The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-25
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NOT OVER YET
Perambulating Layers of Odds
Outside of Utah Try to Get
Information Free.
MEADOW, OVERWEIGHTED,
BEATEN BY AN OUTSIDER
Sake. Carrying AZ Pounds Less
Than Fayorite, Captures
Pennington Handicap.

War against the handbook men was
renewed Yesterday by the Lagoon race
track management consequently the form
chart printed IN todsy's Tribune contains
no official prices. The handbook men oS
refusing 10 pay the usual sums ihcoh-
venience their patrons and make many
enemies which in time usually results in
all OF them being put out OF business
In this particular instance the handbook
Of being the cheapest kind of sports;
None OF these fellows who have been at
tempting TO purloin Information theE are
too stingy 70 buy are operating IN oMtdn. ian
With the telegraph wire cut out close
espionage was exercised all day yester-
day at the track. Chicago puohcauoi,
especially made desperate efforts 10 get
what would pass for official prices. Out
was not successful so all over the Cnlted
States bettors who won will not know
how much they have coming to them.
good Saturday crowd was present,
including a large delegation from Ogden.
The feature OF the card was called the
Pennington handicap. but IL was dlEested
Of some OF It's interest by the overwhelm-
ing inlpost placed on Meadow, which car
ried forty-two pounds more than sake
the horse which wen. For a shorter race
this might not have been absolutely fatal
10 Meadows chances. but In going mlie
had 10 be a marvel TO beat the others.
Meadow Out Of It.
Her weight was sixteen pounds more
than any 6f the others carried. sake
which was the longest shot In the race
cut 24-5 seconds off the track record;
making the trip IN i:ii nat. Arasee and
knight Deck were the only other two
horses in the race With less crush: +:
ing impost on Meadow the race would
have been tremendously improved. Only
few OF the speculators picked Sake and
the betting was liEht on the race, be
cause many regalar patrons could not
- Ne A,.tts krfn hla n "a TrV
that weight for so long a route.
Feminine intuition was more valuable
than cold facts In the handicap. for II
induced A number Of women 10 put
wagers on Sake aud when the victor was
brought hack TO the judges stand there
was round of applause in which scare
handicap was the topic of conversation
on the trains and in the ring. Before
the race the consensus OF opinion was
that Meadows chances had been ruined
by the weight and the race demonstrated
the correctness OF that view.
Cisko and Picksninny were the public
choices for the first. race and Cisko Won
hendily Jack Stryker was second and
Angelix was third.
Francine. one OF the long shots. cap
tured the second race. in which the
vorite. Despite the short price a great
deal OF money went in on the entry. but
Horus could only run third. Thistle
Rose. well backed for place. attained that
position.
Myles O'Connell Wins.
Myles O'Connen, the favorite. won the
third race. Coppertown. the next pub
llc choice. was not in the money. Frank
Mullens got the place and Metropolitan
showed Definite was offered al almost
any odds ranging from 100 10 ! upward
Madeline MusRrave was also big price,
but neither OF the long shots ever got
into contending position.
Nadzu was scratched out Of the Farm
ington handicap, the fourth race on the
card Bedwel apparently is waiting for
longer distance for Nadzu. rumor
but when she pranced by the grand stand
II was apparent that she was in fine
were the other contenders and the beau
tiful thoroughbreds elected many ex-
pressions Of admiration. They are all OF
splendid conformation and everyone OF
brown coat, looked upon as the outsider.
was particularly handsome and was so
playful that he tossed of Jockey Hopkins
at the barrier but II was done so gently
that the boy was not shaken up much.
They were off 10 a fine start and as they
swept by the grand stand their machine
Ike strides formed as effective q racing
picture as has been seen at the Lagoon.
Before long Meadows heavy impost be-
gan TO tell and Arasee fought IL out with
Sake. The Dennison stced was game.
Even those who lost on Meadow did not
blame either horse or Jockey. She had
TOO !nncn weight and wnen she comes OUT
again she will be just as popular as ever.
The time made in this race shows that
the course is about as fast as II was
before the rain.
Gennrlell. the favorite In the nth race.
was able 10 get the place only. Workbox
was the winner and Novgorod was third.
David Warheld. we'll backed. was not
In II.
In the last race Banorela, Binoculsr
and Swede Sam were all held at shorter
prices than the winner, Descendant Bel
den al 100 to ]. more or less. was cir
culated as the hottest tip OF the meeting
and II was surprising TO see the number
who listened 10 the siren voice OF the
get-rich-quick contingent The results
of the race was Descendant. Banorella and
Swede Sam.
Racing in Montana.
Starter Dwyer fined Jockey A. Walsh
SIS yesterday for breaking through the
barrier on Vimur in The second race
II. l.. Wilson. general manager of the
Lagoon Racing association and also
president OF the Butte Jockey club. has