The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-06-29
DEER LODGE FAIR 4 RACING Asso-
CATION.
Itsms or Interest C~oncerntue the Second
Annual Meeting.

Itsms or Interest Concerning the Second
Annual Meeting.
Editor Neso North. West:
DEAR s1R:-As the time IL near at hand for
the second annual meeting Of the Deer
Lodge Fair & Racing Association, I beg
leave to occupy = small space in your valua-
bic paper for the purpose Of giving to the
public m idea of the improvements that
have been made upon the Association
grounds At this place. a. also . few items OF
interest in connection with the coming meet
ing, to take place the 18th, 18th, 10th and 2lst
Of July, 1883.
About q year ago . few Of the leading
horsemen Of this vicinity. together with
some of the prominent business mel Of eer
Lodge, conceived the idea Of organizing
what is to-day known - the Deer Lodge
Fair & Racing Association, the object being
not alone for racing purposes. but to encour.
age the better breeding Of stock Of all kinds
and in the end to organize . regular old-time
County Fair b Racing Association, Is the
name implies. The management 80 far per-
fected their plans last season as to be able to
give . small meeting in August last, and in
order to do his the expense fell heavy upon
q few of the promoters of the enterprise, and
rs it requires time and money to construct
such buildings as would be required for fair
and exhibition purposes, they were com
PEELED to content themselves with simply
giving a race meeting. This, however, was
q success financially, and gave general salts
faction. This season they look for better
results. I understand through the Secretary
that the track is to-day in the best possible
condition, both stretches having been filed
In with grass-root soil similar to that used
last year in raising the turus, the stable 90
commodations increased to eighty, each four
stalls supplied with . room for the use Of the
jockeys and rubbers, as also . shed for hay,
grain etc. A pure stream of water flows i'm
mediately in front of each stable. Pipes
rave also been laid this season from the
reservoir of the Deer Lodge Water Com
pany, which insures an abundance of pure,
fresh water for all purposes conveniently
distributed through the grounds. The grand
stand has q seating capacity of about six
hundred. Refreshments of all descriptions
can be had during the meeting at q reason
able cost. A good band Of music in attend
ance each day, and judging from the number
Of entries and the class of horses, made up
from the stables Of s. E. Larabie, Sam Scott,
Ward, Lodge g. Co., R. Lowell. of Deer
Lodge; Marcus DAILY, Lee Mantle, Jeffr,es Il
Son, Morehouse, Blivens & Co. and others,
of Butte; R. E.. Bybee. W. Fl. Babb, D. r.
Wells, Oregon; A. e.. Beckwith. Evanston,
Wyoming; Kirkeudall & Baker, Of Helena;
Huntley & Clark, of Riverside Farm, Tos-
ton; W. Il. Raymond, of Belmont Park, and
others too numerous to mention, and mind
you, these stables include some of the best
strains of blood in the world-for instance,
Ranchero. Senator, Ordnance, Doncaster,
and Carrie Bell, aged horses, each with a
record of 2::24 or better, not forgetting Ida D.,
S. s. and others who come inside the thirties.
it certainly must insure one of the best meet.
ings of the circuit. 1 also see by the entries
such animals as Nevada, the get Of that grand
old sire, Regent, az also Hilda, Oregon, Su-
perba, Warpeake and Humboldt, and Others
entered for the Hotel Running stakes for 3
year olds. The only thing needed now is the
patronage of the n%eighboring farmers and
stock growers of the surrounding country to
make it one of the prominent institutions Of
the place. OBSERVER.
DEER LODGE, Montana, June q, 1888.