The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-02
HORSES AND H0RSEMEN,
Montana Circuit to Attract the A.
tention Of Entire Turfdom
This Year.
Great Series Of Pacing Races viii
be One Of the Attrac-
tiOns.
The Speedy PAGERS Yolo Maid, Major Won
der and Hal Pointer Have Hsen
Already Entered.

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mo matter what happens. Won can safely
announce that Helena will be right in the
heart Of the city this year in the racing
circuit" said Secretary Pope to q reporter
yesterday. I'VE have done all that was
possible in the way Of making concessions
but the kickers, 1t appears, are not anxious
to trot in our class and keep up with the
procession. The Montana circuit this year
10 going to attract the attention of entire
turfdom as it never did before and Helena
will be fairly in it. We have the finest
track west Of Chicago and the prettiest TAR
grounds in the state. The galaxy Of flyers
that have already spoken for admission to
the circuit through their owners, ia one OF
the most noticeable in the country. Mr.. A.
J. Davidson, who is now sojourning in Cal
fornia, writes me that the eyes of
all horsemen are turned towards
Montana. Wny2 Because Of the liberality
Of the purses n the freedom with which
big money is bet on the races. We will I'M
doubtedly have the greatest series of pacing
races on this circuit that will take place
this year. Three of the speediest in the
world are already pitted against each other
-Yolo Maid, Major Wonder and Hal
Pointer 2:09sA. and l expect to see Cricket
49, ~ "A~ NsA~ bAuu
will be!
''Straws show which way the wind blows.
Here is a letter l got from w. H. Babb to-
day. He 10 on the fence whether to 90 east
with Guido or remain on his old stamping
ground. His friends have nearly talked
him out of going east. Guido is entered in
the Brooklyn handicap at 100 pounds and
in the Suburban at 100 in such company as
Tenny, Firenze, Tournament, ct al. He
has also entered Guido and Sir
Henry in the events for the Helena
meeting and may be persuaded to remain
in the northwest. Guido heads the list of
all American horses as an average per-
former. He started thirty-one times, was
FIRST Twenty-Five times, four times second,
two times third and only three times un-
placed. MI: Babb says that his imported
Sir Henry has filed and rounded out to
perfection. He expects great things from
this horse. Rosa Lewis is the other one in
Mr.. Babb's campaigning stable for this
year.
Carlisle and Shields have purchased eight
youngsters in Kentucky. One is Dangaren
three years old, and is a full brother to
Caltalpa. The price paid for this one was
$4,000
Secretary Pope says the colt stakes, en-
tries to which close to-day, are filing up
splendidly, and come from all over the
west.
VI II VAOAouSADIcu AO!bc III
Montana are to be congratulated on the
purchase Of Eolian by Messrs. Kohrs &
B~ielenberg, of Deer Lodge, says the Breeder
and Sportsman. Eolian was a good race
horse and, under the skillful pilotage of
Garrison, "the Snapper" he won many a
brilliant race. He did 1,4O0 yards in 1925
with ia pounds up; seven furlongs in
l:2Sl9 with l28 pounds: th~ree-quarters in
A MIL ~ HOrS~lr Ill = Ans Z
with 115 in the saddle; and he was a great
weight carrier, with no end Of speed. In
color he is q beautiful seal brown and is
bred on roy al purple lines, being by Eolus
(sire of Eole n st. SAVIOR out of Calash
by imp. Phaeton (sire Of Ten Broeck) her
Lady dam of Onward) by Glencoe, her
dam Motto by imp. Barefoot. As kohrs Il
BielenberR have OWED Regent (brother to
Ontario) for some years and probably have
a number of fillies by that useful little sire,
thev will be likely to make themselves
heard OF in the racing world hereafter.
1t does not always follow that high prices
paid or refused for work horses are evil
dences of folly, says the New YORK Sun.
The greatly increased value of stables has
rendered it possible for a race horse of high
character to win a small fortune, as shown
" 1ne aacs 'nae ias1 season tournament
won $4,000: Potomac. $4,000; Russell,
$4,000; Sallie McCleland, $4,000; Strath-
meath, $4,000. Salvator's winnings in
1888, 1889 and 1890 reached 1920 while
in England the Duke of Portland's colt
Donovan won in 1888 and 1889 the sum of
$155 ,597-the greatest amount ever WOE BY
q race horse in two seasons.
Perhaps it is hardly less true Of thorough
bred stations for breeding purposes. A
stallion which has attained a high degree of
popularity by the success of his colts and
fllies on the turf can scarcely be purchased.
In England owners refuse to put q price on
such a horse. He is quite a gold mine to
his owner. In sixteen seasons at the stud
the celebrated English horse Blair Athol
earned the enormous sum of 1926, 600 in
stud fees. standing for some seasons at 81 600
for each mare bred to him Hermit's must
twenty years. and ~latterly at $3.50 with a
"book FULL
The recent sales IN this country Of King
Thomas, a y~earlinR, for. $4,000, Kingston
for $4,000, Potomac for $4,000, have at
tracted public attention to the growing
purposes, as we'll as the $4,000 paid for
Galore. $25, 600 for fremont IN America, and
10000 for Ormonde in England for breed
ing PURPOSES, while it is generally expected
that st. Blaise, the EPSON Derby winner of
1888 M sire of Potomac and La Tosca.
wan ciAhS oSCa VrOsVNO az u bdl6 Oh NlT.
Belmont's stud in June next.
Although the price paid in 1883 by Sena-
tor Hearst for tho y~earling colt KIM
Thomas, $4,000, is the highest ever given
for a yearling. as that paid by Mr.. Dalv,
of Montana, for Silver King, $4,000, the
following year, is the next, still, the Eng
lish averages for the sale of yearIinps ia
much higher than ours. OF course, thew
pay no such extraordinary prices as those
quoted above. yet Mr.. Chaplin's Blankney
yearlings, Mr.. Warnings Beenham wear,
lings, the queens Hampton Court year
lings and other ''select lots'' show great
averages. 1t is a very common thing to
find $1,000 paid at the auctions at the
Newmarket July meeting or at Doncaster
in September, but seldom do the English
bid over that limit. In 1876 Mr.. Peck paid
S2o,5O0 for the yearling, Maximilian. by
Observation-Disclosures, and the English
talked of it for years as something wonder
full. especially when the colt proved a fail
ure.
In connection with the SUMS article on
this subject is a very interesting table of
prices paid for horses in America and Eng
land. In the latter country they are gener-
ally much larger.