The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-11
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fAVORITES WIN
four RACES

Favorites Jared very we'll at tho
Fair grounds track yesterday after
noon. four of the public choices com
ing home In front. The remaining
two did not do so bad. as both fin-
ished second In their respective races.
The horses ran truer to form than an
any other day during the meeting.
and the racing on the whole met with
the approval OF the big crowd that
turned out The outpouring for q
Monday was unusually large, the big
crowd being augmented by the large
number OF the gentler sex. who were
the guests of the association, it being
the second ladies' day of the meeting.
One purse race and five selling
races comprised the Monday Offering,
with the race at a mile and six
teenth as the chief attraction. De-
spite the fact that the fields In the
six events bordered on the ordinary
kind. good contests were furnished in
all of the races and each one was
hotly contested from barrier TO wire.
Close and exciting finishes were the
order OF the afternoon, and In only
one race did the winner have II all
his own way at the end. With the
horses running strictly to form, and
the contests being decided on their
merits. there was nothing lacking to
make the days sport one OF the best
witnessed at the meeting,
The distance event was taken by
Cabin, one of the most consistent
horses at the track. which landed
first money only after the keeneSt
kind of a struggle with Ocean Shore.
The latter hung on with rare game
ness and only succumbed TO the win
ner in the last few jumps. The dis
tance was evidently a trifle too far
for Ocean Shore. The Hawk gelding
showed in front for the mile. but
rounding the turn for the run home,
Cabin, which had been in hot pursuit
all the way. gradually drew alongside,
the two horses fighting it ont all
through the stretch. Cabin, however,
proved to be the gamer OF the two,
and with a mighty rush managed to
stick his nose in front at the end.
Treasure Seeker got the show after
a belated rush.
After waiting on the leaders in the
opening race. Busy Man moved up
rapidly and, ovcrhauling them on the
last turn, came on to victory, with
Burning Bush a good second, The
show was very close between Meada
and Beulah. with the latter getting
the verdict.
The second race was taken by All
Alone, the odds-on favorite. which
showed the way for the entire dis
tance and won from Gelico in a sharp
drive. Jim Cafferata got the show.
with the remainder OF the field no.
whore.
Pearl Bass was easily the superior
Of the bunch of juveniles thai faced
the barrier in the third race She
got away flying and finding the short
est way around had her field hope
lesSly beaten before three furlongs
had been traYerSed. Callahan, how
ever, took no chances and rode hard
all the way, and landed his mount an
easy victor Armagosa tired of chaS-
ing the winner and dropped into third
place, with the despised Sir Bon
third.
Emma G., the ladies' fayorite. ran
cracking race in the fifth, which
she won only after supreme effort
at the end. Geneva. the pacemaker,
got the place after running a game
race, while Galene Gale dropped into
the show after a stormy passage
Tube Rose started out TO make
runaway of the closing race, but had
TO surrender to Lady Elizabeth, which
closed stoutly after taking the over
land route, and won in a drive. Tube
Rose took second money from the
oyerrated Raleigh = D.