The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-02
SPECIAL DELIVERY
WINS THE FEATURE
Large Crowd Witnesses the Run
ming of the Utah
Handicap.
Ontario Oregon Stable Had Four
Starters Which Finished in
the Money.

Special Delivery, rour-year-old bay
geldlng. owned by r. Turnmire. and
carrying l04 pounds, defeated one OF
the best fields ever scen on the Fair
Grounds track In the Utah Handicap,
yesterday afternoon, and incidentally,
came pretty close 10 equalllng the
track record OF mile and furlong,
on half mile track The best pre-
yious time for the distance was made
on the Victoria. b. c., track last sum
mer when Day Star ran the distance
In 55, with a very light impost. Had
Special Delivery been extended yes
terday, he would undoubtedly have
equalled this mark. AS it was the
Turnmire gelding won with lots to
spare and was never very hard press
ed at any stage of the journey.
The races were enjoyed by good
sized holiday crowd which enjoyed
the sport with keen interest, Tho
card was one of the best ever offered
at the mcetin with the Utah handi
cap worth $3.50, as the stellar attrac-
ton Favorites Jared somewhat better
than usual, as no less than four OF
the public choices came In front,
while a second choice and one out.
slider accounted for the other races.
The horses of the Ontario Oregon
stable were very much in evidence
during the afternoon This popular
stable had starters In four races. and
In every instance its representative
finished in the money Tube Rose In
the first race carried the stables col
ors and finished a bang up second.
On Parole from the same stable prov.
cd victorious In the second: AlaXie
finished third In the following
race. and in the closing event the vet
eran Aunt Polly managed to get In
the money The good showing OF the
stables horses was In q large meas
ure due TO the riding ability of Jock
ey Gaugel who had the leg up on all
Of the horses. and who signalized his
return to the saddle after week OF
inactivity, by riding 80 clcverly.
The luck OF this stable has not been
any too good since the meeting open
ed. and after the last race Mrs G.
w. Jenkins. the owner OF the stable
and the only woman with stable of
horses at the track. was heartily con-
graduated on the good showing OF her
horses.
The handicap brought out an even
half dozen OF the best long distance
performers al the tracx and although
the race was comparatively easy for
Special Delivery the favorite. the
event was none the less interesting
The race eoers are ALWAYS keenly in
terested I'm the LONG distance races
and yesterdays feature race proved
TO be no exception TO this rule. Spc-
cIal Delivery had already won nine
races during the present year, and on
the stretch OF his good races before
coming to the Fair Grounds track, the
Turnmlre eeldinE was made the favor
tie. over what appeared to be a for
midable field
After hut brief stay at the past
Starter Dwyer got the field off to
an excellent start. Special Delivery
was the first TO appear through the
cloud OF dust closely followed by Bal
roma and Cabin
Passing the stand the first time
Cavanaugh had the leader we'll In
hand and keeping him close to the
rail saved a lot of ground. while Bal
ronia In his effort to overtalIe the
leader was forced TO go around.
On the last circuit of the oval the
leader still held his advantage and
despite the frantic efforts of Cabin
and Balronia to overtake him, he new
er faltered for an instant. and came
home TO an easy victory. Cabin clos.
cd strong. and easily outgaming Bal.
ronia In the final sixteenth took the
place with ease, while BalronIa lasted
long enough 10 get the short end OF
the purse,
The opening race was taken by
Zick Abrams. which showed the way
for the entire journey, and outgamed
the fact coming Tube Rose In last
fierce drive.
The second race was velvet for On
Parole. the odds on fayorite. which
toyed with his opponent all the wav
and came to the Judges first in big
Gallop. Tho race wes 4 procession all
the way. the starters nnlshing and
running in the same positions the en-.
tire Journey.
Swagerlater annexed the third race,
bue he had to be hard ridden all the
way to withstand the rush of Auui-
line. which dropped into the place
after a very game struggle Alaxie.
always close M. easily took show
money. The winners time for the
five furlongs: l:02 40, was remark
ably fast
Ycllowfoot showing startling i'm
provement over his last previous start,
outran his field all the way In the
nfth race, and although he was back
inr IN az the end he managed 10 win
by good marGin from Oberon, which
easily beat Gelco for the place.
The sudden return 10 life of Yel-
lowfoot, was not allowed to 20 unno-
ticed by the judges who Immediately
ordered the indefinite suspension OF
G. II. Missman. the owner of tho
horse. and Martin. the jockey. who
rode the horse In his two races. The
Judges will make thorough investiza-
tion into the matter and take prompt
action.
Every one was glad to see Bin
Hawke win the closing race with