The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-28

ing II half y second. Montana had started
selling in the pools a slight favorite over
Mystery, but Inter tho flly sold 800, Mon
tana &7E, and Forester $50.
sEcoNp. RACE Running, $500; handicap, ON
Matt storms 81. Mystsry, BY Three Cheers,
sy Sn% ' r 'ssets' c H. y n9 TorIsst ee' by Joe ia. Hooker,
, dan. Meltis O., loo pounds Smith" "...,i 2
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T yfss, "a poqMn Mutual. .Eip psaid, 81. 81. .e'', .
Tho third event was u special race of 600
yards for \ purse OF $3.50. Tho starters
were the jew, Bay Tom: Nettie. s., Sam
Jones, Montana Maid and Leonidas. Sam
Jones was ~favorits at $40 to Nettie =. ~.
The jew 81, Bay Tom ~. and the field $3.
any trouble at tho start. but IL was not 80
bad as might have been looked for. Con-
trary to tho Judgment of the sports Bay
Tom came in first, Nottie 3. second. Sam
Jones third.
THIRD Observation-Disclosures $50. Six hun
Dan %blevIns' Bay Tom, ~ pounds. Hart. -. |
]. Y. Bnrker,s iNettie b lib pounds jones z
j. i Il; shi 81. M sam ssn esi,a r. ss. gsnnd'-M''r'' 3
There was very little interest in the last
race, trotting, 2:27 class, in which ID. @.
Bricker's gelding ID. Il. b.. and George w.
kraller's horse Cottonwood Chief wsre the
the only starters. u. q. b. took the race in
three straight heats in $3.50, 2:3o and 2:294.
To-Dsy's Races.
RunninR-Six furlongs-Dwarf Regent,
Col. D., Gladstone, Efaline and Lotto
Mills.
Running-Seven furlongs. selling race
Jim Simpson, Eddie r., Wedgefeld and
Kildare.
Kunning-Mile hests-Orogon Eclipse,
Nevada, Marigold and Revolver.
Runnina-Four furlongs-Daniel b., Ed
die r., The jew, Sam Jones, Bay Tom.
The match between Skinner, the foot
racer, and Bob Wade, the quarter horse,
will come off before the last race.
Notes.
Hugh Kirkendall will sell a lot of fine
yearling colts mt the fair grounds to-day.
read the large advertisement on another
page.
Bob Wade, the quarter horse, will try to
run a quarter mile to-day while Skinner,
the foot racer, goes an eighth.
Tho absence Of the small boy from The
race track was a noticeable feature yester-
day. He had gone collectively and individ-
ually, to the circus.
Matt Storms stable leaves soon for
4 OTblduus CtOIA uub WOu bAO JlO1lcoT
stakes, worth ST. 1875, at this meeting, and
two $500 purses already.
Auctioneer George Booker, who has been
selling pools at the track to the satisfaction
Of the directors, has been invited to go to
Portland and Salem and do the same for
the racing associations there. He laid off
yesterday and John Worth did the selling
in great shape.
Sydney Paget, the wealthy Custer county
horse breeder. whose stables are here now,
has sold to Capt. r. A. Boutelle, of the First
cavalry, the fast mare Mermaid for $40O.
Capt. 'Boutslle, who is stationed at Miles
City, will use the animal as a saddle horse.
The captain is inspecting the Montana
| militia and is a daily visitor at the races.
Mermaid is by imported Sailor out of a fine
mare.
A boy who would not give his name was
arrested at the track yesterday for obtain
ing money undertake. pretenses. His game
was to get ladies to buy pool tickets, repro
senting himself as a jockey who could pick
all the winners. When the ladies gave him
their money he handed them pool tickets
which turned out to be those bought at
Great Falls on the winners. Marshal
Dougherty, who arrested the lad, turned
him over to the sheriif's Office.
Director G.. d. Hard, of the Montana
State Fair, is the man VIVA raised the first
thoroughbred running animal in Montana.
1t was Peekaboo, the first derby winner on
the Helena track. Peekaboo was an inbred
Lexington colt, by Caribou out of Bessie
Douglass, and was bred and raised in Mon,
tana. In two-year-old form Peekabot
started in tho race for the first Pioneel
stakes, but lost. Neva Winters winning the
race. The following year the derby wal
~inaugurated, and P~eekaboo won 1t and all
the other races started in.