little was needed to have caused an at
tack on the judges stand. The judges
considered their decision far an hour
or more and then, at o'clock in the
evening, when the last race was finish
ed, announced that the half-mile dash
would be run again today. This. how
ever, didn't please the spectators, who
declared they had paid their money to
see the races and wanted them run ac-
cording to the card.
Betting was pretty lively all day,
and the booksellers did a big business
and made good deal of money, the
public getting the worst of it all round,
which may in part account for the bad
humor of the latter.
The judges claim their rulings were
strictly in accordance with the rules
of the American Trotting association.
THE FIRST RACE.
The first race was a 2:95 pace, for
purse of $3.50 best three out of five
heats. There were five entries, Emma
by c. G. Price; Windsplitter, owned by
E. C. Hines; Freddie X, owned by ].
B. Keysor, and A. Williams Dewey.
Windsplitter took the three heats
straight and won; time for each heat,
2:S7, 2:36 and 2:40. Freddy K. and
Dewey divided honors for second, third
and Emma D. was fourth. 1t was a
pretty race.
THE 2:24 TROT.
Over the second race the 2:24 trot,
best three out of five, there was heaps
Of trouble. There were only three en-
tries. WasaHch Monarch, owned by
Dufer, Rimac, owned by thompson and
Errna d. A. entered by Mccoy. 1t took
six heats to decide the race and Erma
D. A was declared the winner of the
purse of $500.
First heat-Rimac first, Erma D. A.
second, Wasatch Monarch third.
Second Heat-Wasatch Monarch
first, Rimac second, Erma D. A. third.
Third Heat-Rimac first, Wasatch
Monarch second, Erma d. A. third.
Fourth heat-Erma d. A. first. Wa
satch Monarch second, Rimac third.
Fifth Heat-Erma d. A. first, Wa
satch Monarch second, Rimac third.
Sixth Heat-Erma d. A. first, Wa
satch Monarch second, Rimac third.
Best time for each of the six heats
in order Of running: 2:22, 2:SO, 2:2S15,
2:30, 2:3o, 2:34.
JOCKEY MCCOY BADLY HURT.
1t was in the second heat of this race
that Tom Mccoy, who drove Erma d.
A, met with his accident. When about
half round the track on the first lap,
one of the wheels of the suiky broke,
the vehicle keeled over and the driver
was thrown off, but luckily got free of
the sulky. The mare broke into gal
lop and continued right on round the
track. In front of the grand stand the
sulky collided with the ratings. scat
tering the crowd and finally at the turn
ran square into the fence, when she
was stopped. The sulky was smashed |
to splinters, but the little mare was
unhurt.
Mccoy was somewhat stunned, but J
to roll off the track before !
anybody could reach him. Soon crowd ]
around him, and he was |
picked up and placed in Jacob II. Crit |
fms carriage and taken to the stables |
by the track and his injuries,-attended I
to by Drs. Hughes and Niles. 1t was |
found that his right shoulder was dis !
located and that rusty iron from |
some part of the sulky had penetrated |
the fleshy part of his leg, infiicting an |
ugly wound. He was made as COM |
Portable as possible and taken to his
nome. 1t is likely to be some time be-
lore he will be able to be around again.
Mrs Mccoy was on the track and
helped to attend TO her husband after
lis accident.
The heat was decided Wasatch Mon
lrch first. Rimac second, Erma D. A.
bird. The little mare was soon all
light again and entered the next heat
With GeoI ge Edwards as driver, and
inally won the race.
THE JUDGES CRITICISED.
In this race the ruling of the judges
vas criticised a good deal. In every
leat Rimac passed the wire first but
vas given third place in three of them
md second place in one, because of his
mixed gait. When leading he trotted
III right, but when behind some other
lorse would run or gallop, changing his
'ace frequently. He did that in the
rst heat, but was given first place and
hat when viewed in the light of the
ubsequent rulings of the judges was
What caused the disapproval of the
rowd. The judges. however, explained
his in an apparently satisfactory way
" reference to the rules Of the Ameri-
an Trotting association No. rs. They
Judges say no protest was entered on
he first heat and moreover it had not
hen appeared that Rimac was chronic
hanger of his gait. 1t afterwards de-
eloped that he was and protests be-
lg entered the judges were obliged to
ule as they did. After the first heat
hey called up Rimac's rider and warn
d him that he must drive on the
quare.
IRIS WINS.
The third race was 2:17 pace for a
urse of $500, best three out of five ,
eats.
Entries-Black Cloud. owned by G. {
awards; Iris, owned by E. Thompson. {
nd Minnie B., owned by J. Bennion.
Iris won three heats straight, Black