The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
.JUAREz OFFERS
LARGE PURSES
Racing Meetings Will Be Held
at Many State Fairs Dur
ing October.
CAVALRY OFFICERS ARE
READY FOR HORSE SHOW
Pari-Mutuel Betting Will Prob
ably Replace Bookmaking
at Different Tracks.
BY JAMES DocKERALL.

BY JAMES DoCKERALL-
By Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Eastern horses
and horsemen have been cutting a wide
swath in the ante-grand circuit meetings
and In the enrly racing on the grand cir
cult itself.
The farewell races on the 'four-cor-
nered" track at Terra Haute. which
opened the season. brought to the front
four eastern winners in three days, and
In two of the races the horses that
finished first, second and third hailed
from New York and Vicinity.
1t win be pleasing news to horsemen
| there will be 100000 distributed in
stakes and purses at Juarez next winter
in hundred days of racing There Is
no question that Juarez will be the home
OF the best horses, for the stakes will
| be worth going after. and as many I'M
| provements have been made in the hotel
and club houses line IL means a happy
family affair In warm climate all win
ter. The stake books will he out shortly
and applications for stabling can be put
In at .; any time TO Mr. r,, Lyman m Davis
junction next fall with the following state
fairs:
cS6os October j. 's ,,srd 1LsSisgon snTgss dHg Hg
Hagerstown, Md; Birmingham. Ala
October IS to 22-Baltimore. Md; Fred
erick, Md: Raleigh, n. c.; Montgomery.
October 25 to 29-Charlotte. n. c.; Dali
November 1 to Espartansburs, s. c.;
November to 1o-spartansburg, S. c.:
Columbia, s. c.; Shreveport, La; Phoe-
nix, Ariz.
Goes to Buenos Ayres.
|, James 3. Haggin, the Kentucky turf
man. is going to maintain a racing es-
America. Our old friend. Africander. will
be put in training and racing at Buenos
Ayres track.
, The racing season at Saratoga opened
auspiciously and has been run so far in
an entirely successful manner. 1t is pret-
ty safe and certain TO say that the Sara
! toga meeting will end racing In the east
: for this year at least Following Sara
toga turfnen will turn their attention To
the fall and winter meetings in the south
: Jockey club says that there will be no
attempt to revive interest In racing in
New York until next summer,
George W. Berry who brought Adoph
Sureckels's 2-year-olds. Adrian. Antenor.
Edda. Indora and Korrnak. east In the
! spring and sold them. with some other
youngsters. at good prices. the hard
times considered. has taken his way back
! to California.
There are lot OF thoroughbreds at Mr.
Of NaDs 5s fna a who ssare The The
stations at >Napa are Voorhees,. Solitaire
II. Big Chief and Puryear D.. and he
cause of tho successes OF Adrian and
Kormek this season Mr.. SSpreckes in
tends to give Plryear ID. a better chance
than he has had heretofore. Puryear II.
was son of Deceiver, developed and
campaiened by the late Hardy Durham
OF Kentucky. He got cracking good
horse in Dr. Lego. an Oakland DERBY
and Burns handicap winner Puryesr u.
gets youngsters OF sood speed and much
courage. They run from behind Aid
, rian does. This Is Big Chiefs arst year
! at the stud.
Ready for Horse Show.
American. cavalry horses. particularly
| those stationed at the western army
, posts, are on edge awaiting the selection
! OF the teams which Will participate in
! the international competitions at the Ma
! tional Horse show next November against
the crack riders of Great BritaIn's hus-
! ssrs and lancers. who have accepted the
associations invitation TO try for the
I: prizes.
In addition to the British officers, AL
, fred c. Vanderbilt Is hopeful OF attract
7, Ing the presence Of the French and Bel
Gian riders who competed so success
fully In the International Horse show at
the London Olympia last month.
1T is obvious said Robert A. Fair
mittee of the National Horse Show as
sociation, that keen interest follows the
official announcement OF the acceptance
of our Invitation TO the British soldiers
10 compete with our men. AS to the
plans OF the United States army officers
for sending a toam TO the show TO meet
, nothing official can he said at this time"
The racing season in The east is upon
} the home stretch. Within three weeks
, It will be good -hyo to racing in New
York state for perhaps six months. a
year or perhaps for n longer time, even.
than that
to the future II is patent that horse
racing cannot be carried on In this state
under the new new laws unless , some court
more favorable to the sport, There are
enough friends OF racing In this state
, q a. now lesislatnre the anti-racing bills
will be repealed
II the sport is TO he renewed in this
| than 10 study the methods tried and
found not wanting in one other state and
, ono other country That is the pari-
conducted in France and. during this
, year. in Kontuclsy.
There Is littlo doubt az to the success
, the system has met with In Kentucky
According 10 all reports. the game has
never heen so free from evil and so popu-
, lar with the general public as under
Pari- -Mutuel Betting.
Tho chief beauty of the pari-mutuel is
that il is automatic You play the me-
chine. In Kentucky the system Is car
aea tc%et pp 0n On the he horse You fancy II the
horse wins you divided the total re-
cepts for tickets on that race with the
others who bet on the winner.
, a study of the Kentucky racing charts
for this year will show that the public
gets n much better break than do those
that play under the present bookmak
, ing system Except for 3 per cent de-
, ducled from the pool by tho racing as
, | sociation To pay expenses. the entire
money bet ON a single race Is divided
aufang the players
\ glance at the bookmakors' antomo,
biles will give any one good idea OF
, how much of the entire money bet
single race goes back TO the players. AS