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SALT LAKE AND 0GDEN MEETINGS. Salt Lake Citv. Itah. May 5. — Though it will br a week or more before the hook of the first we-ek of racing will be given to the horse-men. the Itah Jockey Club has pretty well decided nana its policy and the amount of money it is prepared to offer. No purse will la less than *25 ». The occasional overnight handicaps will run to MOO or . whi!" the Decoration Handicap of ,900. the Independence Dav Handicap of ,000 and the Juvenile Stakes of *700 also indicate a liberal policy in the Matter of hanging ii| ney. The Itali Jock ey Club will give away over ::.oo0 in its forty days of racing. Barney Schroibor has sent word thai lie will ship u stable- of fourteen horses here from Texas and Missouri about June 1. Another good race horsi; contracted a dangerous cold in coming over the mountains from the Pacific c-oast. This is Cressina. This marc- was in a bad way Saturday afternoon, her temperature standing at 107. Tin- Salt Lake and Ogchn Railroad has made special arrangements to carry tlie horses which are sla bled at the Salt Lake City track to OgnoB every day for the races and return. All the improvements at the Ogden track have been completed and the course now is spick and span for the crowds which will attend the spring meeting. Among the new features are l« xes in the grandstand, which have been built along the front of the structure. Roogor Red and Blagg will be seen at Ogden. and many of the Ix-st horses from Oakland and Los An gelcs will appear at the Junction City fair grounds.
