The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15
Britons Claim Lightweight CHI
pionship, but Will Have ~
Show How They GotIt 4
English Like Boxing

cap in 1893 and the Brookkln Derby
in 1896. Doggett was second or thlra
n number Of times in the FuturltY ana
Suburban. His last race was for the
stable of Jack McGinnis. In 1901 Dog
gett rode in Austria and 1t 10 quite
likely that he will ride there again.
The Belmont Park race meeting ~
the most important and fashionable OF
the spring metropolitan meetings so
that when it was reported that the
Sheepshead Bay dates would be run OH
there it caused considerable comment.
Belmont park is IN the heart OF the
summer colony of rich and fashionable
New Workers and others who live IN
Westchester county. Such persons are
August Belmont, Harry Payne Whit
ney, James r. Keene and others exert
every endeavor to make the Belmont
park meeting success. The faashlon
ables make up parties and go to the
track In automobiles and coaches.
However, the interesting rumor that
the Sheepshead Bay dates will be shirt
ed to Belmont Park has been author
tatively denied. At the same time Inc
steward Of the Jockey club denied
that the Gravesend dates would be
shifted TO Jamaica. The rumor was
based wholly upon gossip.
Poor Racing Outlook.
There is little likelihood that there
will be racing on the local tracks after
October From conversations held WIFE
some of the leading members of the
Jockey club. the meetings IN the fall
viii be short. The full time allowed
by law in this state to hold racing VIII
he cut off at least fifteen days.
With this idea uppermost IN the
minds Of the racing stewards, the or
ficials of the Maryland Jockey club
were told to keep open their fall dates
and not apply for any speclhed time
to hold the meeting at Pimllco AT the
mated that the racing here would end
early. Since then there has been nc
change in the views of the Jockey
club stewards and unless something to-
tally unforeseen crops up IN the III,
terror between this date and the END
of the racing season MT saratoga
"taps" will sound on the local season
in October.
There is proposition on foot to hold
meeting at Pimlico extending from
about November ] to November Is
After that date the thoroughbreds witt
their owners and trainers may go either
to Juarez. Jacksonville, Oakland or tc
Jamestown. The latter course will ap
| My to the Jockey club for sanction tc
hold n meeting following that at PIN
leo. IF, as proposed, Pimlico ends dur
ing the middle of November, the James
/ town track will hold a meeting unit
November 30.
The turfmen have patched up truce
IN the selling war which has been rag
| ing on the eastern tracks. For time
1t was expensive to win selling race
These selling races, however, have beer
a source of big profit TO the racing as
sociations. Al Aqueduct, Follie Levy
the winner Of selling race. was biz
up Sl905 over her entered price Unde
the rules the track s treasury received
half Of this sum. George Odom, TIM
owner of the filly, found the pleasure
OF winning the race a costly one, as h.
had 10 pay 1855 more than the rae
was worth in order to keep his horse
This is merely one incident. Fathe
Bill DAILY took part in the war, afte
long years Of absence from active rae
ing.
The seventeen days meeting at Bel
mont park opened yesterday under ia
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