The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-21
LAGOON TRACK
RECORDS BROKEN
Despite Rain in Forenoon,
Course Is Fast and Good
Time Is Made.
.STICKER'S IMPROVEMENT
IN FORM BIG SURPRISE
Jockey Reynolds Forbidden to
Ride for Anyone Except His
Regular Employer.

Ytsack records were broken yesterday
In the third. fourth and nth races at
the Lagoon course. Although 8 heavy
rain fell IN Pennington and vicinity yes
terday forenoon the track dried out
quickly The dust was settled and af-
forded a resilient footing for the thor
oughbreds.
Sticker, In winning the third race.
showed such an Improvement in form
that the judges made d quiet inquiry
which resulted in Jockey Reynolds being
instructed that until further notice he
must not ride for anyone except w. c.
Clancy, his regular employer. Reynolds
was Sticker's pilot when Sticker. among
a lot Of second raters. made such poor
Showing.
H. G. Bedwell. owner OF sucker, was
not summoned to the judges stand. but
he went before them Of his own accord
and said that he had not been saushhe,e h,a
former race. He attributed Stlcker
amazing improvement to Jockey seiden.
In the mile race Sucker clipped Two
ffths of a second off the track record OF
l:4i l-5. made by Acumen on Tuesday.
June IS.
A big crowd OF regular patrons was
present. The attendance now never falls
below 1000. exclusive of horsemen and
track employees Three special trains or
six cars each are run every day beside
day every car is crowded but on an av-
erage day the only train that has pas
sengers hanging onto the steps Is the
FIRST train Into the city; Every one wants
cars on this train were jammed and per-
sons who sat on the steps could not set
inside when the rain began.
Want More Street Cars.
Many turf patrons are complaining be-
cause they have 10 walt so long TO get
f,ar rb- Jlat,1 1i.5Y i.4rla
street cars are even more crowded than
the first train returning from the La
goon and have TO creep along 10 give The
conductor enough time 20 take up the
fares.
David warfield was the one nearly
everybody liked in the first race. but
and this sent a few SPECTATORS after
tickets on her. Margaret Randolph. too.
was given out by the purveyors of long
shots, but Gemmel. the old chestnut
eeldins which has always been high in the
favor of turf patrons. proved that he
had not lost his speed Gemmell won
hsndily. with Warfeld second and De-
Billy Myer at 10 TO 1 won the second
race and was almost neglected in the
betting, despite his recent good perform
freely played. but they did not get In
the money. Hidden Hand played by
many to win, was able to get the place.
and hclde Marie Hyde got the show
money. She ran a good race yesterday
and seems 10 be on her good behavior
now.
Sticker Surprises Talent
Every horse in the third race, except
Madeline Musgrave. was played TO win.
but there were fewer bets on Sticker,
the winner, than there were on the
others.
Frank Muliens was the odds-on favor
ite In the fourth race and won as his
form indicated. He lowered the track
record for hve furlongs one-fifth second,
negotiating the distance In 80 2-5 Sec
onds, but he was very tired at the finish
Lochiel, at one time q top notcher In the
east. apparently was not ready Paw
hussa, with scarcely a dollar on her for
place, captured that position and Shoot
ing Spray was third.
Star Actor and Edwin T: Fryer were
the most fancled in the fifth race but
Knight OF Ivanhoe getting of first was
overtaken. but came again and beat Fry
ct by the smallest OF margins. A few
rods further and Fryer would have won.
Ben Uncas was third. Knight of 1vanhoe
clipped four-ffths of a second off the
Lagoon record for one mile and seventy
Elizabeth Harwood. another odds-on
favorits from the Bedwell stable. won
the last race In the manner that the
chalk indicated. She was so much the
best that her victory was never in doubt.
but 1t was not especially popular because
the price on her was so low Dell was
second and Annie Wells third. A grea,
as the best bet the race offered.
The card for today promises. close con-
tests and exciting finishes
Jockey Meripol was set down by Starter
Dwyer yesterday for one week for trying
to beat the barrier.