The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26
TH|RTY-DAY MEET
COMES TO CLOSE
Eight Events Are Run OFF and
One State Record Is
Broken.
MILE RACE TRACK MAY
NOT BECOME REALITY
Premoters Spend All Money
Upon improvements at
Fair Grounds.

The thirtydav race meet OF the
Utah Jockey club came TO n successful
close st the fair grounds halfmile
track Friday afternoon. Notwithstand-
ing the threatening weather large
crowd WAS present. The management
passed all ladies free through the
gates on the last day of the meeting, an
unlooke for courtesy. Eight events
were run of in good time and the
large crowd left the track well pleased
with tho meet, In the fourth race for
mile and onc-sixteenth. Proteus broke
The state record. running the distance
in 40 flat. Time in the other races
was fairly fast In the eight events
there were only two favorite winners,
two second choices and four outsiders
Gabriel, long shot at 10 to /, took
the honors from Banthel the favorlte
by half length in the first race Tor
five furlongs The two horses ran close
together until thc stretch was reached.
where Regards outran Banthcl, but the
latter managed 10 come back near the
wire and Regards was left for show by
head.
The second race was won by Sea
Green. another long shot held at s to l.,
in four furlongs. King Of Nolo, the
even money favorite led all the way
up to half way down the stretch, when
Sea Green came mp and won out by
length. Yolo stopping badly in the last
few wards. La DeXtra heavily played
for show, made good.
Record Broken,
Galvauic was overlooked in the third
IN, fol
eight starters Getting away fourth at
The barrier Galvaulc soon took The lead,
going nearly all the way with Elmdalc
a head behind. in one of tho pretticst
races of the meeting. Galvanic man
aged TO stick it out, winning the hon
ors by nose Elndale took place
from Dorothy Ann by TWO lengths.
Cardinal Sarto. the 10 favorite IN
the fourth race for one and oneslS-
teenth miles. had no business in the
race. finishing with the also rams, way
back. Proteus headed Coppers for the
honors III n sensat ational gallop down the
stretch. but the winner WAS in doubt
until the wire was reached. Mike Jor-
dan WAS two lengths behind for show,
The time of 40 is the fastest that has
ever been made for the distance in
Utah
The first favorite of the day came
across winner in the fifth race for seven
furongs. Buna breezing in by four
lengths and stringing out the field prct-
ty well. Orclio outran Liberto by two
lengths for place
There was an upset in the sixth race
again when Taxer, l0-to-I shot, came
home in hard race with Antara, Mar
finmas and Canardo Martinmas led
to the head OF the stretch and looked
the winner but weakened when the wire
was in sight. Canardo came up from
fourth position and beat Martinmas
FOR place.
Hot Favorite.
Old Nick WAS hot favorite in the
sixth race. He seemed 80 like the dis
tance, six furlongs. and breezed in by
two lengths. Grotto beat Jane Laurel
by head, coming up fast and winning
right AT tho wire.
Platoon brought home the money in
the last event of the day, the race be-
5ng for five furlongs. Harry Stanhope
led into the stretch, but could not hold
out, Dick nipping him by nose at the
wire and Platoon taking two and n
half lengths to the good in the last fifty
yards,
After the meeting hundreds of peo-
pie and all the horsemen expressed
their sorrow that the races had been