The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-24
TR|LBY BRAzEN
Wins FUTURITY
Salt Lake Dog, 0quirrh'S Colo
mel, Runner Up in National
Championship Stake.

Trilby Brazen, daughter of Lord Brazen
and Betsey Barrow, won the final round
in the Mississippi Valley Futurity yester-
day ana returns to Denver with her
owner, T. w. Bartels, as the champion
puppy of the United States for the year
1907. At the finish Of the race the crowd
gathered around Bartels and congratu-
lated him on the great running of his
black puppy and the victory which the
dog fully earned.
1t was a sportsman-like crowd, who
gave the winner full credit for her great
run; but the sympathy of the crowd was
with the other dog He was Oquirrhs
Colonel. the Salt Lake entry. owned by
F. B. Jones of this city. and dog which
forced his way into favoritism by the
races he has made since Monday last in
an uphill contest The Colonel has had
practically no experience in the cours-
ing game and retires from the Futurity
with the title of runner up, beaten only
by the champion himself. The Salt Lake
crowd has watched his great work since
the first rounds, and in each succeeding
race he showed he had the class to make
the fight to the finish. When Colonel
defeated Commercial Express, the crack
Butte entry, in the fourth round yester-
day. and drew the bye for the semi finals,
the crowd at once ran him I'D to even
money in the pools for the championship.
Dervock Is Easily Beaten.
Jones selected Dervock. the crack Den
Yer dog who was put out OF the race in
the early rounds on account OF hard luck,
10 run against the Oquirrh's Colonel as
a bye. Dervock was considered one of
the strongest dogs in the race and as he
had not run a course yesterday, Jones
hoped to see him make a quick kill.
thereby saving the Colonel for the finals.
1t was considered by all as a wise selec
ton, but instead the Colonel tired from
q previous race, beat Dervock in one Of
the hardest contests of the week This
race practically put the Salt Lake dog
out of the finals, as Trilby BraZen won
easy course over Sir Sweeney and
was In much better shape for the final.
The local contingent hardly hoped for
victory as the two dogs left the slipper.
The Denver dog got the best of ii by a
full length on the start, owing to the
poor work of Walcott with the leash, al
though in Justice to Brazen, she would
have won anyway. On the run-up Brazen
increased the lead of one length to at
least four by the time the hare was
turned. Down the field they went. Brazen
easily showing the best form and taking
course. Every person in the crowd knew
the result long before the judge hung
out the red. and while 1t would have been
a great honor to win the big Futurity
with a Salt Lake dog, the fact that the
Colonel was the runner up is a great
consolation to the local fans.
Get Back at Butte Crowd.
Inc 1act tndI the Butte contingent lOSt
out in the big race was freely commented
upon by the other dog owners from out
side the city. The Butte crowd controlled
the running of the Futurity and named
their own officials. The wishes of the
entire list of entries outside of Butte were
ignored and when The Wolf was elm
mated in the semi-finals and it was seen
that Salt Lake and Denver were to fight
It out in the finals. joy reigned around
the various camps quartered at the fair
grounds
At the close of the Futurity seven
match races were run off, which brought
out a number of fast races. In these
races, Blue, the Waterloo winner of last
year. ran against Contender. one of the
Futurity runners, and was beaten by a
close score after a fast race. Another
event which attracted attention was the
one between Kelly's Malt and Dan Flinni-
gan. The former is one of the best Kan
sas dogs and the latter comes from the
crack kennels of G. Sharman at Colma
The results:
Fourth Round.
l. Trilby Brazen IT. w Bartels, Den
ver). beat Sir Sweeney Bennett Bros.
Butte. Score. s-4.
2. Oquirrh's Colonel Of. B. Jones. Salt
Lake., beat Commercial Express BLAKE,
T. & s., Butte. Score. SO.
g. The Welt IT. knight, Butte, beat
Tres Bien IT, w. Barriers. DENVER.
Semi-Finals.
/. TriIby Brazen beat The Wolf Score.
2. oqqirrh's Colonel beat Dervock Ia
bye. Score, 9-5.
l: Trilby. Brazen beat oouirrh's Colonel.
Match Races.
1. Duknow Oh r. Elliott. Salt Lake..