The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-01
HORSES AND HORsEMEN.
Anaconda Races Begin To-day-H. r.
Bakers String.

Anaconda Races Begin To-day-H. r
| Bakers String.
The Anaconda races begin to-day and
among the Helena contingent which leaves
this morning for the Smelter City, are s. s.
Huntley. Geo. w. Breck, Col. J. A. john
son. A. J. Davidson. Dave Churchill. AL
Phelps, Harpin Davis, VIM. Sims and Hugh
Kirkendall. The Anaconda races will be
very interesting and will continue eight
days. The event of the opening day will
be the 2:2O trot for $1,000.
H. r. Baker leaves St. Paul Sunday night
for home and will take in the Butte and
Helena meetings with a probability of
striking Anaconda in time for dash or
two. Mr.. Bakers stable has been quite sue
cessful througout tine east and at least ten
winnings can be placed to his credit. At
the Twin City Jockey club races, SO far, he
has won two races withWarpeak, and Neva-
da won a nice stake on Wednesday. X il
doing good work and Yesterday came in
second to 1:41. 1t is not known what Mr..
Baker will bring back with him. He has
written to Hugh kirkendall that he sold
Daniel B and Warpeak for good prices and
Yesterday he declined telegraphic order of
So, 900 for Nevada.
The first part of the Friendly stake. the
unique double event of the Washington
Park and Coney Island clubs. gave the pub
lie m opportunity to see the Undine sta
ble's crack two-year old Homer. which had
been held in reserve for this event. saws the
Horseman. The stable started both him
and their other champion, Kinfax. and while
they finished one two, it was Rinfax that
nv A1,a~ rot i~,c<a ne
The outcome occasioned no little sur
prise, but the spectators generally settled it
i'll their own minds by the reflection
that the owners preferred to win
with Rinfax if it were possible in
order to save penalties on Homer in future
stakes. Homer only. moved away from
Kingman i'll the stretch under punishment,
though he heat him by two lengths at the
finish. Rinfax ran 80 easily that he would
seem, on that day ut least, to have been far
the better horse. The presumption is, too,
that as the owners will want the victor to win
in the fall they would have preferred to
have had the best horse win the first part.
1t is a cause for regret that Rinfax and
Homer are not more extensively enaged, in
order that they might have opportunities of
meeting the eastern two-year-olds in the
rich colt stakes being raced for at the tracks
contiguous to New York City.
w. H. Raymond Belmont Park, Mont,
has sold recently to j. B. Hunter, Buffalo,
ILL.,. 2-year old bay colt by Commodore
Belmont (sire of Carrie Belle, 2:231a), dam
Hona West, by Dictator; second dam by
Alexander's Norman. 10 DR.. G. S. Ed
redge, of Chicago, and w. G. France, of
Lexington, KY, the 3-year-old black colt
Kingsbury. by Commodore Belmont, dam
Irene. by Dictator. second dam by Alex
ander's Abdalah. To A. D. Helm,
of Kansas, the three-year-old chest
nut colt Belfast by Commodore
Belmont, dam Lady Rothschild, by Nam
brine Patchen; second dam Miss Childs, by
Edwin Forrest. etc. To Mr.. Frank, of
Montana, the black five year-old Iago, by
Commodore Belmont. dam Calliope. by
Fanny Golddust. 10 Ira Phelps, of Mon
tana, two-year- bay colt Lotus, by
Commodore Belmont, dam Mobile by
Maxim. 10 l. Morehouse, Butte Mont.
the two-year- old bay filly Libretto. by
Commodore Belmont. dam Barona. by
Woodford Mambrino; second dam by Alex.
ander's Norman, etc.
Huntley & Clark's stable is doing good
work. Mr.. huntley reports that Vera Is all
right, but he does not expect much from
her at tAnaconda and Butte, where she
will have ten competitors in every race she
starts, and some Of them very fleet. The
others of the Huntley g. Clark string now
"doing' the circuit are Deacon, Volcano
Minute Man, Maxim and Lynthicum
Other horses now trotting in the east and
west that Messrs. Huntley Il Clarke have
3 S. S., Montana Belle and Bishop Hero.