Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-05

morse had been second on first heat
but all he got was laugh. More
money changed proprietors on this
run than any during the day.
A mile trot, double team, purse S35;
S25 to first, SO to second, was the
next. ID. NJ. Crowley entered Belle
and Maggie, Maurice Sullivan, Chas.
Church and Theo. Sloan a team each.
Little betting was made, Crowley hav-
ing "sure thing" Crowley came in
far ahead, Sloan a poor second,
Church within sight and Sullivan
some time after. Crowley's team
trotted finely; time 3:22.
w. H. Kelly, Dean Hemphill and
Frank Clark were entered for the mile
bicycle race, and betting was very
even. Kelly had far the best wheel,
Clark the best wind and Hemphill the
advantage OF training. Thes start was
poor, no word being given until forty
s--. 100000 AI---:-----An n ---.--ss-.-ss
had looked back, Hemphill losing his
balance and in remounting lost place
which henever regained. Therace was
between Clark and Kelly, and a very
pretty one. Clark led to the third
quarter and kept abreast to within
fifty yards OF the outcome, when Kelly
spurted and won by fifteen feet.
Time 2:45. All were badly played
and could not speak for some mo-
ments. The prizes were gold and sill
yer medals handsomely engraved.
1t was now 6 o'clock and the last
race was postponed. The attendance
was fully three hundred.
Many long faces were to be seen
Thursday morning as the sky was
overcast and the clouds wept at in
tervals, but toward noon the skies
cleared and left it cool, really the best
day of the meeting, All the morning
the exhibit room was crowded, re-
minding many of a down-east crowd
in hotel corridor. Thecrowd moved
early to the track-notably the judges
in the baby show, and the latter kept
a-moving whenever u mother came
within ear shot. The gate receipts
were far in excess OF either of the pre-,
ceding days.
A postponed race, the two-year-old
running half mile dash, came first
The purse was S35; S25 to first, SIC
to second. Jas. Dempsey entered
Slip Along and VIM. Jones, Buck. By
this time Dempsey's horses had proven
themselves winners and betting was
all going his way until man with the
appearance OF an old-t.mer asked fol
$50 worth of Buck tickets. This sci
people guessing and few wore q
knowing look. Slip Along was wei
named as he jumped the track neal
the start and slipped along the fenct
for a quarter. Buck jumped the tract
near tine quarter and started dowr
through the wagons. Had Slip Alou,
been brought to the track by the near
est route he could yet have won, bu
Buck recovered his head sooner anC
came in first. The only remarks wer
"Don't bet on colts" and 81 told yol
So"
A trotting race for two-year-olds
purse S35, S25 to first, $40 to second
was next contested by Gen. Miles, Jr.
entered by Chas. Roberts, Serena, en-
tered by D. NJ. Crowley and Profit b,
w. R. Walker. Little money coul'
be placed. Serena led in both heat
with Gen. Miles, Jr., second and Prof
, poor third.
|, For the one-half mile and repea
running race, Creeping Joe, Snort an
} Banjo contested. Creeping Joe had
, certainty of winning the first money
$40, but Hamilton's Snort and Cal
sons Banjo were to make a hard ru
for SIS. Betting was even and plent
of it that Snort could not come i
/ second, but the Banjo men wer
| scooped. The first heat Snort lie
| Banjo by twenty feet and in the SCI
! ond by length. Time SOL.
5 The free-for-all trot had been locke
8 forward to as the best OF the meetir
t and so it proved. The purse was $st
: $50 to first, $50 to second. ID. \
: Crowley entered Diverges; Charlie
t Church, Gilt Edge Monte; Tom Prat