The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-09-25
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RANcHERo KNOCKS THE OLD RECORD
ALL TO PIECES,
And Tross . Mile at Butte In e.e4 Ia.

RANcHERo KNOCKS THE OLD RECORD
ALL TO PIECES,
And Trots . Mile at Butte In ia IL.
At Butte, last Sunday, Sam SCOTS Ran
chero, . Montana-bred horse, trotted to beat
his record Of 2.2St, and made 1t over fairly
bad track in 224i. This makes him the IN
disputed King of the Montana turf, and by
long odds the most valuable animal in Mon.
tana. ... 49,.
We copy the following mention Of the
event from the Mountain:
*** Jeffries brought on Ranchero and
gave him his preliminary warming-up with
his hood on. BY this time the wind had
subsidized considerably, and by the time he
came on to trot the heat the weather had
become quite pleasant again. Mr.. John
Cowan, having q running horse hitched to q
sulky, was selected to assist Ranchero In his
effort.
THE FIRST START
was unsuccessful, Ranchero going off his feet
on the first turn and making losing break.
Jeffries pulled him up and came back to try
1t over. The second attempt resulted the
same way. The horse was full Of trot, but
very crank" and 1t was all Jeffries could do
to hold him down. In this attempt he again
went off his feet when nearing the quarter
post, and Jeffries again pulled him up and
returned. In the third effort Jeffries took
his horse pretty well up the stretch and
came down under a terrific head Of speed,
trotting square as q die and without any
signs of going to pieces. Jeffries gave the
nod to let him TO- and away he hs. On his
rs he passed the first turn over the danger.
Gus rises and says of that portion of the
track, but each of them was passed without
q skip or break, and the first quarter was
reached in
THIRTY-sIx SECONDS.
He increased his speed after striking the
reached the halt. mile post in the remarkable
time of
ONE MINUTE AND TEN SECONDS,
being go gait. There was no one station
ed at the three-qusrter mile post, so his time
ut that point was not taken. He came on
down the home stretch in magnificent style,
and it looked as though he was going to
complete the heat without mistake; when
suddenly, within thirty feet of the wire, hs
went off his feet. The break, however, 90
CURED at point where it made but little
he probably neither gaining nor
losing quarter Of a second by it. He passed
under the wire in the
ASTONISHING TIME OF 2241.
The result of the heat was received with
an immense round of applause by the crowd
Of interested spectators, and three cheers
were proposed and given with a will for
the
TRoTTING CHAMPION
Of Montana. Sam Scott, the owner of Ran
cbero, was the recipient Of many hearty con-
CALCULATIONS upon the wonderful achieve
ment of his horse.
POINTS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The judges and time-keepers were Lee
Mantle, FL. G. Ward, James Shields and
VIM. M. Cairns.
Everything considered, the performance
was wonderful one. The track is not in
thrown up at all, and the first turn In partic-
ular is In very bad shape, there being two or
shree very bad says, calculated to throw a
horse off his stride. In addition to this, the
horse has had no special training this year
nor in fact at any time. Mr.. Scott Is not a
professional horse-trainer, and no one but
himself has handled the horse. 1t was not
until late in July that he determined to take
Ranchero to the Helena meeting, which be-
gan August Oath, and the horse had served
mares up to August 10th. Yet, In the face of
his, with driver who did not get up be-
hind him until day or two before the races,
he won the 228 and free-for-all heats, de-
eating Doncaster-record 1901; Ben Lo-
2.27; Clark Chief, Jr.-record
,.32; and Tempest-record go; In each case
the last three heats, and thus dem
onstrating his splendid staying qualities. In
disposition Ranchero Is docile, quiet, and
in color, beautiful dark chestnut;
n shape he very much resembles his sire,
Clark Chief, Jr., being slightly sway backed.
BE has pure trottIng gait and magnificent
sction In every respect. HIS performance
In the opinion of competent
Judges, Is
EQUAL TO 2.l8
lpon a regulation track In proper condition.
Ranchero is sired by Clark Chief, Jr.; he
~ old Clark Chief; he by Mambrino Chief,
ire of Lady Thorn. His dam is Mary Eagle.
~ American Clay; he by Cassius NJ. Clay.
He was foaled in Deer Lodge, May, 1877;
vas owned by S. f. Larabie, and by him sold
o Henry Dewitt at two years old. His
present owner, Sam Scott, bought him from
Dewitt at four years old, paying for him the
'um Of $1,000. So people Of the West Side
nay take some satisfaction in the knowledge
hat Ranchero,
KING OF THE MONTANA TURF,
8 q West Side horse, and that he made bis
plendid record on the West Side Racing
Association course.