The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-19
GREATCROWD
AT THE
RACES
VARIoUsLY ESTIMATED AT FROM
5000 TO 10000.
People Enjoyed One OF the Biggest
Turf Events Ever Witnessed in
the West.
(BY w T LlttleN

When the County Fair was in full
blast there might have been more
people crowded into the Fair Grounds
than there was yesterday, but never
In the history OF great horse racing
mas ever such a crowd gathered on
half-mile track as was present yes
terday in celebration of Ogden Day.
Those who arc familiar with the To-.
cal course (the writer Is not and
therefore must take estimates OF local
folks) claim hat the gathering num-
bered all the way from 5000 to 10, 600
people with the latter numbers being
PROBABLY the most reliable Certain
ly not many more could have found
vantage point to witness some Of
the gruelling contests which were
run off during the afternoon. The
three stands were simply mass of
well packed humanity and 1t Is doubt
full If ever on gala days during the
Fair have so many people occupied the
standing room on the structures.
Those unable to gain admlttance TO
either one of the stands were COM
PEELED TO seek the lawns and from
there the crowd gradually spread It.
| self until 1t was lined clear up the
quarter stretch to the sixteenth pole
and down the line beyond the pad
dock gate to the first turn. The jam
finally became so great that Manager
Murray, quick to grasp the situation,
had the gates opened and allowed the
overflow to enter the inheld This
In measure relieved the pressure
in front of the betting ring and it as
well allowed hundreds to see the
races who otherwise would have been
unable to do so.
Sucn all outpouring as yesterday
was unique in the history Of half
| mile race tracks. Old time horsemen
who have been pushing" it for years
and who are familiar with all half
mile race tracks both in this country
and Canada. state tnat nothing ever
approached yesterdays crowd Not
only were they impressed with the
number but 1t was such a representa-
| tive crowd, made up of the very best
people In the city and crowd which
came up TO have a good time and
who had It,
Some one with time as we'll as
/ curiosity on his hands, made 1t his
business to count the number OF We
| hicles OF all descriptions which were
! parked around the grand stand,
paddock lot and even on the outside.
! He reported 1852 rigs, including AUTOS.
both private sight ht-seeing carriages,
buggies, jumpers, carts. wagons
and in fact things on wheels Of every
nondescript character. Down town it
looked like Sunday Nearly all the
rfA IL tha fe
were deserted.
And Booger Red came into his own
again, He took the measure Of the
worlds record holder, Sevenfull, like
breaking sticks. In with only 105
pounds, after having packed all the
way from lis to 121 all winter, the
impost set as feather on the lit
tie Bull Dogs" back and ne simply
nlzzled He grabbed SeYenfuIl by the
head at the last turn, looked him in
the eye for a second and then went
on his way. There. was a safe mar
gin between him and the Slower mare
at the finish. Ontario Oregon. whicl
was expected to give the winner a
stiff argument was a distant third.
The better portion of the spectators
made no mistakes when 1t came to
picking the right one. While book
makers opened Booger Red and Sew
enfull equal favorltes. the rush Of
money was SO great on Booger that
he was quickly forced into odds
OH choice They stepped the half-mile
in 40 As seconds and there Is every
reason to believe that If the track was
as fast yesterday as it was before
the rain of Saturday night that the
record would certainly have been low
cred