Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-01
HORSE RACES DREW
A LARGE CROWD
First Days NJ ct at State Fair
Was a Success,
HAIR RAISING FINISHES.
Spacious Grand stand Was Packed
with Yelling Jubiisnt Humanity
fully 5000 Persons Present.

II any person In this part Of the
country doubts that horse racing Is one
Of the most popular of all sports with
the Salt Lake public that person should
have been present at Agricultural park
yesterday afternoon during the first
days program Of the fair meet, and
then he should go tomorrow and Wit
hess the second days program. II Is
estimated that fully 5000 people were
on the grounds at the track yesterday
afternoon. The spacious grandstand
which enoircles the half mile track
from the quarter pole on the back
stretch TO the eighth pole was simply
packed with enthusiastic, yelling, jubi-
liant humanity. and during the numer-
Gus hair raising finishes their cries OF
JOY were almost deatening. Besides the
grandstand being crowded, hundreds
iiocked around outside the track and
rnany secured reserved seats in tree
tops and on telegraph poles. During
the tedious waits that occurred, that
big concourse Of people waited patient
ly and remained for the finish
The only expressions of dissatisfac-
lion heard was over the otliclousness
Of Capt. Paul. chief OF police and some
hing or other at the races The cap
tain apparently thought everything on
and about the track was his, but he ran
Up against a snag IN the person OF
Jimmy Rainer who drove Sarah Green.
That individual wanted TO file n pro-
test with the judges In the second heat
cf the 220 He started for the judges
stand when he was stopped by Paul
who informed Jimmy that he was out
tf order Jimmy wanted to know III
this IL an association track or an out.
law consarny' and he supplemented
that question with the assertion that II
want my rights and ! am going 10
Rave them Paul was little bit IN
doubt but some Of the horsemen In
formed the chief that he was in error
The sky then cleared and the program
continued.
The first event brought out four rat
Ting good heats II was the 2.40 and
The calculations of the wlseacres was
somewhat upset when Mary II, brought
home the money. tnes,sr was 'ne
.avor's put laiieu 70 holu n,s Ivy, q,
place. In the first heat the victor had
the lead all the way. The second heat
was a hair raiser The fight was be-
tween Mary II and Chester, The latter
made game struggle twice TO take the
lead and II looked good for him but az
the critical moment he went up In the
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a.. ~ he,t '"e VA ho rhos ~" sa.,,rnS lead
that n",,la az" not NE . n,,ercona sNN
~. Gnisb hat,,aen thesa two
sost o,,n,ala IN the fourth beot
w.s ~ the sansat,onal arder ches.
,sr hod tha nn,o ana la FOR tho
Nrst bais ,rban ,ha horse hro,re t,yice
Inst on ,ns,ant mn a. vyas lony enough
II viya MARY ~ Tho mole no ihev an
tsrsd tba s,ratcb rnm,ng down tho
Soms stretch chester was pnshed for
oil ne WAS worth and looked like the
xyin,er IN, pro,vn anniiad Inc ,vhin "a
tha i,tsle marc ond sba crossed unaer
tho wire n winner nv inches
THO o.oo nace ard ,rot brought tho
hest animals M Tho trocl, INT sarah
Green carried on tho Are, nrlze with
JuI,a A sacond Nnnrne Z third ana
Eleat someybere IN he distance "a the
resr There was On accident in the
second heat NJ the race hut fortunateIv
no one was Injured Iulla A swung
wide and collided with Munroe 5,
driver Who rolled onto tho track mona
fhe worse for Ma fan JulIa A stopped
hut Munroe 8 ran around tho track
with a broken silky. but was stopped
!, ali right The indyes gave second
and third 10 Munroe S and Julia A. |,
wag this decision that was protested
I hut the iudres womb no, allow II.
There WAS long wait before the
running race was on. bnt paul finally
turned the event over 10 Hal Brown
and the latter fined the Jockey of Abb
bic l. who was responsible for the de-
I Law. The runners made a nretty sight
as thew started out Molile AlIstott
Abbie 1 md Ola Tvmn were neck and
neck IN the first turn, As they came
down the stretch Abbie L. had about
10 win int hefors the w;ra ,,os reach '
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