The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-30
THIRTY DAYS MEET
COMES TO CLOSE
Horses Run to Form at Bucna
Vista; People Play the
Long Shots.
JOCKEY SINGLETON WINS
HANDSOME SILVER CUP
Also Wins Every Mount; Cotton
Takes Feature With
Financier.

The thirty days race meeting Of the
Utah Jockey club came TO a successful
! close Friday afternoon at the Buena
| attendance. and a card of good racing.
Three favoritcs, three second choices
and one outsider pulled down the
money, although two of the second
choices opened in the betting as ia
vorites The general impression that
long shots would be the rule of the
day caused a majority of the people
to keep OFF the favorites, and, conse-
quently, they came to grief.
Jockey Singleton was presented with
Il handsome silver loving cup, the
presentation being made by Mrs. A..
race, which Singleton won with Mary
f., one of the big favorites on the
card. The cup was gwen by the Utah
Jockey club TO the Jockey winning the
most mounts.
Singleton broke the track record for
wins, finishing first four times with
four times up.
Jockey Cotton won Tic Adois hand.
cap, the feature event of the day, pilot
ing home linanclcr, a 20 to l shot,
Up to this race Finauclcr had shown
no speed and was not looked upon TO
make good here, proving big surprise.
Three Favorites Won,
Valencia, the even-money favorite
in The first race, for six furlongs,
rompcd home over lazy field, winning
by five lengths from Antara, with Dr.
Sherman showing, Halton got away
bad and could not close the gap. Ath-
gold also ran. Singleton rode the
winner.
In the second race, for five and a
half furlongs, King OF lolo made a
sensational home stretch finish and won
out by half length, with Jockey Sin
glcton up, from Rey FL Tovsr, Galtor
losing the place by a nose. Roberta
and La Dextra also ran, the latter
being the even money favorlte, with
Pickcns in the saddle.
Galvanic, opening favorltc at 10
. but closing second choice at 10 l,
nosed out st. Joe for the honors in n
hard drive down the stretch, with
Dredkin showing, in the third race,
for six furlongs. Judge Pomeroy
stopped ST. Joe, with Nelson up, IN
front Of the Judge s stand and gave
Joe was tri6e short, Fischer making
a pretty ride on the winner. Ossian,
closing as favoritc at > TO l. Billy
Taylor, Royal Stone, Gatherings and
ST Francis also ran.
Financler made his name good by
winning The fourth race, for seven fur
longs. quoted as high as 20 TO ! in the
ring, Jockey Cotton had evidently
stored some speed in the old horse, and
came home in gallop. Several of the
wise ones hit the long shot in the nose
for a neat sum. La RENE Hindoo beat
Jack Paine for place by two lengths,
Hannah Louise and Godfather also
ran. Not including the winner, the
public seemed to have no choice of the
other four horses.
Lord Nelson was 4 hot favoritc at
! to >, and Singleton came home with
the old reliable, winning by two and
half lengths from Albion Ii. aud
Ethel Day showing. in the fifth race.
for six furlongs. AS usual, Ethel Day
was slow at the barrier, but made up
sly lengths, finishing close mp. In
element, Rather Royal and Reuben also
ran.
Singleton also won the sixth race.
for FIVE and half furlongs, with Mary
T.. Z 10 10 favoritc, breezIng all the
way and finishing alone, two and a
half lengths TO the good Judge Short.
all beat Gossiper IL by three lengths
for the place. Alivia and Gypsy Vice
also ran.
Jockey Pickcns brought home the
winner in the last event of the day.
Anna May. for five furlongs. The win.
ner was ) TO } favoritc in the open.
ing betting, but dropped TO second
choice. Cigarhghtcr beat d. Cruzador,
the latter closing the even money ia
voritc, for place, Bernardo also ran.