The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
CROWDS HOLDOUT
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Don Puts Up Fastest Mile of
Week in Special
Named Race.

Getaway day at the state fair con-
tinued to draw larger crowds. and it is
q question whether the attendance yes
terday did not exceed the startling fig
ures on Friday, when over 10000 people
saw the races. The stands, betting
ring. paddock and both sides of the
fence were again packed with mass
of humanity. all of which indicates
that there are a few people in the state
who like the horse race game.
IN point of speed yesterdays races
were the best of the week One state
record in the running races was broken.
and the fastest harness mile of the
week was recorded by Don. While the
finishes, AS a rule, were not as close as
they have been on some of the other
days, the extra speed produced added
class TO the races. which always tends
to make the crowd feel good.
Don's Star Work.
Tom McCoy's Don performed for the
first time this week in the special
named race, and il was this horse that
hung I'D a 2:14&. which clipped three
seconds of the best time made in any
of the harness events before yester-
days races. Don had no trouble what
ever In winning this race. although he
was a principal in the only bad mixup
of the day. II was in the second heat,
when going down the back stretch,
Looking Out gave a sudden burst of
speed and forged ahead of Don on the
outside. McCOy's horse put on extra
speed, and as he started forward on the
pole Looking Out broke and swung IN.
He Collided with Don, upsetting the
sulky and throwing Mccoy TO the
ground.
1t was here than Don showed that ne
not only could go some, but that he had
a good head, for instead of getting rat
tied and running away, he immediate
~ stopped. almost in his tracks, and
waited for Mccoy to pick himself up
ont Of the dirt. For this the judges
disqualified Looking Out. who finished
second. put him last and gave Don
third in the heat.
In the next heat Don seemed to hold
the collision up against Looking Out.
for he set out and paced a PA mile,
which was fast enough to leave Look
ing Out outside of the field. The fourth
and deciding heat was also taken with
ease by Don.
Kangaroo. the ancient warrior of the
Utah turf, won the 2:17 class pace or
trot. taking the first, second ana fourth
heats. 1t was not easy picking by any
best finish of the day.
The three leading horses came around
the stretch abreast and paced all the
way TO the wire in this manner. Kan
CARGO managed to shove his nose in on
the last jump. which gave him the
race.
Sarah Meyers Lands Record.
It was in the half-mile run that the
Il
negotiated the distance in 49,, break
ing the record of 80 fat, made by Sa6r
F at the fair grounds on Tuesday. \
both the running events the winner
gallOped home, easy first place horses.
Two special match races were pulled
off to settle TWO differences of opinion
held by the owners of horses, and il is
needless to say that in one of the races
Little Dutch won. In the other Joe d
had little trouble in beating out a big
black mare called Ethel j.
The crowd was considerably keyed up
for the automobile race. three-mile
event between sam NewhOuse's Pack
ard and Ray Walkers Pope-TOledo.
Bert Fuller performed for NeWhOusc
while Harry Kaar turned the wheel 70
Walker The two autos got away with
a fair start, and then Fuller began o.
pull away. Neither machine let itsel
out to full speed. and when they IN
ished the three miles Fuller was about
a quarter of mile to the good The
best time for mile was 1:27, and the
three miles were run in 4:2S1a. Neither
driver cared to take the chances of
going at full speed on account of the
crowd. Both sides of the track fences
were lined with people, and an acct
dent would have meant work for the
undertaken. -l
The Results.
First event. trot or pace, 2:17 class.
purse $50
Horse. driver Place
Kangaroo Woodring ........-...-.1
Onward F. Horton .................3 2 8
ROndO. Johnson ....................5 5 4