The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-04
slerial Ia the standard.

DEER oDGE, May Ill thc raSes"
Deer Lodge this season are not successful
Il certainly will not he the fault OF the
officers of the racing association IN MS
city. Deer Lodge has been, for a quarter
at a century or more. the great horse CEN
ter ot Montana. and il Is daily gaining
a stronger hold in this respect amongst
the horscmcn OF the state. On the streets,
~ the saloon, postoiiicc or store, every
where the visitor hear. almost nothing
hui, ''horse talk" Everybody in his
pretty little city takes an interest In good
horses and horse racing. Many oil the
finest horses in all the Rocky Mountain
country are owned in Dee Lodge, and II
is doubtful il any city of its size in Amer
lea has az many stables of fine horses as
can he found in Deer Lodge. Everything
,,ossible j. being done by the officers here
10 insure the success of the approaching
races 10 bc held here July % To vi.
Secretary James Il. McMastcr is one OF
the most enthusiastic lorscncii III
Montana and is doing splendid work for
the association. The track in this city IL
a magnificent one. IL II "A full inile' ia an
excellent location. Last winter Secretary
,icMaster lad the tack covered with ma
nure and now il is in iirst-class condition,
having plenty Of life without being bur
tlensome. improvements in the buildings
and grounds are being made daily. Aboat
thirty new stalls have been erected ana
good accommodation has been provided
for about one hundred u forty horses.
The stalls are large and well ventilated.
Other buildings are being built upon the
grounds, fences and ratings are being re-
paired and everything put in hrst-class
shape. i,
promising young horses being handled
on the track here. A reporter
uf the STANDARD to-day took
a look through the stalls
and saw some of the finest horscfiesh i'm
Montana. J. n. Butler Of Butte has a
string of fast ones under the care of Will
liam Wyatt, the wcll-known trainer. The
first of Mr.. Buffers sable 10 he brought
out wa Belle Mctircgor, a very handsome
~a~ycar-old flly, by Robert McGrcgor. dam
Wyoming Belle by Louis Pilot. Belle
McGregor, a half sister of Wanita, is a
lipht roam of good limbs and gives prom
Use of great speed. She is entered in the
frce-for-all 3-year-old class.
Manning is the naIne OF "a pretty little
dark bay gelding . years old, owned by
Mr.. Butler, and known tn every horscman
Of Montana under his former name Of
name changed, but under
title the plueky little horse will
have many friends on the Mon
tana circuit this season. Manning
II IN
has a record oi 2;oii', ne tro'teu -.D
Vat last a III heicha, put gov no u,me'
t.n that occasion hc was beaten 10y err.
Marcus Daiy's LORI byr"ii; manning
passed Under the wire nearly ~ ,chp,n
ahead III byron. but was SCI pack 10y tle
indges for running on the far side OF the
track. IL Is protested ny 'le niue horses
friends, however, that ne never los, ms
feet one" ON the course, nut trottcu Tue
heat clean. and fairly won. BE this as il
may. Manning u III shape inns spring Ia
heat ms tiinc of last year. Inc horst JUST
arrived IN Deer q inns morning from
Walla Walla, WASH, where ne was VIII
tered. He IL III good iettie. Manning Is
by Messenger thicf, dam ny Jewel a,
Billy WI brown gciuiiig, years oiu'
by Lumps, dam Lacy 'lay, 10y, American
Clay. This Is "A rangy ana muscular
young troticr, possessed oil great pro
yelling powers. He Is on" oil the best
bred horses in the country, and is cN'
pccted To do good work tins season, lie
Is entered IN the ircc-ior-all stakes Tor "
ycar~olds.
Al kf.ft by Rsllnnit dam Drlpsa.S 4 law