Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-08-15
BEN COLE WINNER.
SPIRITED RACING OVER THE
BUTTE COURSE-FULL DE-
TAILS OF THE EVENT,
The Usual Amount of Wrangling-Wells,
of Spokane, Ruled Off the Cir
cult-A Good Days Sport
.Mm ."m "A Large Crowd.

BUTTE, August 9.-Today the weatht
was fine and the attendance fair Tt
feature of the day was the 1858 trot. Lad
I Don sold favorite at the start for S2E
second choice and 5000 after first heat.
Jay s sold first choice, $500; Jnio, $11(
field, $1OO. Wells of Spokane was rule
of the track for an attempt at jobbery i
the third heat. He brought his horse O
without shoes. The Judges ordered tn
shoes replaced and the horse, Billy Eg
bert was placed under the charge of
constable until the heat was called. TIL,
action of the judges was highly com
mended. Summary-flrst special pace
mile heats, entries, Billy Egbert, Clataw,
and Mabel. In the first heat Mabel wa
distanced and Billy Egbert took the ract
in three straight heats. Time-2:44
3:s11a, 2:20.
- THE SECOND RACE.
The second race was mile and one
sixteenth handicap. Rosa Lewis sold
favorite. There was long delay IL
starting. The race was pretty close and
exciting. The horses went together anc
ran in bunch throughout the race, com
ing out in the same shape. Keepsake
won the race, with Rosa Lewis second
Nevada third, John Hall fourth and Lad,
Duffy fifth. Time-1:5, 8, 4. Mutuuls
paid $25.95.
The running race for two-year-olds was
posponed on account of the darkness
BEN COLE BEATS HEDGES.
The 4-year-old race was not down on
the programme, but was called before the
third heat in the pacing race was run and
while Billy Egbert was being shod. The
entries for It were Ben Cole, owned by
Harry w. Child and E. W. Bach, of Hell
ena, and Hedge, owned by W. P. Ray
mond. Hedge was no match for Ben Cole
and the latter drew away before the turn
was reached and kept increasing his Leaf,
to the finish, coming under the wire in the
slow time of 2:44. Hedge got off his
feet at the quarter and lost his distance
Ben Cole broke at the half, but caught
nicely in few strides at the three-quar
!, , su-neu ms galt lmme,ii;:s slightly, but re-
horse was uIstau.-- "a Rem Cole won
the heat and race.
The third race was the second on the
programme, a running handicap, a mile
and one-sixteenth, for purse of $400.
There were thirteen entries, but only five
were accepted. There was great deal
Of trouble in starting, but the horses fin
ally got away, with Lady Don slightly in
the lead, Keepsake, Rosa Lewis, Nevada
and John Hall being close up in the order
named. Keepsake came under the wire
winner, followed by Nevada, Rosa
Lewis and John Hall in the order named.
Time, 1884.
The first heat of the fourth race, 1888
trot, mile heats, three in five, was called,
There were four entries, placed as fol-
lows: JUNO. I. Jay S., Gold Dust and
Lady Don. After two or three false starts
the horses scored and got away, with
JUNO slightly in the lead. The mile was
reached in 2:314, Junio coming under
the wire with daylight between him and
Lady Don, while the two others were
over two lengths in the rear.
On the second heat the horses got away
without much trouble. In the home
stretch Gold Dust came to the front and
overlook the Lady, winning the heat in
9:s71s.
The third heat was called about p. N.
The horses scored after the second effort,
pretty evenly, with JUNO leading slightly.
Gold Dust broke Immediately and fell to
the rear keeping that position all the
way. Jay S led by length between
the half and three-quarter, but JUNO
closed up the gap and at the wire Jay s
was only neck in advance of JUNO with
lots of daylight between him and Lady
Don. .
PROTESTS ENTERED.
Protests were entered against the driy-
er of JUNO on account of his having lost
the second heat, which was trotted by the
winners several seconds slower than the
first, and nearly winning the third at a
2:31 gait. The judges, however, refused
to change the driver, believing he drove
the horse honestly. The people at the
pool box made considerable of a kick on
the subject, but the fourth heat was call
ed without any change of driver. For
the fourth heat the horses were called up
about $50 and started after one or two
efforts. In the homestretch Shaner ap-
piled the whip to JUNO, but he could not
close up the break between him and l
Jay s, and the latter came iu winner
with plenty of daylight to spare in 2:3OA
Golddust was dlstanced for running.
The fourth heat was the last of the day
1t being we'll on to 7 o'clock before the
horses were called out. The race was
we'll contested, Jay S coming under the
wire in 2:s1, and winning the heat and
race several lengths ahead of JUNO
Junio's driver made the most he could
out of him, apparently urging him to his
best efforts. But Mr.. Gonzales, the own
or of JUNO, says he is an uncertain horse
and he did not expect him to win any
other than the first heat, as he is too fa
to trot many heats successfully.
- The Hero of Winchester