The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-03
The Winners Were Nettie S.. Green
Prewitt and Al. Mott-"Favorites
Won"-Cood Track, Fine Weather
Programme for To-day.
By the standards special Wire.

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and Telegraph. Roanoke and Net
tie S. at first sold each at $40. the field
bringing 81. while before the start, Roanoke
was selling at S25, Nettie S. at SOB and the
field at "a. Nettie s. drew the pole, Ro-
anoke second, Country Girl third and
Telegraph fourth. The starting was very
bad, IL requiring nearly IA dozen scratches
before the animals were well together.
The old gray, Nettie 5, seemed too fat to
keep up with her more spirited rivals, but
she kept her temper i'm the scoring and
when the word was finally given she
dashed dow the quarter mile stretch like
a plough horse. Without the use of whip,
she passed under the wire without appar-
ent exertion. Roanoke second and Coun-
try Girl third. The dash was made in 22
seconds. The summary:
NEST SIDE RACING ASSOCIATION. BUTTE.
Mont, july meeting. First ~day-rrack me-
dinm, weather cool knnnlng race, tur-
longs for a purse Of Sl.L.
Barker 4 Parrott, z. M, Nettie S..,......... l
!, 4: Alford's $; g, Roanoke ."......-
j.. Smalleys ID. M, Country Girl .....,......, 3
John Rush's h. M, Telegraph ....."u"....,
Time - seconds.
Next came a special lash of a quarter
mile between Bay Charlie n Gray Nell
lie. The match was for 500 IA side. No
pools were taken on the race. The mare
gained a lead and kept il until near the
close, when the horse passed her and
gained the race. The summary is:
WEST u RACING Asso'INTIoN-Samc day,
SAINT track. Special running race of two fur
q. ii. Morley'sb h. e.. Ray Charlie. ..............
I. Turner'S 4. M, Gray Nellie ........."... 2
Time 2fs.
In the running race for half a mile,
which followed, Arlee was substituted for
sunday anG Wilder. In the pools Green
Prewitt sold favorite at $40, to 50 for The
Jew and 81 for Arlee. The runners were
well started, getting of almost abreast,
II L.. :. eel alA-aL 1.a,.st zlAa.
behind. After the first furlong the favor
tie dashed ahead of Arlee and by the next
furlong the three horses We're pounding
the earth in a bunch and making n splen-
did race. The favorite passed the wire a
half length ahead of The lew. The sum
mary is:
WEST SIDE RACING AssocIArIoS-Same day,
same track. Running race for a purse of $40,
four ~furlongs,
NJ. Z. Jones, b. z. Green rrewitt .............. l
Nj. Tullys oh. Z, The jew ................ .
Ike Warehouses; ID. x. Arlee 3
Time %.
The last of the running races was that
between Lon Carlisle, Gladstone and Joe
Hogan. Lon Carlisle old at $40 to - on
Hogan and 81 on Gladstone. Hogan drew
the pole, the favorite outside. The race
was q seven-eighths of a mile dash. Lon
Carlisle gained the lead at the start with
Gladstone close behind. At the half mile
Gladstone was tapping his rival. Then
the three horses were strung along nicely
with about a length between each. These
positions were maintained until the last
eighth of a mile when Carlisle wIdened
his lead over Gladstone to six lengths,
Gladstone having a lead of two lengths
over Hogan. The summary is;
WEST SIDE RACING ASSOCIATION Same day,
same track. Running race, seven furlongs, for
n purse of 500.
w. T.. Dingley's ch. Z. Gladstone. .. ...,...r..2
T.. NJ. Scraggs' ch. $. Joe Howard e.. .,......... 3
Time. 1881.
The trotting races brought the events of
the day to a close. IL was a mistake that
the heats of the ~trotting race had not been
placed between the running races To save
time. The long waits between heats were
tedious and kept the crowd upon the
grounds until : o'clock. The trotting race
was, however a pretty n The contest
by Piedmont. dam Cropear; Al
Mott, by Belmont, lam L. Clay,
u Sorrel Jim, pedigree unknown.
The pools picked up a little for this race
n on the first heat sold at $40 on Juli-
eta. 50 on Al Mott and So on Sorrel Jim.
AL Mott drew the pole with Sorrel Jim
outside. The horses got away nicely with
the mare slightly in the lead. But she
broke at the start n before recovering
she was far back in a loud Of dust from
the heels Of the bay and the sorrel. The
bay was ahead at the first furlong. AT
the quarter the sorrel was ahead of the
bay, while the observant noticed that the
gray mare had got down to regular work
and was closing up the 100 yard gap that
had separated her from the leaders. At
the three-eighths pole the horses were well
strung out but nearer together. the sorrel
leading. At the half Sorrel Jim broke,
but at every break he was caught neatly
and seemed to gain rather than lose. The
grey mare and Al Mott were neck and
neck. Still the grey kept coming on, At
Al l.ra z..lsl.a .L. laI - elem. ...A,,l
place and was treading on the sorrel's
heels at the three-quarter pole. the sorrel
and the grey were trotting i'm a team,
with the bay falling behind. Another
sixteenth of "A mile and the grey had
forged ahead, but Jim was making the
race a close one At the seven-eighths
pole the same positions were maintained.
but the bay was now coming up. There
was as pretty "a little finish
as a trotting race often sees. The three
trctters came To the wire in a bunch. but
Julietta, the gray. had won by half a
length, the other two being almost side
by side. but the sorrel getting second
place. The time was 2:43. remarkable
for 2:5O-class horses.
For the second heat Julietta sold at $40
to 50 on AL Mott and So on Sorrel Jim. In
this case, however. the short-end buyers
got in their work. After IA long wait the
horses started in the second heat. nearly
abreast, but the gray having what advan-
tage there was with the sorrel second. Al
the eighth the gray was a length ahead of
the sorrel with the bay out
of sight. The same positions were
maintained at the quarter. At the
three lengths. the sorrel was closing on
Julietta. with Al Mott creeping up on both.
AT the half mile the grey led by a half
length only. while Al Mott vas twol lengths
behind. Al the f~ive-eighths the sorrel
was running and a neck behind. AT the
quarter pole the horses were making a
splendid race. The grey was a little
ahead. but AL Mott had climbed up in the
same gradual. certain manne that Juli-
eta had done i'm the first heat. IL was a
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