The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-18
Turfmen Fail to Realize the
Strength of Opposition to
Bookmaking.
CHURCH PEOPLE WELL
ORGANIZED FOR FIGHT
Smashing Track Records Be-
comes Almost Daily Occur
renee at Blue BOnnets.
BY JAMES pocKERALLa
ased Wire to The Tribune.

horse racing in this city and state is not
promising. as / have intimated fire.
auently.
From present indications It looks du-
bIous for the passage Of the Cuttings rae
Ing bills. majority OF the senate codes
committee, is against reporting the meas
ures. Unless the members of the COM
mittee change their minds II is likely the
two bills Will be relegated 10 the scrap
heap and the hopes of the officials of the
tremely confident legislation favoring tho
resumption of the sport this summer
would be passed, win be dashed TO the
four against reporting the bills II is the
opinion that Chairman Stillwell OF the
Bronx is opposed 10 the measure When
was noncommittal The other members
OF the committee declined TO express an
opinion.
Those who favor reporting the bills be-
lieve some members OF the codes commit
lee against the measure may be induced
TO change their opinion before the time
arrives for the committee 10 take action
on the bills. But at present the oppo-
One Of the bills would repeal the law
making directors Of racing associations
responsible for gambling at the tracks.
The other measure defines bookmaking.
SO confident have they been that the
legislature would give them some relief
the associations have been putting the
Undertakes opposition's Strength.
The weakness of the racing element is
that II overlookstor belttles the strength
and influence OF the people who are op-
posed TO bookmaking. They are the
church people OF the state, Protestant
Catholic. Episcopal and Methodist Epis-
copal bishop In this state is opposed TO
granting any privileges 20 the sporting
element These forces are we'll organ
Ind rnV1 not
They have their Legislative agents at ;he
capital all through the session and they
waich every movement made by turfmen
OF their representatives.
Smashing track records is almost
daily occurrence at Blue Bonnets. II. r.
Wilson's colt. Naushon. ran A mile In
distance and wonderful performance over
any track Naushon, ridden by Archl-
bald. trailed Zeus and The Niger to the
stretch turn. where he moved UP on the
outside and. at the end drew away into
lead Of length and half He won
with comparative ease. The early pace
in the race was not fast, and It was
not until the real racing began that
Naushon loomed up a dangerous
factor.
Naushon is worth $4,000.
The Kentucky State Racing commits
sion recently amended the rule govern
Ing throw-outs in races so as TO give
precedence, the next time they are en-
tered. TO horses thrown out Edward
owner OF the services Of Jockey Wrispen,
and Secretary Bidwell was instructed to
so notify ali racing associations In this
country and Canada Corrigan holds a
transfer of the contract from NJ. ]. Daily
TO him. y month ago Daily made a Sec
ond transfer OF the contract to w. c.
johnson of the Quincy stable. DAILY has
| protested
Fourteen subscriptions have been re-
ceived TO the Kentucky endurance stakes
f,f f~NH Ii1- y. fa1f rI,o
subscribers are Henderson & Hogan, j.
\. Camden, G. J. Long. John Dyment,
r: F. Carman, 4. 3. Cassatt. J. z. Num-,
w. g. Weaver & Co. Fl. G. BedweH. w.
o Joplin. j. C. Greener John W. schorr,
~. T. Williams and Mrs. Mary Lutz,
subscribers may nominate on July 10 any
horse not their own. providing the horse
/ is acquired by purchase or lease prior
! to the race.
Bookmakers in Trouble
Bookmakers are being chased all round
the world. Holland, as announced some
! weeks ago. has begun a crusade against
them. Douglass Stuart. one OF the lead
| ing eookmakers AT Flushing. is moving
his establishment 10 Switzerland.
Stuart has notified his clients that he
has decided TO remove his entire estab-
win not be moments break in the
| business ARRANGEMENTS. as the entire
staff. books and everything appertaining
to the business will simply leave Flush.
I
be Installed in The offices. already fully
equipped, ready for business Monday. as
" nothing had happened: MANY others
will get out Of Holland. ] am informed
The famous trottlng stallion General
! H., 2:0i9, winner OF last years $4,000
Charter Oak stake at Hartford and
Gently sold 10 the Russian government BY
Sam Barslow Of Manitoba. has been
shipped
Three special messengers accompanied
him all the way and he Travelled In regal
STYLE In conformation and substance he
no doubt is the best trottinG horse ever
shipped abroad.
General II. has been prominent on the
trotting turf nearly five wears and Won
over $22 600 more than half OF IT las,
years old. He Is great grandson o.
inhe its the blood of Red Wilkes and Jay
Bird.
The splendid ponies the English pole
Intelligence almost M TO the human
their riders. Whence comes ali the hardi-
the Irish hills, perhaps. where life Is q
human beings. their riders say, The
ancestors OF the animals had their owr
living TO make and had 10 find suEtenance
on the nscore in the wild country Their
growth was stunted, but tfev were vel
nourished. and therein lay the origin oi
pony blood.