The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-09
THE BETTER FOR HELENA.
Butte Races Settled Nothing as TO
tho Superiority Of Any
Horse.
A California Horeeman Thinking
Of Wintering His Horses
In Helena.
The PAGER Mikado Changes Hands ri
ea,OOO-Florida In Great Shape
Aleck Lewis Hurt.

The races at Butte closed yesterday. Al
though 1t is hardly fair to say they we're up
~ the bright expectations formed last
spring, yet taking everything into consid-
Grafton the meeting was fairly successful
and passed OF smoothly. Hank Walton
oficiatsd In the judges stand and gave gem
eral satisfaction. The racing was good and
the contests exciting, but 30 far as deter
mining the superiority of one horse over
another the public is as much in tho dark
a. ever. This condition of things promises
we'll for Helena. The winners at Butte are
not liable to be winners at Helena. A large
number of the horses at Bntte did not par
ticipate in the races there At all. A major
ity of them proceed to Great Falls to take
part in the meeting there IN August II to
10 inclusive. Those which do not go to tho
Falls come direct to Helena. The trotting
horses at Butte were not all in the best con-
dition, owing to the smoke and tho sudden
climatic changes. Silver Bow, Condee and
Katie s. were notioeably not in racing con-
dition. These horses coming direct to
Helena and having a two weeks rest will be
in better shape to make some interesting
races.
Matt Storm, the we'll known San Fran
CISCO horGsman, who is taking in the Mon
tana circuit with q stable of seven runners,
has expressed himself ~ much pleased with
the state. This is his first trip here. He is
thinking seriously If wintering with his sta
bio in Helena, believing that horses raised or
allowed to run in Montana acquire an On
larged lung capacity, so that they travel
quicker on the ssaboard. He says he has
noticed that whenever Montana horses 90
either to the east or the west they have i'm
proved their records.
Montana breeders Of thoroughbreds
freely admit that their Montana colts can
not compete with those coming in from
California. The California colts are
dropped earliar than those in Montana. and
a two-year.old Californian is generally an
large as Il ~three-year-old Montanian.
knowing ones predict that Centella and
Top Gallant will have walk over in the
Malcolm Terry and Mystery will have
things all their own way in the Derby.
Hundley d Clark have sold the PAGER
Mikade to George Huffaker for $1,000. Mi
kado is a green one without a record, but
can go in 2:2o. He was withdrawn from
the pacing race in Butte. but will start in
the 2:22 class in Helena. The purchase was
made with the view of campaigning
through the grand circuit. and Mikado is
entered in all the principal events there.
Florida il in such good shape that she is
expected TO run away from everything in
tho 1927 class, where her contestants will
be Robbins. Ben Cole, Cottonwood Chief,
Lady Maxim, llton and G. G. B. In the
1924 class, however, she will have some
work to do, as Hylas Boy, Silver Bow and
Contractor will be among those close to
the wire when the race il over.
Alexander Lewis, owner of Contractor,
was thrown from the sulky Mt Butte while
exercising his horse, and had his shoulder
dislocated. For this reason Contractor did
not start in the 1924 class last Wednesday.