The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-19
JOCKEY ROONEY HAS
A HARROW ESCAPE
Priceless Jewel Knocked Down
in Jam. but Rider Escapes
Injury.

WiIe 5ut ono fsvorltc won at Bucna
Vista Monday afternoon thc winners
with two second and three third choices
taking me houors. Wishap In the
fourth fdcr tended TO mar the afternoons
port ior time Tho riders being auN-
inuT 80 get 60 the front iu this race.
la mile event - terrible jam was the
result uu tho FIRST turn. iu which Price
Jess Jewel VAS pulled down. and the
rider. Jockey Rooney, thrown among me
racing borSeE but hc luckily escaped be-
ing trsmplcd upon. ilc WAS stunned Tor
tho ilmc being. and when tho dust had
cleared away and the people "a" the iia.
cr lnNiug WOuoulcss on the uack IL
Was thought he bad been killed lic Was
carried 10 tho track office. where he
WAS examined aud reported 10 be only
over ne was out and about
The running % Jane swift. I'm the
nfih race caused great deal OF com
mCut while Iauc swift was tie favor
Ito very lttlc money went in on tho horse,
as report had gained circulation that
40" boTs" WAS dead 10 Bal"tl"n-
probably do lt. Balcrian made good. rs
per the report. but Jane swift mad"
such = miserable showing that nearly
everybody thought jho race was a fixed
affair.
Ladies were admitted free to the gate
and large attendance WAS the result.
Tho weather man granted another fine
day Tor the racing ana the track was
last
Cobl,sku wrll ridden bv Jockey c.
Henry. the riders first mount since his
suspension last spring won tho first race
Tor SIX furlougs Oy n neck from Moss
back WHO l"d Invader by nose for
place. Invader looked the winner. but
was intcTf"rcd with ON the stretch. The
yHlu" of ihc purse 10 the winner was $50.
DTDllo was the good thing I'm the sec
oud race. six fUrlouEs selling. $3.50 purse
value To the winner Coming up from
last position Jockey Fischer rode his
horse 70 tho front and won bv two and
ono half lengths over Chief Desmond.
with Little Buttcrcup in third place.
Eayara. tho 6 10 favorite. ran last
Jockov pickons made good ride on
Nav Bride u the third race FOR five
furlougs. winning every post; Lady Pan
vhita was second and ri PCrfccto, the
To- ] favorite. ran third
Jockey Singleton won again with
Agreement. coming home hy two lengths
To- the good in the fourth race FOR one
mile. ArcOurt beat out CHdichon. the
even money fav0ritc, ny head for
place Just before reaching the FIRST turn
the horses iawmCd. Priceless Jewel WAS
caught I'm the middle Of the bunch and
went down. throwing Jockey Rooney right
iu tho midst OF tho running horses. While
Rooney was severely shaken M and WIS
carried from the track 10 the scCtctary's
office h" soon revived and was pro-
nounccd out Of danger At first II was
thought lac had been killed. as he lay
motioulcss upon the track and later
picked up and carried from the track.
The nfth race. for five and onc-hHl
fuIlOnEs. was Ciuch for Rnl"rian. Jockey
Jarrett. placing four open lengths between
himself and Aunt AEgic, tho second horse.
Jane Swift. the biz faVoUitc. ran third.
Tho surpris" OF the day was tho run
ming Of Aunt ACric. 4 100 To ! shot.
and the poor running OF Jane Swift
with Jockey Singleton IN the saddle.
Many of the hurscm"u said that tho race
aid not look good 90 them. and that when
horses like Aunt AEgic are allowed 20
beat horses like IInc Swift that IL Us
caused a great deal OF talk as not being
on the square.
Promethcus was the only favoritc OF
the dav 20 win a race. Jockey Singleton
drove tho big bay homo winner by four
lengths I'm the Iast~cvcut for seven fur
longs GosSpcr II headed Iuclcment.