The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-11

of him as they turned in he was stand
ing on the platform earnestly swinging
his lantern. But Ions before , o'clock
a brakeman put him on to the joke
and he retired.
A favorite joke played on new play
eTs, travelling on boats is to inveigie
them into asking the captain or purser
where the bowling alleys or billiard
rooms are. Captain Robbie declares
that a local newspaper scribe was made
TO bite at that joke and became quite
offended at q purser who grinned at
him and told him that 'Reubens were
not allowed TO play billiards on that
boat
Sir Thomas Upton is thinking of go
ing into the racing game and has Of
feTed r. s. Sewer, who owns what are
regarded as the best four Z-year-olds
in training in Overwhelmingly Scep-
te;. Duke. Of Westminster, Lavengro
and DOTchaTy-S30C,O 600 Tor the colts.
This is a record price. They are en-
tered in ali the classic races. Sewer IS
very modest and wants S10c, 600 more.
King Edward recently expressed sur
prise that Upton had not tried horse
racing, and this is Sir Thomas way Of
taking Q royal hint
Sam Clark has brought his string Of
horses UP from Calder's park and sta
bled them in the city, with the exCep-
ton of Lynnville, whom ne has turned
over to Ed Neff to race until Sept. I.
Ora c. viii be worked out on the road
and Sam viii make all the flyers go
some to beat the mare.
Fillies of royal breeding recently pur-
chased for w K Vanderbilt have been
turned over to T. c. Mcdowell to be
trained at Ashland. Ky. They will be
raced as E-year-olds. at the expiration
Of which time they viii be sent to Mr..
Nanderbilts breeding establishment in
France.
With the English racing season half
over three American stations are in
the first twenty that are responsible
for most Of the money thus far won
on the turf. DOminO's produce have
won $50. 600: Sir DiXOn's 1900. and
WatercTess' $4,000. William c. Whit
ney won five races and $4,000 at the
recent Ascot meeting, and was the
leading winning owner there.
Star Pointer. 1854, John r. Gentry.
2.0015, and Joe Patchen. 2:0fA, rival
PAGERS of q few years ago, have strong
pacing get on the circuit this year.
Schley Pointer, 2-1Slz, is the son Of Star
Pointe-- John H. winner at Windsor
in 2:141z, is the son of John r. Gentry,
and Dan Patch, Z-071a. is the remark
abblc son OF Joe Patchen-
Before Cresceus makes q mark of
two minutes, il viii be necessary for
him to increase his speed nearly one
foot @ second. In his mile in 2:025z
CresceuS stepped nearly fOrty-three
and One-fifth feet a second. To 90 a
mile in tVyO minutes he will have to lay
off fOrty-foUT feet every. second of the
time 1t isn't snap by any means for
a horse to better his speed at the rate
of a foot a second
George H. Ketchum. the owner of
Cresceus. king of the tTOtting turf, is
negotiating with Denver Tom Mulliga1
for the purchase Of Rather McGregOr.
sired by Robert McGregOT, who gave
ketcham's great stallion his supreme
speed It is not generally known that
Tom Mulligan's horse is a half brother
to Cresceus. because he has never been
worked over any track He was put in
the care Of Charlie Roberts over a year
ago. when he was broke, and since that
time Charlie has simply driven him On
the road. He is a purely gated trOtteT
and the local wise ones of the turf say
that he is destined to attain TO the en-
fnence of his half brother on the turf.
He has the strength necessary for the
wear and tear Of the track, and is al
ways ambitious in his work. He weighs
1 800 pounds. and is almost an exact
picture OF CTesceus-
Mr. Mulligan says he win not let him
go out Of his hands unless he receives
q good price. He says that he viii put
him in the hands OF a good trainer ear
ly in the spriIg and viii campaign him
next yeas-
Young Corbett has signed to meet
Artie Simms the latter part of this
month, and the latest report is that
Terry McGovern viii give the Denver
lad a go this fall.
Bonnie Wilt. who is matched to box
Jack Christy in this city when the sea
son opens. and his sparring partner
Jack Mcdonald, arrived in Butte last
week They were very successful in
giving exhibitions on the way, and
Wilt writes that the Butte arena is an
ideal place TO pull off prize fights. Busi-
ness is brisk there, and he already has
several matches arranged.
Another fighting club is in the pro-
cess Of organization in Denver. COM
posed Of some of the most reliable
business men in that city.
Tommy Ryan viii assist Johnny Cor
bett in training Young Corbett for his
contest with Dixon. Incidentally Ryan
viii also train for his coming battle
with Nose La Fontise IN Butte, Mont.
George LAWYER. the Irish Giant, "
wants a go at Gus Rubin. or at least
says ne does He disturbed the quiet
of Spokane last Friday by issuing q
challenge to fight the Akron Giant
for a side bet of $1,000 and the best
purse obtainable, the fight to take
place before any reputable club in the
country. LAWYER is quoted as saying.
Rubin got a decision over me at
Denver when I knew less about the
game than I do at the present time.
and when ] was Weighing only 10
pounds, whereas now I ara heavier and
would fight at 1885,
"It was my intention to cover Fred
Russell's money with the Seattle Times,
but Denver Ed Martin got in ahead of
me.
There is no reason why Rubin and
myself cannot come together. He has
no contract signed to meet anybody.
and the talk that Jeffries has signed
articles Of agreement with him for a
fight at Frisco is ali bluff
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