The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-23
SPORT Of KINGS
DYING IN EAST
Laws Enacted by Hughes and
Others Danish MiIliOnaires
From New York.
BELMONT AND GOULD ARE
SPENDING IMMENSE SUMS
Scores Of Other Wealthy Turf,
men Now Go to Europe Dur
ing Racing Season.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN.
ial Cable to The Tribune

DIX fVlCnAhD Otar1LGh6Hs
| Special Cable to The Tribune,
| LONDON. July 22-August Belmont
| understand. has about given UP hope Of
a revival OF racing in America. In COM
| mon with other noted American racing
men he had been hopeful that the New
York legislature would lessen the restric-
| tions on race track betting to an extent
which would permit the tracks In that
state to reopen. This they were confident
would lead to similar action In other
states and to revival OF racing all over
the country
This hope has vanished. and during his
recent visit TO England Mr.. Belmont made
racing stable and expressed the opinion
that practically all the frst-class owners
In America would race hereafter almost
| exclusively In France and on the conti-
nent.
The success of Frank j, Gould in
France has been remarkable. II Is now
Vanderbilt for premier honors on the
French race tracks. The success Of the
two Americans will undoubtedly attract
other American owners to France
1t was rather doubtful national vic
tory which the athletes Of Cambridge and
Oxford won the other day over Harvard
and Yale
II is true the English universities took
the meet by five wins TO four. but one OF
the events which went TO the credit of
The English; the hammer throw. was won
-
American Rhodes scholar from Kansas.
Popular French Course
| No race course round Paris is more
popular than that at Maisons- -Laffitte,
and 1T is remarkably well managed IL
belongs TO the Societe sportive d Encour--
| ogement, which took over and developed
the suburban race courses that used to be
owned by Adolphe Denetier and M.
Porte; the manager Of the lons-e@go- @
gador.
The present society owns the race
courses at Maisons s-Lafftte, st. Ouen and
and foresight OF the late President NJ.
Eugene Adam that Malsons- -Laffitte was
raised to Its present high position 1t
dowed with over $4,000 prize money. The
object dart, which al,o goes to the owner
of the winner In addition to the specie,
lie, who, as rule, comes to see the race
run
In the year Of It's initiation the Prix
by NJ Edmund Blanc with Government;
and so far no English horse has managed
to get placed. II is. open TO three-yeaT-
run run at W weight forage without any PEN
alties or allowances.
II is therefore. taoToushilyy sporting porting
syent on classic lines the en}edi the os,ng sssg
horse of the period. There Is. by way
OF consolation, sum oedo Of $4,000 400 for -, the he
owner OF the second. S3UUU tOr the lnlTQ
and $1,000 for the fourth
The distance is about one mile four and
a. half ,furlongs. 1t has been won three e,s
times by Mr.. "; W., x. yanderei,it; n1.,si+ WIN ~
Michel Ephruss won 1t In 1905 with
Flnassuer; III, Cailleut was successful In
1907 with Querido. after that horse had
Maurice de Rothschild supplied the win
ner In 1909 when Vedun followed up his
Grand PriX victory by annexing this rich
stake.
Bells Life" for 1861 Il came upon, the
report OF the sales of blood stock held az
the July meeting fifty years ago. There
is an Instructive lesson herein which
the, croakers can take to heart Inc Inc
ESQ Euneas, this being given BY Lord
William Powlett for one of Mr. Farrers
piss" yearlings, brown FLY by We.
dette out of Firmament's dam by Sleigh'
yearling colt. brother to King-at-
Arms, BY Kingston out of Paradigm.
up 6y GGons pea tSs %aS oGssn To
have been the highest bid at the sale
Five horses. the property of Sir Joseph
though they Included strawberry, a mare
hy the Flyng Dutchman out OF British
Queen by Coronation. with hlly toal
by Beadsman. TO whom she was said to
II :" was al this July meeting that the
| racing and breeding establishment of the
late Duke OF Bedford was disposed OF
| We read:
.'Mcssrs Tattersall had the conduct OF
the sale, the elder partner presiding at
| the disposal OF the horses, while MI.
| Edmund Tattersal took the sale OF the
premises In hand. and the result was. az
is always the case when these gentlemen
| preside. most satisfactory. prices being
obtained for the blood stock quite COM
| mensurate with their value"
Nevertheless the highest price, realized
was 700 guneas for that slashng nne
brood mare Habena by Blrdcatcher, Mr.
! Blcnkiron was the purchaser, ana sne
horses in training, the three -year-old
| Cowley by Rochester fetched the highest
price Sir Joseph Hawley going 70 $40
Gulneas 10 secure him Lord 5Sr w William s,a
| three-year- r-old by Kingston, out OF Pas
| trycook. The whole sale, thlrty-siN lots.
realized almost $4,000, The Nearlings
read, was very satisfactory. and Admiral
Tous who was the dukes adviser on the
subject OF mating his mares, was con
graduated on his Judgment In his selec-
ton " siras.
Rhodes Scholars Play Ball.
The Rhodes scholars at Oxford have a
fine baseball team and are making the
great American game popular IN Eng
land. They recently defeated the London
team BY. a, score OF II to IN naPpy,
we'll played game. The London pitcher
blew UP In the fourth inning. permitting |
the OXon'ans 10 take in seven runs. Out !
side Of this the game was remarkably
well played,
vate meeting early in the week by his
foats OF strength, which Included that OF |
bearing n stone Weighing 1000 pounds on
his chest and rolling II off by expanding |
his lungs.