The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-25
sported silks In Salt Lake will run

sported silks In Salt Lake will run
here
That Mr. Murray has confidence In
The success of the coming meet Is
shown by the big purses which Will
be hung up for horSemcn. In the
| program book. the amounts 10 be rae.
ed for range from S150 to 5000. which
| brings them up 10 the level Of those
offered in Salt Lake, and assures the
public of good racing.
Manager Murray. who is a veteran
at the game and the best starter in
the country today. bar none, always
has stood for the cleanest kind OF rae
Ing and in this he Will be backed by
a number of the leading business men
OF Ogden. who will stand behind the
J thirteen days meeting beginning Sat
urday None of the weird perform
ances which have been witnessed I'm
other parts of the state, will be toll
Grated at the Ogden races and none
of these horsemen connected with
such events will bring their animals
10 Ogden In consequence. the tai
ent Will get run for its money all
the time, thing TO which 1t has be
come accustomed with w. NJ. Murray
at the head of affairs.
II Is announced that five books will
"cut in" from the start of the meet
ing here. such well known and popu-
lar layers as Byron McNutt, Frank
Maley and John Troy having signi-
fed their intention Of putting up
states, while Lew Phelan, one of the
best judges of price in the west, also
may go on. The ring Will be wide
open, with equitable prices, while the
book for the first week is so arranged
that there will be few. if any. events
in which some horse will stand out at
a ] 10 shot an3 destroy the specu-
lative end OF the argument With the
better odds, the play should be big
and those lucky enough or clever en-.
ough to pick winners will be we'll re-
warded for their trouble
Another attraction to horsemen is
the fact that w. NJ. Murray. in ad.
ditlon to acting as manager, Will do
the starting. AT the barrier he has
no equal and there Will be none of the
usual complaints! During the last
week In Ogden, the work of Murray
was the one big feature. making the
contrast almost painful when the
scene changed.
Barring Singleton. all the good boys
riding in Salt Lake will pilot horses
in Ogden. The track is the safest of
its kind0to be found in Utah and the
percentage of winning choices uSuall-
is very high,
Unless the weather should turn bad
suddenly, II looks as il Ogden viii
enjoy some of the best racing ever
known here. This will bring JOY TO
the hearts of lovers of the game both
here and in Salt Lake. where the sled
ding has been hard for the talent
There will he several handicaps.
and purse races will be put on daily
for the benefit of the better class of
horses The track is in perfect shape
right now and with the fast ones GER
tain TO race here. some new records
Will be made. in all probability.
Horsemen are we'll pleased with the
book for the first five days, with races
at all distances and under all condi-
lions
Already there has been a noticeable
increase in the applications for rooms
and board. and, as was the case last
time, every hotel in the town Will be
well filled with followers of the game
with resulting increase In trade all
around
II is expected from four to five hun.
dred players Will make the trip from
6alt Lake every day.