The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-25
Nearly 5000 People Went to CAL
der's Park Yesterday.
SOME DISSATISFACTION
CROWD DID NOT LIKE DECISIONS
IN SOME RACES.
Hal Corbett Defeated Iris In the
Half-mile Race, But Needed Five
Heats to Do It-Logan Won the
Special Trot and Pace-0ther
Races of the Day.

An immense throng took in Calder $
park yesterday crowd which was
variously estimated at from 1000 to 5000
people-and the shaded retreats, lake,
refreshment booths, race track and
dancing pavilion were all alive with
people bent on getting as much COM
fort. fun and recreation from the days
outing as possible.
The principal feature of the days
amusement were the horse races, and
while there was some dissatisfaction at
the decision of the judges, the sport was
greatly enjoyed.
Betting was light, and the bulk of
money which found its way into the
pool boxes was taken down by the tall
ent. Heats We're sandwiched where
possible and no long waits were suf-
fereG- M
The judges stand was occupied by
H. II. Smith, John Bransford and VIII
Jenkins, the former acting as starter.
The first race called was the half mile
pace, best three in five, for a purse of
$50, contested for by Ezra Thomp
sons Iris and DR.. ]. B. Keysor's Hal
Corbett. 1t proved to be the prettiest
race of the day, some of the heats be-
ing so close that people in the grand
stand rose en- masSe to witness the two
magnificent animals fly through the
stretch to the wire. Hal Corbett won
the race, but had to go five heats to
do it. The fastest heat was the third,
won by Corbett in 1:061a.
The next event was the special trot
and pace. mile heats. best three in five,
for a purse of 500. Emma Foote, Ted
dy S, Sailor and Logan We're the start
ers. The latter horse, driven by Tom
Mccoy had a walkaway, winning the
race in three straight heats. In the
first heat Teddy S. was dstanced, in the
second Sailor got the same dose, leav-
ing Emma Foote, little chestnut mare
owned by Ed Johnson. to make the final
stand against Logan. Mccoy came
within an ace of losing the /sat, for it
was only by the hardest driving mag
Unable in the stretch that he kept the
nervy little chestnut from poking her
nose under the wire first. Little money
changed hands on the race.
One-miIe Match.
Then came the one-mile match, best
three in five, for $50 corner, between
Freddie X. of McCoy's stables, E. G.
Hines Windsplitter and Holt Bros.
Wiry Joe, the latter being a prime ia
vOrite early in the race, while Freddie
K. the winner, was not considered in
it at ALL
The three-eighths mile dash for a
purse OF 800 was represented on the
programme with six entries; five horses
started. and the distance was made in
thirty seconds. Creeper won first and
Rajah second money.
Flying Dutchman, a horse owned by
a reservation Indian, and Flambel-
letta. ran a half-mile to decide which
of their owners should pull down the
800 wagered on the match. The Dutch
man won handily. and the Indian
grunted his satisfaction.
The afternoons sport was brought
to an end by the judges calling up
Ezra Thompson's Ben Bolt and Nc
Coy's Miss Remson for the mile dash,
purse 500. 1t was a hot race from
start to finish. and considerable money
hands, Ben Bolt being the ia
vorite. The horses got away after one
false start. Miss Remson having nearly
half a length the best of ii. There
was hardly a moment in the whole
race when one blanket could not have
been thrown over both horses, and
when they came under the wire at the
finish Miss Remsop led by a short neck.
Everybody thought she had won, and
the announcement that Ben Bolt had
been awarded the race caused no end
of dissatisfaction. 1t was said that
horse had been .fouled both
Just before and after entering the
stretch. and some proclaimed that the
same thing had happened to Miss Rem
son. However. things quoted down,
the judges decision went and Ben
Bolts owner got the dough.