The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-06
GREAT SPORT.
The Final Day of the Custer
County Horse Fair and
Sales Association.
y Good Day. hut IL Heavy Trmk-Tbo
>'""ple Chase "a Great >ucce..-
Outsiders Win.

and dsagreeable wind. there was :
/. good attendance. including a large mum
l. Der OF ladies. At one time a small sh,,y
er passed over. and many feared that ;
l. storm would follow. but it soon blew
. over 1t was the last day Of the meet
: ana the weather has certainly been ey
cellehi much better than that which
usually falls to the lot of the race meet
ings IN this section. The track was
still very heavy, and the result was that
,, fast time was rendered impossible but
tie races were all well contested and
surprises were the order. In fact the
short-enders reaped a harvest. and two
OF the races proved regular Waterloos
Tor the knowing ones. while four of the
iiSe events were won by iielders. Two
of them were particularly disastrous
clean ups. The first was the bicycle
race. III which Stein was made five to
one favorite. and the other was the
steeple chase. in which Lindsay's mount
Billy. was red hot favorite. while
Hecks horse Chese Pease brought but -
ana - in several 50 to SD pools.
GENTLEMEN DRivTns.
Judges .illerton. Lisk and Prenatt
called the mile heat trotting race at o:3O
| p. M. the purse being so. owners to
drive. There were six entries. and all
came out at the sound of the
gong. They were Sdvages Dick,
Crowley's Eotherthem .McNaney's Brow
Ley. Graham's Blue Rock. Aitchison.s
Badly and F!annagan's Hickory Dick.
y good start was secured and the bunch
soon began TO string out with Browney
in the lead. and he passed each of the
quarter poles in that position. and also
the grand stand Hickory Dick second.
Baldy third. Botherthem fourth. Dick
fifth and Blue Rock sixth. Time BAT.
The second heat was started at the |
third attempt. and this time Flanagan !
sent Hickory Dick to the front, and |
kept him there to the half in l.;l5. but |
the gait was too lively for him. and he
went up in the air. the veteran Brownev
taking the lead and winning handily in
i4osl. with the other five in exactly the
same position as in the first heat.
AS in the other similar race old Brow.
ney was the only horse among the lead.
ers who could hold his feet. and while
three others were probably more speedy
than he was. he got to the front by plain
ordinary trotting.
HALF MILE HEATS.
The second race was half mile heats
Tor purse OF So and drew out four
ambitious sprinters-R Bros Leoni.
dan, Vines Oako Murphy's Rather and
McDonald's Kitten. After an even
start at the first attempt, the horses
kept up lively clip. with Rather in the
lead, and he was never headed. winning ,
BY an open length. Leoaidas second.
Kitten third and Oako fourth. Time, I
IL second.
For some reason best known to the I
trainers new rider was seen on Leoni. a
las when the horses came out for the l.
'ecohd heat. but the change did not al a
er the position particle at the conclus. a
hon OF bruising race in 81 seconds. {
COW PONIES. v
-Four COW ponies then came ont To q
ontest in 600 yard dash for "A purse of
Do. and were booked as Powers Chief v
icNaney's Flying Dutchman. Carter's o
lingo and Osgood's Grave Digger. They I
ot away on the second attempt to
cry good start. and ran hard for about <
hree hundred yards. when they began y
D string out. passing under the wire in n
ne following order: Chief. FIying II
'utchman, Dingo and Grave Digger. D
ime. b seconds al
An objection was raised to FLYING le
'utchman, and it was shown to the
abstraction Of the judges that the horse u
al been ridden on the track by Walter
lindsay in hurdle race, under the al
anne Of Keno. He was accordingly u
'led out Of the race. and the second re
nj third money given respectively to IN
'ngo and Grave Digger. lu
AN EXHIBITION MILE.
Many persons having expressed de =,
re to see Hon. j. K. Mckays stallion ~
orrester hoy trot mile. that gentle ca
an declined To let HIM go on such a fr
'avy track against time, hut said the Ia
'rse could be given mile. but would al
slowed down on the heaviest portions. q,
pike Sage accordingly brought him -
u accompanied b, a running promp III
= and he was sent of at the first tn
eak. Forester hoy is handsome hi.