The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-05
BIG CROWD SEES
EXCITING CON JEST
(Ry HOck)

Nose finishes that again and again
bnought the crowds to its feet yelling
msdly, marked the fourth day OF rae
ing at the Ogden track, every event
but one being hotly contested TO tho
yeIy end. the only variation being the
vicAory OF Dora Payne. in the 2 year
old race. Ideal conditions again
brought out nice crowd which went
home well rewarded as a majority OF
the winners were heavily PLAYER. Ow.
ing TO the lateness OF the Salt Lake
special, the races were delayed
tritle bB they more than made up
for this by their exciting closcness,
The opener proved something OF
surprise when Royal Stone. backed
nom fiNes down to to 1 by the In
side crowd. brought home the money
in a stirring face with Chanate. the
gray flyer. Chanate. away well set
a terrific pace to the stretch with Roya'
Stone always in pursuit. The two
hooSoed sixteenth from home and
Chnnl1e began TO quit. Royal Stone
beating her three quarters OF length.
Lady Powell was third. having been
there throughout.
Dora PAYNE looked like the best bet
of the day In the second and she
justifie,l this opinion by tworoping an
ordinary field and winning under
wraps by four lengths. Charles j.
Harvey was second a couple OF
lengths in front of Faurusa. which met
with i lot of interference but clos-
ed very fast at the end
j, t. Strife and his friends set tho
whole bankroll on Mollie Montrosc in
the third. which proved ono OF the
best finishes OF the meeting. Tho
judges took Thomas off st. Joe be.
fore the race and substituted VII.
son. a move that proved wise. Mol
lie was off well and immediately rush
ed 20 the front opening a gap OF a
couple of lengths. with St Joe In pur-
suit. 81. Joe caught Mollie near the
wire and Smith went TO the whip
while Wilson set down to ride In
earnest In ding-dong finish WI.
son Just did outrIdc Smith and ST.
Joe, responding gamely managed to
get his nose down in front with u
final squirt Galvanic was third, three
lengths away.
Tho finish in the fourth. the feature
event was another thriller Cardinal
Sartp was backed In favoritlsm with
Little Buttercup ALSO well played. But
tercup got away we'll and set a hot
pace 10 the stretch. The Cardinal.
slow TO begin. as usual. gradually
worked through the field and Just as
they turned for the wire. nailed But.
tercUD and kept her from going wide
but ran out bit. himself. The ground
lost here cost Sarto the race as But
tercuD. under driving finish just did
manage to stall him off and win by
nose, Invader dropped from the clouds
In time to take third money from the
fast stopping Valencia.
The Strife stable got even In the
fifth when No Quarter. running a
great race. managed 10 outstrip Swag-
erlater in the stretch and win by 4
short head. Swagerlater set most OF
the pace while No Quarter. meeting
with some interference. gamelv came
on, rushed into second place and at
the end got up In time 10 nail Swag.
erlater few rods from the wire In
the resulting drive. No Quarter out.
gained Swagerlater. Rayaria was
third beaten OF n couple Of lengths.
although coming fast
The final proved easy for MaGniflcIo
neglected at 8 to l. Magniflcio went
10 the front at once and never was I'm
danger thereafter. winning from
Cobleskill. which closed fast, by
length The well played Ossian was
third, half length away,
One best bet, Father Downey.