The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-28

second. while SysonbV. from the stable OF
James r. Keene and bred in Europe, fin
ished third Tim Kenney-s entry-Syson-
by and Wild Mint-was favorite in the
betting at 70 10 90. but was not heavils-
backed. in view Of the short price Tho
Duryea entry received the bulk of public
wagers at TO 2 Tradition also was
heavily played at the good odds of 4 to
for the place. The time made was the
fastest on record for the stake over the
fun six furlongs. the distance for the
race since 1862.
Society Was There.
A chilly wind during the morning gave
way after the noon hour to bright sun
shine and every inch OF space in the
dOuble-decked grand stand was crowded
VOtaries % society came back from the
mountain and seasl1ore to witness the
struggle for the Futurity. When the can
didates Daraded past the grand stand to
the most the excitement was intense In
the betting ring the struggle OF WOuid-De
PLAYERS had for half hour preceding
the bugle call been terrific. Men tram
pied upon one another IN a wild Struegte
10 secure the best odds on their favor
ties. Mr.. Keenes entry. which had
opened AZ 4 20 :. was backed down until
IS to 20 was the best price obtainabie-
Not a great deal Of money was required,
however 20 force the price. because ever
boOkmaker in the ring openly EXPRESSED
the belief that Sysonby would win IN a
gallop He had defeated his fields in pre-
vious races 50 fmDressively that there
seemed little probability Of his falling to
do so again Artful. from the Duryea
stable had thirteen pounds the advan-
taEe OF her. not having won PREVIOUSLY
with Fildebrand to ride her the entry
received as second choice the bulk Of the
Lined Up to Start.
4 few minutes after the horses were
lined up for the start The course was
almost a straight run Of six furlOngs. and
directly toward the stand. and Tor that
reason lacked much of the spectacular
effect Of contests on the main track.
There was a DELAY at the post owing &c
the size of the field. but after a few mo-
ments Starter Fitzgerald lined the Z-year-
0lds ID and sent them away SysohoN'
with Redfern I'D, was on ms toes aS tI!e
barrier snapped. and got the rail ART
fuI got awSv second and raced head ana
head with SysOnbv for three-eighths or
> mile Tanya and Tradition we're third
and fourth. and the other twelve were
hs4ncbed behind them Redfer nseemed
to have the race at his mercy but the
light weighted Artful never .ost an men,
and IS thew rushed past the haIf-nlle
most Svs0nbv began to tire Hfdebrand.
dl1ic< TO- see his advantage. began. %
hand-ride the fleet fily- linen pN men
he crawIed up. and as they dasned py
the five-furIong pole he was tapping Sy-
sonbys saddle.
Greeted With Shouts.
A great shout rang out as me ., racers o5.rs
tore down the brown stretch ofthe diTt
toward the finish and 1t was plain 10
10 eeen that the great son Of Melton
and OUtimo was beaten IanNa- VINO
tradition. and Lyme, on the latter.
worked like a demon in the last seventy
wards and succeeded In catching Syson-
ny. Artful IN that distance had gone
away at every jump. Passing under the
wire she was five lengths in front Of
Tradition. and the latter was a short
head IN front of Sysonby- Tanya was
four lengths away in the fourth place,
while the others we're strung out, hope
Todav's race. while not as rich by
many thousands of dollars as some Of
the preceding ones, was worth total
of ss4 go. divided as follows:
To the winner. $4,000. to the second.
s4911. 10 the third. $20S3- TO the nomi-
uator OF the winner ESTATE Of William
G Whitney,. 5000. to the nOminatOr Of
the second horse D. 2. HGEgin), $3.50;
70 the nominator Of the third horse,
Summary Of the Day.
First race, the Inaugural steeplechase.
about two nileS-Caller Won, Bonfire
second. Fox Hunter third. Time-4:09.
Second race, five and one-half fuTlOngs
-Tramotor Won. Gtipiu second, Work
man third Time-1-07.
Third race. the Fall handicap. six fur
IOnEs-HambuTg Belle won. Alan a Dale
second, Collector Jessup third. Time
Fourth race, Futurity, for 2-year-olds.
Sl0o00 added. in gross value 81 90, SIX
furiOugs. 119 original nOminations-Art-
ful, ia, CHildebrand). 5 to ?, won by five
lengths; Tradition. III. Lyne)- u TO 1,
second by a head; Sysonby. 127, CRed-
fern, IS 10 20, third. Time-1:1 As. Tanya.
Councilman. Agile. Belle Strome. Wild
Mint. GlorIfieF, Hot Shot. Oyssau. Jack
I.ory, WOOdsaw, Chrysitis. Bedouin and
Rose OF Dawn finished in the order
named, Artful. Tanya and Rose OF
Dawn we're coupled as the Duryea en-
try Tradition and Woodsaw as the Paget
entryx SySonbg and Wild Mint as the
keene entry. and Hot Shot and Coun-
Gilman as the entry Of John E Mad
Gesl-
Fifth race, mile-High chancellor won.
Dimple second. Dekaber third. Time
1.sD
Sixth race selling. mile and sixteenth
on turf-Oriy II won. Elliott second
Elammuia third. Time-1:46 49,
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