The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
SPORT Of KINGS
FAILS IN OGDEN
Second Days Meet Fails to
Draw Cr0Wd-ProteSt on
Driver.
Especial to The Herald.)

Ogden, Oct 12-FOr the second time an
excellent racing program wasted its
sweetness on the desert air." Strangely
enough, the better the meet, the poorer
the attendance, and unless the people of
the city do not take better to the legiti-
mate, they will have to depend upon the
Old-time farm horse events of years ago
The program proved to be one of the
best ever given at the track Every event
was holly contested and was for blood
Every horse was driven out to win and
every Jockey or driver kept the judges
in hot water listening to kicks for one
cause or another. The crowd cheered lus-
lily and appeared to enjoy things i'm
mensely.
Kicks on the Race.
The first protest to go up from the To-
cal track to the national board will be
forwarded to New York tomorrow or Mon
day by Secretary FOsS of the local asso-
CATION This is as result of the de-
cision of the judges in the 2:20 class In
the first heat Polly Gar won, but a pro-
test was made to the judges, Butter
worth, the driver of DR.. Kaiser's VIII
lets. alleging that elf. Johnson. who
drove the Conroy mare, was under
weight 1t appears that but little atten-
ton had been paid to the weight PROPOSE
ton, as all had weighed in properly be-
fore and in several instances they were
allowed to leave the track without weigh
ing out as the rules of the association
strictly provide for. johnson, after sa-
luting the judges. left the track without
walking to the scales, and Butterworth
claimed that he did not carry the weight.
This left the judges in a quandry as John
son had left the track and could have
easily added the weight even if he did
not carry 1t in the race But the judges
finally concluded that the complaint was
without foundation and awarded the race
to Polly Gar. Afterward each one of the
Judges expressed his opinion that they
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weight and that he had done anything
wrong.
johnson Breaks Rules.
However, this did not appear to satisfy
the other driver and he afterward APP
peaIed and made formal protest preimi-
nary to taking the matter before the ma
tional board. His claim Is that Johnson
knew the rules and that the mere fact
of his leaving the track without weighing
was proof that he was underweight and
an evidence of fraud Polly Gar came
under the wire first in the first heat, but
was penalized by the judges and Willetts
given the heat, but she took the next
three with ease.
One event that was not down on the
program was also pulled off. The owners
of Little Dutch. Mary e and Keno.
Messrs. Jones. Wren and Livingston. got
into an argument over the relative merits
of their horses and made a bet of $50
each winner to take all and put up a
special event of $50 yards, which Keno
won handily.
The Summary.
2:40 class. trot and pace-Alberta won
second, third and fourth heats; Maggie
May. second; Hartman, third; Rinett.
fourth Best time-2:c9L.
2:20 class, trot and pace-Poliy Gar
takes second. third and fourth heats. hav-
ing been disqualified in the first; Willets.
second; Dan T.. third; Chester S. fourth.
Best time-2:1Slk.
Three-quarter mile dash-Salviau first.
Spondulix second. Lurlie third. Hogarth
fourth. Time-1:i6is.
Half-mile dash-Little Walt first. Ran
dali second. Glen Evans third, Loafer
fourth Time-50i5 seconds.
350-yard dash. special named event
Keno won. Mary f. second. Little Dutch
third. Time not given.