The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19
SALISBURY WAS
FAMOUS ON TURF
Brought Out More Fast Light
Harness Horses Than Any
Other Man.

The following from the Washington
Star is of especial interest to all salt
Lakers. where Munroe Salisbury.
brother of o. ]. Salisbury Of this city.
was well known
THE death of Monroe Salisbury. the
'Kingmaker.' of Pleasanton. Cal. OF
cancer. which took place Thursday in
New York, removes from the American
trotting turf a unique character. A ma
tive of the state of New York. he went
to Chicago when a young man and en-
gagged in the cal estate business with
the late Marshall Field and the late
Potter Palmer. Ii the 60s he went 10
the Pacific coast. where ne engaged
first to carry fhe mails by pony ex-
press and later in staging. railroad
building, mining and banking. His
stage and pony express lines extended
over 5000 miles at one period Sails
bury was a man Of affairs. and was as
rough. tough and virile in his person
ality, and as angular as a block of
freshly quaried granite. The gun.llav
men in the far west soon learned hat
Salisbury was a dangerous mai, to
stack up against He stood six feet
three inches in his socks. weighed pse
~
Virginia ham. and was afriad of n TIL
ing that wore pants or hair
Was Fearless Man.
He was so fearless that he n. YER
carried a gun, although his lie has
frequently in danger in his early dTy,.
while his punches we're as famous out
west as were Suilivan's and Jeffries n
the east No man who had ever fclt
them hankered for more
As Salisbury advanced in years his
hearing became affected so much -
that before he died it was difhcus ID
converse with him. In the eallY '9Cs
he owned a half interest i'm Marshall
Hall on the Potomac, and once told the
writer that he had conceived the idcs
of converting it into a stock farm 50
that he could avoid the change OF cli-
mate so detrimental to horses wiutared
on the Pacific coast and raced on the
grand circuit The last long Interview
the writer had with Salisbury was in
1892. He had just sold the famous race
stallion and race horse sire. Director.
2:lIA. to A. H. Moore of the Clover
dale stock farm, near Philadelphia for
$4,000, and had the check in his vest
pocket. He was in excellent hutnor
and relaxed sufficiently to indulge IN
some of the stirring "reminiscences Of
his early days in California and on ths
plains, when he led the strenuous ufe
and delighted in hairbreadth escapes.
Great Judge of Winners.
As judge of race winners, the equal
of Salisbury has never been seen on thu
American tTOtting turf No folio Fe,'
of the light harness game has eve
brought out so many remarkable hol scii
as he, and no man connected with :hu
game ever slaughtered them more re
morselessly. The list he owned or m4n
aged speaks for itself: Director 2:1-L;
Flying Jib. 2.04; Direct. 2:051k DhFc-
tum, 2:05A; AzOte. 2:O4% the phenCm-
email 3-year-Old mare Expressive. 2:1s&
COnsuela D. 2:07A AIix, 2:O3s4: Li,tld
Albert, 2:10; Monte Carlo 2:0734 Julgh
Green, 2:09: Bolivar. 2:00%: Aristo
2:0Sh Monroe Chief, 2:18A, and several
more not now remembered.
On the turf Salisbury was the mos:
aUrocratic of men. He supervised
every detail connected with his horEes.
His caretakers and drivers were cCm-
PEELED to obey his instructions to she
letter. When his horses were being
worked he was present. He would cell
his trainer and driver just how fast
each horse must De worked, how many
heats should be given him and. when
race day arrived. if his driver varied a
hairs breadth from his instructions,
whether ne won or lost, he at oIce
heard from Salisbury; and in same
cases was Immediately discharged. dis
invariable order to his driver in a race
was to get out in front and stay there.
if he could, and he was on the spot to
see that he was Obeyed.