The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-29
~THENONTANAt CIRCUIT.
A High Comttiment 70 IN ltacing ASS,
ciatfoAs and Horse Breeders,

A High Commitment 70 IN Racing Asso'
oiati0As and Horse Breeders. |
II the subloincd high compliment II
Montana failato spur to prompt action thu
Indifferent s~tockholders Of the NJ. A. M. !
nj. A. in compromising thA existing diff
~oulties, then it must be said they are lost 4
patriotism for Montana n Helena in par
%ticular. To Helena more than any othel
city in the state is due the credit OF bringing
horse racing and horse breeding in Montana
up to the high standard and grand proper
tions they have attained. Helena has been
the parent institution of the industry IN
Montana, and by rich awards and pre-
miums, has promoted to a large extent, the
present superiority Of the Montana horse.
It annot be possible, then. that the men
who have for twenty years. encouraged
the agricultural, cattle, sheep and horse
industries in Montana, will permit the SEQ
ond score of years to begin without exhibit
ing their pride in the results that have been
achieved. Helena cannot afford to be left
cut in the cold this year. Transportation
and a concert of action Is actually necessary
and without delay. The Board OF Trade
and the influential men of the city should
use their best %endeavors to urge a speedy
adjustments of the affairs of the Helena
association. The current number OF the
Breeder aud Sportsman contains q full page
announcement of the Montana circuit pro,
gramme, Helena included, and the maRnih.
cent aggregate of $l25.000 in stakes and
purses Is shown. should the Helena asso-
citation fail to settle its troubles, why the
Qneen City will be compelled to stand
aside. Here is what is said about the Mon
tana circuit embracing only Anaconda
Great Falls, Butte and Helena: .
The programme of the trots and races IN
A. AEz-A-n s.~,,s x,Il he fn1nH M Nnr
advertising columns. No such offer of re-
wards for the display of valuable horses mas
ever been made in any other state OF she
union, having the same amount OF popula-
ton. The truth is that Montana mas
always been peopled by men of enterprise
and energy; and this holds good IN stock
breeding as in everything else.
The frat son of the great Bonnie Scotland
that ever crossed the Rocky mountains was
brought to Montana; and his SONS IN after
years re-crossed the ICY barriers OF the con-
tinent's backbone and successfully contend
ed against the very pink Of the Kentucky
and tennessee padd1e ok tha me fest srea so nom m
Lexington the Immortal. has been owned
in Montana for years. The sons of Nor
folk, War Dance, Shannon, Glenelg, Lean
ington and other famous native and i'm
ported, sires, have had their harems under
the shade of the whispering Montana pines
SluC6 1oJUs auu Only d yoot hkOs oAo ooA
quering terror of the western turf was the
Montana colt, Spokane.
Equally good holds the same assertion as
t~rotters. The blood of Ranchero,
Maxim, Bishop and other Kentucky-bred
sires is to be found there, contestinR at all
times with the favorite California strains o
Sultan, STEAMBOAT. Abbottsford, Electloneer,
Mcclellan and Nutwood. The truth IS,
Montana is a hard-money state, and all her
transactions have the genuine metallic ring;
and wherever there are rich prizes hung up,
there will the best horses be found. q
One hundred and twenty-five Thousand
dollars on four race tracks, means a great
deal of money. 1t is more than was hung
up in California in any year while our
state had twice the population of Montana.
It means that on the Montana turf will be
fought battles that will do credit to Ken
lucky, Tennessee, or even New York. 1t
denotes the presence of rich men who are
willing to pay good prizes to the winners of
high class races; and who will enforce the
observance of racing law to the very md Of
the letter. And it also guarantees the pres
ence of gallant steeds from the Mi ssissippi
valley to join issues with those of the far
western slope. We congratulate the big
hearted sportsmen of the Mountain state
their rich and most liberal pro-
gramme. &c.,