The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-04

A GA4pISo AL " A1SISSll.
a 1air-sized crowd saw four good
races at the Agricultural park meet
yesterday afternoon, and at times there
was considerable enthusiasm. When
Paddy ran a quarter Of mile in 2S14
seconds, beating out Dina Watts and
Lou watkins, the fast short distance
horses, there was wild enthusiasm. 1t
is believed that the time was better
than that given out by the judges, for
several watches made it half second
faster
The crowd did not begin to come
until late in the afternoon. and There
We're so few persons at , o'clock that
there was no betting and the first
event did not take place until after )
OF x. But this practice Will not be
continued. Today the races viii begin
at o'clock sharp.
The 2;50 pace and trot for purse of
S125 was a walkaway for a compare
lively unknown horse, Ed Losses Jack
L. of Provo. The book made on the
first heat showed Jack L. the faVorite.
The horsemen evidently knew what ne
could do, but the public was beWildered
by the betting. Two to one was offered
that Logan would not win, 3 to l
against Bodine, , to l against Wirey
Joe, to against Jack L., to l
against Cyclone, and even money on
the field.
Jack L. Wins Easily.
AS was expected. Wirey Joe broke
and ruined his chances of taking the
heat. He went to pieces at the first
turn and Jack L. took the lead, fol-
lowed by Bodine and Logan. Jack L.
held his place around the track twice
and took the heat by two lengths, with
Bodine second and Logan third. Wirey
Joe never recovered from his first break
and Cyclone was a lobster both of
them were distanced. The time was
2:3lA.
Jack L. had won so handily, his
driver, John Lewis, having held him
back, that he was hot favorite at l
To s. There was 3 to 1 laid against
Logan by Bookmaker Maley, and 10
] against Bodine. Again Jack L. shot
out at the first turn, with Bodine sec
ond and Logan trailing on behind. He
took the beat by three lengths over
Bodine. with Logan that distance far
cher back, in 2:31.
Six TO one was laid against Logan
and 4 to ! against Bodine for the next
heat with ] to s against Jack i. He
took the third heat with as much ease
as the others. II became evident that
the other horses We're not in his class.
The time was 2:32sz.
There were five entries for the FIVE
and one-half furlong dash, but only
three starters, Know Me, Jersey Maid
and Naomi 3. In the book there was
to i laid against Know Me, l TO 3
against jersey Maid and even money
on Naomi. The Maid took the race in
a gallop. She and Know Ne started off
.
lengths behind, and she pulled out
ahead without difficulty, keeping her
position around the track and winning
with ease three lengths over Know Ne,
with Naomi b. two lengths farther be-
hind. The time was l:lS.
In the half mile dash, Bill Howard,
ridden by Dingley, was, Of course, the
favorite. There were six entries, but
only four of them started, and there
was laid against the horses by Book
maker Malev: Bill Howard, even
money: Nellie Smith. > 10 1; La Belle,
to l. and Lookout, to
Bill Towards Fine Race.
DingIey didn't get his horse off ahead
as is his custom. La Belle and Nellie
Smith led at the first turn, with Bill
Howard third and Lookout Struggling
behind. Ia Belle pulled out length
ahead OF Nellie Smith at the quarter
while Bill Howard was two lengths be-
hind But in the last half of the race
Bill Howard came up rapidly and,
passing La Belle in the last turn to the
stretch came laundering down to the
wire at mighty rate Of speed. He Won
by a length over La Belle, with Nellie
Smith third. two lengths behind.
The fourth race, which was to have
been three-fourths of a mile dash,
was called off because there were only
three starters. bat the fifth race, a
quarter-mile dash, fully made up for
81 in public interest. There We're Dina
Watts. who sold in the book TO 5;
Lou Watkins, to >; Bluesign, 8 to l;
Sinner. to /. and Paddy, to s. 1t
looked like q race between Lou Wat
kins and Dina Watts. but so many
.horsemen7 came in to get on Paddy that
the book gradually marked him down
till only / to was offered against him.
a large amount of money had gone into
the box at to and to .. The horse
men knew what they were doing.
Paddy Wins the Quarter.
Paddy won with apparent ease. At
the start Lou Watkins got off first with
Paddy second and Dina Watts third.
Paddy jumped out ahead like a shet
and before anyone realized what had
happened he was five lengths in adj
vance Then Dina Watts came up and
Sinner strung out behind, fighting for
the fifth place. Paddy came down the
stretch with his lead. which Dina
Watts could not overcome, and he won
handily by three lengths. With Lou
Watkins half length behind the mare.
The time was said to be 23l2 seconds
by the judges.
The Summary.
The summary of the races yesterday
is as follows:
one mile, pace and trot. best three
heats in five purse S125-First heat,
Entries, Ed Loose's Jack l., ch. &.
John Lewis, first; Rich's Bodine. b. g.
(2iley Kent. second; Ed Harris Lo-
gan, b. &. Crom McCoy). third. and
Why Joe and Cyclone or Plain c., dis
tanced. Time-2:S1. Second heat Jack
L. first Bodine second, Logan third.
Time-2:3ll5 Third heat Jack L.
first. Bodine second and Logan third.
Time-2 32sL.
Five and one-half furlongs. purse
S10O-Enuies. j. McDowell's Jersey
Maid, br m. weight 100 Harry Nc
DowelD, first; II. Bencus Know Me.
b. m, weight l09 Drank Dixon, sec
ond: John Lewis Naomi B.. b. f,