The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-30
JOCKEYS SUSPENDED
BY LAGOON JUDGES
Pickens and Sielaff Set Down
by Judges for Making
Listless Rides.

The rainy weather Of yesterday kept
A. number OF racegoers away from the
Lagoon course, but falr-si2cd crowd
Of the REGULARS. was present and en-
joyed a good afternoon Of sport. AL
though a drlzzlinS rain fell during the
running OF the six races. the spectators
were We'll protected from the rain and
wind and refused 10 let the unfaVorablc
weather interfere with their enjoyment.
TWO riders incurred judicial displcasure
during the afternoon and were suspend ed
pending Investigation Piclens and Sic
laf. who had the mounts on Lotta Creed
and clcln respectively III the second
race OF the day. failed to impress the
judges with the earuestncSs OF their e.
mounts until the matter has been in
vestigated. Lotta Greed was crowded out
OF contention going around the first
turn and Pickens did not appear to per-
severe with her thereafter. SieleffS ride
OH Elgin was a bad one. although the
horse finished in third place. With more
energetic handling he would have easily
been second and possibly have beaten
Judge Walton. the well-played favorite
which won by a length.
Another feature OF the afternoon was
a run-up In the last race. in which
S3O5 over his entered price and retain ed
w. S. Heath, trainer OF the Bcdweil
string did the bidding. The run-up was
q surprise To the horSemen. as II was
not thought that the Wilson stable stood
in any danger OF being drawn into the
selling-race- now going on at the
track. Mr.. Wilson protected his horse
and smiled genally when the bidding
ceased.
Forge was again made favorite. this
time in the first race OF the day, but
showed nothing at all and finished back
In the ruck. Far Cathay, second choice
In the betting. was an easy winner, with
Green Cloth. the carly pace maker, FIN
ishing second and Debutante third.
Another 3-to-1 shot accounted for the
third race. Charley Brown found the
track 10 his liking and, coming very fast
I'm the final slXtecnth wore down Dr.
Neufer and won handily DR.. Neufer
King Lear. played from so 10 to close
at 12 to t. was third. Hazel c. proved
a disappointment. as fourth was the best
she could do. Sadie Shapiro. another
well-played choice, WAS a poor fifth.
Batwa was made an odds-on favorlte
for the fourth race and won, but gave
his hackers an awful shock Ava! very
badly he wore down the leaders and got
ND in the very last stride to win by
short head from Laura Clay. The latter
was away flying and set all the pace but
hung slightly at the end. Balronia easily
held the others safe. 1tadad came from
far back into a fast-going fourth. Jack
OLantern. a notorlously bad actor.
jumped into the air as the barrier arose
and was as good as left,
Lescar. owned by w S. Heath, showed
a decided form reversal in the fifth race.
which he won easily. Lescar showed a
poor performance Monday and his i'm
provcment was startling. He was out
run the first part, but closed with great
speed, and at the finish was a length
and one-half In front of Free The lat
ter beat Fleeting Fashion three lengths
for the place Evcllna and Kiora. both
we'll supported. could not keep up.
Alaxie ran away in half-mile before the
start, which destroyed whatever chance
she might have had,
Three scratches in the last race left n
field of four TO go 10 the barrier. Rake
and Rosevalc shared tho post OF fa,
vortlsm. both being well played at g to
.. Miami. against whom as good as l6
10 . was quoted a post time. proved the
best in the going and won easily by six
lengths Rosevale although coming very
wide in the stretch. was second with
|, Lambertha, the long shot OF the race
third and Rake a bad last,
Although the track probably will be
heavy today, the horses entered on the
card are OF the kind that prefer soft go
ing, and the races should produce good
contention The fields arc we'll balanced
and the talent should get a good price
against the various selections.