The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14
sPOHN EQUALS
OAKLAND MARK
Gabriel's Speedy Gelding Runs
Futurity Distance at Rapid
Pace on the Lagoon
Track.
MYLES 0'C0NNELL QUITS;
STUMBLES AT THE START
Bedwells Sprinter Quickly Re-
covers. Leads to Stretch and
Stops Suddenly.
spohn. W. Gabriers speedy gelding. ran

Spohn. w Ga5rels speedy gelding. ran
the tutur,ty distance a the Lagoon course
Yesterday in :0S ;5. which equals oak
lands record. The record at Oakland
was made when the track was lightning
fast. while Spohn ran after slgnt
shower that some horsenlen said made
tae Lagoon course tritis slower than
USUAL
The Lagoon attendance Tuesday. while
not quite 30 large as Monday, was greater
than on the CORES spoaGing Gay last week
= ooui 2o0D persons were present and spec
u.a:lon was so lively that the books were
busy all the time Layers Of ODDS nav :
ing keen bit so hard recently, tighte1ed
lne.r odds considerably. anG the entire
card formed one OF the hardest puzzles
that has been offered this season.
The nrst contest was four and nai'
iu.loags with Free a decided favorite.
olen.ng at : 10 5. going TO even money
and then back to Is 10 10. The second
choice was The Berry entry. consisting OF
HorUs and Nart. The entry opened al
5 20 l and maintained about that price
I'll through the betting. Horus defeated
Free by a neck.
In the second race Dell was the S-to-5
favoTite Annie Wells. az TO ]. and
descendant. at 10 !, threatened 10 beat
Dell at the start but III the stretch hc
drew away and won easily. Annie Wells
in the turn for home ran wide. carrying
Descendant with her ROYAL Stone and
.A'talr Goth well played by the long shot
contingent. were not in the money,
Amvedo Runs Away.
While going TO the post Ampedo. io-
to-l shot in the second race. threw
Jockey Mentry and ran away two miles:
He clrclei the track twice. When at
las, ne was caught and taken 10 the
post he was so tired that he could not
keep up with the others. Ampedo finished
pulled up about an eighth OF a mile be-
hind the others
Workbox was the tip and the favorite
in the third race. Most of the specu-
istors were afraid 10 play against him
Acumen. a; 10 >. had few hackers
while a small crowd invested in the
chances OF The Monk at 10 ? The
only other one that got any play TO
sneak OF was Godfather AT 10 /. The
distance was one mile. WorkboX got of
veil but Acumen took command in the
stretch and bea, WorkboX by a neck.
The disappointment of the day came
in the fourth race. over the futGrity
course. when Spohn in record time de,
which was quoted nj 2 TO and | 10 3:
lust as they got of My!es O'ConneN fell
70 his knees. hat he recovered himself
,fe lead rs two lengths This place he
maintained until well into the stretch.
when he quit so suddenly that every
body was astonshed. He seemed TO go
vide open staggered along until Spohn
shct by him. winning easily.
Sticker Wins Fifth,
Only those at the post saw O'Conneil
stumble. and after the race IL was sug-
Ecstcd that he might have hurt himself.
although his race did not show /; until
h almost home. Despite his snort
Tsice hc was heavily backed and the
books reaped a harvest
The fifth race one mile and twenty
ards. was won by SticSer. the favorite.
Greenhr!dge until the three quarters was
good second. but stopped then. Star
Actor. which finished fourth. was coming
very fast and in another quarter would
have oVerhaulcd some Of the leaders
Seofiet. which got the place, and E!ein
which was third were both well backed.
Billy Myer won the last race Elme,a
Hamilton. II she had Geen game might
,eve won. but she showed lack OF cour-
age. They were both II 20 > in the bet
ding and carried nearly all the money tha
was bet in the race. Quick Trip wa:
third. Osaudene. making close tIrr
and SAVING a lot of ground. finished a
good fourth.