The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-08

horse that trots with his front feet
willie his hind pedal eXtremtics vera
doing stunt that would make McChes-
ney turn green with envy; several fin
ishes on the sensational order. and Hal
Browns debut into the ranks of the
Jockeys were the features Of yesterday
lair race meeting. And as if this was
not enough excitement for one day,
fractions horse tied TO a telegraph pole
i'm the middle OF the track broke from
his mornings just as the last race came
under the wire, and dashed among the
carriages on the inside of the track. up
setting and smashing two dumping the
occupants all over the ground. and scar
ing one boy so badly that he jumped in
front Of the finishing field of runners
and was sent SPRAYING through space
without damage to himself or the horse.
All Of this was pulled off with only the
one charge of admission.
Wyoming Horse is a Novelty.
over i'm Wyoming there is a town called
Cheyenne. 1t is the home of a horse
named Orontea. and this creature has
combination gait. a sort of cross fire be-
tween a trot and a Derbywinning run;
that is. the front part Of the animal trots
while the rear end runs, and this COM
bination was the source of much trouble
for the drivers and judges yesterday. In
the free-for-all trot. Orontea and DR..
Frasee were the whole show. the latter
animal finally winning out in spite of the
new system of speeding exported from
Wyoming. The first heat was taken by
the half-and- half horse in one of the
hardest finishes of the week. The judges
thought about the gait for a long time
but finally gave the heat TO Orontea. The
second was the same. In the third Df.
Frasee landed first and the Wyoming
animal came in second. but he was given
last by the judges because the hind part
of the animal worked overtime in this
heat. Dr. Frasee took the next two
heats. with that Wyoming animal fight
ing it out with him at the wire in each
heat. In fact. Orontea made it so close
that Owner Richards asked the judges
for protection. saving he was afraid
Orontea would run over his driver.
Hal Brown Makes Hit.
tt was in the second heat Of this race
that Hal Brown circled the track astride
OF Jeff and not only saved his neck, but
afforded much amusement for the crowd.
As the field came down the stretch on
che first lap Brown in the midst Of the
bunch broke one Of his driving lines.
With remarkable presence of mind
Brown 5umped on the horses back, held
rim straight and came on with the field.
slight swerve by the horse at this
time would have resulted in a bad mix
mp. Brown. without the aid of reins,
was unable 10 check the speed OF the
horse but held him 10 position on the
nole until the finish of the race. AS he
dismounted he was cheered by the thou
sands Of spectators.
The special race was easy picking for
Sara who won IN three straight heats.
May r started out like winner in the
first heat and held a lead OF several
lengths for three-quarters Of the dis
lance Then she blew up and came In a
bad second. The old gray mare was SC
worn out that she was finally distanceo
in the last heat, which. by the way, IS
the first time this week a horse has been
thrown out by the flag.
Argots win over SissenYine in the
three quarters dash was surprise and
Il looked as if there was an ArgOt-HoneSl
John combination out against him. Al
any rate. Sissenvine was crowded out
of second place on the first turn and
pocketed in this position on the last turn
by this combination