The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18
BIG RACE MEETING
BRITISH COLUMBIA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SCHEDULES MEETING
Sixty Days of Racing Will Be
Given, With Ten Big Stake
Events.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. April 1.-THE
stake entry blanks for the forthcoming
sixty-day summer meeting at Victoria
were distributed among tho Santa An
ita horsemen by Judge Robert +.
Leighton Horscmen who intend rae
ing their stables nm the British Co
Iumbia circuit this summer were greatly
interested in the appearance OF tho
stake announcements. and all were
pleased to learn that there Will be lots
of opportunity for the better class of
their strings 10 pick up some purses
OF value.
All told, there will he ten stakes
TO be contested for ut the meeting, thus
insuring stake race for each week
of the meeting. Two of the events
have a guaranteed value Of $1,000 and
the remainder will be worth $500 The
Victoria Derby and the Dominion
handicap are tho most valuable fca-
nlres TO be run. The former is for
three -year-ods exclusively. of course,
and the latter for thrce-year-olds and
upward The -year-old racers have
been provided for in the Canadian
handicap and thc Ladies plate. The
first named is at five furlougs and the
latter is a fourfurlong dash, The pro.
gramme on opening day. June .. will
be featured bv the Opening Day handl-
cap at a mile. The Farewell handi-
cap. also a mile Journey. Will conclude
the list Of stakes and will be run
August 1, the closing day of the meet
ing.
Several nominations already have
been made to the stakes. r. l.. Thomas
has entered Flying Squirrel in both of
the juvenile events, and other owners
of prominence have signified their IN
tentlon of naming some OF their
cracks, if only out or compliment 10
Judge Leighton and the Young turf or
ganization that nc represents. While
it is true that officially it has been
announced that the purses offered
daily will not be less than an aggre-
gate of $1,000, it is the intention of
the management to go over this amount
should the attendance at the meeting
warrant doing so.
The Victoria Country club is com
posed of the highest type of citizen
ship to be found in British Columbia,
and all of the stockholders and direc-
tors arc men of standing in their com
munity. The club undertakes to give
a lengthy meeting this summer. large
" in the way Of an experiment and
with no intention of garnerng large
profits therefrom. In other words. the
Slub VII ulStIlDubG l.t H'Oui9 VI lu'
meeting among the horsemen in the
shape of increased purse values
Judge leighton is surrounding him
self with staff of capable officials,
in all of whom he reposes the great
est trust. Frank St. d. Skinner, who
represented the Pacific Jockey club as
presiding steward AT the Butte meet
ing last summer. will he associated with
Judge Leighton al Victoria, Sam Me-
Gibben, at present clerk of the scales
at EmeryvilIe. viii act in a like ca
pacity at Victoria Sam is Just as
popular with the Emeryville jockeys
as our own Pcrcival Pomeroy is with
the Santa Anita riding colony. and
largely on this intimacy a good many
of the Emervvillc riders will follow
McGibben TO Victoria. Jack Dinuc. the
ring captain at Emeryvi!le. will also
be at Victoria. Jack is popular with
all classes. and his selection TO act
at Victoria is good one. The peer
less Dick Dwyer also will be on the
Job AT Victoria, just as soon as he
closes his engagement at the Salt Lake
meeting. Until his arrival Joe Web
Der, his capable assistant, will send
the fields AWAY.