The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-01
FIRST DAY OF
FAIR MEETING
Program Pulled Off Without
Long Waits-SeveraI
Good Finishes.

Although the crowd at the opening
days racing at the. state fair was not
quite up to expectations, those who were
present witnessed good card of events.
The races were pulled off without long
waits between heats. the ten events end
ing the afternoons racing by $50 p m.
1t was a mixed program OF harness and
running events, and it must be said that
| 1t was the runners that brought the
crowd to its feet in spite of the fact that
they are secondary consideration at the
meeting.
The big race of the day was scheduled
for the 2:20 class trot and pace. Willetts,
owned by DR.. J. B. Keysor, was the IA
| vorite in this race, and after taking two
| straight heats Willetts looked like an
easy winner. But Dan z. had to be con-
| sidered, and after finishing in the ruck
in these two heats, the ogden, horse came
| to the front and tied Willets in the third
heat for first place. This race was one
of the best finishes of the day, and both
horses came under the wire with the whip
working furiously, while Chester 5. was
| right on their necks.
Keysor bad been driving his horse and
| sent Tom Mccoy up to finish the race.
In the fourth heat Mccoy took Willetts
strong and the Keysor horse finished the
race in fifth place, barely getting in be-
fore the flag dropped. Mccoy went out
again for the fifth heat, but here 1t took
/
let's in fourth place. while Dan z. won
| first. AS the result of the race was de-
termined according to the summary at
the end of the fifth heat, it gave VIII
| lets and Dan Z. first and second moneys
to be divided between them.
| The three-minute trot for Utah-bred
horses was taken by Rilax, another Og-
den horse owned by Charles thinner.
heats, Rilax holding the pace from wire
to wire. although closely held by the
field
Runners Put Up Good Race.
The one best race of the day was the
| seven-eighths mile run, in which Hal
| Brown got the field away with a good
| start. Spondulix showed TO the front on
| the first stretch and held his own until
the first half was reached. Here Lewis
cut through on the pole and raced Spon-
dulx for the lead. On the back stretch
| MCGEE forged to the front and looked
going well. AS he neared the last eighth
Milshora and Salvayu came out and with
a jump quickly overhauled the firing Nc
Gee and. finished half length t. the
| good in the order named.
Sam F. got away good and captured
| the lead in the back stretch of the three
| eighths. He was never headed, although
the field were on his heels to the wire
| The pool boxes did not do very heavy
business yesterday, as there were nc
books made on the races. The mutuals
did fairly we'll but the auction booths
had a hard row to hoe. There is some
talk of opening books on the running
events as there Is quite a demand for
them by the betting public.
The Results.
First event. trot. 800 class for Utah
bred horses: purse 500.
Rilex thinner (Zimmer) ............1 !
Martha Dean, Thatcher (KenD......3 ;
Alberta, Mccoy mccoy. ........... 8
Rinett Read (Read) ............ 2
Brownee. Inglesingsby Qnglesings-
Dandy, Bouregard (Bouregard.
TimesN2:29H. 2:27A, 2:27A.
Second event, trot or pace, 2:20 class
purse $500.
Willetts, Keysor Keysor). l
Dan H., thinner (HOrtOn).. ... 1
Chester s., Spiers Bros. Han
| SOM Observation-Disclosures.
Polly Carr, ,Conroy (KenD....2 2
Rondo, Johnson (Johnson). ....
Times-2:2111, 2:27A, 2:21&, 2:20a4. PA.
Third event. seven-eighths mile dash
purse s125-Milshora Q10), won; Salvayt
Q19y. second; Chas. MCGEE Q19). third
Time, 1:3212.
Fourth event three-eighths dash; purse
s2OO-Sam Q19). won; Little Waite Q19)
second; Senator Dubois Ql9). third. Time
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