The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-25
HORSES ARE
ARRIVING
DAILY
FIFTEEN CAR SPECIAL EN- ROUTE
FROM LOS ANGELES
Booker Brothers With Their Famous
Racers Arc Hcre-Formcr jockeys
Of National Renown

That the horse meet on the Ogden
race course. beginning May 9TH, Will
be one of the largest ever held i'll the
western country, is now an assured
iact Strings of horses with the own
ers are arriving In the city daily and
there are many yet TO come.
w. NJ. Murray. who has the racing
In hand and who is now in Ogden, re
ceived tho following telegram yes
terday.
Los Angeles. April 22, w. NJ. Muir
ray y.-l5 car special leaves Friday, 6
o'clock p. m. b car straight To Og.
den, Reserve stall for w. p. Max
well. II horses. A L. Goodln. . is in
car. Joe Cooper, six. ]. Pelter. six,
l.. c. Williams, 8, w G. Robinson. six.
e. Lennell 7. C. A. Baldwin, w. st.
Vincent S. Polk. . d. +. Hobar s;
w. Fl. Hoag, 6: F. Arrar. six, DuTk.
er, six. Walstron. six, S. ]. Kelly, s.
l will come with It. Sleeper on train.
C. D. PIKE.
This shipment alone means that S3
horses will arrive here either this af-
ternoon or tomorrow morning and will
remain here until after the racing.
which VIII not be concluded until May
10th Among these horses, those that
are already here and others that are
yet to come. are some of the fastest
animals on the western circuit. Many
horsemcn. together with Jockeys or
national regulations are now In Ogden
awaiting for the opening of the races.
"A. j. Gloom who Will act as the presid,
Ing judge in all of the races arrived
IN the city last evening, He states
that the prospects are that the Ogden
meet will be one of the most success
full In the history of turfdom in the
west. The judge will make his home
III the city until the meeting is over.
The Booker Brothers, II. and A w,
are here with their famous racers.
Anna May, Hupala, GIgcnt and tidel-
la. These gentlemen are perhaps the
best known race men OF the entire
country. both OF them having been
jockeys of national reputation before
they became too heavy to ride, since
which time they have had string
of the fleetest horses known to track
men in the more important racing
events of the country At the recent
idSiuS oH lne odhId1u course, Anna
May was the winner of seven events,
she winning the first race Of the last
days racing on the Oakland track
Hupala has three long distanced races
to the good from the Seattle track
Figent three and Fidella nine. These
are all fast horses, and, being in fine
condition for racing now Will undoubt-
edly make i handsome mark on the
Ogden course.
AS jockeys the Booker boys are
OF national and world renown A w.
Booker, mounted on Colonial Girl.
won the $4,000 handicap at the
Worlds Fair in 1902. and II. Booker.
mounted on Judge Hines won the Haw-
thorne handicap for $4,000 IN the Ken.
lucky Derby.
The horses that are to be at the
meetlneg will consume a large quanti-
tS OF feed. 1t is said that it will re-
quire nearly 500 bales of straw a day
TO bed the stock and when il is under.
stood That 200 tons of timothy hay
was shipped here yesterday, every
pound beng taken within six hours
after its arrival and 700 tons being
ordered and which will be here within
the next few days, the Ogden people
will realize what the race meeting
means to the city.