The Yellowstone journal., 1893-09-07
5uG. RACES.
How the First ,ay -: the Fall Meeting
Was spent.

| Was spent.
yesterday was the opening ~ Of the
fall meeting uIpa lhe grounds of the
Custer County Horse air and sales is
! sociatioE. and the weather was all that
could have been desired. barring "A super
! abundance Of dust on every hand. but
! the attendance was light. Not more
than 300 people were on the track dur
ing the afternoon. and while Mr. Payet
I did everything in his power to make it
! pleasant and agreeable for everyone. the
usual unfortunate incidents which uni
+ versaly happen on such occasions. came
up in such shape as to prevent many
from enjoying themselves AS much as
they expected. The delays between
the events were vexatious. there was
too much wrangllng at the pool stand.
and the supposed jobbing in the half
mile race did much to make people feel
cranky. and while the management did
all that was possible to allay the various
difficulties as they arose. the spectators
did not seem inclined to assist them
The two steeplechase and the hurdle
race between the Englishmen were. as
they always are. interesting and exciting.
and any one of the three was worth
more than the price Of admission.
Messrs. II. NJ. Moran. n. p. Osgood and
Al. lyon acted as judges. and Alex Pre-
matt officiate1 az arter
The first event on the card was the
half-mile dash for bicycles. and there
were three starters-Ed. Holt. Charley
Wiley and Emory Ireland. In the bet
ting Holt was made hot favorite, and
, as result very little money went into
the pool boxes. At the first attempt
the flag was dropped to a good start. and
Wiley at once cut out the work Holt
and Ireland following in the order
named. Coming around to the three
quarter pole Holt spurted in excellent
style. and had no difficulty IN changing
positions with Wiley. The came into
stretch nearly even terms. but H6lts SUI
perior condition enabled him to win as
he pleased, Wiley second and Ireland a
poor third
>TEEPLE CHASING.
The next race brought out seven of
the foreigners in all their attractive cos
tunes and uolors. to contest in the Gus
ter county steeple chase. over the usual
course of about II miles and dozen
hedges. water jumps. bitches and hur-
dies as follows: G.. NJ. kirwan's Badger
iKirwan rider. Mrs. Dowson's Dandy
Walter Lindsay. Lindsay's Chubby
towner,. S. Paget's Aesop lownerp. A. \.
Langley's Blackhawk iownerl and W.
McDonald's Black Diamond Leopold
Beck. The players Immediately made
Dandy marked favorite in the pools.
he being likely looking animal as well
as having the popular and expert rider
Mr.. Lindsay on his back. The horses
were sent off at the first break. .Aesop
taking good lead and the others follow
ing along in fairly good shape. except
Black Diamond. who rapidly fell to
the rear. until the jump out OF the track
was reached. and then .Aesop bolted.
This left Dandy in the lead. but it was
noticed that The Buck was moving up.
and he and Dandy began struggle for
the position. The Buck finally showed
in front. and ran free to the brush fence
near the half-mile pole. He tried to re-
fuse it. but Mann made superb effort,
and saved, being however forced back to
third position. When the fiat track was
reached at the beginning Of the last
turn. both whips and steel began to
play and The Buck and Dandy again
struggling for glory. The former proved
speedy, and won in an exciting finish.
with Dandy close second and Badger
third. while the Others finished in the
following order: Blackhawk. Chubby.
Black Diamond and Aesop. Time, 2:4O.
HALF-MILE HEATS.
McDonald's Rather, j. P. Sutton's
Flora E and j. NJ. Shields Tom Boiling
appeared for the half mile and repeat,
and Flora E sold slight favorite in two
or three pools. but was then superseded
by Rattler. who was eagerly sought for.
Starter Prenatt gave them affair send-off
at the first break, Rather having shade
the best Of it. He opened up a gap Of
nearly fifty yards at the three-quarter
pole. which was very nearly closed up
at the wire. but Rather won, Flora E.
second and Boiling third. Time. SC
seconds. Some Of those who had their
money up on Flora made a protest to the
judges. but the latter concluded that
all they could do was admonish the rid
ers. which was done.
The horses were sent off for the next