The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
Prospects Of Excellent Season
at Old New York Turf
Center.
AUGUST BELMONT BUYS
FAMOUS ENGLISH HORSE
Empire City Announces Pro-
gramme for Five Days Of
Trotting Events.
BY JAMES DocKERALT..
sed Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. July 3o.-With many
noted turfnen and famous horses already
upon the ground and some prosect for a
longer meeting than usual, the old Sara
toga, N. Y, race track Is taking new
lense of life. Racing and its attributes Of
chance made Saratoga famous. and Sara
toga Will always have kindly feeling
toward racing and race men, no matter
TO what extent the sport ls cramped BY
lawmakers.
Racing at Saratoga was conducted last
year upon high plane The law against
open betting was enforced. but there was
no persecution by the officials such as
has been the case in the lower part of
the state. AS result. the attendance
was good and the old-timers were able
TO bet orally to their hearts content
The same conditions Will prevail at the
track this year. for the antf-oral betting
bin will not go into effect until Septem-
Der and the Saratoga meeting will be
over by that time
will be stabbed at Saratoga by time for
the season to open The Wilson. Keene.
Hlldreth, Belmont Whitney. Gaffney and
other stables will have the cream OF their
stock there.
notable feature of the racing this
year will be the social events. Mrs. Au-
Jr. Mrs. Sanford. Miss Nolan and other
society women have promised to attend
the meeting. The Saratoga meeting will
gust gust q. w N - e''' O'
There are not many men In the world,
even among turfmen. who would pay
him, but August Belmont Is one of the
few. and ne made such purchase when
he bought the great English racehorse
ad the Rock ssnd
has sired the best 2-year-old racers OF
the season, Footprint and Trap Rock
They represent his first crop of race
why did buy Rock sand?" said Mr.,
belmont. For the very good reason
that he was just the stallion needed for
my nursery stud. Rock Sand Is Stock
well horse through and through. Because
OF that great strain of blood purchased
him.
Years ago my father had horse
cessful at the nursery stud. being a
Stockwell. Since the death OF the II
Used have missed that particular strain
of blood in my stations. SO I made up
my mind to purchase Rock Sand II pos
sible. The opportunity presented itself
and gave orders TO my agent in Eng
land to buy the horse although / had
| never seen him.
Don't you think 1t was a plucky thing
to buy horse you had never SEEM"
Il don't think I took any great change
In the matter replied Mr.. Belmont with
| a laugh. II was familiar with his great
record and was assured he was fine
horse. He was just the type I wanted.
not too TALL not too big, but symmetri-
| cal in every respect"
Empire City Programme.
The following is the official programme
OF the fiye-day trotting meeting to be
held at Empire City. near here. under
the auspices of the Grand Circuit next
Tuesday. August 2S-2;16 class trotting.
Speedway stake. first division: 2.12 class
pacing; three-year-old trotting, Matron
stake
wednesday. August 2d-2:16 class trot-
| ting, second division: free-for-all class
trotting; three-year-old pacing. Matron
stake
Thursday. August 25--e;1s class trot.
ting. third division; 2:Os class trotting'
2;05 class pacing.
e:26 class trotting: 2:2o class pacing.
Saturday, August 27-2:16 class trot-
| ting. final. specials and overnight races;
Two additional stakes, each guaranteed
for $780, were added to the list. and
one for the free-f for-all trot and another
for the 2:05 pace, both OF which VII!
bring tosether the fastest performers S,I or
both divisions for a racs~ ana naturally
will be two interesting events
The Sweepstake event. which was fnv-
ored by a majority Of members. was
/ for three year-olds. and as the two d.
visions of the Breeders MaIron stakes
are already on the card. snird race ior
youngsters was deemed ,,nia DiaoVasn1ie, na over-
nirht events will be has NOT yet been
settled definitely, but official announce
mcnts will be made In time f9r entries
In deciding these events special auen.
tlon will be paid TO the horses III the
racing stables. and II possible the over
night races will be arranged with view
to helping non-wlnners 10 earn so"'o
with the Matron stake the total
amount to be distributed among coEtend-
ing horses at Empire cry nsnd tTaes CIR crcuIt 1
nearly $50, 1000, or up 10 Grano Sireuis
MICKEY shannon the well.kn surf
man. sends word from Lexington, NS, ~
that he will open II punIC staple III lse
Kentucky association course
Uhlan's Great Record.
when Uhlan trotted 4 mile in 2:oss to
wagon, at Cleveland. D.. recently HIipen
by his amateur owner, c. N' u. biulhss
OF New York. he made pertcrmamee
that has never been eaualed by trot-
ting horse so early In The season Lou
Dillon trotted in 200 to wagon In Octo-
Der. 1903. but her performance vas maqe
,s estimated helps L horse about four
seconds or more. and, n'l thiass consta-
cred cannot be regarded rs qnlte .ne
equal of Uhlan's mile, THIS iS the nLst
tSme that the horse has beat 21os In his
work this year. and the fact that he can
pull wagon In record Siines urlVen %
an amateur who is t"Sney-noG G,cad q.
great many horsemen that the olncH son
of Bingen can trot in 200 OF better tnis
Owing to the temporary recognition OF
performances made with wind snielo,
Lou Dillon Is credited in the year ooOS
with n trotting record of 1881 but no
horse OF her gait has ever gone mile
better than POI under normal conditionS,
and this is the mark ut whleh al
asplrants for record honors nowadays aim
the wind shield record having been dis,
credited by the action OF the Natonai
Trotting association. -,
Last year at Cleveland Uhlan after TAX
Ing a little the worst of the start: trotted
on the outside of Hamburg Belle from