The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-28

Three suspiciously slow favorites were
beaten out yesterday by three rank out
siders. As Turp Kinney remarked.
Maybe the owners didn't want 'em to
win; maybe the trainers didn't want en-
TO win: maybe the horses couldn't win %
At any rate. they didn't win, and the
form players were given Jolt that
made the bOokies serenely happy IL was
just such jolt as might be expected on
getaway day when the bOokies have
the last chance at the public money.
The first jolt came In the third race
when Prince of CASTLE. al 10 10 J. walked
away with the mile race. winning with
ease over Buckthorn and Surety. the IA
vorites. and Northwest and Coppers.
heavily played for win and place. The
play on Prince of CASTLE was very light.
and the money began to come the book
les way.
Perhaps the worst Jolt Of the day Ia
the talent was the win of Lucy c. 30 20 J..
over Red Leaf. the Odds-on faVOrite. In
this race two booknakers were giving .
70 ! on the field against the favorite. Red
Leaf Vas played at ] to and 2 to 8 odds.
This race moved Turp Kinney TO re-
mark that maybe the owner didn't want
her to win Little Heine Radtke. the
Youngest and most inexperienced boy on
the track. was up. Though Red Leaf was
easily the class Of the race the other
boys rode all around little Radtke, and
he was fortunate To finish second. His
poor ride of the favorite may have been
due TO his ineNperieuCe PretensiOn. heav-
lily played at Odds-Ou for a place, fin
ished third
Inexperience can scarcely be pleaded as
the excuse for the unsatisfactory ride of
GalVanc in the last race hy Jockey Mel
son This boy Is easily the best Jockey
a the track. and it is very probable that
GSlvanic was the best horse IN the last
race. lie took the Head al once. and in
the first half of the mile race led down
n ind
by nine lengths. The boy allowed the
horse 10 run himself out against the
wind. Even then the horse. with proper
riding. might have finished first i'm the
stretch Nelson did not do any urging. and
GalvanlC finished on his own courage
Door third.
In the betting Yesterday Gaivanic and
Beau Man were post time favoTtes Bel
den the winner. was ~ TO ] shot The
faV0rites were practically the only horses
In the race that were played. The talent
picked GalVanic to win. hut the wise ones
suggested with a smile that it might not
be GalvaniC's day.
On Tuesday Galvanic was a heavily
played favorite in the first race. bat for
some reason did not run true to form
The judges suspected the reason ami
Jockey Jarrett. who rode him. was called
TO account for %. The result was that
Jarrett was barred from riding for any
one save j. II BrannOn. by whom ne is
regularly employed. Had Galvanic won
yesterday. so il is said. 70 would have
looked bad for Jarrett, hence the poor
ride Of Nelson
In the first race. Hszlet. Garland and
Bonfils were heavily PLAYED At the last
turn Garland fell. throwing Jockey How
ard. The boy went over the horses head
but was not hurt seriously. The first race
was one OF the best yesterday. All the
way around the track IL looked like any
ones race and the stretch run was very
spectacular, the favoTite finishing a neck
10 the good
Hereafter. the winner Of the fourth race
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