The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-15
EZRA WINS, BUT
ROBERT | LOSES
Thompson's Joy Over Victory as
Mayor Turned to Gall.
LONG TRIP DISAPPOINTING
"HizZoNER's" PET HORSE TRoTS
SEVENTH IN CALIFORNIA.

A DEEP and dark mystery that has
a puzzled the Wisest heads in Salt
Lake ever since election day has
been solved. The whereabouts of May
or-elect Ezra Thompson and his Damon
and Pythias side kick, jack Lynch,
has been discovered. Immediately aft
er the ballots of the Salt Lake public
pronounced Ezra Thompson mayor for
the next two years, his honor disap-
peared more completely from public
view than did Chief Of Police Lynch
not the iceman Lynch.
At once the hue and cry went up that
his honor had quietly shaken the dust
of Salt Lake from his feet to escape
the horde of office-seekers, who came
into existence simultaneously with the
American party victory. His political
enemies chided the mayOr-elect on his
lack of nerve. They said that "A man
who had bearded the terrible hierarch
i'm his den and came out without a
scratch ought not TO fly from a few
patriots whose only desire was TO save
their country. His friends said the
hierarch was easy compared with the
army of patriots who expected to re-
deem the city by seeing that none OF
the public's money got outside the cor
poration limits if they could help it.
Hurried to Horse Race.
But they were all mistaken. Mayor
| Thompson, with the election off his
hands, naturally turned his attention
where greatest joy could be found. This
is a horse race. Some might prefer a
feast and banquet after such a signal
victory, but not for his hOnor-a horse
race for him every time.
Away off in San Benardno, Cal.
far from the madding rush Of modern
city life. a number of prominent horse
! owners had arranged a race III which
none but pedigTeed animals had a
! chance in the pool boxes. ii was 10
| this place Mayor Thompson and Jack
Lynch hied themselves the day they
| disappeared from Salt Lake. Mr..
/ THOMPSON has a horse Of this caliber
! II is Robert J. the indicated champion
! of all Utah. Robert / is reckoned TO
| be something in Salt Lake. for had he
not beanten Crab Apple, the hOtherto
undefeated PAGER belonging TO c.. !.
Crabtree, COuncilman-elect on the
| American ticket from the First ward
From one Of Mr.. Thompson 5 friends
/ il is learned he intended 10 show these
! hOrSemen in san BernardinO q horse
/ that was a horse. Robert L with his
! score of victories at CaIder'S park and
/ the fair grounds would show those
/ California thOrOughDreds thing or
| two about speed that would make Dan
| Patch sit no and wonder. The mayor
/ had it ali figured out and there must
/ be no mistake,
In order to make dOubly sure. the
famous-in this neck of the woods
/ Driver and Trainer Thomas Mccoy
! was sent TO do the driving and look
after the great Robert ].
/ Now. Thomas Mccoy is some
pumpkins" as a hoFseman, that is IN
/ Salt Lake, He has repeatedly electrl-
/ fed salt Lakers by his great exhibit
tions of driving, and why not those
CalifOrnians?
Both Study the Dope Book.
Mccoy is a great friend of the mayor
land frequently these two could be seen
studying the dope book and then TAX
| ing another look at Robert / as the
noble animal looked down with disdain
upon the other horses in McCoy's
stables.
He can do it," said Mccoy.
/ "Of course he can" said his honor
The outcome was that Mccoy and
Robert I left quietly for California
about a month ago 50 the horse would
have a chance to get acclimated before
| brass band or any Of that stuff TO send
/ them away. When one goes after an
enemy il is better to be quiet about IT,
I argued the pair as they glOated over
/ the big fall they would take out OF
/ those California hOTsemen.
The mayor remained behind. prObd-
/ bly, because he had an election on his
hands, although his friends believe the
outcome Of that horse race was Of
greater moment than a mere thing Ike
| a race for the mayOralty of Salt Lake.
| The day after election, Mccoy wired
! "AlI ready for the big killing. Come
| at once and bring Jack along. Robert
/ ! is even better than Cold Storage was
when he won that race at the state fair
grounds"
| Ezra and Jack left on the Los Angeles
/ flyer that night, and said they would
wire at once the results. The big race
came off Saturday, but the lOng-lOOked
/ for wire did not arrive until yesterday.
/ 1t simply said:
There is one worse. Eight started.
! Robert 1 got seventh. Expect US all
/ home soon. EZRA, JACK, TOM"