Butte semi-weekly miner., 1888-09-01
ANACONDA RACES.
THE FIRST DAP GIVES GENERAL
SATISF4CT10N.

hattie D., Repetta, Jubilee and Senate
the winners-Large Attendance Fror
Butte-The Entries for To-Day's Event
ANAooNDs, August 2S.--[Special to tn
Miner. THE Anaconda race meetin
opened auspiciously to-day. The weathe
was hot and the attendance large. Th
races gave unusual satisfaction and wer
square AID honest and it is a matter q
general comment that the Smelter CITY i,
coipg to have the most satisfactory meet
ing Of the Montana circuit. The
FIRST RACE
was the two-year-old trot. mile heats. twe
in three. There were but two entries
Marcus Daly's Hattie D., and Fickett,,
Peri There was no betting as il was eyi
dent that the money belonged to Daly,s
mare. She justified the opinion of The
crowd by winning two straight heats.
Time, 2:56h and 2:57h. The
SECOND EVENT.
Three-quarters dash, for which Bopus
Repetta and Daniel B. contested. In the
pools Daniel B. was slightly in the lead.
selling for $50, Repetta $40, Bogus sI2.
Repetta led from start to finish; winning in
1;l6a undera strong pull; Daniel b. second.
Bogus third. Some OF the hackers OF Dan.
ie b. claimed he had been pulled, but the
judges we're satisfied that the race was
square, aud the race was announced as
above. Paris mutuals paid, $500. The
THIRD EVENT
was half-mile dash. The entries were
Broadchurch, Pat Curran, Arthur III. and
Jubilee. Pool selling was one-sided, Jubi-
lee selling for $110, while the field. only
brought $50. Jubilee won i'm the excellent
time of 47A, Broadchurch second. PAT
Curran thitd Arthur H. last. Paris ma.
tusls paid, $5.75. The
FOURTH AND LAST
event OF the day was the trotting lace.
2:27 class, best 8 in s. The entries were
Senator, Colonel BI adshaw, Carrie Belle,
Ollie and Contractor. Bradshaw and Ollie
we're scratched before the start. Senator
was hot favorite in the pools, selling at
the start for 500 against Contractor $50,
Carrie Belle $25. Contractor acted badly
by breaking and delayed the start for
twenty minutes. When finally they got
away he broke again within ten yards after
the start and was never in the race at all. |
Senator took the lead and did fine work. |
Carrie Belle broke at the quarter and it be- |
gan to look as though Senator would dis. |
tance his competitors. He won hands
down in 2:26k, Carrie Belle second, Ion-
tractor last. Paris mutuals paid $3.50. |
The
SECOND HEAT
vas more interesting, Contractor breaking
lgain and had TO run to save his distance
md was shut out for running. Carrie
Belle held her feet all the way, and ran q |
vheel and wheel race with the stallion all
he way round. Senator won by q length |
ime, 2:25k. Paris mutuals paid $500.
The
THIRD HEAT
vas also exciting, Carrie Belle holding her
eet all the way, and made splendid at |
empt to win, keeping close up all the way
ound. The stations nose came under |
he wire first, winning three straight heats |
7ithout skip or break.
There were $50 people down from Butte |
n the Montana Union special train, which |
Ias quite help in the attendance. The
aces were satisfactory, being better than
Indicated by the time, as the track is a
lew one.
To-DAY's RACES.
The following are the entries for Wednes-
lay:
Race No. 5-Three minute class; trotting
urse $400.
Fantasie, b. M, Sam Scott.
ID. K. W., 6. g., Chas. Pickett.
Carrie g., br. M, Wesley Walters.
Dennis Ryan, br. g., s. q. Ewing.
Race No. 6-TrottIng, 3-year-olds. Best
wo in three heats, Upper Works stakes,
25 entrance $40O added.
Frisco, blk. g., Marcus DAILY.
Lord Byron, b. g., Marcus DAILY.
Juanita, roam f., A. q. Beckwith.
Lady Maxim, l.. l., III. KirkendalI.
Minute Man, Or. c., Piatt McComas.
Race No. Running, all ages, one and
'ne.fourth mile dash, bankers purse, $500.
Repetta, Matlock.
Diavolo, Babb.
Oregon, r. e. Bybee.
Race No. Stunning, handicap, one.half
nile heats purse $500.
Sorrel John, Sutton.
Roly Boly, w. II. Babb.
Red Elm, j. C. G. Thornton.
Red Bird, Crosswhite IL Burch.