The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-20
HORSE RACING
At THE LAGOON
Track May Be Built at the
Resort Before Another
Year.
TINE AND CONDITIONS
ESPECIALLY 0PPORTUNE
Promoters Hope to Get in on
the Denyer-0akland
Circuit.

a movement is on foot among the people
OF Davis county; several Local race no,se re-
Lagoon to install nt tho resort big mile
race track. That the movement VIII ma
terialze is still mattcr OF doubt nu' tne
prospects are. from tho amount OF interest
which 10 being shown in The move that the
track will become a part %! the resort by
next season at the latest. The originator OF
the plan is Mr.. Fox, representauye OF me
". Mr.. Fox presented the plan to Mr.. Der
german some time ago and since then Mf.
Bergerman has been talking the matter oyer
with the residents in the vicinity OF the La
coon, 4 large majority Of the men VINO
were interviewed expressed themselves as be,
ing anxious TO see the plans earned
out a number of fast horses are owned py
people living in Davis county, and they are
all out for installing q track Az haysviiie
the racing spirit seems to be strongest Az
are roped of and rnces run. The same is
often done at Bountful and the crowds turn
out in hords TO witness the events, which arc
usaully Of the country style
Get in on Circuit.
But the coutry horse races are not what
the people who boosting the new track
proposition are after II IS their intention IN
give the public some genuine racing such as
has never been seen here. The horses on
this circuit for six weeks in Denver,
then journey down 90 Oakland and run for a
time down there. The question which is now
being agitated among Davis county horse
men and all of those back OF the proposition
break in on that circuit. The prevailing i'm
preston is that il could be done, as tho
Lagoon would make good break in the
long jump from Denver 10 Oakland. IT is
said also TINT there are a large number OF
horses owned by farmers in the vicinity of
the Lagoon which are exceptionally last and
with some training on good track would
develop into excellent racers One especially
fast horse which has competed in the road
races which have been held Of late ct Farm
ington is said to have n record OF 2o6.
Local Horsemen Interested.
1t is not however, TO the farmers OF Da-
Wis county that the promoters of the pro.
jcct look for the stccds that are to be the
drawing cards The part played by them
Will be rather Incidental. Tho main movers
do. however, look for strong support from
the horsemen OF Salt Lake City. Several
of these have already been approached quiet
ly and the matter has been discussed in con-
hdencc. So far all the local race horse
owners who have been approached have as
surcd their hearty assistance in case the
project is undertaken, Somo have even gone
SO far us to say they would purchase fast
steeds TO enter as u matter OF personal pleas
ure With such combined support as this
there is no reason why the movement should
fail for want of good racing. There would
be an occasional feet Stecd come from the
stables Of the farmers and in addition horses
from this city and from the Denver Oakland
circuit.
Probable Location Of Track.
As to the locality of the circuit, it is
probable that the place will be in the spa
cious meadow just to the north OF the La
COON. The land is not cultivated and could
probably be purchased at n very nominal
price. The matter is 70 be pushed along as
rapidly as possible and whether the affair is
30 materialize or not, will be known in the
course OF few weeks at tho latest.