The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-12
THE TRACK.

Opening Day of the West Sid,
Association Meeting.
SOME GOOD RACES
ine Most Satisfactory Sporting Even,
Ever Held by the Butte
j Society.
unfortunately the wind .,a ,xo.u
thursday initiated against the o++e "ea'nel
= Ihe races, but notwithstand;no that
H,.woack there were about one thnnsan nj
nsIeu spectators, a larpe nnnohon -,
whom were ladies. The honr set for +h =,
opening was 2 o'clock, and before that
uhe, any quantity and all Qualities 81
wamo es mad been brought into use and
o ns conveying passengers to the fair
Sa ~ w;n Inc wind was high and the dust
hest ~ ;.ouos, put the people made the
Des. Q! IT, and instead of growing and
swear1ng, they. despised fate, and
,ausneo ana loked at the discontinue ex.
Per,ehced. A number OF the knowing ones
nad taken the precaution to provide them.
serves with linen busters, but before thew
ielt the track they were sorry that they
nad not brought along listers; however.
they managed to keep warm by p~atronizing
!. - Wen-kepS bar. The track was in 700
L mann and hvf for A.,
early portion of the races and the shower
dnf1ng the latter part of the day. there
would have been a day of genuine eniov-
ment for those who love racing. Al it was.
the TWO contests were honest and exciting
put the weather detracted hugely from the
interest In the sport. The programme for
the day embraced three races-the match
between the stations, Doncaster, and Ran
cherO; a mile dash for three-year-olds. and
a pot for the three-minute class. The main
interest centered in the stallion race, as
there mad been some question in regard to
the decision OF the judges at Helena in the
race IN which the two animals contested.
ana the match was made in consequence.
THE POOLS.
The friends OF Mr.. Raymond and his
horse, and they were numerous, were san.
guine that Doncaster would win, and before
the opening OF the race they made him a ia
yorite in the pool box at at an average of
500 to $50. The Scott men grabbed all
the bets at these odds, and after the first
heat made Ranchero a f~avorite at about
the same odds. After the second heat the
bets were slightly in favor Of Ranchero, and
there was considerable wagered. In the
running race Vice Regent was a favorite.
with Augerhead a good second, and the
other two starters not far behind. There
were over 3OO pools sold, and it is probable
over $4,000 changed hands.
THE RACES.
The judges selected were H. L. Frank. B.
G.. kingsbury, H. G. Ward and A. H. Fos-
ter. All the preliminaries having been ar
ranged at about 2:3O o'clock, the horses
were called out for the trot. Doncaster was
handled by Jeffries and Ranchero by j ohns.
Both animals appeared in good shape, and
the hackers OF each were confident that
their favorite would win. Both we re
speeded up and down the track to get
warmed up, and as they logged along the
betting increased and continued until )
O'Clock, when the bell rang for the
FIRST HEAT.
There was no attempt at jockeying and
the horses got a fair start on the first score
and before they had gotten two hun
dred yards Doncaster broke but was
pulled down. After they
FedCueu Uuc uudIUeI IC SuOWcu u beautiful
burst OF speed, but the pace was too strong
and he again went off his feet. Up the back
they had a pretty race and on the
upper turn they hungclose together, a cloud
OF dust preventing the spectators from see
ing them nal the time. The two turned
the home stretch neck and neck and
it together down the stretch in
a mighty close race, but the pace was too /
great for Doncaster and when within a few
70, IL, ri 41n ,sn, h., ,-,;r l,no1-1 o-l D..
chero came in a winner, having trotted the |
the mile without a skip in 2:30X /
SECOND HEAT. |
The horses got a fine start, but Doncaster, !
who seemed rank or nervous made a break |
almost after the word go, He however
quickly and showed one OF his fine |
bursts of speed. At about the quarter
made q bad break and before he
be got down to his work Don. had
pushed ahead and secured a good lead.
worked hard to regain his lost
,pace and made a splendid effort on the
nome stretch, but without avail as Don
.aster came in the winner by a length in
':35.
THIRD HEAT.
For the third neat the horses scored
vice before they got a start, AND then they |
rent in good shape for the first quarter, |
vhen Doncaster broke and broke ugly. He !
ost a length, and Johns, taking advantage |
i the situation, crossed and cut him out |
md took the inside. At this time the wind |
vas blowing fiercely and it was impossible 1
o see the race up the back stretch, but the |
,atrol judges reported that Doncaster !
,roke and ran once or twice. They had a |
,retty race of it down the home stretch, !
,ut Ranchero came in winner in 2:333A. |
dr. .Jeffries made a protest, and claimed |
hat he was fouled when Johns tool the
,ole; but the judges decided that he had not |
'een, and awarded the heat to Ranchero.
FoURTH HEAT.
There was considerable interest and ex- |
itement when the horses were rung up for |
he fourth heat. The Doncaster people J
we're still sanguine that their horse would
Tin and backed him at the odds offered, 2
O 1. The pair got a good send off and
nade a nice race as far as could be seen Tor
dust. but Ranchero kept up his honest,
teady work and came in half a length
head in 1882; the other horse having made
everal bad breaks during the heat. The
is
THE
Trotting, special purse, $3.50, 3 in 8
Scott names oh. 8. Ranchero...1 2 1 I
H. Raymond names b. s. DON
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SECOND RACE.
The second race was a mile dash for
hyee-year-olds, for which there were four
Vice Regent, Ida Glenn, Councilman
nd Augerhead, the first named carrying a
of ten pounds. There was the usual
for the start, in ia ct it was fully
ALI an hour from the time the horses were
allied up until they got the word go"
here was one false sts rt, occasioned by
,me one of the spectators crying go,
nd with the exception. of Augerhead the
orses were pushed f0u Y half a mile before
he riders could be rec allied. In the toss Au-
got the insidt,, Councilman second
la Glenn third and Vice Regent the oav,
de-. When they finally got the
Councilman b ad the worst OF 1t oy a
10th or two. To e other three being well
unched. About the quarter Regent made
snnrt and got = good lead, but as they
nm the back Stretch both Glenn and
mad an effort and pushed him
I'd Glenn he Id to his quarter, but the
could lot keep up the gait; AS Ihaeyy
arned into tb e home stretch heeen. t a.
he best OF it, with Glenn close up anu t te
theirs a length or two behlnd: Do"n