The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-09
ROBERT. / WINS
FREE FOR ALL
Blue Ribbon Race of Meeting
Goes 10 Chestnut Stallion.
HAD TO BREAK STATE RECORD
NOBLE SON OF HAMBLEToNIAN
WILKES WAS EQUAL TO 1T.

harness ever paced over Titan track |
captured the free-for-all. the blue rib |
bon event ct the state fair meeting, |
from the fastest field Of steppers ever |
brought together in this state. 1t was |
a horse race that might move mar !
bic statue TO life. The mighty Chestnut |
stallion. se,f-conscious &C his perfec- |
speed, holding his proud head aloft as
h paced down the stretch with pow
erfui stride as though he knew 20 other
word than victory.
strong liinbed' and clean cut Robert !
! a victor over the best horses on the
coast a familia" figure on the fasL
eastern courses. made his initial an
pcaTanco on O salt Lake track yester-
day and tier upon tier OF people III me
Grand stands hundreds IN the betting
rugs and paddocks. and thousands
strung out around the track VIII long
remember his win as an epoch in Jtah
horse racing
Three Heats in Record Time.
tt tool. three hea to WIN the race
and Robert I took them one by one.
Tbe fire. heat saw the state record
broken and the three heats witnessed
the fastest hires meats ever paced over
2.
tie iin-e I'm the FIRST Eeat at 2.l4A, the
Quarters :2513. 1:C6. $40 and 2:l4A. but
several az tiia rail birds held clocks
which read 2.l2t. at the finish and
Robert ] could have Travelled faster II
the occasion had called for extra Ell
fort
crab Apnlc. the scnSa sion of the
weeks rac!Ile was looked upon as
0virHor ny tic large crowd OF local race
followers In fart he sold favorite IN
the roofs. but after the race few could
be- found Who figured the fast Crdotree
horse IN Robert Is class. In the first
heat Robert 7 got off in the lead ana
held # won Until the first turn. when
~ crab Appie made bid for the pole.
george Edwards held Robert J well IN
land aud the pair raced around the
track lilse 4 pole team. on the back
stretch the second time around. CraD
.Vpp'e was forced and one could easily
see hat the terrific pace would cause
ono or the other 10 give up.
How Blood Told in Race.
AS is of,ep said. blood will tell and
4 was here that the Hambletonian
stock asserted itself as Robert 7 never
battered. He drew away from TIE issl
firing crab Apple and came down the
stretch a winner by TWO lengths
IN the second heat Crab Apple lald
back for the first half and then threw
all his speed at the perfect gated stall
lion Down the back stretch they
raced aaain leaving the field far in the
rear Robert I accepted the chdllenge
aud gave back more than he received.
L.Ss tbev neareC tho last turn. Crao
Nuple again acknowledged defeat ana
r-racarlilv accented second position In
fhs third heat. crab App4o never
showed TO tho front. probably satisfied
with the second place he had already
.ee,n end Robert ] paced the mile by
himself. allowing the field to fight it
out for place money.
Birchtwig Was EIratic
BircEtwis was to have started in the
race. but after making several bad
bresks was sent 20 the barn by Starter
Hersihgtor. On the first score Bircl'-
tv;f,3 ran away and Went full mile
befo1e ne could be turned. Three
-.tr4dfs IL all were given the fractions
Morse and in each instance he dehed
the efforts OF his driver 80 bring nun
hp TO the scratch. lie WAS then or
dered TO the barn
Later on. Birchtwig was sent an ex-
hibitien mile. bat his tactics earlier an
Inc dav had a telling effect and 2:l6
was the best time he could do. The
first quarter WAS paced in %. or at 4
o0S clip but he tired ar the race pro-
ceefad and finished a tired animal.
Robert I is owned by Mayor Thomp-
ssen auG was raced for the flrst time
since lie owned him yesterday. He has
a mark OF 2:0S$4 over mile track and
was the largest winner of the wear IN
California last season. He is Z years
old and will probably hold full sway on
Utah tracks for some time TO come.
BirchtwiF who WAS thought by many
to be a serious competitor of Robert I.
4a-t or "a ~
horse. and hard to handle. For inns
reason lie was shut out of yesterday
race.
ogden Mare Wins 2:22 Glass.
POLL Carr. tie speedy Ogden mare
owned by L. NJ. Conroy. won the 2;29
trot and pace Angie Duryea was q
serious contender aud IN fact took the
second heat from Polly Carr. 1t was
3 race between each of these horses M
every heat and the ogden mare only
won at the wire in the three heats she
captured.
The three-quarter mile dash went to
Argot after q game fight With both
Honest John and GreylOtte. Argot goi
of fourth and started for the front or
the first turn She gained the lead OF
the back stretch and held il by half q
length TO the wire
Miss Pailadine led all the way i'm the
four ard one-half furlongs., but was
closely followed by the field
Yesterdays races ended the meeting
and. as has been the case every day, 9
huge crowd turned out to see the races
The results:
First race. free-for-all trot and pace
purse SEQ.
Robert T. owned by Ezra
Thompson ..-.-.-.. ..-.....-..
Crab Apple. owned by c. J. -
Crabtree 49,. ..-......-...-.-- :
Julia A. owned By q. ". Rob-
lnSOn .... ..-..-.....- o
Sara Green. owned by +. NJ.
Kangaroo, owned by Tom Nc
Coy 49,. $50 .s.-........t..
Osmont. owned by G. H.
Thompson g.. ...-............. .
Time-s:l4i5, 2:15. 2:l53s
Second race, 2:22 trot and pace, purs'
$500.
Polly Carr. owned by L. NJ.
Conroy see. .-..-...-.-....- :
Angie Duryea, owned by DR..
t5umelbaugh .-..........
Niger Boy, owned by Reed
Bros 49,. ...............A
Chester S, owned by Spiers
Bros .... .-...-.-..... Z
Topeka Maid, owned by NJ.
a. Lowe =. ................
Distanced-
rime-2:g3. 2:29. 2.23 2.20ik.
Third race. three-fourths mile dash
purse s200-ArgOt. 112, Mcintyre up
Honest John. rs. Hale up; Greylotte
Us. Evans up. Time-l:lS. SaXby AM
Commodore also started.
Fourth race. four and one-ha1 fur
longs. purse Sl50--Miss Pailadine, Jos
xr4rrtl-rn mn. PAT l., l15 Hale uu