The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-08
OUT FOR BIG MONEY.
Horses Owned and Bred i'm Montana Tina
Start In Great Races.

Horses Owned and Bred i'm Montana Thai
Start In Great Races.
Unless the present owner decides to with.
draw the horse, there will be in the great
American derby. to be run at Chicago OH
June "a, one Helena bred and Helena
reared colt. 1t ia tho bay colt Francis
Pope. by Red Boy. dam Bolus, and is
named for the secretary OF the Montana
State Fair association. Francis Pope was
bred by Col. W. Is. Hundlcy ana w. G.
Preuitt, and was sold by them to II. G.
Baker. about two years ago. Baker took
the youngster east to Chicago, entered him
for tho derby. and then sold him. The
present owner appears to have kept up the
derby engagement, as the name OF Francis
Pope appears in all the printed lists OF en-
tries up to this time. What chance the
colt has for winning the stake only the fu-
ture can tell. At this time there are nearly
$50 entries. md with about ten exceptions
the odds given by tho ~bookmnkers range
from 80 to l ny TO 1000 to l. Tha Helena
colt ~ placed at 400 to !. During last win
ter Francis Pope did quite II lot of running,
and made a good showing, winning two
races in one day.
The Derby has always been a valuable
prize, but this season it eclipses every stake
in America save the Futurity. inasmuch as
it will be worth $4,000 to the horse first
past the wire, $1,000 to the one finishing
second to him. and SO, 900 to the colt that
can get as good even as third place. That
kind of money is worth running for.
Sir Matthew, OF the Daily stables, is en-
tered for the Metropolitan handicap to be
run at Morris Park on May 81. The odds
laid against him are forty to one. The
horse Is to carry 100 pounds. Among Other
Belle. l22 pounds; The Pepper, 1l5 pounds;
st. Florian. 1873 pounds; His Hiohness 12b
pounds; La Tosca, l25 pounds; Pessara, 122
pounds, and Picknicker and Rey del Key.
11G pounds each.
For the Suburban handicap the DAILY en-
tries are Montana and Tammany. Other
entries include Bouquet. DR.. Hasbrouck,
His Highneas. Judge Morrcw. LampliRhter,
La Tosca, Parvenue, Pessnrn, Raceland.
Rey del Rey, Russell, Strathmeath and The
Pepper.
H., Z. Hills, Of Ashland, Ore, has recently
made the following sales of ~trotting stock
to d. H. Churchill, of Great Falls: Julian.
Woodford Wilkes, dam Margin. BY Gov.
Sprague; Bessie G.. bay mare. foaled 1884,
by Western Chief. dam Nellie, by johnson
horse; Jessie b.. bav mare. fonled May,
1883, by Western Chief. dam Kate. by Nor
gan horse; Fairy j.. black tilly, foaled June
son of King Herod; Custer. bay colt. foaled
June 4, 1891, by Julian. dam Bessie g., by
Western Chief; Gypsy Hayes. brown flly,
foaled June %. 1891, by Julian. dam Miss
Hayes. by E-,csson; Ben fur. bay colt,
foaled JUNE %, 1892, by Julian. dan Bessie
g., by Western Chief: Gertie. bay flly.
foaled 1892, BY Julian, dam Lucy. by West
ern Chief.
Wesley George. the veteran owner of the
unfortunate Applause, has secured another
bread winner In the fve-year-old gelding
Joe. by Conquest. dam Swift. by Three
Cheers. Joe. who was IN the Thompson
stnble last season, won two races for George
within a week.
Van B. DeLashmutt, of Portland, Ore,
will go through the Montana circuit with a
stable Of ~trotters and paoers his season
consisting in part of Blonde (pacsr) 2:15;
Susie s., 9:1S. and Canemah, 2:201aa.