The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-15

and on Tuesday, with 10s pounds up,
he ran five furlOngs in the remarkably
fast time of SO As. the impressiveness
of the performance being accumulated
oy the fact that he was obliged to
work his passage after g rather slow
beginning. Fit and good, the KeniI-
worth geldinS viii have to be reckoned
with any time he starts, and the fact
that he was not nominated for the Utah
derby has caused no little surprise.
The Utah Derby.
A nice entry list was secured for the
derby, among the thirty-two named for
the rich 3-year-old fixture being Ches-
ter krum. Daddy Clip. Meltondale. Napa
Nick, Sick, Kid North Lewiston and
other good ones If the race were TO be
run ehere at any time within the mex
few days Chester Krum would undoubt
eddy be made favorite on account of his
recent brilliant performance. This is
a nice colt and while he is no slouch at
the spr1nring game, his two fast miles
In the past week may be considered
prima facie evidence that he is partial
to a route In addition to speed and
stamina he possesses the other reQuis-
ties TO a good race horse-Ramenes
and ability to handle weight
At that he would not have anything
like "walk-over" as there are other
speedy ones engaged in the race which
act as though they would not be sVerse
to a route In fact Meltondale only the
other day peat a fair field OF horses at
one mile and twenty yards in $40 3d.
which is within a fraction of a sec
ond OF the Emeryville record for the
distance. The Derby, like eacn of the
other stakes Will enlist good field.
and furnish an interesting contest. K.
Mayne, who owns Chester Krum, as
well as Whidden and few other
horses. has booked here since the close
probably be among the layers who will
hang up their states at the Buena
Vista meeting.
The Strife String.
J. 7. Strife. who raced No Quarter,
Mollie Montrose and Eel at the Utah
tracks last year, will have a more pre-
tentious stable at the coming meeting
NO quarter, very much improved over
his last years form, has proved a very
useIui racing tool here and has enabled
strife to add to his string. Some time
ago ne claimed the speedy but faint
hearted Aequia out of a selling race
but Strite's banner haul was made last
Saturday when he claimed and secured
Thistle Belle for Loo. The daughter
Of knight Of the Thistle is one of his
SpeedleSt tricks here and has five and
half furlongs in los 20 to her credit
Former owner Dick Ferris was sore
over the clearing incident and made
some remarks TO Strife that by the
widest stretch of Imagination could
not be considered complimentary, for
which he was subsequently fined 800
by the stewards. He has since replaced
Thistle Belle by the purchase of his
even faster Gold Fin from P. ]. Lynch
q ACpOAlCO prize VI S1yOOU- ever
the two mares meet in a selling race
there Is apt to be something doing
after IL.
Advance Guard Leaves.
The advance guard of stables that
VIII go to Salt Lake will leave here
about the 18th. when several strings
VIII take thefr departure in order to
race at the ogden meeting. Among
those who have Signified their inten-
ton to ship to Ogden are J. T. Strife.
Frank Rhinehart, c. S. Williams, Joe
Quinlan and W. <. Kraft.
These owners have some pretty shifty
racing material in their strings among
the horses being Thistle Belle No
Quarter, Mollie Montrose. Airs, JiIlett
Tremarg5, All Alone and Financier The
latter is being handled by Joe Quin-
Ian for O. Levy OF Salt Lake, the latter
having taken him out OF a selling race
from Dick Williams last fall. Incl
dentally Financier in his first start
here last Thursday was the medium Of
4 coup, being backed down from II to
/ to l. c. Vandusen. who is riding in
good form, VIII also go to ogden for
the meeting there.