The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

and ono that has always set pace in
the way of providing attractions that
other organizations have found it hard
| to follow.
1t has been decided that the opening
| day, Monday. September 26, will be
devoted to races for the runners. There
will be five, and possibly six races, in
cluding stecplechase.
| Owners who have been racing small
stables at the big tracks and who were
put. out of business, will have their OPP
portunity, as well as those whose turf
endeavors have been confined to hunt
meetings and other minor race meets.
The purse in each race will be $3.50
and no entrance fee charged. The rae,
ing will he under the county fair rules
of the Jockey club and National SteepIe-
chase and Hunt associations There will
be a professional starter, an innova
tion in fair racing.
The Trenton track is one of the best
half mile courses in the country and is
easy of access from New York, Phila-
delphia or any part of New Jersey for
either freight or express shipments. The
stabling and all other accommodations
arc excellent. A $4,000 concrete grand
stand has Just been completed.
Lyunewood Farm Races.
The Lynnewood farm races Of Oc
tober s will be the most elaborate rae
ing entertainment of the autumn cross
country season. Joseph E. Widener,
the horseman of Philadelphia. will con
duct them and guarantee the purses
and he has appointed a number of prom
inent eastern racing men to act with
him as officials.
But Mr. WideDer offers racing pro-
gramme which puts into the shade any
professional or otherwise, barring the
programme Of the United Hunts for
November s and II, offered hereabouts.
There will be six races, the first will
he dash Of three-quarters of mile on
the fiat for sprintcrs of all ages, with
5000 added; the second will be the
Cheltenham steeplechase for qualified
hunters, $3.50 added. to a subscription
of SIS each, distance two miles and a
half; the third will be the Coligny
steeplechase handicap for jumpers 4
years old and over with $500 added to
the subscription of $l5 each, distance
two miles and half for 3-year-olds
and over with 5000 added TO a subscrip.
ton Of $40 each; the fifth will be aud
the sixth will be n race of ono mile and
a quarter on the fiat for duly registered
hacks and hunters, with 5000 added TO
a subscription OF $40 each.
Lynnewood Farm is accessible to
Philadelphia by train and trolley.
one of the country show places of east
ern Pennsylvania, and it boasts of a
racing equipment the like Of which is
not 10 he found at any private place in
the east Howard Lewis fashioned the
fat and steeplcchase courses after mod
els he saw in France last year while
he was handling the foreign steeple-
chase stable of the Philadelphia sports
man. The fiat course is admirably con-
structed on the figure "S' scheme. and
the steeplecbase jumps are of regular
height, depth. breadth and thickness.
Cancels Canadian Trip.
1t is said that Frank j. Nolan has
cancelled his projected trip to Canada.
The various horses OF the Berverwyck |
stable raced at Saratoga, where Mr. No.
Ian wanted them to make their showing |
and their owners figure that they need |
rest David Woodruff is freshening !
them up for the Pimlico meeting They |
are enioving the air of Saratoga for the !
present but about the first of October |
thev will go down TO Pimlico and get !
ready for thc Maryland Jockey club S !
autumn races,
The horses Woodruff is preparing for !
the Pimlico races are Sir John Jolnson,
Billy Barnes, Tasteful. Blue Mouse, Al !
drian. Banyah, Ford Bank and Bob r.
The stakes to he decided are the
Matron Of about $4,000 divided into
two parts, one for colts and one for
FLIES; Herman purse junior steeplo-
chase for 3-yearolds; Oriole handicap,
Belvidere steeplechasc handicap. Belvi
dere steeplcchase handicap Pimlico
Country club purse, Patapsco steeple |
chase, Sta afford purse Electric park
Linestcad steeplechase and
many others.
An illustration Of the uses whicn the
race tracks Of this city and vicinity
are now being nut is announced that
Allan A. Ryan, y. e. McCov, James A,
Blair. ,Ir.. and Others in charge of the
aviation tournament. Wis
tied Belmont park Yesterday and found
the old race track practically ready for
the hyiug machines and the big crowd
that will be there from October % 10
October 80.
f. G. Hopper will leave Kentucky for
San Francisco November l to take up
his duties as presiding Judge at Oak
land track. He came over from Hous.
tonville Thursday in company with Y.
II. Carpenter and saw the vearlings that
s. Il. Hughes is breaking for them.
work for the first time Nj. Hopper 5 !