The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-13
MADMAN TAKES
LEH| HANDICAP
BedweIl's Crack Flyer Defeats
Arasee. Chester krum and
Other Good Ones.
FOUR HOT FAV0RITES AND
ONE SECOND CHOICE WIN
Another Large Crowd of Lively
Spectators Give Books
Severe Drubbing.

Attracted by the Lem nahHicaP' d
crowd estimated at eIo0 persons saw
four hot favorites and one second choice
win Mt the Lagoon race course yester-
day The one thing that mitigatec TIE
woes OF the bookies Is that Lagoon
patrons are not all favorite players Inc
contingent known as the talent Is
smaller at this track than at Churchiii
Downs or Latonla, All last week those
WHO backed second and third choices ana
sometimes q iorg shot were successlug.. g u.
Their losInss yesterday helped the boosS
pay out losses to fa"orite players
VIII Hall in The Tribune ,Gd ha'u1yaP ,ya =
races one e-iwothree. The Lchi handl-
cap VAS one OF them and the, ether was
the fifth race. He also picked number
of second choices.
The Lehi handicap was one oi the pese
races seen at the Lagoon course. Cncytet
Krum was making his debut at the La :
COON and many persons Tor "nom nc IA ,
won money NJ other tracks went TO tue
Lagoon for the sole purpose OF backing
him.
Bedweu's Madman was the favori,e,
with Arasee and Marchmonct second and
third choices respectively The contest
vas six furlongs Madman was ON his
good behavior. He watched the otherS5
cavort around at the post and showed
good horse sense by not initiating thcm.
The moment the barrier was sprung ne
was off ike n shot. He took The Eed-
.heTe for the balance of the route
Madmsn Is Speedy.
Msdman ran the first four (uronGs
Isl 40 10 according TO number OF
timers. although the otficia time, makes
II 80. After he was weI IN tho iead
he logged 1lcNC comfortably. Jockey A
Walsh looking back row and then to
rake sure no other stecd was coming
fast Al the finish Arasce,, which got
The place was fully three lengths be-
s,,T nh To ulNiC't showed.
was half length farther back
AIadman's victory was exceedingly
popular. especially with womc2 specu-
lators. Tie messenger oookmakers. some
ef wnon haG neglected TO iay off their
wager. had 10 tap their inside rolls TO
ray The bets. Arasee. too. was vel
rlayeG bin 20 win. Chester Krum. the
!dol at whose shrine thousands OF west
er- 1,:rf patrons have paid homage. was
rext 20 last. being more than ten lengths
Elsewhere had an easy victory in the
first race, but 10 was tho hest OBJ
talnable. and very few played her. Some
nf the large bsttors pm up $50 10 win
s3n and the bookics quickly cut the price
TO IL .. AS all the other horses In this
race were at odds varying from = to
70 I9 to most or those who did not
refrain from betting selected long shot
and put up small sum.
There Was less money wage~ed on The
race than there would have heen n Else
For the most OF the public the race,
srom a speculative standpoint. was the
poorest that has been offered.
There are hundreds who positively Will
not BET urless thov. can get as good as
4 10 j. and in this contest they we're
given the alternative OF putting up to
however had some -backcrs and got the
place DESTINATIONS was third.
Ir the second race He Knows WAS the
favorite with David Warfield the near
f1,.Ori,n Odds on * M one.t1d .
To L. while warficlds price was 10 .:
Pedro. operinG az 10 |. was we'll liked
by many: Speculation was lively. IN this
race and when thev went TO the post
the books had rounded out their list
by getting wagers OH all the nine con-
tenders. The result was Warfield. He
Knows and Anna May.
Silver Stocking Repeats,
silver Stocking came back In the third
race and brought big sums into the
pockets of her hackers. Although she
was played freely. the books only cut
yne s price IT, from % even % money to to ;,
al once and made every post a win
ming one.
The next race vas the one IN which
Madnan defeated Arasee so dcclsIyely
In the fifth race Fred Mulholland was
rat again. MuIholland. notwithstanding
MS failure to win the last time out. wher
made the favorltc again today and had
no trouble In establishing his right tc
that title, Jockey D BoIand rode hin
and gave a very different exhibition thar
that given by jockey T. r. Burns. who
was suspended indefinitely for his re-
cent ride. on Mulhoiland. Cabin finished
In the place and Fereno third. Ferenc
was we'll played. but Cabin was neg.
iected.
The lase race was supposed 30 be al
the mercy Of Elizabeth Harwood but
Rue. as good as and to L.. came or
in the stretch and won from Goldfinn
with Elizabeth Har@ood next TO last
Pickaninny was third.
Notwithstanding the heat the bil
crowd enjoyed the good racing and tht
majority went home better off finan
clally. Considering the fact that so man,
fayorites won. IL seemed impossible To Tho
winning bettors that anyone should have
iost every wager but that was the case
with many players. They spurned tn,
favorites and were looking for 3 TO
shots Few of them got Rue. 80 there
was quite a contingent that lost not.
withstauding the The good form In which
the PONIES ran.
There is another excellent card on fo
today.