The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-06
Paddy Ran Three-eighths In Thirty
five Seconds.
RACE WAS DECLARED OFF
FOR BIG DUTcH's JOCKEY, BoYN
TON, PULLED HIM.
Crowd Demanded That Race Be Run
Over, and When Tt Was Done
Big Dutch Won With a New
Jockey On Board-Gentlemen's
Road Race Proved Fast


watches on the Agricultural Park track
yesterday was correct Paddy, the fast
short distance horse, beat all previous
records for three-eighths Of a mile ever
made in Utah and he came within one
second of the worlds record. Unfortu-
nately the race was 5obbed so that the
time made was not officially announced.
So raw was the work of Boynton, the
owner and rider Of Big Dutch, that the
judges called the race off and made the
horses start again. Big Dutch, Dina
Watts and Paddy, probably the fastest
short distance horses in the country,
We're entered for three-eighths of
mile dash. Had the race been run on
the merits of the horses it would have
been one of the most magnificent turf
events Of the year and the quarter
mile record Of "a seconds might have
bee't reached on this track, which is
at least a second slow.
Bookies We're On.
The booknakers had Paddy a favor
Ste at ! to 4, with Dutch and Dina
Watts even money. There was no le-
Ultimate reason for such betting, for
Dutch was the natural favorite, but
the race was fixed for Paddy to win.
Dina Watts was not considered worth
fixing.
At the start Paddy and Dina Watts
jumped TO the lead and Dutch was
length behind. On the first turn Dutch
came up within a length of them and
then fell back again. Paddy plunged
two lengths ahead Of Dina Watts and
Dutch was pulled behind her. As they
turned to the stretch he was three
lengths behind. Paddy was coming at
a magnificent gait and he won over
Dina by two lengths with Dutch three
lengths behind her Dutch had his
head pulled down with stiff martin
gales so that he could not stretch him
self. Considering the track Paddy has
practically beaten the three-eighths
record.
Crowd Indignant.
Run it Overt yelled the crowd Its
too rawi Take off the jockey! We are
not Ding to be robbed"
T ay continued to yell that it was a
fake and that it should be run over
with another jockey on Dutch
When the pandemcnium ceased so
the judges could speak they declared
all bets off and ordered the horses to
run again.
As evidence that the bookmakers
knew. the race was crooked they made
this book on the second run; Dutch,
3-5. Paddy evenBmoney and Dina Watts
6 to !. Here they made Dutch the ia
Vorite and placed Dina Watts down as
an impossibiity, where she had been
put at even money alongside of Dutch
before.
Shorty Evans Rides Dutch.
With Shorty Evans up Dutch got off
one half length behind Dina Watts,
with Paddy third. At the first turn
Dutch came up to Dina and Paddy fol-
lowed a length behind on the last turn
they We're strung out with Dutch lead
ing. Dina second and Paddy behind.
n
the stretch With his head out; he was
there TO win. He had the pole and
Dina tore down behind him on the out
side. Paddy came up with d mighty
stride and he slipped in and passed her
on the inside, but he couldn't reach
Dutch, who won by length and half.
Paddy was second by half length.
The time was 81 seconds, 2 seconds
slower than the first heat
That satisfied the crowd. But there
are few persons who care to risk any
more money on Dutch. This makes
the second time he has been pulled, ]
while every horseman believes he is the |
fastest short distance horse on the
track.
Road Race Fast.
There was better time made in the |
gentleman's road race yesterday than +,
in the pace and trot Of Wednesday. /
Tombstone, Jupiter. Rimac and Dick
Splint came out for the silver cup. but
the last two were not in the race from |
the start Of the first heat. Tombstone
and Jupiter were very close in the first !
heat, but Jupiter could not hold his |
feet. In the two following Tombstone |
took them without great difficulty Ri |
mac got third place The time was:
2:3i1b. 2:29l4 and 2:S2%.
In the one-haif mile dash Blue Sign |
took the money without difficulty. but
J. .f.,sv - sn1,l
When Nellie Smith came in she had a
piece torn out of her right fore leg. |
which Jockey Dickson claims was done
when he was put in a pocket by the !
other horses. Blue Sign sold to s. |
Nellie Smith , TO / and ] to for place. |
Lookout 3 to l and to for place,
Sinner 10 and ] TO for place.
Blue Sign Wins Easily.
Blue Sign led at the start, with Look |
out second and Nellie. Smith third. Blue |
Sign tore OF five lengths in the back /
stretch and kept his position all the /
way around, winning handily in 81 sec
onds. Lookout was second and Nellie |
Smith third.
March was made / to favorite in |
the fve-eighths mile dash at the COM |
mencement OF the betting. but the book |
changed many times. Even money was |
placed on Red Bird and Sea Queen.
and this was the first instance Of the !
meet where the fav0rite picked by the i
book failed to win. But the race was |
declared OFF. Jockey Davis on Red Bird |
complained that Sea Queen had run |
him into the bank alongside the track. /
There was much complaint among the /
bettOrs that the judges declared bets I
OF to save the book losses. The time |
made by Blue Sign was l:0S.
Bill Howard took the four and one /
half furlong dash. winning from Ber- i
nice and Riches. He was l to favor |
lite in the book, with Bernice to l and /
Riches 2 TO l. Howard had the race at I
the start, for he got away a length
ahead and held MS position around the
track, with Bernice second oy two |
lengths and Riches following.
The Summary.
The summary of the races. yesterday
is as follows:
Gentlema1's road race. one mile, best
three heats in FIVE, for silver sup valued
at $150-Entries. first heat: McKen-
zie's Tombstone, b. g., won; Keyson's
Jupiter, bi e.. second; ThompsoE's
Rimae, b. 5, third, and Riley Kent's
Dick Splint fourth; time, 2:3lis. Sec
ond heat: Tombstone first, Jupiter
second and Riniac third: time, 2:2ek.
Third heat: Tombstone first Jupiter
second, Rimac third; time, 2:33SI.
One-half mile dash, purse $l0O-Link-
endoTfer's Blue Sign. &. M. tBoynton), /
first; Flanders Lookout, bl g. (Cun-
rinIham), second; Doll Bros Nellie
Smith 8 M. (DfcksOn4, third, and SIM