The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-31
|DU|NEN WINS
RACE
N thousand Attend Auspic-
|ious Opening of Magnificent
Lagoon Course.
|iRD STARTS PROMPTLY
AND FINISHES ON TINE
htsrest Is Keen, but Betting
Is Light; Poolroom War
Goes On.

81 .housand persons, filing the beau.
=, usu Grand stand and overflowine In
~,sst crowd that filled the betting ring
! lined the fences. saw Acumen. the
lie win the rich Decoration day
.SIcsp, the feature race OF the opening
], or The Lagoon race track Thurs
Il more auspicious opening Of the
-difu, new track could have been cx
"a The only marring feature Was
INADEQUATE train service. The Salt
M 4 Ogden railroad had not the
-inrneut 10 handle comfortably The inn
rfe crowd that thronged the new rae
. mark. Twelve new ears had been
-,,rsd for the road by the factory,
+. had not arrived in time for yestcr-
4 the the track everything went we'll.
races were started promptly and
ard on time, The new track was
r)ow because Of its newncss. II will
|go or three seconds faster AFTER II
. been raced on for a time. While
4 M fhe best horses now stabbed at
4 grounds appeared in the races yes
-Sr the card was well balanced and
4 horses ran we'll 10 form Throc IA
-ifes. two seCoud choices and one out
's7took the purses
f Betting Is Light
klfbough the crowd was large and the
|srest keen the betting was light. This
arcountcd for by the fact that the
.4ps came TO the meet from all over
4 Cnited States. the track was new
4 the training AT the track limited.
r.taent had not yet got line on the
|ierlal and was not willing to make
h..i l.., =;
ace or two.
rhe racing plant at Lagoon is one OF
\ finest in the United States. The sur
'rdInEs are beautiful and the site is
al The view from the grand stand
pss the track to the mountains in the
tancc is exquisite Turfmen declared
4 the park is one OF the finest in the
Red Stsles, much better than the far
bed Santa Anita and Arcadia tracks.
lhong those at tho track yesterday
re many prominent officials and so
1y folks They occupied boxes and
rs In the grand stand and added TO the
ming crowds.
b a result OF the war between the
Ing association and outside poolrooms
4 hsndbooks. all avenues OF informa-
b as To betting aud results were care
b guarded. - There was no wire AT
'ifack and as far as possible the track
3 fsDatcd. so far as communication
n the outside world was concerned.
Transposes Races.
0te OF The moves OF the association
>ierdsy To- thwsrt efforts Ia steal in
nation was To lrausposc the first and
n races Tho horses which were an
nced TO run in the fifth race ran In
hrst one, and Vice versa. The re-
n was somewhat confusing TO the pa
'ns OF the track. even If IL contounded
y purported thieves % information. To-
N.|Judgc Martin NathanSou announces.
'frt will bc no such transposItion- The
'ts will he run in the order in which
~ arc announced this morning.
Ak further measure To thwart the
'o'foom and handbook operators the as
alton will not permit the official form
n 10 be published until two days
<9esterday's races win he published to-
1Tow morning. The association also
r'lned TO announce the official bettinS
INC horses. The prices announced IN
u SUMMARY are approximately the aN-
zse ring prices. although unofficial.
ihf feature race of the day was the
[,efatlon day handicap, which was Won
#nlls by Acumcn Arumcn TOOK an
'fy lead and was never headed. Round
horud appeared Tor a time 10 he the
fhgcr but later dropped back. \pSo
"a DD fast i'm tho stretch and tllrca =
.l 10 take place money away from
*.nd and Round.
,ne surprise ot tho dav was thc de-
Of Frank Mullins in the sprint race
~ colt was the odds-on favorlie II,
tnfd event. 2 purse race at ilVc ZINC
-6all furlou2s. a race which brought
me classiest field Of the DAY Mullins
early Ia Tho lront and oprncd 4
gap IarclImonr came I'm fast lh'
q Quartcr and passed tho fav"rilc ~
Stretch, Mullins finishing second
Babies Furnish Pretty Race.
) prctiy race was that of tho babies
tIada, The fast CcsarlOn hllN. wuI
faec after an exciting contest. II
rsh The field was well punched. Fran
|.. uic favoritc. ran a bad race. Ga
~ Gale. Al TO T. was the only out
~ To- take race, This marc tool
y eafk lead IN Tho siNth and held J
11e summaries.
lIfi race. six furlonEs. selling, four
Il. f-oas and up-Gene Russell 1Moriar
". % 70 i. straight. won: Lady Ade