The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
BIG PURSE TO Be
HUNG UP FOR RACES
Salt Lake HOrsemen Propose to
Give Residents of Zion
Splendid Racing.

If the present proposed plans Of the
Salt Lake horsemen do not fall through
before the opening Of spring, the eiti-
zens of this locality will be treated to
more and better horse racing than they
have ever seen here since the good old
days of the sos, when the sport was at
its height on the old half mile track on
Fifth East, and later on the mile track
near White lake Thomas Mccoy
stated yesterday that there was great
deal of interest at the present time in
racing stock and that many fine e-bred
animals are changing hands. 1t is the
intention Of the Intermonntain Fair
ASSOCIATION to give two weeks Of good
racing at the fair grounds next fall, for
which big purses will be hung up, The
purses will be large enough to induce
entries from all over the United States
for the races, and it is already pre-
dicted that the meeting will be the big
gest ever held in this city. 1t is re-
ported that the Fair association will
ask for an appropriation of 100000
from the next legislature, to properly
conduct the Inter mountain fair, and
large amount Of this sum will be set
aside for the racing. Horse-racing has
always been a paying proposition with
the fair people, and the horsemen say
that efforts will be made to put on the
best cards that can he secured at the
fall meeting.
Horse Owners to Organize,
In order to be able to compete
against the big entry list looked for at
the proposed fair meeting, the horse
owners are going to organize immedi-
ately under the name of the Gentle
men IS Driving club, and draw up plans
and schedule for a season s racing,
the first meet To commence May 30,
next. Each one belonging to the asso-
citation will put in 500 in a pool in
order TO advance the necessary money
for prizes. If at the end of the sea
son, the racing has proved a success
and there is any money left In the
treasury. it will be divided among those
who advanced the necessary money 20
start the hoof. Mccoy says that the
matter will be gone into in a business
way and there is no reason why it
should not be n success. He has talked
with most of the horse owners and all
seem willing 70 get In line for first
class racing the coming season. Some
of the best horses in the West are
stabbed here.
The interest is not only in Salt Lake
The horsemen of Spanish Fork have
announced that they will hold an an
nual meet every fall. and will probably
hold meets on holidays; Ogden will hold
several big meets next year, and there
is talk of promoting racing in Provo,
Brigham City and Logan. Racing stock
is being bred all over the State Mt the
present time. and the ''wise ones
sprung the coming season. II is al
ready known that there are several
horses here. having no record at all,
that can pace miles better than 2:20,
which compares favorably with Eastern
stock.
Who Are Interested.
Those who are anxious to see racing
opened up again, together with the
names of horses and track records. are
as follows: VIM. Woodring, owner of
Kangaroo, pacing track record Of 2:17;
Elec Goliath, n green horse that can go
in 2:24; c. J. Crabtree, Crabapple,
PAGER, 2,15; Ira Tuttle. Cold Storage,
PAGER, 2:19M; DR.. A. J. Shores. two
green trotters that will have 10 be
watched; DIR. Carson, pacer-Ed. Con
roy, track record 2:22la; Mayor Thomp-
son, Jennie A, PAGER, track record 2:l3;
DR.. Keysor, Wilt, with no record, but
Mr.. Jensen of Bingham, Don, with pac-
ing track record of 2:l9A; Henry
Clark Of Richfield, Ginger pacing rec
ord 2:19H; John Mccoy, who owns
Robert l., with pacing record Of 2;0S%4 !;
James Hansen, Marshal Muratt. with
pacing record of 2:26A, and also has
two green colts that can go better than
2:20; Spier Bros, Chester s., trotter
with a record of 2;l9H; Evans Bros.
Corianton, pacing record 2:24H; and
Tom Mccoy. with Chavileer, pacing rec
ord 2:llH, and Lander, with pacing
record of 2;2dla.
Together with the above named
horses, there are at least twenty green
horses that will break into the racing
game, and with such a large list Of
entries, the success of any meet would
be more than assured,