The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-27
Many Interesting Events Are III
cluded in Speed Programme
for State Fair.
NO BETTING PERMITTED
UNDER CITY ORDINANCE
Assured That Large Fields of
Horses Will Be Entered in
Inviting Contests.

The speed programme for the Utah
State fair. October TO S. inclusive Is
composed this year practically entirely
of harness events. The committee hav-
ing charge of the speed programme Is
arranging several feature harness races,
which are intended to bring out some OF
the fastest trotters and PAGERS In the
west.
Because OF the ordinance recently
passed by the city council, which forbids
pool selling at horse races, there Will
be but few running races. The State
Fair association will abide by the ordi-
nance and there Will be no pool selling
on either the harness races or the run
ming races.
The interest in harness races has been
greatly revived in Utah during the past
year and there are scores OF speedy har-
ness horses now owned in Utah. The
attractive races for these horses at the
coming state fair will undoubtedly result
In large fields for each race and in eX-
citing con tests for the prize money
The conditions for the races and the
speed programme for each day follow:
Conditions.
Entries to harness races 10 close with
the secretary. Wednesday. September q,
1910. at o'clock p. IN.
Entries not declared at 5 o'clock p. m
on the day preceding tho race shall be
required to start, and declaration must
be In writing and made at the office OF
Harness races VIII be divided into four
moneys 90 %, 10 and 10 per cent.
unless otherwise specified. Entrance
fee. per cent Of purse. and per cent
additional from money winners. When
only two starters appear they may con-
test for the entrance money paid In, TO
be divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first
and 33 l-3 per cent to the second. Six
or more 10 enter and four or more TO
start: but the management reserves the
right To hold lesser number Of entries
and deduct d proportIonate amount Of
the purse,
A horse distancing the field shall re-
ceive first and last money. in no other
case shall A horse win more than one
The management reserves the right 10
declare one starter a walkover in which
case one full entrance and one-half the
amount paid in on the other entries will
be paid. When only three starters ap
pear the money will be divided, 80, 30
and 10 per cent. All harness races. mile
than five heats, money 10 be in accord
ancc with the summary at the end OF
the fifth heat. Hopples not barred.
The management reserves the right TO
start any heat after the fourth score.
regardless Of the position OF the horses.
All races not filling satisfactorily to the
management may be declared OFF.
Racing colorS should he claimed with
entries, but must be named by . p. m.
on the day preceding the race. CoIors
must be worn on the track in all races,
will he registered in the order in which
they are received. and il not named or
when colors conflict, drivers and riders
will be required to wear colorS selected
by the secretary.
The management reserves the right TO
change the hour and date Of any race. And
10 sandwich heats OF any two races. And
the right is reserved to declare off or
postpone any or all races on account OF
the weather or other sufficient cause.
Conditional entries will he treated the
same regular entries. and nomina tors
held under tho rule. Any race that may
be started and unfinished on last day of
the meeting may be declared ended and
money divided according 10 rank OF
horses i'm the summary:
Records made on or after August 1
1910. no bar NominatorS in any race
that should fail TO m may. on September
%, 1910. transfer their entry In such
race TO any other race OF the classes that
have filed I'm which their horses were
eligible on September II. 1910.
Two horses from the same stable may
be entered and raced in any harness
class.
Otherwise than as hereby specified in
these conditions, rules OF the American
association (of which this asso-
citation Is a member) TO govern.
(Trotters allowed 6 seconds in mixed
classcS).
Programme.
M0NnAY O(,TOHER