The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
Gear Ruling.

With the foregoing rule in force on a
race track man cannot count his life
as his own. Should anyone crittcise a
decision or in any way contradict the
ruling or the judges, or the management
he is Immediately ousted. a case of this
sort was brought out at the Buena Vista
track y horse that, fifty feet from the
wlrc, was two lengths behind at the
wire this horse was given first place
The horse won all right and the judges
were correct, but those standing north OF
the Judges stand could not sec how a
horse so far behind and so close to the
wire could win, and Immediately the win
ming numbers were hung UP ON the score
a howl went UP from The people. Man
aScr Finn Immediately had several OF
the people elected from the grounds. OF
course the others kept quiet as they
reaches such stage where the people
are not allowed to voice their opinions.
/ then II is time that such sport be elimi-
mated from the calendar Of clean sports.
| Suppose, for instance. that every person
| who voiced his views at a baseball game
was elected? How many would remain
and they want 10 be in a. position TO
give vent to their feelings AZ all times.
| The foregoing rule is made Tor no other
| purpose than 10 lntimidate the horsemcn
| horses and he discovers some cheating.
and should he go TO the press with his
soul and horses from the track. lie
would be scandal monger" and would
| bc a dctriment TO the racing game.
Hackett is Good Man.
The biggest interest in the Buena VIs-
IL race track is owned by Salt Lakers.
inent business men OF the city. They arc
| not in the game 90 swiDdle the people
and they want the sport 10 be run on
! the square. Captain IIacSett who has
| recently purchased big slice of stock,
| is millionaire. and intends to estab-
lish a breeding farm IN this state. lie
follows the sport for the love Of IL and
If n man went 10 him for the purpose
Of frying to Ak race. Captain Hackctt
would no doubt rap" the tout in the
face, The people Of this city, have
shown that they like the sport and that
| they will paroniZo the game. but it
must be managed differently than II was
last year. Already several prominent
| business men say that II Manager w,
! w. Finn comes here to open racing again
they will take up the matter for the
purpose of trying 10 stop the sport SO
| many stories were tloeted by jockeys aud
horscmen on how crooked the sport was
conducted that the people blame Finn for
| the mismlna cement. Salt Lake City fans
do not want n manager OF a race track
who owns "A string of horses and who
| controls the betting ring. The track
| management should be separated from
the betting. ring and the racing. An in
tercst in either by the arrangement does
| not look good for the game.
| When tho New York tracks closed there
WAS an exodus OF gamblers, booknakers
| aud racc-tracl5 toutS TO Canada, The
New York papers said that tho boolImak-
ers would kin the game In Canada. he =
cause they were interested In the horses
that were sent over. and tho races would
be made to suit the books. This holds
good everywhere. When bookmakers own
horses with owners and hold sway over
a track then look out, because they arc
going to get the money and IL is the pub
lie that viii foot the bills.
Public Loses.
While the general public hots It's money
at the race track, upon close observation
lt will he discovered that the horse mon
seldom place bet at the track, In =
stead the night before the races, friends
are wired all over the country where
poolruoms exist to bet their money. and
u horse is wired out OF town the horse
generally wins. unless some accident
takes place at the track Sometimes IT
becomes known what horse was wired
out OF town and the TIP is banded All
around, and the next day H. Is found that
the horse has bccn drawn from the race
or is billed as long shot and finishes
with the also rams. Every possible scheme
is worked TO get the money and at the
Same time the public Is assured that IL is
getting square deal.
At Juarcz Mexico. where a great many
of the Salt Lake horses were shipped fuI
the winter meeting. trouble has already
commenced to brew. The Associated
''EI Paso, Tex. Dec IA crusade
against the raco track nj JuarcZ, Mexico
opposite III Paso, although the winter
meeting there has barely got under way
OF ministers and business mon Friday
night at the Chamber OF Commerce II
was decided To ask the state department
TO make effort To have the concession
for the race track revoked If possible"
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