The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-03

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came away a little ahead of the game
Then her husband got interested and
quit his Job to attend the races. Before
the meeting was over the young mar
ried couple had lost ali of 500 they
/ had saved to make their first start to-
ward a home of their own and the man
was out of work.
The Mayors Views.
Probably no citizen of Ogden is more
pronounced in his sentiments against
horse racing and betting, as it was con-
Quoted in that city this spring, than is
| Mayor Alexander L. Brewer. When he
was asked for an expression of his
views, he spoke without hesitation:
Ogden has learned a lesson. 1t was
an expensive experience, an experience
that it Will take this city long time to
get over. When the matter was first
broached-the holding of such a race
meeting here-I announced that as
mayor I would do everything in my
power to prevent il and, if it was start
ed, to stop it. I had seen the game in
other cities. I was confident il would
mean a hard experience for the town.
Then, after I had had my say, they
called a mass meeting of citizens and /
believe / was the only business man or
citizen in that meeting who raised his
voice 10 protest against the meeting.
Many favored it. They pointed out how
thousands of people would be brought
here. how the city would be advertised
all over the country. I held out against
1t, but I was alone, and so the races
came to Ogden. It's different now-the
sentiment. ] believe that the sentiment
here is now as strongly against horse
racing, if the sport cannot be conduct
ed without the books, as it was for it
/ before the meeting.
Horses? / love horses. I love to
see them race. Horse racing is certain
ly the sport of kings. 1t is d great pas
| time 1t is thrilling. I like to see the
horses race. But ! DO not like to see
the people tieeced. And that is what
the bOOkies did 10 the people OF Og-
den. They stole the money. No one
4 had q chance 10 win. The crowd we
SOt2 Yes, we got lots of visitors-the
scum Of the earth. They were not the
kind of people that brought money 10
Ogden, They were not the kind OF peO-
pie that Ogden can afford to entertain
May we never have such another ex-
perience- Cod help salt Lake In her
present afIicuon.'
One Experience Sufficient.
Next interviewed was Hiram Pfngree.
manager Of the Ogden Furniture. com
pany, the store over which fioated the
June bride banner before referred to
Mr.. PingrCc was very busy showing
goods 10 some wholesale buyers, but
when he learned what was wanted he
said he did not want to miss the oppor-
tuntty Of expressing his sentiments
against the race track gambling evil
which Ogden had experienced.
81 never had but one nvno-fpr,.., ,s-f+1,
race track meeting" he said. and
that was the ono We had mere this
spring. I know more about II now
than 1 did before, and I never want
another experience of that kind. NJ.
one knows what Ogden has lost because.
of that meeting. Every merchant ~
Ogden. ! believe. will tell you mat Il
was a serious blow to the city, 20 the
business interests of the city. Ogdan
has proved that Utahs cities cannot
afford To harbor an evil that other cities
throughout the United States have pro-
hibited after most bitter experiences"
The Races All Right.
This howl about the races raising
the devil with business and about the
citizens being robbed makes me tired!'
exclaimed o. NJ. Runyon, cashier of the
Commercial bank, when he was asxeI
TO express his sentiments on the suD-
ject.
The merchants of this town are "a
lot of sIeepyheads, OF course, they
didn't have much trade in the after
moons. The people We're out to the
races; the races is what brought them
10 the city. The merchants wanted il
all. They should have closed Ihelr
stores in the afternoons: they got
plenty Of trade in the forenoUns and
evenings after the races.
The trouble with the merchants
here Is that they hate to see a clerk
standing idle for fifteen minutes behind
a counter. Tt CRATES on their nerves
The races brought a lot of money e.
Ogden, and they didn't take IL all away
by any means. Look at the people who
came here who had TO be fed! LOOK at
the horses that had to be fed, and oats
and hay and straw way I'D in price.
The hotels and restaurants made pfe
money. and it's in town now. The trou-
bic with Ogden is that there are too
few horsemen here. I've been a horse
man for years and"
All" The exclamation was involun-
tary
What did you say" asked Runyon
Nothing. You We're saying"
q believe the race meeting was a
good thing for Ogden. Lots Of money
was spent here. and I hnow it,"
who got it?" was asked.
Who Got the Money.
well. the hotels got it-and the
restaurants-and the cigar stores. ana
the, the Wen, the beer saloons GOV a |
lot of H. What If they didY That |
keeps Il in Ogden, don't It? It's bound |