The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22
MANY OF THE OWNERS
WILL LEAVE FOR EUROPE
Owners Of High-Class Horses
Win Nearly All Selling
Races on Turf.
BY JAMES DoCKERALL.

| VIII run unOl the oOln OF lnls month"; the
outlook for the turf has never been so
| gloomy. Belmont Park has already
marked tho beginning OF high-class rae
ing-the real sport. on its lawns men
who control millions of dollars worth of
securities forget finance for the time
being and gossip with their neishbors re-
| garding the potency for speed In one
particular strain OF blood over that Of
| many others. The women. carrying for
/ tunes on their heads and shoulders In
| the form of the uiilliner's and dressmak-
| ers art, listen attentiVely to all this.
| but like as not cast to the winds the
| advice Of the sages of the turf when their
! eyes catch sight of some attractive rae
ing colors. Then they are willing to risk
q box OF bonbons on their choice-the
| horse with the catchy name that is car
Racing is not dead-it never will die
so long as men hold I'm their hearts love
| for horse. That this affection for the
| thoroughbred is deeply rooted and not
thing Of passing moment or feeting fancy
| Tor a brilliant spectacle the history OF
| the sport tells.
For over hundred years there have
| been attacks against II, but II has sur
vived and Is now more securely in
trenched IN the hearts of the people the
world oyer than the day when LORD
Leger stakes Of 1776-the first important
| race ever run.
When such men as August Belmont
|
| eral Stephen Sanford. Harry Payne Whit
ncy and w. X Vanderbilt Will spend
| thousands OF dollars maintaining breed
| ing farms for the sake OF possessing one
| or two great horses that are endowed
| with superb speed, courage and endur-
ence. and will spend hours that run into
| days. weeks months years-time that
means thousands OF dollars 10 them In
| their business Interests-to establish
racing on a high plane. there must be
I something in this sport besides the gam
! bling end OF 1.-THE only side that the
enemies Of racing hold UP TO view.
Katonah. James r. keene's best 2
| year old, died In the stable at Sleeps
head Bay. Because OF an epidemic in his
stable Mr. keene was not we'll repre-
| sented at the Aqueduct meet and In the
early races at Belmont Park. Maskettc
| caught a cough and Hilarious did not
| respond to training.
The race meet OF the Toronto Jockey
club will open, TUESDAY and run for seven
on account OF the funeral OF King Ed
ward, The Kings Plate will be run as
| usual.
The Montreal meet will open June 4.
II is predicted very widely that this Will
be the most successful meeting ever held
at Montreal. The pari mutuel system OF
betting will be used
Tire Of Persecution.
Francis r. Hitchcock. one OF the
stewards of the Jockey club and one
| Of the best-known turfmen in the east,
said 10 me recently:
| American stable owners nave gotten
tired OF the persecution OF the legisla-
lures and are getting ready to ship their
stables 10 England IL II doesn't cease.
The outlook for racing has been gloomleI
in the past few weeks than IL has ever
been before.
There seems to be no call for the man
ner in which the lawmakers have gone
after the owners OF race tracks. Small
owners are completely discouraged and
large owenrs are dsgusted.
or course racing Will exist, but 1t Will
| - .zx. g.. N-..s D.. -. A 49,
is rapidly approaching that state where
IL can well be called the sport OF kings
None but the rich viii soon be able tc
enjoy the sport"
Richard T. Wilson. Jr.. president OF the
Saratoga Racing association. who has a
bigger stable this year than formerly
says:
"The legislators look only to the gam
bling features Of racing. They overlook
the great amounts OF money distributed
and the fact that horsefesh can only
doubtful whether the fall meets would be
held or not"
Usual interest attaches this spring tc
Churchill Downs. II Is down for deci.
sion Saturday. May 2s. The rider o
the winner will receive from the new
of $3.50. The trophy this year is worl
OF real art and surpasses all prizes o.
the past in this event. Secretary Davis
is In receipt Of applications from severa
ing TO be one OF exceptional class be
cause a number OF turfmen have indi
Gated their intention to enter racers o
merit IN order TO add to It's popularity
Every gentleman able 10 convince th'
committee that he can ride is eligible Z
compete. provided he does not weigh II
u excess OF 162 pounds.
Charles Rumsey, the sculptor. who Il
TO marry the daughter of the late Z. II
Hartman. has Just completed llfe-sz,
statues OF Hamburg and Artful for Harr,
II Whitney G On IN
statue OF the great trotter Nancy Hanks
for John z. Madden; The statue o
Nancy Hanks Is TO be placed over TIM
great trottlng mares grave at Hamburg
4 Place.
| Mr., Madden has removed the bone
\ of Hamburg Belle from Savannah. Ca.
\ to Hamburg Place and buried them II
the meadow in which that swift trotte
romped before she got TO the races.
Mr.. Rumsey is taking a keen interes
: in horses of all kinds. Mr.. Hartman
who owned fine place in Orange coun
~, was about 10 embark in the busines
Of breeding tboroughbreds when he died
/ raneements to ship horses west whel
the racing outlook in the east becam
so acute. Some of these will be race
at Salt Lake CITY. where a meet will b
| held from June to run forty days.
Robbed of Interest,
Samuel C, HDdreth. II may be sal
| here. has a more powerful and user,
stable than a year ago! In fact. h
stands an excellent chance OF winnin
the cheapest selling races as well as tn
most valuable stakes. The predomi
nance OF the Hildreth horses. togethe
with those owned and trained by Thoma
Welsh, George Odom and n few other!
is one OF tho reasons why the fields hav
been SO small and the sport itself
\ robbed of ordinary interest az times.
\ the racing associations would supply sell
\ ing races with conditions calling for IN
sale OF winners at lower prices IL is ar
1 gued that there would be a larger mum
4 Der OF entries and an absence OF stalk
| horses in such events. But under tn
/ conditions named In a majority OF III
| selling races at present. Fildreth. Odon
\ Welsh and others who own or train high
4 class horses are able TO monopolize III
\ game. to the evident detrincnt OF man
\ owners who have no chance to beat sue
\ formidable rivals.
#. ]. Pons. who brought n string
4 horses from Jacksonville To race on th
4 metropolitan tracks. has decided to cas
4 his fortunes with the west. and the sta
BILE was shipped from Sheepshead Ba
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