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

OGDEN lime Ogden had its HinS
Of tho yscins game. II had fifteen DAYS
of exciting sport. II went the Ioule
ana II paid the price. 1t is COINS %
recover. the citizens say, put they pc
Hevt It will be d long, long time Oei'i-
Ogden win catch up with "hefe y
would have been had II not tiliu" a
down the bars and allowed the nlVdsi,l-
If the horses. the boOkies, the touts, the
Gamblers. the blacklegs and crooks that
Infested the city during those HLIeeH
DAYS Of racing.
ogden welcomed the races with open
arms this spring Ogden was hungry
far excitement, for advertising, TOT
DubIicitv. fer visitors. Ogden now IS
not ambitious for another race meet
ing. Leading citizens, obscure citlSeilS'
prominent business men, small DUST
ness men. Iaboring men, clerks, sales
men and saleswOmen, bOCJoidckS' peo-
nile in all walks Of life in Ogden nope
/ fervently that there will never De sueH
1 a race meeting i'm Ogden again.
| Ogden has suffered. is still suffering
bur Judging from the sentiments eN-
pressed today by a large NUMBER oil
/ citizens. OgC- an has learned lesson
and learned it we'll and IT seems
verv doubtful If this city viii ever
again consent 20 another race meeting
such as the one lately closed.
The city is not busted, but II Is
sadly bent
Many citizens who were planning lux
uries for this summer are now hsurlIis
nm how to procure necessaries. EjerNs
in stores who had planned summer We
cation trips have given them up. ram
lilies that had figured on improvements
on homes have made different ar
rangements now
Fyervbodv. seems to have lost money
. And the money is not now i'm OsueH-
The writer looked into the situation
here today extensively. A large mum
her of persons were interviewed, per
sons i'm all walks of life. There were
fevy-a very feW-Nho defended the race
game as it was conducted in Ogden th
spring. They were mostly saloon men
cigar store proprietOrs. reslauran
r keepeTs and hotel men. No merchant
} were found who were not entirely ais
! gusted with the meeting, who Woul
Z not say that the meeting had Oeen
decided setback to the business inter
! ests of the city generally. and WI
t would not strongly oppose anotne
9 meeting Of the same kind. The mrs
% man seen and interviewed on the SUI
z ject was a prominent merchant mere
He was asked for an expression OF n
T. | sentiments and was at HrsI IeliCti
f about talking for publication. He said
I Change of Sentiment.
81 am not inclined to kick. The pee
ple of Ogden wanted racing and Dettin
and they got it good and plenty ~
[. people of ogden feel differently now
# think they are satisfied. 1 wanted rae
x ing before l knew anything about
- 7 don't want any more of il. 1t was Ii
is worst thing. from a business stan'
n point; that could have happened TO On
10 city. We have not recovered YET.
NAV be months before We do. II ~
only injured out trade while the ra
meeting was on, but it took money o.
Of of the city that will never get bd'
- there.
e I do not wish to be quoted in IN
"a matter because there are many pc
ne sons in Ogden VINO still favor the race
We have to depend for our trade u
the saloon eepers. the gamblers. [