The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-11

As a result of a series of mishaps al
the race course yesterday. one valuable
horse is dead, one jockey is in the hos
pital with broken leg. three other rid
ers are nursing "a number Of bruises and
three horses are put out of the racing
game for few days.
Rey del Muudo. owned by J. B. Good
man. fell on the turn into the home
stretch i'm the last race, breaking his left
shoulder Shortly afJerWard, when the
seriousness of the injury was known
lh- suffering Of the animal was ended by
shooting. Jockey taVenaugh. one OF the
hes jockeys at the track, and a hoy who
was one of the most popular with the
Taccsorrs, was ON Rey del Muudo when
he teli. The boys foot was caught in
the fence and his left ankle broken. He
was taken to St Marks hospital His
other injuries are not serious. The bTUk-
ca ankle viii end the boys riding at the
present meeting.
The spill resulted from "A Jam of four
horses in the second division OF the last
race. Rey del MuHdo was on the rail,
Lee Harrison next TO him, Kopek just
outside Of Lee Harrison. and Dorothy
Ann with Eisenzapn up coming up fast
on the outside of the other three. Eager
10 make up the distance that separated
them from the leaders the boys were all
striving To get as close to the rail as
possible on the turn EisenZaph pulled
Dorothy Ann I'm so close that she bumped
kcpah. kOpek In turn damned Lee Har-
rlsOn against Rev del Mundo forcing
horse went down and the rider, his foot
caught i'm the rail, pitched forward
breaking his ankle. Rey del Mundo
strove tn vain to regain his feet and
continue the race, rideTless.
key del Mundo was a siX-year-old geld
ing, out OF LeOla by Rel el Santa Anita.
II was his fourth out at the present
meeting, and his record was exception
ally good. In his three other starts he
took Two firsts ard one second. Though
he is superior mud runner. he has also
Won some good races on fast tracks, and
yesterday would have undoubtedly been
ia the money but for the accident. In
yesterdays race his owner fixed his sell
ing price az $500.
Tn the fifth race yesterday there were
two bad spills. AT the start AVS Ar Ben
was caught I'm the barrier. This. coupled
with a SWerNe OF CfalNauiC. caused him
10 fall. throwing Otis. AXIS Ar Ben. RI
derless. continued i'm the race with splen-
did courage aud on the far turn fell
again. The horse was in fourth placa
when he fell. and Buua and Nappa. fol-
lowing closely. went down. throwing Har-
ris and Johnson The three horses in
the spin were slightly injured. but all
three bows We're practically unhurt. The
horses WIZ probably be out of the game
again TODAY
In all Yesterdays races the horses were
SO evenly matched that Il was hard TO
DICK winners In almost every race there
were two or more almost equally played
favorites- Tie result was that no mat
ter which horse won every race was n
good one for the books. In the first
race Homeless and TolIer We'd with each
other as the favOrite in the betting The
play on Homeless was slightly heavier
Than on Toller. I'm this race Beau Man
surprised by beating out Homeless and
TOller failed 10 get in the money. In
the second race Happy Chappy. Halton
and Martinmas were almost equally
PLAYED They finished one. two. three
in the order named
Charges of foul were made In the third
race by the owners of Halton. II was
charged that Halton WIS carried wide
I'm the turn 10 the stretch by the winner
Before the official result was announced
the iudEes held a hearing IN the stand
Harris who rode Chappy. made the state
meut that his horse was firing and that
he accidentally swarVed despite the bows
ATTEMPT 10 keep him from doing so. The
Judges decided that. though there was a
technical foul. the result was not I'm any
Way changed by II. and gave the race
10 Chsppv.
Tn the disastrous fifth race. in which
three horses went down. Light Knight
the second choice I'm the betting ran
Gene Wood. the favorite. into submission
after setting terrific pace Pimkin. az s
tn l. was the surprise If the dav. He
took the sixth race with scarce an ef-
fort Grace -. and Valencia. were evenly
PLAYED favnrites in this race. Valencia
took second money. and Grace &. didn't
second race, was the only legitimate IA
vorite that won Yesterday
The details of the races follow;