Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-21
LAST RACES RUN
At BUENA VISTA
The Tiger and Its Followers Trek
To the North
Country.
BOOKS GET ALL THE MONEY
Owners. Trainers, Touts and the OH
ers Of the Tribe Leave With
Very Flat Purses.

With the finish Of the last race to-
uay' only tho odor OF bad language
fingers over the field at Buena Vista.
where for the past 40 days a jostling,
morbid, motley crowd OF sports, gam
blers and "touts' has "buckedr the
tiger I'm his lair, During the race
meet here, 500, 900 has been gambled
ana spent at the track, and only q
small percentage OF 10 Will remain ia
salt Lake. The bookmakers with their
money bags fun ~ the hard earned
cash or the mon aud women who at
tempted 20 beat the races will leave the
city tonight, some going 10 Cheyenne.
Wyo, and others 10 Butte Mont.
Nhere race meets open Saturday. This
money that they have won in sab
Lake VIII be carried along with them.
Out OF the 30 horsemen at the track
only ~ OF them were able to ship their
horses out of Salt Lake without Dor
rowing money from the betting associa-
ton. which owns everything but their
souls. The $4,000 IN stakes did not
make any OF them the richer, two
thirds of the owners leaving the track
with heavier mortgages than ever on
their stables and equipments. There
were only 1ve stables on the track that
cleaned up more than $4,000 in purses
on the races This would not pay Tor
fees and the entry fees and stable fees.
The other owners came 10 Salt Lake
with debts frsm the meet in EmeryvilIe
and they VIII leave here still deeper Ia
debt, and the bookmakers will be
Obliged 10 furnish the money for the
release Of the horses which are being
attached every day at the track FOR
horse feed
BOOKS GET MONEY BACK
Under the rules OF the associati ton. the
bookmakers put up the purses for the
races in order 10 be allowed to open
up In the betting ring, The purses are
so small that the owners cannot make
expenses and they resort to the betting
ring BY the time the meet is over
the books have the money back again
which was given as purses
For the last day, Buena Vista put on
It's best appearance and about 1000 out
side Of the regular gang attended the
races In an effort to get even on the
meet. The books enjoyed tho last day.
however. by winning on four races OUT
OF six, and the talent came home look
ing like the chief mourners at 81
neral.
The salt Lake club. which is own
ed 10y the Utah Jockey club. cleaned
up sac, 900 on the races for the meet.
II Is reported. John Condron, pres
ident. Dick Dryer, general manager.
own the controlling interest In the
book as well as the Jockey club The
Salt Lake club made the biggest
winning OF the meet Jack Shannon
OF San Francisco. who cut in at the
commencement OF the meet. pulled
out ahead OF the game by $4,000. ac-
cording to reports. and several other
books made winnings. During the
meet there were three books that
lost money. cutting In only three
days a week The "touts" and gam
blers made a fair living of the game
at the track, but are now looking
for a getaway" to take them TO
Cheyenne or Butte, having spent
their money In riotOus living about
saloons. and other dives In the city
The races brought about 300 men and
women from the California meet and
they Will leave with the horses for
Butte or Cheyenne. according to
which field they think best.
The race meets at both Cheyenne .
and Butte are held under the sane
ton OF the Pacific Jockey club. AZ
Cheyenne. John Condron, president
Of the Utah Jockey club, and w. w.
Finn. own the controlling interest I'm
the track there Judge +. st. d.
Skinner will preside at the Cheyenne
meet which lasts 10 DAYS and then
goes TO Butte. Dick Dwyer. manager
OF the Titan Jockey club. is Interested
AZ Butte and will preside there at
the barrier.