Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-10

tpis point on Lindsay ceased Tn ride
Tor the race ami Cole took things com
parstively easy, landing Ekslaka q
winner by dozen lengths in the slow
time of2.ol. Tn 'u'come WAS upex-
pected No Ekslsks WA n strong favor
lite iu the p@ i. the m.rits of the
horse being exhsnced by the ell
known kill of Cole M q rider. The
race was much admired by sll present
and spoken of by strangers as the
prettiest thing Of the kind they had
ever witnes, ed.
Following the hurdle race came the
2:4O trof, an event not on the original
program but interpolst-d by rrquest.
Thanks I" the promptne.s Of the
judges and the hon.s's of some of the
driver, IL proved IN be the best trot.
ting race We have had thus far this
meeting. Charlie b. and Tempest
Belmont were two new aspirapis for
public fsvnr. who with Onward and
Lone Rock complete d the field. From
the opening If the pools on this race.
Onward Was a long fsvorite, but 90
uncertain are the tips that are
given out on races that "old Jiie-
dii'er" failed to secure better Than
second place in any hest. 1t WAS
most emphs'ically Lone Rocks day
AID the Shape in which The hand
some brown b"rse handled himself
and Wa handled by Pete Reynolds
Carried dismay 10 the hearts
OF the longs" and brought
plsdness tn the 'shorts." Charlie B.
took the first heitin o:i5I WITH Or
ward --cond, Tempest Bplmont third
and Lone Rock fourth though all close
together. The remaining three heats
we're taken by Lone Rock in 2:44I,
s:36l and al The race Wa by long
odds the b. ST troiting race we have
bad - far. and while all the horses
worked well, Lone Rock WAS rspecial-
ly o'irasble f,om the fact that in
each # the three hests put tn his
credit he rrotted from post TO finish
without a skip. Lone Rock stock IL
way up now. and he is talked of now
~ mischievous horse In the free for
sll.
4
A. r. Duncan. br. g. Lone Rock.--.......4llI
-Je6ry M., b. .. Charlie B......... .-...-Iss2
Jeffrey jr., b. g. Tempest Belmont -. - DR..
A. L. Lee blk. &. Onward. ....... ....222s
assn. s.4,1l, 2.sss4 2a.x.
4 The mite dssa for for Custer county
running horses was rext on the pro-
gram. The starters wer. PaQe,'s Mer-
maid ridden BY Zpok. Lua's Monte
by Cole, and Allerton's Ssndy by
Asfel. A good start wa. had without
much waiting. Mermaid set the pace
/ from tne start. Monte following close.
ly and Sandy falling hep 'e-slv IN the
rear at the frat quarrer D'wn the
back stretch and s.nund t." h.wsr
turn ii was nip ad 'uoG [" t"eeu
Mermsid and Monte. hut h hiil- ad-
vantage the poll g'v-. grabbed Y ok
To head of nll at,.m,h ," !, vHde his
territory and when The home stretch
wa. reached and tie 10 -. striight-
ened out for home. the r,r. WAS 20
safely with Mermaid thai u wss
scarce worth riding. though Cole con-
tested every inch of l. .a'laptiy to the
finish. The time made was remark.
ably good. l:44i.
The closing feature Of the days
program was the Indian race which
though set for half mile, wss by the
request Of the contestaats heightened
out to mile. As usual II beesn with
. perfectly fair start and was ridden to
win from rtsrt to finisb. Yosng-man-
afraid of his- -motber.is-law woa BY
u close neck whileThe- mau.wbo-ssauds
-on his--ar too second money.
This closed the days progrvn .
shout 4:l5 p. m. much to the grstifcs-
tiop Of the spectators, who thoroughly
appreciated the marked improvement
In discipline lhat obtained yesterday.
There were no inexcusable dslays
and everything moved of smoothly.
Johnny Zook was paid very high
compliment rs rider yesterday. In
being put on Rambler for the finish Of
h- half mile heat race, notwitnstand.
ing that he explained he had ssvsral
pools on Pickle, Rsmbler's ewser
assured hin that he knew yohbny
would lid. to win no matter which
way hi. iools were. Aud 20 he
would.
TIE foot race for one hundred yards
between Hsrvst and Gott was forfslts1
g. tue latter owing TO HArvst not un- .
der.tanding that the race was In have
bsea run yesterday. Two or three
match foot races fnr short distanse
took place after the main crowd -
gone home. amer wbich the dsv's sposs
VAS declared positively clossd. 81
The winners came up town to pus thsos
,ucvsv In the hank