The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02
WORLD s RECORD.
HOLDER WINS
Fern L., Quoted at s to /, Shows
Flash of Her 3.Year-
Old Form.
HAMMERWAY, 20 TO / AND
BETTER, FIRST IN LAST
MyIes 0'COnnell Claimed by
DOss From Bedwell, at a
Cost of $1,000.

Although Fern l.. holds two world !
records. bookies at the Lagoon yes
terday quoted her at S TO | at thu
opening. Few IF the regular patrons
who had seen Fern L. run recent,
placed wager on her. but many per
sons who only go OH Saturday ant
holidays backed Fern l., hoping sh'
might show some of her 1908 form
when at Seattle she ran n milo IL
81 % and also ran FIVE and hal
fnrlongs in Los Fern l.. was in the
third race at five and half fur
longs. Although her time was :06 20
she won easily. Tho Lagoon track
record is Los 3-5.
Hammcraway was the sensation OF
the day. Opening at 20 TO ! and adj
vancing in price, he won the last race
allowing the hookmakers handsome
profit on the day. II was a bad da.
for the regular turtles. but occasional
patrons cleaned up handsomely, both
on Fern l.. and ON Sake.
F. w Doss claimed Myles O'Con-
paying $1,000 to get him. Many horse
men considered it was another illus
tration of Bedwell luck in getting rid
Of Myles O'Connel when apparently
he has seen his best days,
Jockey Groth was set down for thirty
on Free in the second race
General Manager Wilson yesterday
announced two big races fer the Fourth
of July. Ore is the "Fourth of July
handicap with $3.50 purse at mile
and seventy yards. The other is the
Liberty handicap at five and half
furlongs. These two rich purses will
bring out the very best steeds at the
track, including, of course, the world s
record holder for six furlongs. Prince
Ahmed
Favorite Wins First.
Balella had no difficulty in winning
the first race. New CAPITAL was second
and Electrowan third Balella was
heavily PLAYED and there was plenty
of money. too IN New Capital for
place and show. Swede Sam was the
hoodoo for great many spectators,
many of whom took solemn VOW never
to back him again.
The Berry entry was the odds-on
favorite in the second race and Ymir
equaled the track record of As 15 for
the four furlongs. Free, on which there
was even money for place. was second
and Camarada, paying as good as even
TO show. was third.
In the third race the entrants were
Napa Nick, opening at 3 to l; Myles
O'ConnelI, at g to 5: jeanette NJ. at
100 to 1: Frank Mullens, at 10 to 81;
Likely Dieudorne. at 30 to /. and Fern
L., at to l. Napa Nick for some
inscrutable reason was played by hun.
dreds, The regular patrons nearly all
went to Myles O'Connell and then
came tho surprising play on Fern L.
II came from persons who seldom at
tend the races oftener than once q
u-pnE There upra ceOros nf ~ bnro N
very seldom make q wager. but who
considered to ] on steed that had
broken two world g records as exceed
ingly liberal odds Even Jeanette NJ
had few hackers who fanced that
perhaps Doss had been able TO accom-
plish some miracle in the short time
he has owned her Frank Mullens got
a big play for show
Big Play in Third.
There was more money wagered on
this race than on any other event OF
the day. Some Of the bookmakers said
they took in as much on this event as
they did on any other two.
When Fern L.. IS number was hung up
AS winner regular patrons were saying
that no one had her. bur when they saw
the lines forming before the cashiers
they took it all back. Some of the
smaller books were hit harder than they
could afford by Fern l.. winning. II
looked like easy money to these bookies
and they loaded UP on it. Some pa
irons who went out for holiday hop
ing not to lose more than IS or $40
got on Fern l.. and then because they
could afford TO lose backed Sake in
tae fourth and won pretty nearly DC
to on the two bets.
With Nadzu and Sticker as the Bed