Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-08
ANIMAL MAY RACES.


event looked forward to by the Whole
of the racing fraternity OF England. II
is usually marked By the breaking OF
records, and by the attendance Of rep
resentatlyes OF the arst0cracy and mo-
bility This year the race days were
May ~, 20 and 81. and each day saw a
crowd OF from 10000 10 1000 gathered
on the NnaVesmere, q large green plat
near the town, with Il two-mile circular
track Several sporting clubs have
their own club houses and grand stands,
erected IN line just behind the judges
stand and announcement platform.
These were crowded with the upper
classes" The ladies We're especially
wen dressed. hundreds of them appear
ing in the latest styles Of most fashion
able and expensive costumes These Ia.
dies and gentlemen" Tor 1t must be
remembered II Is only the Weather
classes who are honOred with such des-
lgnatlons) I'm all their finery, offered d
severe contrast to the thousands Of
common folks who jos,ed each other
10 the free enclosure inside the track
This free space is very large, extend
ing along the course Tor about a quar-
ter of a mile, opposite the grand stand.
IL was crowded with a mass OF human
ty, eagerly craning their necks to see
the finish Of each race.
All the events were running races. and
OF course the best blooded race horses
were entered The excitement was
high. There were dozens OF "bookies, ="
poolers | believe they art called IN
America, booking bets. aud among the
crowd were retired jockeys spelling
themselves hoarse In efforts to sell
tips" on the races each pretending to
know every horse and their capabilities.
These tips are printed on cards and
sold Just before each event at from
three-pence 10 shilling each.
with books and money placed for
show,
Like nesteggs to make clients laY
Ana for his false opinions pay
The fever OF chance runs just as
high here as ! imagine Il does In Amer.
ica on this occasion poor working men
,asery roured their hard earned money
into the Golfers Of the clever gamblers.
Soldiers. sailors, laborers. clerks. bust.
ness men. rich men. poor men beggars
snd thleye9 reputable and dlsreputable
an betting. aud all apparently against
he sure thing men. who have never
H.t been beaten az their own game One
writer has said How hard theif lot
Mo neither won nor lost
There would be fewer heart aches II
Die gambling evil were eXpunged from
therwse harmless pasiimes thou
uds Of homes could Doe blessed with
fe means thus stupidity sQuandered
caiterod about tie grounds were re-
cshment stands Of various kinds, ana
lIOugh the crowd passed "a stream of
anny candy sellers and fruit vendors.
blind. limbless and otherwise crippled
creatures working upon the symp0tnic.
VI the multitude. ana everywhere the
ok.r was catching DE unWary with his
clever tricks Of giving something for
nothing
Doubtless the pleasure Is as great Of
being cheated as ,o cheat
think England eva an the nations
in consumption oi intoxicating liquors..
was slckencd hy the sight Of so many
drunken men. women boys and girls
This state of drunken depravity was
MOT confined 20 the penny "pinter
Ither. hut was also painfully apparent
among the gentry whose wealth al
lowed them TO satisfy their Appetite
with champagne and other expensive
wines. The poor man who created a
disturbance was quickly arrested by the
police. While the fich ones who acted
bolstor5uxiy weie taken To their homes
In soft Cushioned cabs IL would be OF
little interest to recount the results Of