The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-17
/. R|G RACE MEETING
!. OPENS SATURDAY
All the Best Horses in tile COun-
try Are Here for Stake
Races.
$4,000 IN PURSES
GIVEN IN FORTY DAYS
First Racing on High Class
Scale Ever Attempted in
This City.

Next Saturday The first annual spring
and summer meeting of the Utah Jockey
club will be inaugurated Mt the fair
grounds. The racing Will continue up TO
and including July Z. In the autumn
there will be another meeting Of TWEEN
ty days.
The holding of the coming meeting
stands out as the biggest sporting event
ever brought off in this city, having
attracted attention all over the coun-
try, and has brought to this city some
of the finest thoroughbreds in training
today. There are over 800 horses at
the fairgrounds, with over 1000 racing
votares in the city, awaiting the grand
opening of Saturday.
President John Condrou estimates the
number of visitors the races Will bring
10 the city during the forty DAYS at
about $4,000. As signaliziug the open
ing OF the meet. the Cullen handicap
for 3year-olds and up at six furlongs
VIII be contested, with Gloro, Jack
Nunnally, Booger Red and other top
notch sprlnters as probable entrants. 1t
will be a slashing race and one we'll
worth going long way to see. With
far weather prevailing, the attendance
city is right on edge for taste Of thor
oughbred racing of the better class.
Big Prize List.
The Utah Jockey club is ideally of
ficercd, while the governing officials of
the racing itself are foremost in their
profession in the West. The splendid
total of $4,000 Will be awarded owners
and breeders of horses during the meet
ing.
W, II. Gleason early forcsaw The pos
sibilitcs of racing on a highclass scale
in this city. famous as it is for It's sum
mer cline and wondrous bathing, TO
hun is largely due the creation of the
Utah turf, John Condron is president
of the L. j. c.. with w. W. Finn. gen
eral manager and J. W. Rice. secretary
and superintendent of the ring; w. H.
Gleason is treasurer; =. p. Pomcroy
viii serve as presiding steward. and
none there is better esteemed Jay Da
wilson. we'll and favorably known
wherever the Thoroughbred is raced. is
the associate steward. So also is III. c.
Z Ensign W, II. Hayman is the clerk
Of the scales with G. Y. Henderson the
paddock and patrol Judge. Richard
Dwyer viii be the starter. with Leon
Baketel rs the official announcer. Dr.. G.
p. Harveille is the club physician. with
DR.. n. >. Kendall, the veterinary expert,
Splendid Course.
The fairgrounds course is now the
best and most modcrnly appointed half
mile plant in the country. AT IN out
lay Of many thousands Of dollars it has
been completely rearranged. In TWEEN
tytwo days. with force of 200 art.
sans. Z tremendous work has been az
complished. II is a personal triumph
for General Manager w. w, Finn. He
has handled his men in fine style and
achieved something many wIseacres pre-
dicted could not be accomplished IN a
summer 5 time. The track itself is III
apple pie order and very fast That
The Bear S mile in l.ll VIII he smashed
goes without saying. A new paddock
has been built. while over 200 new stalls
arc now standing. Tho course has been
rc-fenccd and the betting ring and in
side enclosures completely oyerhauled
and built up. In years gone by the
betting ring has been one of The draw
backs Of the great state fair, The
crowds could never get into the place
without al risk Of life and limb. 1t
is better laid out now and twice as
commodious. The grandstand is much
the same, but ii glorics in new coat
Of paint. In fact. the brush has served
TO brighten mp the whole place TO n
remarkable degree Extra turnstiles
have been set in and the crowds viii
not he kept waiting in line for the pur
chase Of tickets, as in former seasons.
When II is all said and done. Salt LAX
ers Will find at their disposal this sum.
mer a 6nc, up-to-datc racing course and
some mighty fine sport on tap.
Fine Club House.
A noteworthy adjunct 10 the fair
l.
exclusive organization Of racing yota-
ries. A handsome bungalow club house
has been practically completed in an
enclosure set out for the purpose on ihc
site Of thc old paddock way. The con,
tractors viii turn over the structure 10
the club on Tuesday Here the mem
hcrs and their ladies will gather dur
ing the afternoons of the meeting to
tender homage 10 King Thoroughbred,
Expansive viewing balconies, promcn-
ado lawns and luncheon service are some
Of the features Of which the members
may avail themselves, When The sea.
son once gets under way the member
ship of the Turf and Field club is eX.
pected TO reach the limit prescribed by
Its bylaws, Governor VIM. Spry is the
club S honorary president. with Lester
ID, Freed as president. Hcber NJ. Wells
is tho vice president. The board Of GOV
eruors includes Ezra Thompson. Samuel
sNeWhouse, lTus Holmes. a. y. DaVlS, 4.
y. QuigIey and III. r. Clark.
Fairgrounds Notes.
The FIRST race will be called al
clock daily The sixth and final race
ought to be over by 4:20 p. IN. each
day.
"MoreIloc JIM is busily engaged
placing the starting stands and appa
ratus for Starter Dick Dwyer, who will
be here on next Wednesday.
Tho new automobile enclosure at the
club house will accommodate about fifty
machines. This will he a facility much
appreciated by owners Of motor cars.
The Utah State band will render
ddsy dsty s selected Programme nT mptor
race goers. The first number will be at
l;30 p. m, each day.
Captain Forsce, who will assist the
local officers in policing the course, Will
arrive in the city today. He has been
n Pin rto o,-cr fUp oht vporS