The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-01
SEVEN THOUSAND
PEOPLE At RACES
Largest Crowd Ever Recorded
Attending Horse Races in
the State.
FAE0RITES HAVE BAD
DAY: LONG SHOTS IN FRONT
Galyanic Only Popular High
Priced Horse to Bring
Home Money.

The largest crowd that ever attended
a horse race meet here was seen at thu
Utah State Fair grounds Monday after
noon. The official count through Tho
turnstiles was 6l23, while the probably
total attendance numbered over 700(
people. If attendance has anything tr
say in regard to the success or horse
racing in this city, then Salt Lake has
become a Mecca for the "sport OF
kings" Salt Lakes best people were
seen at the truck side. Every seat IN
the large double grandstand was occu-
pied; the bleacherS were taxed TO the
limit, and over 800 members of the Turf
and Field club witnessed the races from
the clubhouse. SIXty-two automobiles
and scores of horse-drawn carriages
crowded the large space east of the
track. 1t was a bright day, and with
the thousands OF people standing up dur
ing each race. shouting and calling on
their favorites To win, all presented a
grand scene
The track was fairly fast and the rae
ing was of the best. 1t was Il poor day
for favorites, Galvanic being the only
real first choice 10 come in winner. Col
onel White and Priceless Jewel coupled
in the betting, both horses being played
heavily to win, but the Colonel White
hackers won cut. One second choice,
two third choices and an outsider took
The honors.
The hackers of Beau Man in the first
race came TO grief. Jockey Parker, an
apprentice rider, proved unable 10 hold
his mount. and when the horses lined
UP at the post, Beau Man broke through
the barrier and ran away for two miles
and half before Parker could stop
HIM The horse was started. He opened
at J IN the betting and closed at 100
TO !, but was run off his feet early In
the race.
May Bride handed Minndocia, the
farorite. package in the second race,
the Utah handicap, by length Jockey
Peak making pretty ride and win
ning all the way from the half on.
Grotto, rank outsider. carving low
weight in the fifth race. was piIoted
home for the honors by Jockey Mondon,
which was really the biggest surprise
of the day. The horse was entirely
overlooked and considered as not having
show.
Boggs, considered only good on mud
tracks for a mile or over, surprised the
natives IN the sixth race. Boggs had
really won the race before he got
started and breezed in by three and a
Hdil iSuStHs dHSdu OF JOnH a. MaII0O,
which beat Royal Ben, the favorte for
place.
Society Present.
Among the members at the club
house were: Judge Thornton J, Peters
and Miss Peters of Denver; ID. c. Jack-
ling, Mayor John S. Bransford. DR..
Welton, T. Purdy and Mrs Purdy, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Evans, Samuel New
house, Elmer /. Rainey of New York,
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Bamberger. DR.,
!. Taylor, Caddy, Colo; Fitz Mullock,
Judge w. H. King. r. W. Sloan, Mr.,
aud Mrs. Dinwoodey. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
NJ Murtagh, l.. ID. Gordan, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. J. Moran, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
W. Throckmorton, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Iuttle, John S, CritchIow, G. j. Crab
tree. A. j. Davis, J. G. Mcdonald, Col.
Fellowes, Mrs. c. z. Reid, c. s, Stimp-
SON, Mr.. and Mrs, Lester D. Freed. Mr..
and Mrs. T. II. Fitzgerald. Wallace 7.
Fallon, Miss June Fallon, Mr. and Mrs.
w, Fl. Gleason, Mr.. and Mrs Willard
Snyder. Mrs. j. d. Wood, Mr.. and Mrs.
F D. Walker. Seybold T. Ferguson and
Miss Ferguson, Jack Keith, Henry Nc.
boch of Boston. Mass, Albert McCor-
nick, G.. S. Holmes, Lewis Mccormick,
General Fred Draper. Washington, ID,
c.. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hardness. Miss
Elizabeth Macdonald. j, K. Smith, G.
A. Quigley, Fl, p. Clark, H. NJ. Weld
and II. NJ. Weld, lr.. John Condron and
Mrs. Condron, Fred T. Barron and Miss
Barron, T. G. Lewisohn of New York.
Miss Croker of San Francisco. Mr.. and
Mrs. Comber B. Newhouse and r. II.
Davidson.