The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-05

setting the pace. standing off repeate,
away in the last sixteenth to win by tv
tribute to the trainer OF the thorough
ability Of the horse. The time was /
The progress OF the race was
every show OF speed. every challenge
the respective hackers Of the five
After delay Of six minutes at the
post, Starter Dick Dwyer got them
away head and head. Little Selden
under instructions to get the pace ana
to the front with Chester Krum. who
with Widen made The Moyne entry.
and the favOrites at his heels until
the first run.
Here Chester Krum bore out and Sin
gleton on Orbicular cut IN along the
rail to second position. Down the back
stretch they raced until the turn into
the north bend. when Orhicular and
Chester Krum both made their chal-
lenges 10 subdue the pacemaker.
For time 10 looked as n the two
would make IL, but the gamester out in
front would not be headed. although
two horses were at his flanks. Orbicu-
lar. under the weight OF 122 pounds.
was the first to give way.
Chester Krum will make IT," came
the calls from the followers OF the
crack three-year-old, but when SeIden
shook up Lomond the horse responded
and sailed on true to the wire, In
creasing HIS lead in the stretch run
by a length. After trailing the field
Whidden moved up first TO take the
show from z. T. Fryer. who like Whid-
den, had enough left to get by Orbicu-
lar.
At the judges stand the winner was
presented with the floral collar. the gift
Of General Manager Dryer.
only one feature marred the day, the
the dust swirled. with the straw
spread on the ground at the entrance
on fire. all the water at the plant
was needed In that quarter.
Winner Disqualified.
Following the handicap came the
first disqualification OF the meeting
Helen Barbee. winner Of the fifth race.
the purse for two-year-olds. being
paced third for fouling. The crack An
derson lilly got away with her usual
show Of speed and on the inside was
leading by half a length. entering the
stretch. Here she began running out
carrying Balella and Jim Basey with
her. NOsper on Jim Rasev pulled nm
and cut into the rail. but RaleIia. COM
Ing fast on the outside. was herded
out TO the outside rail the two crossing
the finish line with Helen Barbee lead
ing by half length. while Jim Rasev
was third two lengths and a half back
Jockey Williams. who rode Helen
Barbee. when questioned about the
race said that he tried his best TO keep
the youngster in. but she was very
tired and would not keep straight
No action was taken against VII
liams. as In Helen Barbees last race at
four and one-half furlongs, a half fur
long shorter than yesterday. she was
firing fast at the wire and running
sideways. 1t looks as IL four furlongs
Is as far as she wants to go.
The changing of the numbers. giving
Balella the race. was met with eK-
cited approval from the stands. Some
claimed that Helen Barbee should have
been placed last. but as she did not in
terfere with any but the two placed
ahead Of her, and the others were FAR
back. IL was held that they were not
entitled to be moved up.
The opener was won by Figent. who
breezed by the firing Ybor to win cas-
lily. The latter hung on gamely for
the place, while Smiling Metzner ran
his race for the show.
PrOmetheus repeated his sullxing OF
his last out. only showing his speed at
the stretch
Fred Mulholland. the fine looking
BannOckburn horse, showed a glimpse
OF his early promise. steadily rounded
his field In the second race at seven
furlongs, and won going away. War
ner Griswen and Plume both closed
stoutly.
silver Grain Wins
In the third race at one mile came
performances by Silver Grain that
stamps him as gamester and stretch
runner OF high order. The field OF
eleven horses was sent away in per-
feet order. but on the south turn there
came a Jam and, when the dust had
cleared away, Silver Grain seemed
hopelessly out of the running in the
eighth position and fully Is lengths
back. jansen began to hand-ride his
mount. and the game colt began pick
Ing up horses on the far outside. Into
the stretch Silver Grain was third. end
his following began to hope again. on
he came. under the whip. and at the
wire he showed a head In front of Tug
Boat.
Equal to the winners performance
was that OF the place horse. who was
even worse off than Silver Grain after
the Jam. He was seventh into the
stretch. but the way he ran over horses
IN the drive was a fine sight.
Hamper won the last event at six
furlongs, getting into a quick lead and
holding it TO the wire under a hand
ride from NanDusen. Ocean Queen and
Balronia landed two, three. The last
race was run In a dust storm, which
made II bad FOR the boys and horses
trailing the Dace-maker.
The big crowd was well handled, and
despite the wind the day was en-
Joyed. The announcement of the prog
ress OF the Jeffries-Johnson fight was
received with the usual gloom, except
from the minority OF Johnson sup