The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-07
Che Curt.
GOOD DAY At RACES
Close Finishes and Fast Time the
Rule.
NO MORE JoBBING-
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MANAGEMENT PUTS A STOP TO
SUCH WORK.
MORE JOBBING-
Dark Horse Takes Frss-for-all Pace
Red Bird Wins the "a Furlongs
Gold Bug Has Tt His Own Way
In the Three-quarters-Big Dutch
Gets Handicap.

A fair crowd was present at Agricul-
tural park yesterday afternoon to see
the racing. There were five events on
the programme; in most of them the
steeds ran so closely together as to
give general satisfaction, and one or
two finishes stirred the crowd up to a
pitch of enthusiasm. To the credit of
the management let it be said there
was a pleasurable absence of jobbery
seen at one or two previous meets.
The first event was a freefor-all
pace, the first two heats of which were
won by Wirey Joe, with Julia A. hit
ting the wind right back of the yellow
nag. The third heat saw another close
run, American Fleet, hitherto third
and fourth place contestant, succeed
ing in stepping up to the lead, with
Julia A. second Logan third and Wi
rey Joe the last one in the line Julia
a. won the fourth heat She had a
tussle with Logan at the. half and it
looked as though he would pull in first
but American Fleet slowly crept up,
and they came down the stretch with
the latter nag second by only a nose
Cyclone and Wirey Joe were distanced
and Logan not having won heat in
three was disqualified. American Fleet
led by a length throughout the last
heat. The time was: First heat, 2:3315
second heat, 1854; third heat, 2:331a;
fourth heat, 2:S214; fifth heat, 2:S2A.
Bluesign's Antics.
Red Bird and Lou Watkins were
played as 1 to A favorites in the four
and one-half furlongs. Jersey Maid
had 20 to 1 against her. and Bluesign
stood / to 2. The latter cut UP con-
siderably before the race, showing her
heels into the air with startling agil-
ity, and it looked as though she had
had three fingers or SO applied to her
as an inducement, but be that as it
may, she cut no considerable figure in
the race. Lou Watkins took the lead
and held it with Bluesign second and
Red Bird third, until they arrived at
the stretch, when Red Bird was seen
to make pretty leap and fell into
third place. in which order the nags
Numbered down to the stand, Red Bird
winning by such short lead that the
crowd hung with expectancy on the
judges decision. The time was 0:57.
A three-eighths mile dash was the
third event, Riches, Lookout, Bernice
and Linville being the entries Look
out on the pole took the lead at once
and wouldn't surrender it, although
Bernice Rugged the sorrel's heels clear
down the last stretch and tried hard
to get first place. Riches followed a
couple of lengths behind and Linville
fourth. The race was run in fifty-nine
seconds. Bernice was favorite at :
to ., Lookout had to and the pools
showed to for Riches and Linville.
Know Me Pocketed.
Know Me, Miss Remson. and Gold
Bug appeared for the three-fourths
of mile dash. Know Me was put in a
pocket by the willy Gold Bug, with
Dingley on board, at the very start,
from which she was not able to extri-
cate herself. Gold Bug won by length.
with Miss Remson two lengths and a
half behind. The pools stood the win
ner off at even money, with Remson
going at TO l. The time was 1904.
The last event was the one-half mile
handicap. Big Dutch carried 122
pounds, Paddy and Red Bird being
loaded with a hundred each March
did not appear. Dutch, with Boynton
riding, showed his heels to the rest of
them around the first turn, where
Paddy caught him and it was an even
go between these two down to the last
stage. At this juncture Davis on Red
Bird, had an idea, and gave his mount
a few touches that sent him into sec
ond place On the stretch. Paddy could
not cover the lost ground and finished
third, a length separating them there.
The time was 0:51.
The Summary.
Free-for-all pace, best three in five.
purse $l00-Charles McCoy's American