The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-14
Turfmen Will Hold Winter
Conferences to Decide the
Future of Racing.
AMERICAN THOR0UGHBREDS
ARE ALL FROM ENGLAND
Saratoga Meeting Is Proving
the Most Successful of
the Eastern Season.
BY JAMES DocKERALL.
he Tribune.


race meet which IS now being run OF
Is the most successful of the eastern
season. AS it is ending the season in
this vicinity it is fitting that 1t should
be q successful affair.
There Is much speculation as what Will
be done by big turfnen with their stables
after tho meeting is over
I believe that men like James r. Keene
and August Belmont will take a great
deal OF interest in the winter meeting
at Juarez. Mexico. There Is also to be
a fall meeting run off In Kentucky, al
though 1t Will be short one
Eastern turfmen will decide definitely
what is to happen ultimately TO racing
in this state There will be a series
winter when plans will either be made
for next summer or else 1t Will be de-
% series sa OF me meetings 'n next I've Year. ~ Men Of
wealth like Richard T. Wilson. Jr-, Sam
uel Hildreth and others want racing ?or
the pure sport, barring all commercial
features. They are willing TO race their
stables at n financial sacrifice.
All English Bred.
The increase in the Importation Of
hockey horses and the statement of G.
w. Watson that we must look TO Lack
nies for the future OF breed leads 10
the interesting conclusion that, in few
years. all our famous blooded horses will
have sprung from English forebears
A. Sarg's show stable. is one OF the
many fine harness horses recently inn
ported from England and is a registered
hackney OF fashionable breeding by his
ma jesIy sire of the famous Forest King.
Her dam was Adultation, by d'Oyly's
Confidence. Jack Donnely and others ex-
pressed the opinion that she would de-
velop into a champion.
Another notable new harness mare OF
the hackney breed brought out at the
Long Branch horse show WAS Pandora
Registered Pandora
by Mrs. C. Cecil Filter OF Philadelphia.
She won In the largest harness class OF
harness with the chestnut hackney geld
ing. Florham King. Mrs. Filter bought
the mare few weeks ago from Fred
Pabst of Oconomowoc, Wis, and her ap-'
pearance art Long Branch was her first
IN the show ring Pandora is TO the man.
ner born. Her sire was Polonus. the
sire OF more noted prize winners in heavy
harness than any other horse that ever
lived. and her dam was imported Panic.
a prize winner at the national horse
show of 1905 and mare that Henry
Fairfax. president Of the American Hack
ney Horse Society, regarded as one Of
tho best OF the breed ever brought 10
B. White OF Leesburg. Va. and Pandora
wns foaled his property. She Is years
old fifteen en- hands high chestnut IN color
beauty. quality and stSie.
Her mate, F1orhan King, is the grand
little horse that the late III Mex from
bly, selected TO head mis- F1orhsm hack
rey stud at Madison. N J. His sire was
Henry ". shoemaker's, fine old English
horse; Acrobat. ", winner of enough
medals 10 make a champions belt for
him and mis- dam was Nelly III full
sister OF Danegelt. for which Mr. from
bly, paid SIS. 900 in England
II Is quite likely that Kentucky turf
r7en VIII come TO the conclusion that an
annual autumn meeting would be good
thing Starting late in September or
more than a week or ten days.
Racing at Marlboro.
reeted with the New York Jockey club
IS looking after the interests OF the New
Maryland Racing association al Marlboro
Nd Aorsemen are much interested In
Southern Jockey c.ub has sanctioned the
plans OF the Marlboro promoters. The
dsii meeting "ll begin In september the
2eth o, the month. ana run 10 October
Is. q period OF twenty days There is
bound 10 be a large patronage from
Washington and Baltimore 1ne South
ern Jockey club has arranged so that the
dates Wal not conflict with rImlIco or any
other important meeting.
The Fort Erie (Canada) race meeting
which was postponed, win in all like
lihood be run OIL In rne autumn. may be
October.
The Grand Trunk railroad labor trou-
bles have been pretty severe blow TO
racing; not only because u hurt attend
ance at meetings. but prevented the snip
INenJ OF norSsS To ta1lS.
The turf ruling at Buffalo recently
handed down by which Jockeys Pease
Palms, j. Henry and p kencner. George
Kelly. valet; Coley Thompson. a clocler
second only in interest and importance TO
the ruling made by Captain James Reese
at New Orleans several years ago
1t was charged that the above mem
toned were concerned in wholesale
'hxing" OF races. General denials were
Issued.
Liberal Purses.
The Saratoga Racing association has
handled matters In the old liberal man
ner. Three hundred thousand dollars will
be distributed In stakes and purses. In
the good old days this amount would be
considered something worth going into
ecstasies over. Now. when the ship is
humping on the rocks this colossal sum
demonstrates That the owners OF this
course Will 80 10 the limit 10 make the
arfair grand success.
saratoga stands out pre-emnent in the
,urf world Racing al this cosy little
hamlet is conducted strictly for snorf
and inclines 10 the social side, Tho lead
Ing lights OF the racing game never fan
70 attend This meeting and their COM
pany Is greatly augmented by society
from Albany and surrounding towns. The
fact that The future OF racing around
Gotham after the finish of this meeting is
In doubt. means that many will tourney
here TO be at the finish. II such should
be the case.
Saratoga has already been popular with
Ih' ihii II HS3ufe3 Il three
weeks rest The fortunes Of war may
decree that this VIII he the last session
al Spa, Ii so. there Is not the slightest
doubt that II Will always be remembered
rs spot oefttDg the finale or the sport.
Hamilton. Ontario. gets its race meet
ing next week.
The Indefinite postponcment OF the Fort
Erie meeting has redounded To the ad :
vantage OF the Saraioga meeting
great MANY horses which would have
gone TO Fort Erie remained at Saratoga
While the Fort Erie meeting Is only q
NT-dny affair, It meant the keeping OF
many good horses at Saratoga for the
earlier events.