The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-31
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GOOD RACING At CALDER'S
TOMBSTONE, AMERICAN FLEET
AND BEN BOLT WINNERS.
Motor Tandem Too Speedy For Miss
Remson-Jockey Evans is Fined
Other Sporting News.

A great day was enjoyed by the 1900
or more lovers of horse racing. who
attended the opening meeting at Cal
der's Park Racing association track
yesterday afternoon. The programme
was carried out to the apparent salts
faction of all, the fairness and bust
ness-like methods pursued by the
judges, Messrs. James Moore, Thomas
Harris and Hal w. Brown, the latter
as starter, being particularly COM
mendable.
The pool box did very poor bust
ness, the sporting fraternity confirming
their wagers almost exclusively to per-
sonal bets On the five-eighths dash
pools to the amount Of about Sis were
Soda larger sum than was recorded
on any other eVent-and the specula-
tors failed to get action on that on
account of all bets on the event being
declared Off
The best kind of order was main
tanned, and Charley Lang distinguished
himself in keeping the stretch clear
of the crowd.
All heat races were sandwiched and
keen interest was taken in the half
mile race between IveT Lawson and j.
NJ. Chapman on a motor tandem
against Miss Remson, the fleet running
mare handled by Mayor Thompson
last season.
An event not down on the card, but
which caught the great crowd, was the
exhibition half-mile run which Joseph
Silver made with his automobile With
a heavy man on the seat with him, he
covered the distance in 1:0615, and was
greeted with appreciative applause.
The match race for $3.50 a side be-
tween r. McKensies Tombstone and
j. B. Keyser's Jupiter, mile heats,
three in five. was won by the former in
three straight heats. the betting being
at about even money on first heat and
at two to one after that. it being easy
to see that Tombstone was the speedieT
animal.
The second event was the $3.50 trot
and pace, best three in five, with Tom
McCOy's American Fleet, Julia A. and
Adlade Complete as contestants. Julia
A. sold a favorite in the POOLS but no
great amount of money changed hands.
1t proved the most stubbornly-foug
race of the day, the whole five heats
being necessary to determine the win
ner. Julia A. took the first heat in
2:31A, with Fleet only a length be-
hind. In the next heat the nervy little
animal broke before making the last
turn for the stretch and went back to
third place, Fleet winning handily in
2:29A. Julia A won the third in 2:30A,
but after that it was impossible for
her to go the mile without a break and
Fleet took the fourth and fifth heats
in the splendid time of 2.26A and 2:25.
The five-eighths dash for a 500 purse,
between Murray & Riley's Gold Bug,
Sam Clark's Lymille and Tom McCOy's
Ben Bolt, created all kinds of excite
ment, as considerable money was up
on the event, both in and out of the
pool box The horses were slow in
making their appearance and the
judges fined the riders of Ben Bolt and
Lymille 81 each, and Gold Bugs rider
IS. for hardness. Contrary to all ez-
pectations, the horses got away on a
quite even start after one or two
breaks, and came flying down the
stretch at a clip which made the oc-
cupants of the grand stand rise in their
seats and shout.
When they came under the wire Gold
Bug was a full open length in the lead
Of Ben Bolt, with Lymille two or three
lengths behind. After the start and
just before the grand stand was
reached, ii was seen that the jockey
on Gold Bug, who was nearly a length
in advance Of the pole horse. Ben Bolt,
was .crowding in such way that the
latter had no chance to gain the lead
This was kept up clear round the turn
to the back stretch, and when the race
was hnished Starter Brown announced
that the race had been given to Ben
Bolt who finished second, Shorty Ev-
ans was fined SIS for crOwding and all
bets We're declared off.
The one-mile open, professional BIZ
cycle race, with eight starters, and
four prizes, ranging from $25 down to
s., was won by Iver Lawson first, J.
NJ. Chapman second, Glenn Turville
third and o. E. Emery fourth. The
time made was 2:3S1a.
The half-mile race between the motor
tandem team and Miss Remson was a
pretty exhibition, and considera BILE
money changed hands on the result, the
horse being the favorite. A beautiful
start was made and Miss RemsOn
chung to the noisy machine without the
least exhibition of fear, and though
she was beaten by "a seconds, she
made the half mile in the best time
she ever did on the Calder track, name
ly, 50 seconds. The tandem record was
Az seconds.
Summary.