Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-04
WEDNESDAY,.

The first race to-day was running three
quarter nile dash. free to all, catch weight,
for a purse Of $3.50; $500 to the first horse
and $50 to the second. Blackbird was
entered by II. r. Baker. Widow McMeken
4 by j. S. Pemberton and Terlulia by A. $.
| Barnes. On second start all got off. Black
bird taking the lead and keeping it until
turning the post on the home stretch. when
the widow shot ahead and kept the lead.
passing under the string with Terluia
close at his heels; Blackbird distanced.-
Time lis IL.
The second race was stallion trOttinr
race. mile heats, tree to all. best two in
three, for a purse Of $50; all to the first
horse. General Knox was entered by +.
NJ. Dunphy; NJ. L. Cummings, by G. ID.
Hard; Belmont, by j. NJ. Powers; Live
Oak, by J. S. Pemberton; Clark Chief. by
NJ. McGuirk, Of Bozeman. The first heat
was won by Clark Chief, Belmont being
second. Live Oak third, Gen. Knox and
Cummings distanced. Time, GAG II.
In the second heat Clark Chief broke.
and before Nc. could get HIM down to his
work he was so tar behind that he lost the |
count. but was fortunate enough not to be
distanced. Live Oak was first. Belmont
second and Clark Chief third. Time. 2:45.
In the third heat, Clark Chief kept back
until after passing the half mile post, when
he shot ahead amp kept the LEI d down the
home stretch, and winning tire race by Il
neck; Live Oak second, Belmont third.
Time, $50.
THURSDAY.
The first race to-day was two-nile
dash. free to all. weight to age, for purse
of $500; 5000 to the first horse and 800 to
the second. The horses entered were
Cariboo, Terlllia, and George Graham.
CariboO w"s the tavorite, and although he
had hard race against Terlulia, he came
out ahead, Terlulia second, and George
Graham about halt mile behind. Time.
1853 H.
The next race was ii six hundred yard
race running match, for purse of $500, all
to the first horse. John Dennis, ..Blackbird,
Greenwich, and Buckskin were entered.
Betting was strong, with John Dennis as
the favorite, but Greenwich and Buckskin !
had plenty of hackers. Greenwich got the
inside, took the lead and kept it all the
way, winning the race; Buc. skin second,
John Dennis third, and Blackbird almost
listanced. Time, 34:1-2.
A mile dash, $500 to the first horse and
$50 to the second, was the first race to-day.
The entries were Widow McMeken and {
rerlulia. The race was very close, so
much SO that they both arrived under the
string at once. A foul was claimed, and /
he Judges decided it drawn race, and |
he owners refused to run the race, over. \
The trotting race, best two miles nefhree, /;
or a purse of $3.50; 5000 to the first horse.
$50 to the second. Clark Chief, of Boze-
nan, was entered by M. McGuirk; Crazy p
Horse, by Lar,bie; Montana Boy, by O.
:. Salisbury, ami Bret Harte, by j. r.
Johnson. On the first heat Clark Chief
ook the lead soon after starting and kept Il
t, passing under the string first; Montana a
Soy second, Bret Harte third, and Crazy h
IOrse distanced. Time. 2:45 IL. g
In tile second heat Clark Chief again
Dok the lead and kept it, coming in in 2:47;
lOntana Boy second, Bret Harte third. F
The third race was 6OO-yard dash, tree :
} all horses that had not run before, for :,
urse Of $50. Lady Lightfoot, Black B
less, Singer, Lynx, Small Mike, and Fox C
[mter were entered. 1t was nice race. E
lie jockeys making good use of their
hips. Singer won the race and the $50.
s SATURDAY. ts Il al
The second race to-day was the big race to
the week. Turner and CaribOO were :
ltered to run the best three in five for a 4
lrse of 81 900; $500 to the first horse and :
100 to the second. Turner was the fa- !.
)lite, and in the first heat beat Cariboo IL
1t very little. Time, Lao. -,#.s.. IN
''The result of the first heat had a de- n 4.
essing effect upon Cariboo stock, with b!
! equal tendency towards initiation on the ,,s,
lrt of the hackers OF Tunltr, the former II
cling an aversion to invest even at larger III III
Ids than were first offered. :, When thaf 4
ere tapped off the second time Cariboo re re-
l from the first jump, passing the quarter fol
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