The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-20
MANAGER DWYER
ARRIVES IN OGDEN

With the arrival in the city yester-
day morning of Richard Dwyer. gen
eral manager OF the Ogden Racing
Association, which will conduct 90
day session of=hlgh class racing at
the Fair Grounds commencing next
Friday, Sept %. the preparations for
the meeting took on more active
aspect. and from now TO the opening
day tho work of getting the grounds
and track In condition and the nu.
merous details connected with the
preparation for an extended race
meeting Will go on apace.
Mr. Dwyer on his arrival In Ogden
had q long conference with Judge
Frank St d Skinner. who has been
in Ogden for some time attending
to the preliminary details. and at
its conclusion he announced that he
was well satisfied with the work that
mas been done
You can say for me-" said the
genial general manager and starter,
that the meeting will be the biggest
and best of its kind ever held In this
city The officials that have been
engaged are the best that could be
obtained. and are high class In every
respect
There will be about 200 horses at
tho track. and this number will be
plenty with which to conduct a first
class meeting We could get more
had we sufficient room. but we had to
refuse a number OF owners who de-
sired TO ship here, owing 10 the fact
that We would be unable to accom-.
modate their horses with stable room
I'VE will have the pick OF the
horses that have been racing on the
Montana circuit. In addition TO those
which have been racing at Denver
1--WE are going to give the people of
Ogden a season Of high class racing
The meeting will be conducted on
high plane, and free from all taint OF
suspicion
This Is Mr Dwycr's first visit to
Ogden In a good many years, and he
was not slow to express his admira.
ton for the city and It's air of pros
perity. He has just concluded . sue
cessful season on the Montana cir
cult. where he acted as starter at
both the Butte and Anaconda meet
ings. He managed the recent highly
successful race meeting at Salt Lake,
and has ofnciated at the starting bar,
ricr at race tracks ali over the Unit
ed States and Canada for n score of
years.
The Montana shipment OF horses
for the forthcoming meeting reached
this city late last night. II consist.
ed of twelve car loads and arrived
ahead OF schedule time, as IL was not
expected to arrive until this morn
Ing
There were over 125 thoroughbreds
aboard. among the number being The
string belonging to Ham" Keene,
OF the most prominent owners
trainers in the country All of
horses arrived in good condition.
there being not a single case of sick
ness reported among them. They
were unloaded without mishap and
arc now peacefully munching hay in
the stalls at the track
The delegation of horseflesh from
Denver was not as large as that from
the Montana city, only a few stables
arriving from the Colorado capital
last night More are expected how
ever, In the course of a few days
Among the horses 10 arrive from
Denver were those of "Tobe" Ram
sey and Al Cooney Both of these
owners preceded their strings to this
city, having left Denver Saturday.
These owners are credited with hav.
ing had the best horses that werc
raced at the Denver meeting md
of the purses Cooney in particular
was very fortunate Besides captur-
Ing a number of races his sterling
little mare Anne MoGee had the dis.
tinction of running a mile in / 80 2-5,
the fastest time ever made at Den
yer over the distance Ramsey also
has a good bunch In his stable tbat
will be hard to beat
All of the available stalls al the
track have been spoken for, and when
the last shipment of horses arrives
every stall Will have an occupant.
The horses belonging TO C. w Scott
and G. w. Robson preceded the ship.
menle from Anaconda by few days
ana are now quartered at the Fair
Grounds With the arrival of yes
terdays large conslgnments the track
has taken on an air of hustle and
activity.
Every incoming train yesterday
brought Its load of racing folk. and
the demand for rooms in the city ho-
tells and rooming houses appeared to
exceed the supply. Many of the horst
men and bookmakers. 1t was report
ed. were unable to secure quarters
Tor themselves and families and
many were forced to seek accommo-
dations in private homes. It IS very
evident that the housing facilities
OF the city VIII be taxed to the Ut.
most TO accommodate the heavy in
fluX OF visitors.