The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-25

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p, seven races yesterday there were
....- Nose and nose finishes. The an
,.rrramsrl that today's racing would be
..s last of the present meet was pro
frrtfve of excellent sport every morse
sr14ranr1v trying for the purse money
r.-r fsFaritas won and with few eXcep-
ions an of the horses ran to form.
NM racing Yesterday resulted In two
tsrEsrs being set down and two horse
.r one of whom was arrested, being
uIsd off the track one OF the Jockeys
s+ down was Manders. His crooked
,.7rE AZ the track should have resulted
boz similar ruling long before this
Within week le has ridden three races
that were SD glaTingly crooked that ac-
rrr should have been taken before THIS
last week. when Surety was an odds-on
fzr1~fra. ha rode the horse almost last
T-s uIas was set forth that the horse
lad broken down. Later, when Surety
Was a 90 shot. and with the same boy
ma the horse won I'm a romp against q
faster field On Wednesday Manders
lode Wooden apparently for the delber-
ATE purpose of putting Red Leaf, the
fsr1-.fa ont of the race Twice he cut
down Red Leaf and so injured her that
.ra win not Ee able to race for two
-rrtrs Yesterday he was on Myles
UC51nau. apparently for the sole pur-
roa of putting Geneva out of the
rr=v. which he did. All the way
Ground the track Inc pounded Geneva
over the eye with his whip, SO retard1ng
tts horse that it was easy for Galtor TO
win
Jockey Munro was set down because. he
refused to get Dorothy Ann, a horse that
figured 90 be in tie money. away from
he post The horse was left hopelessly
and though she made up ground fast
had no chance TO he i'm the money Mum
20 could give no good reason for failing
% leave the post and was set down In
definitely
An individual known TO the turfmen as
Rocky Pete" ROmi was not only ruled
off the turf. but was sent TO Jail also
for fighting After the first race, Pha-
8UZ. the winner was sold at auction.
The race was selling race. with 500
fixed as the price. Roml bid S4lJ ana
Dr R0WeN the owner of the horse, who
was expected TO raise the bid, offered
DO objection Romi was given fifteen
minutes 10 raise the money. He did not
DO So and was ordered off the track He
refused TO go. and challenged anyone to
put him off the track. Special Officer
Riley was called. In attempting to eject
fd. R0mi threatened the officer and
Riley drew his gun. Immediately there
was q tuWult i'm the betting ring. Per
sons rushed pell nell I'm all directions to
escape me supposed gun play. several
persons fell down I'm the panic, but no
one was injured. Riley got the best OF
his prisoner and took him TO jail.
After the third race, Anna May, the
horse which finished second was
claimed by +. j. Crawford, the owner
of Rather Royal IT. O. Weber, the
owner of Anna May. refused TO reCOg-
Uze the claim ON his horse and was ruled
off the turf
Despite the ruling off of the Jockeys
and the difficulties between the owners,
Yesterdays racing was of the best seen
az tle track. The management of the
ttaa Jockey club IS attempting to ap-
Nease the owners for closing down the
meet hv having more races in order to
give everyone a chance at the prizes
yesterday there were seven races and to-
day there win be eight.
Yesterdays pretuest race was the sew
eH-- event From the start TO the finish.
me positions never varying, Joe Wells
sHa d. W. Fuller We're scarcely a uostril
apart Wells finished just a scant nose
ahead of Fuller. Wells was a 20 to I
s-.- with Fuller and Platoon equal IA
E'rlt5s Platoon got off last and was
--I Of b. While Wells and Fuller We're
racing for first Bill BagWell and St