The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
What the Horses Are Doing at CAL
der'S Park.
PREPARING FOR RACES
TRACK IS NOW IN SPLENDID
SHAPE.
Everything Gives Promise of Sue
cessful Meet On Decoration Day
Horsemen Will Be Out In Force
Today = Horses Coming From
Keogh's Ranch and Brigham City.


shape. The rain necessarily put q
temporary stop to speeding. but the
ultimate effect will be to place the
course in even a better condition than
before. A force of men has been al
work making the necessary repairs and
doing what is needed to keep things
permanently prepared for working out
the horses. The track is sprinl1led
every night, and the horsemen fully
appreciate this convenience.
There are now over twenty horses
stabbed at the park, and many more
will be sent down this week The boys
have been keeping things going pretty
| lively, and every fine day sees the
track almost continually in use.
Several impromptu races have served
to break the monotony of the trainers
life, and incidentally TO give forecast
of what may be expected on Decora-
| ton day. Enthusiastic support, not
! only from local. but to a great extent
from outside people, is being mani
tested, and the promoters of the races
to be held on the Goth have every rea-
son to feel that their efforts will result
in meet which will be successful, both
from a sporting and financial stand
point.
Today being Sunday. the horsemen
will turn out en- masse and make the
wheels fly in the direction of the park.
1t is rumored that an interesting race
may be pulled off this morning. in
which Wiry Joe, Windsplitter, Fred
die K and Jupiter are said to be slated
as participants. If so. there will be a
warm time at the track.
Black Cloud did the mile last Thurs
day in 2:31. Wiry Joe and Windsplit-
ter were not far behind at a 2:33 gait
There was pretty mixup one day
during the week, in which Miss Ram
son and Ben Bolt got together and ran
an exciting heat Ben Bolt won in
1:o41a. with Miss Ransom only a half
length behind.
Hal Corbett made a fine showing on
Thursday morning, turning off a mile
in 2:30. The last half was done in 1:09.
Two minutes and twenty-eight sec
onds is the eait Iris took at a trial
speed on Thursday
Spider, owned by Tom Harvey, and
Rajah, owned b. Billy Woods, will be
entered in the Decoration day races.
These are the horses which figured in
the recent race at Eureka
B. C. Fox will enter his horse, Cap
Haines, with a record of 2:31.
Alta did a mile last Thursday in
2:3212.
r. Mckenzie has bought brand-new
Chaffee sulkey, which Tombstone will
handle at the races.
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mile in 1882 on Wednesday morning.
Trainer Dickey will bring down three
runners during the week from Keogh's
ranch. They will appear at the meet.
On Thursday last Troublesome was
taken out for a trial, and finished the
three-eighths in :3S15. Nina Watts
came around in :39, and Lord Mortimer,
]. C. Lynch's runner, did mile in
1:41.
On or about the 25th of the month
Riley Kent will come down from Brig
ham City with three head, which will
be entered for the coming meet.
Charles Dufn has entered his Wa
satch Monarch, with a record of 2:3O, 1
in the free-for-all trot.
Charley Wright has a running colt. |
which is now doing some good work !
at the track.
Adelaide Complete. owned by Hilton, |
will be among the entries for the three |
w. H. Simmons bought a green PAGER |
last Sunday, which he held for few |
days and disposed of to A F.. Day for
a handsome sum.
Erma B has become the property of |
Bender. She has a record of 2:3415. |
and viii probably be seen in the races
on Decoration day.
J. Ellerbeck drove Angus NJ mile in
2:33 last Thursday.
Jupiter's trial speed this week was
2:31. Freddie K did the turn in 2:351h.
Erma d A and Remac turned out on
Thursday and made pretty showings,
the former going in 2:231z, the latter
in 2:24.