The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
W HY MURRAY
SELECT Ed
OGDEN
WHAT GREAT RACE MAN EX-
PEcIS TO ACCOMPLISH.
He Is Known as the King Of Start
ers-O9dcn Has the Best Half
Mile Track.

The people of Ogden are looking
forward TO the greatest race meeting
ever held In the State of Utah, which
opens on May 5th They are relying
on w NJ. Murray. who Is the man
aSer. but who Is not new In the game,
rs he managed two race courses sue
cesstully in New Orleans and was The
first TO come TO Utan last fall, holding
a thirty-1ay successful meeting under
the most trying conditions, as the
weather was cold and raining. But
Mr.. Murray, Ike others who come 10
This great state recognized Its great
possibilities and Its agricultural and
mineral resources He had not been
here week when he said, II VIII run
a Utah derby in three years from now
with horses Ored in the State Of
Utah He saw that the breeders and
farmers would soon recognize the ad-
vantage OF breeding the thorough
bredS, where ds ycarllngs they could
get three times the price they can for
horses they breed. When he left Salt
Lake last fall he left for FL Paso,
Texas, where he ran u Today winter
meeting Nh Murray has been max
Ing his plans all winter to obtain the
greatest horses that ever raced In this
city.
The Utah race meet has been adj
vertised in every paper of note in the
union. the United and Associated
Press have made applications to take
the results of these races which will
be published in the principal papers
OF the United States.
At the present time Mr.. Murray Is
refusing stall rooms for the best race
horses that ever raced on the Pacific
Coast. proving conclusively that the
horscmen have faith in Mr.. Murray In
following here with such high-claSS
thoroughbrcds He recognizes in Og'
den the greatest half mile track in
America there being no other track
which is banked up on the turns III
such an advantageous manner
And now it Is up to the people OF
Salt Lake and Ogden TO appreciate the
efforts of the association and the tre-
mendous expense they have been put
to by giving them their full support.
The principal thing In the racing
game Is for every horse to have tair
start Mr.. Murray at the present time
stands alone There are good start
crs and princes Of starters, but he is
the King of All Starters Mr.. w. NJ.
Murrays work Of the last two years
Is universally recognized by horsemen
and followers of the thoroughbredS as
the king of them all. His greatest
enemies, which public men must have.
iCin In SAYING he stands alone. vi
course. he has had the experience
which makes man know his business
thoroughly He started out as an en-
ercise boy. riding at so pounds Ihen
he was n good Jockey until ms great
desire for beelsteak made him seek
the field of assistant starter
He spent 10 years as assistant start
er. working for such men as Judge Z.
ii. Pettingill, who has been Tor great
many years one of the associate judges
In New York and California; also lor
Fitzgerald and Tom Flynn, These
gentlemen started on the principal
tracks In America
For the past nine years the King oil
Starters has been at his gate In Plm-
leo, Buffalo. Canada. Chicago. Mem
phis, New Orleans. Montana, Salt
Lake. Utah and Texas and he has
clean record.