The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-28

Butte Is Going 10 Have q July Meeting
Of the First Order.
Some OF the Horses and n Whips
Who Handle Them Fun
Ahead In the Real
Estate Race.
special Correspondence of the standard.

special Correspondence Of the Standard.
BUTTE, June 27.-There will be more
horses and more good horses In the races
in this city next week than i'm n pre-
vious July meeting ever held here. Many
of the flyers have arrived and to-day they
were speeding about the track in n n
ner that promises the rarest OF entertain
ment To those who attend h meeting.
Among the animals that were working to-
day at the race track were Carl, Manning,
George Mosher. Ilton, Silver Bow, Butte,
Condee, Minnie's Almont. Gray Nell,
Toby, Belle, Louis S., Marquise, Gloster
and Almont. There were also three mag
niicent PAGERS, Don Angus, Blonde and
Badly.
A special race has been arranged for
them and another special race has beer
arranged in the 2:3O class. Owing to this
fact il In possible that the races may be
extended another day. II is certain that
the meeting will equal in interest any
August meeting. There are also lots OF
good runners on the field.
Several celebrated drivers nave arrived
in town the past few days, among them
Han Hitchcock Of Denver, Charter Dutt,
j. X. S~toneroad, Billy Wines and Pete
Williams of California, Marcus Days
old driver. Besides there are the cele-
DTslttu IVA hTlNtEc othIitcs
Glenn and others, equally as good as the
foreign whipmen.
IL has not vet heen decided definitely
who will be the judges of the meeting, but
efforts are being made 10 secure the SER
vices of George w. lockwood, Mayor
Walton aud City Attorney Corbett. The
races begin Wednesday and continue
through the week. The track is in SPLEEN
did condition. On Friday the great ath-
letic contest between the Pastime Attn
letic club and the Butte urn Verein will
add greatly to the interest. Both organi-
zations are in steady practice, and the
rivalry is such as to stir the town.
The excitement over the real estate
race is becoming painful. The city is
agog over the merits of the respective
real estate horses I'M the matter is the
subject of street talk at every corner. The
entries are as follows:
II. NJ. Cobban, oh &, Dick.
A. T.. briggs, oh g, ID. NJ.
w. v. Lawlor, s x, Billy.
w. ID. Fenner, oh q, Billy d..
Vincent a Neuman, br &, Gold Dust.
N. Cobban, br m, Gill.
George Casey, blk 9, Mig.
Wynne d Coon, b q, Cayuse Fred.
The horses ms i'm age from to "
years. Offers of three to are freely
made that the winner will e seven
minutes. This race will take place on the
last day of the meeting. The two prizes
for this race were placed on exhibition al
the store of Barrett q Jacky in West Park
street. The first prize, the magnificent
gold-plated lap robe, arrived yesterday
by express. The second prize is an ele.
CANT diamond studded whip, which was
forged at the Montana Iron works. All
horses in this race will be compelled to
trot part of the time or they will receive
no prize.
Owing to the prediction of r. NJ. Cob.
bans spirited cayuse Dick to halt wher-
ever the sign of r. NJ. Cobban 4 Co. ap-
pears, all signs of that firm have been re-
moved from the track. This will give
Dick an equal show with the rest. w. ID,
Fenner has asked that a prize be given Ia
the last horse in the race, but this request
has been denied. At a late hou tonight
the burning excitement regarding this
race was still running high and real es.
tate men were betting whole additions in
the most reckless manner.