The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-16

him M veil a tho start, and he began ths
racs ~ disadvantage. There wAs. ~
change until ths back stretch was rsAcaed,
when Smith lot Montana out = link, anu ns
began pulling l little to the frcn1 soon
there Wa 4 streak Of daylight Dsswsen ~
f~Avortss and Disvola. ens coming w o AZ avsn
forms with DiAvolo. Around the tarn snsy
came. with MoAtana An easy lsaner. snu
the other two whipping. Al the lsss TUT
long Gold Bar passed into second place.
and had no had = hundred yards moro no
20 would have pressed tbs winner. has
BAD start, However, Was too much TO over
come. 40 this best he could Do was 70 foliow
Montana under The wire, with piAvolo ia
the rear. The time. 1:44. showed how EASY
II was for Montana.
RS%nning,-2ps mile handicap; pusss stoo; .m
Il; kirkandalrs ?. .. Montana py STORY. GAM ,
G. W. ChspnpsiTs "a. !. Gold bar, by onon-
daga, dam Laura; III pounds, Myers ! M. =
non, dam Winnie, lls pounds. hsed...-...... =
| Time, lal.
Mutuals paid $40.
Assiniboins. with Bob Smith up. was .
smiths purchase, Al Watts, the crasisst and
prettiest horse on the circuit, selling At ",
and Rillah and White Stockings in the
fsld at $12. Everybody that knew Al
Watts fslt that the colt could make = good
showing II he behaved himsslf. But that
was the trouble. they knew that he ran
into the foncs here last year and hurt has
jockey. and that he ran away in Butte this
season and made the circuit of the track
three times before he was caught. II all
depended on how he acted at the post.
There were very few bad breaks before the
Watts mp in good shape, showing he had
the colt under perfect control. When they
COT off the few who had faith in Al Watts
smiled = smile as broad as the grand stand.
He went to the front with . rush
and DON put half q dozen lenRths
f~avorite about three lengths of daylight be-
hind, and White Stockings in the rear.
There was no use to look at AL Watts A. the
turn was made into the stretch. for he still
had his lead and WAS going at a gait that
would have beaten the record had it been
kept ny. The other three horses were get
ting nearer together. however. II a. they
passed the judges stand were nearly
punched. In the next furlong White Stock
inSs fell out of tho race for place., dropping
hopelessly to the rear. So they went around
for the second time to the half-mile pole
and turned for the stretch. The favorite
was now working hard to catch the chest
nut leader, and Riliah was right on Assini-
hoine's heels. At the head Of the stretch
Watts pace began clearly to tell on him.
Hs was pumping out of wind very fast and
there we're serious doubts about him
being able to maintain his distance
from %Assinniboine for the the lat
without mercy on the eelding. and was
closing up the streak of day between Assini-
boins and Watts. "Assiniboine, Assini-
boine." yelled the crowd, and it looked
that way at the last furlong mark. But
Myers brought the rawhids down on the
lxn1 HnrL md k1a nhoekppk %0Nk n lrnr
breath aud got down to work like the race
horae that he can be when he is properly
ridden. Even then there we're some who
would have taken a chance on A~ssiniboine,
but the distance left was too short. and AL
Watts passed in under the wire winner by
half a length behind Assiniboine. and
White Stocking way in the rear. The
time. 2:46. was not good for a derby on the
Helena track, but had Watts kept up the
pace all the way that he set at tho start,
there is no telling but what he might have
Clipped off a second or two from the record.
Another thing, had there been a hundred
yards more to go, Assiniboine would likely
have caught and passed the derby winner
Running-The Derby stakes, a sweepstakes
for three,year-olds foals of 1880 of $50 each. |
$500 added, One mile and a hall. Value $500.
hy y, Bros ,,s On; 2: A. Watts by Panta1oon' dam
IL, Kirkendail's b. &. Assiniboine, by Red Boy.
lam Asteroid' l27. Smith. ;..:.....: 2
G. Merritt's b. G. White stockings, by Red
Roy, dam sallie Socks. III. Pendergrast... 49,. 0
Time. 2:46.
Mutuals paid. $s5. 40.
In the first heat of the special trot Chat
tel sold ~favorite for $50, Leap Year $40,
Darbse 81. and the field 81. Chattsl took
the lead and held it throughout. coming in
winner in the poor time of 2:37, with Leap
Voor on0rrI Tarh~o V~--- 1r-s- De- l
and Commodore in the order named.
Before the second heat was started tho
judges cautioned Williams about driving
Leap Year to win. Williams' mac wa the |
favorite in this heat at odds OF $40 to 1874
for Chattel and $12 for the field. Chattel
had tho lead to the backstrstch, when Leap
Year went to the front and staid there to
the finish. Chattel was a good second,
Darbee again third and Young Gypsy Boy
fourth. The distance flag fell IN Commo-
dore. The time. 2:32, was still not up to
Leap Years possibilities.
Leap Year now sold $25 to Sc on the field.
1t was the mares heat easily, ae the four
went around about six lengths apart. On
the stretch Chattsl drew up on the leader,
but broke badly and lost what little he had
gained. 1t pushed Leap Year, however, to
do the mile in 2:29155 in order to beat Chat
tel out. Young Gypsy Boy vas third and
Commodore last.
ANoeAAAk Wtb ooAu ou uA6 lh5B uSut, WHICH,
Leap Year again took, his time in 2:2O,
with the others in the same order az be-
fore.
Trottlng Special for named horses; purse
$5Or; three in five.
Williams Il Warehouses; b. m. Leap
Year. by tempest, dam Eulogy...... 2 l
). Madsen,s b. s. thattel, by Chatham,
dam Nellie ,k.;.::.::..".......1 2 2 2
D. T. C1amberlain's blk. 8. Young
Gypsy Boy, by Gypsy Boy ;........: s
A. ". Smiths or. q. Darbee, by Al
monarch "a
handail d Barker's b. G. Commodore. 5 DIS.
lime, 2:37, 2:a2, 2:29h. $50.
Mutuais paid S7.9 81. 81 and S5.75.
The last race of four and a half f%urlonps
was the finest OF the day. 1t had the
largest field, AZ we'll as the finest finish of
the Meeting, barring the first race Satur-
day. Mix Brown started TO sell favorite,
but the betting soon switched, and Jack the
Ripper brought 1926 to Mike Brown 800
and the field Sill. It WAS praeticaliv n