The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-02
He MADE NO SUCH OFFER.
Marcus Daily Did Not Want Jockey
Taral at $4,000 Per
Annum.
Something About the Montana
Millionaire's Investments
in H~orsehesh.
A Prediction That He VIII Stick to Trot-
ters and PAGERS and Lot tho
Runner Go.

Concerning the story that Marcus Dial,
had offered Jockey Taral $4,000 o year te
ride for his stable. and the subsequent de
nial. Clark's Horse Review has this to say
IA story went the roupds OF the eastern
papers not long ago to the effect that Mar
Gus DAILY, the Montana millionaire, had
offered a well-known jockey $4,000 for his
services during the season of 1892. MIR.
DAILY has promptly denied this report and,
moreover, adds that he can conceive of no
circumstance under which it would be pos
sible for him to pay any such, amount for
the services of a rider. The trouble with
American jockeys is that up to the present
time they have been allowed to do pretty
much IS they pleased, the result being the
formation of a class of riders
Of whose dishonesty there was no doubt.
and yet their ability was such
that their services were in demand at high
ly remuneratiye prices. 1t has been the ex-
perience of more than one rich man., who
has taken a flyer at the running turf. that
after hiring for q good round sun n capa-
bic jockey his interests have been sold out
by the rider on more than one occasion, and
this has been the cause of the retirement Of
men who would otherwise have continued
pursuing a sport which they thoroughly en-
joyed. In the matter of owning race horses
of all kinds, MIR. DAILY has never had an
equal in this or any other country, and it is
a matter of interest among those who have
watched the course of turf events to see
how long he will continue to %patronize the
game as liberally as he is now doing. To
begin with, MI. DAILY has a large stable of
runners, and as he has bought zone but
colts of approved breeding his expenditures
in that direction foot up close to $250,O00.
When to this original outlay is added the
expense of q tirst-class trainer, a couple of
irst-class jockeys and the maintenance of
q large number of horses, to say nothing of
the ~forfeits that must necessarily be paid
on many of them, the sun total is some
thing appalling. But his running stable
represents only a small proportion of Mr.
Days investments in horset1esh. AT the
present time he has two distinct stables of
%trotters and PAGERS taking part in meetings
throughout the west. one OF them under the
of Andy Mcdowell, while Ben
Kenny. who gave Nancy tanks her record
of 2:l4M last season, is at the head OF the
other string. On top of all this comes the
breeding establishment known as
the Bitter Root ranch in Montana. over
whose pastures roam scores of thorough
breds and t~rotting-bred horses that have
been purchased at high prices. OF course
it is impossible for MIR. DAILY to personally
enjoy the performances of more than one
class of race horses owned by him. Thus
far this year he has given his attention solely
to the runners, and when his great pacing
mare Yolo Maid was speeding a mile in
2:12M at Kalamazoo he was in the east
watching Montana and other thorough
breds, owned by him. get their share of the
at the meetings by the seashore. Com
modore Kittson is the nearest parallel to Mr..
DAILY in point of owning stables Of ~trotters
and runners at the same time and main
tanning a great breeding establishment that
can be called to mind just now. Commo-
dore Kittson was an old man when he be-
came interested in fast horsefesh, while
Mr.. Daily is just in the prime of life. It is
dollars to cents that before long the Mon
tana man will decide which he likes best, !
the ~trotters or the runners. If money is
THAT he is after no doubt the runners will
get his vote, because when it comes to
gambling instruments they are beyond COM
p%a,ison, but if genuine sport is what Mr..
DAILY is after he will stick to histrotte-s and
PAGERS and let the jumpers go for what they
will bring at auction"