The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-26

eVehIs anu horses Will be brought from
long distances to compete for them,
The entries for the colt races have al
ready closed, and, judging not only from
the large number of two and three wear
olds which are to appear here, and from
the pedigrees of the colts. some lively
races will be had from these classes. lr
course especial interest will be conferred
in the races by the two and three wear
olds. The following Great Falls gentle.
men have colts entered in these classes.
Messrs. Willard & Collett. II. f. Higgins.
-. u. Blivens, L. f.. Brady. W. Viii
Jams, ID. Ii. Churchill. and Jack Corne-
Illus.
Great Falls stands at the head of the
list in the Montana circuit in the mum.
per OF entries OF two and t~hree-year-olds
In all the events provided for these C,ass-
ts-eve exceeding Butte and Anaconda.
IN the matter OF purses we stand third
in the circuit. The following is a list of
the total amounts offered in purses by
inc dil1erent associations in the circuit:
Deer Lodge. four days racing, $4,000;
Dillon, four days, 1920, with Sl,5OO for
specials; Anaconda, eleven days, 500, 800;
Butte, eleven days, $29,5OO: Helena. sew
en- days, Sl2,10O; Great Falls, six DAYS.
Sl3,l0O, with $1,000 for specials. Ana
conda, Butte and Great Falls each offer
1880 for the free-for-a all trot.
When it is remembered that the only
two associations which stand ahead Of
us in the amount of prizes offered
Butte and Anaconda each have eleven
days of racing and Great Falls has but
six, it will be seen that we are not very
far behind in the average. Butte and
Anaconda pfTar m ayoraunn f go COO $40,
day for eleven days: Great Falls average
is s2,l45 for six days. Our association
for six days offers $500 more than Helena
docs for seven. Helena has made no re-
serve fund for special races and she does
not offer any $500 purse for the free
for all trot, which will be one Of the best
of the many good features of our meet
ing.
Marcus DAILY has already entered
twenty four OF his horses for the Great
Falls races. Among other prominent
horsemen who have made entries are the
Ryan Bros. of Miles City, Lee Shaner of
Petaiima. Cal; A. G. Beckwith, of Evans
ton, Wyo; the Wiseburn Stock farm,
Los Angeles; ii. kirkendall, Helena; the
Willow Run Stock farm, Deer Lodge; f..
NJ. Starkey, Lockford. Cal; d. j. Muir
ply. Milpitas, Cal; Morchousc IL Will
Jams. Butte: Samuel Handley. Deer
Lodge; II. Ii. Hanson. Missoula; W. II.
Raymond, Fuller Springs: Huntley a.
Clark, W. ii. Rice. Helena. Montana
has become celebrated throughout the
entire union, not only as producing the
very best and fastest horses, but as eX-
tending the most liberal support and the
greatest encouragement to all trials of
speed.
This fact. coupled with the superior
tracks on the Montana circuit. is each
year inducing greater numbers of eastern
horsemen to come west n try for the
tempting prizes offered by the various
associations.
The Montana circuit has been ar
ranged in 1892 with special reference to
the race meetings which are to be held
in the large cities. Horscmen can at
tend the great running meeting to be
held in Denver in June. where 10000
are offered in prizes; they can then go to
Salt Lake City, where, at the mixed
meeting, $4,000 are offered and finish in
time for our circuit. From the west
they can finish the great meetings at
Portland, Walla Walla and Spokane and
strike the Montana circit before the first
race begins. They can all finish here
before the autumn races in the east or
west are ready. This state forms a
meeting ground for horsemen at a time
when they could not be elsewhere en-
gagged.
This circuit offers in 1892 100000 in
purses, which is a larger sum than is
put up by almost any other circuit in
America. The tracks are all full regu-
lation mile: the stables are large and
convenient, the comfort of horses and
trainers has been carefully considered
by the officers OF the various a~ssocia-
tons; the grounds are convenient to the
different cities, with which they are con-
nected by means of steam or electric
railway lines. and in 1892 forty-three
actual DAYS of racing are proyidcd for
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