Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-11
WHALGREEN DENIES
DOPING" HORSES
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AT Overland Park In Denver Dur.
Ing Wcslcrn Circuit
Race,
BRANDS REPORT AS FALSE.
Little Chance for that Kind VI Work TO
Be Dose There or In
Salt Lake,

According 10 the Denver Post sono'
body has been trying 10 stir up trouble
Tor the tuifmon " the queen cry since
the races began NJ overland park ON the
western circuit
The races there have been about tho
Sssl the Donvcrtes have seen for many
years, AZ the fastest horses IN the west
,rn country have been entered almost
daily, Tho fact that many Of these Same
horses are coming to Salt Lake during
che blk slN dayH meet beginning un july
"a makoa the story Of the Denver owu'
ore troubles doubly interesting
II appears that socy Whitehead of the
humane society learned that about sIN
norpes had died, ana be made the charge
that they were "dOpod, kcplyiug tu no
charge, scoy, Mahlsiocn of The DpuNu,
CLUB taxes q fdl oul OF Mhllthgil lnl
donics cmphatlcally that anything " mo
Hind was done. AZ he says ihorp lN
hardly a chance for any Cruukp0nutH I'm
View Of the precautions taken by the Of
ici0ls,
W, n Jones Of the 'iah association sage
that such charges have never been made
hore ana mat There IN no chance for amy
foul play or crookcdnors during lho come
fhc races arc 10 bo run und.r the mlo.
ana regulations Of tho national lEs0Dll.
ton and competent Officials wll h'
leclcd 10 sec that the races ul" run un
the square,
The statement " tho facts u the Den
yer case follows, ana tho abatement .i
ile foundation for the allegations mad
by Whitehead Ana, ~ the suUuH rules
VIII be IN vogue in salt l1kr. lnuIu WlIl
he no chance for trouble ui that Kind
'''If sccy whitehead Of the Humane
society bases Ms charge uf doping N.r.nN
ON the circumstance surrounding The
death ~ lho FN horse which have n'l
81 overland thla rummuL be- 'Ndwlh
has made the chlIpot Wlihlui luNcsuBl.
,lon' said Sucy o. \ WuhlHr"'n NJ
tho cnNpr,OvoIliud Racing club thi.
morning EVERY ono ~ these Elk horses
diod from organic trouble HH WoS proved
by the autopscg performed hy nr NJ.
lccugniHod me- pam authority n So.v
whitehead really has any motive No lha
mntlcr other than tn sock "a l.N" uutua
tloly Tor biz WORK ho could lIN. HtlNs
Ned himself ns 20 the truth | dpua
ing stories by ,onsullug ~. W.olNN
The overland Burng ,|uu count. u
complete inN"suLliluu pI iNH method
employed ~ tho track We employ the
best, officials IN me country all N whom
would BE- quick ~ d''rN any doping
ana The board NJ stewards would tuko lhu
Initiative IN furnishing the guilty without
Nnlilnk 20 ho prompted hv lnu Humane
society knowledge u the facts oUHha
llshos the nhsurdl,v uf hp charges and
make any investigation of The ctaop Ills
statement NJ ugulNHlout "a phlrglug !. 4
Iulhurn ana Edwin Gaylord. TWO prom
inont and wealthy Denver ulti2DnU and
members of the liOutDmonH Driving club
NJ ihlN city, Of doping howcs, tul they
owned two ot the Nprsus which dlDd rho
N'riost amateur uu o. race track know
That harness hulNDi arc never dupod and
'ol M Whitehead luMuuUlr ibnt judge
tolOmu cuuulununu'i treatment of u tlu.
IN ro,lu IKE SNorsip which 0mIsod
DIS death All there WAS ut stake iu the
race which preceded hls death was
pu.lr. CLUB ribbon
Mr. uNylord was the oNuor Of the only
nolOughhrod which died uttur the meets
Ink opcncd, Docs Nr Whlchcod moan lo
say That, Mr. Gaylord or ht uuluDl
H'orNgr Bcrgou dipped Toledo so That
no died from ne cnrut'
"rho other three thoroughbrods died
before The meeting opened one from
pneumonia contracted coming to colo.
lldo from California, and M. other two
died after workouts but from natural
DauFos, tho result Of organic trouble
H'lla,nly NJ Wn,uhGia VIII not insist
workouts, also
Tho fact Of the matter lg that Mr
Whitehead Is either mallciously Inspired
io do prominent mon IN their business AN
iuluHticC or ho has been taking uIhlo
room gossip for facts stories VI dope
'hnuoroR and pulling horses and
mixing races can hc heard ON every rapo
track but almost invariably the reports
Hro absolutely without foundation. Tho
board m steward ~ the nonypuOyrr.i
lpnud club Includes. i 4 imrncL uros'.
dent Of the BoOtlomou'a Driving club NJ
mis- city, ana W q. Reynolds 40 wen uH
snorS V nno Wgp't," "n,inon hgnE,r nlN
hlg supervision Of the stables and Dr
lWnloaVy investigate all circumstance
which appear suspicious IN thc conduct
"l We horses. AiioWlhoL a, very close
ir attempted, could hardly br carried oil
uudutoctcd
The overland club viii rNdly c1.op,
crate With Mr. Whitehead No amy pro.r
culiunH for cruelty tu The horses. lut n