The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-01
ARRANGE OPENING
At BUENA VISTA
General Manager DWyer of
Utah Jockey Club Arrives
Tonight From Oakland.
RACING STARTS MAY IA
SPRING MEETING TO CONTINUE
HERE UNTIL FOURTH o. JULY.

General Manager and Starter Richard
Dwyer, OF the Utah Jockey club, will
arrive in this city tonight from SaI
Francisco, for the purpose of meeting
with the stockholders Of the club, pre-
paratory TO making final arrangements
for the spring meeting to be held al
Buena Vista, commencing May Ii. Man
ager DWyer has resigned his position
as starter at the Oakland race meeting
In order that he may take up with The
arduous duties attendant upon his new
position, and he will remain in the city
until the close of the meeting on July 4.
President John Coldron, of the Utah
Jockey club, received a telegram from
Manager Dwyer yesterday, announcing
that he was on the way, and asking
that the stockholders be notified 10
meet during the week at the offices of
the Jockey club in the Cullen hotel. At
this time all arrangements will be
made for the coming meeting. and not
only will the dates be officially an
nounced, but the names of the chief Of
ficials will be made public as well.
1t has been understood for some time
that Frank st. d. Skinner will be pre-
siding judge at the meeting and that
Martin Williamson would be racing sec
rotary and Handicapped. While Judge
Skinner will, in all probability, be here,
1t is not SO certain that Mr.. Williamson
viii be. A few days ago Mr.. Nathan
son. who is racing secretary and handi-
capper at Oakland, announced that he
would not be an official here, and it
is understood that this is true. The
matter has not been definitely set
tied, however, and will not be until the
second annual meeting is held within a
few days. At this meeting the wishes
of President Tom Williams, of the Pa
cific Coast Jockey club, under whose
auspices the spring meeting of the Utah
Jockey club will be conducted here,
will be made known.
Gets Valuable Men.
1t is the intention of President Con-
dron to surround himself with a corps
of the most competent officials possible,
and to this end he has secured the
services of Manager Dwyer, Judge
Skinner and several local men who are
well-known in the racing game. Just
who the local men are who will &C.
cupy positions of importance at the
track will probably not be made known
until shortly before the opening date
although President Condron stated last
evening that he might announce the
entire list following the stockholders
meeting.
Il had been planned to hold the sec
ond annual meeting of the club today,
but owing to the fact that Manager
Dwyer will not arrive until evening,
TIE meeting will not be held before
Wednesday or Thursday.
Buena Vista is already beginning to
take form. President Condron has re-
ceiVed over a score of letters from
hOrsemen now at Juarez, asking for
stall room for over 100 horses, and
Manager Dwyer, in his telegram, stated
that fully that number would come
here at the close of the Oakland sea-
son, which he announced had been
highly successful. Word from Jackson
vile is TO the effect that a number of
runners now racing there would be
here In time for the opening day, when
the great inaugural day handicap will
be run, probably as the fourth event
on the card. Tampa will also contribute
several thoroughbreds, and others will
come from Canada and from nearby
points. There are several good horses
which have wintered at Ogden, which
will be here, and, incidentally, several
good ones have been cared for in this
city, which will be seen in action.
Among these are Royal Stone, Patriot
ana three others, belonging to George
Durker. together with three or four
other stables.
Changes Being Made.
Work upon the erection of 200 addi-
tional stalls will be started either the
last of this or the first of next week,
and at the same time the high board
fences surrounding the track, blown
down during the recent windstorr1, will
be rebuilt. improvements and changes
win be made in the grandstand, and in
various other ways the different buiIo>
ings at the track will be changed to
meet the growing requirements. No
horses will be quartered at the II ok
until the last of the month or the first