The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28

MMoriey Of Eureka with Malpractice and
neeter OF Park City with Montmorency.
,ss5 &c banners AFFIXED to the cavernous
gen the casual observer that the blue
iaoS9ntnorency represented the Park CITY
ssCoss,, mat the mauve Dulciuea repre-
Sented the Provo lodge that the drab
Bunko Bill represented the Ogden lodge,
lake lodge and that the black Maiprac-
esee represented the Eureka lodge
Decorated In Purple.
The noble animals, asinine and other
use. presented an inspiring spectacle as
and ,, sSs1reo I9r the start, with purple
FHoots, wheels. etc Malpractice large OF
i irahle ano tremendous as 20 ears. looked
t sfSs, the money at first. Morley had great
piIficulty in curbing the FESTIVE creature
tohg enough 10 get the lineup arranged
ASaln and again Malpractice made breaks
~ the direction OF a point TO the south
~ ~ me Judges stand and the reason for
ond lap was almost completed
Dieh! had much trouble with DuIcinea
HltiI the gong started. Dulcinea appeared
20 De carried away by the thought that
siie was In 2 trial against time and per
ss 49, IN pulling out without waiting for
nous driver at length subdued her His
otLorts were aided materially by the Wig
orous application to Dulcinea's features
SL stay chain in the hands OF a stable
Wseter used the CAD judiciousiy and
soon mad Montmorency under splendid
control. BunkO Bill proved to be sly
2Lu IetioW and persis tently sought an Op-
PortunltX to kick Emmett but the latter
throush long Acquaintance with. similar
animals, never took his eye off mis-
off From q Stand.
- It was found 70 be impossible TO give
The racers flying start, because no two
or the mules could be brought 20 the
same state Of mind at one time Accord
tngly a standing start was agreed upon
ana at length cOnsummated. They were
CT at S;@Z3a, amid mighty tumult of ap-
: All but Montmorency broke into gal
jop That painstakiug PAGER refused to be
eriver's frantic caresses with the wisp
Or barb wire he held IN his right hand
The wire on the first Tap. with Dulcinea
close second. Dulcinea got off late.
but Dienfs mastery driving soon forced
Der into second place, which she held un-
TIA the finish
Malpractice Breaks For Cover.
Malpractice kept his lead until the flag
Was reached on the second lap. Here,
without an instant's warning, Malprac-
the right. In vain Morley threw his
weight on the left line. Malpractice
from the track 70 the stable This unex-
peeted break on the part of head mule
plunged Malpractice hackers into the low
Charges were freely made that inter
a. the leading mule. while others con
tended that Malpractice had merely
crossed a breeze bringing. Whit OF
alfalfa from the stables. In support Of
this theory, Malpractices suspicious
breaks prior to the start were cited
Maude Takes the Race.
The unfortunate episode of Malpractice,
or course, put that animal out Of the race
and ithe fight for first place narrowed
down to a struggle between Maude and
Dulcinca- CleaVeland had been lying back
for n squirt with Maude and taking adj
vantage of Dulcineas exhaustion pro-
ouced by her earlier efforts, manage
close up and make il a close finish with
Maude one eyelash in the lead. Dulcinea
was second, Bunko Bill third and Mont
morency fourth.
There has been so much misrepresenta-
ton in regard to the time in this race
THAI it is proper to give the official fig
ures. Maude made the mile in 9:1l 40
The statement that the time vas 3:22:I1 Is
IS not only a rank falsehood, but gross
injustice to Cleaveland and Maude.