The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-27
At CHICAGO NEXT JUNE.
A Montana Horse Will Face the
Starter in all the Big
Stakes.
Gossip of the Brooklyn Handicap
the First Event of the
Year.
Talk of "A $4,000 Frce-for.all ut Chicago
by the Northwestern Breeders
Association.

The month of June promHaa TO see n
largs number Of Montaniens In Chicago.
They will attend tho fair and the Washing
ton park races. They will see - Montana
horse face the starter in all the big stakes
and handicaps, ns Marcus DAILY has made n
number OF nominations. In the Maiden
stakes and Dearborn handicap he has the
black colt, The Baron. by Aidalgo. In the
Columbus handicap, for which there are
lG3 nominations, he has Montana and Sir
Matthew. Montana is also entered IN the
Wheeler and Great Western hanaicaps.
Also in tho lakewood with Sir Matthew,
and tho same pair aye IN the boulevard
stakes, one nile. For the Great American
derby Mr.. Daily wiz start Sir Francis and
a not of Montana money will be placed on
him for a winner. says the Inter Mountain.
Ths latest quotations OF the American
derby haye been received from Goodwin
Bros, OF New York, aud the Chicago kaclng
association. The prices differ greatly in
some instances, though fos the favorltes
there is but slight, if any. difference IN the
odds. The odds against Don Alonzo are
ten IN New York and eight In Chicago.
Sir Francis and G. W. johnson are rated
the same at ten to one. The Chicago price
AGAINST Fidelia is fifteen while in New lo.k
you can get fifty to one. Marcus Days
entry, The Baron. is fifty by Goodwin Bros.
and sixty in Chicago. There are 32a nom
nations in his race and $4,000 ID guar
anteed to the winner. The Caltornlans
are banking heavily on q. w. johnson.
The great raco is to DO run June "a.
OF the Brooklyn handicap. the first OF the
big racing events Of the year. the New York
Herald says: Fo, the Brooklyn a field OF
ten or a dozen horses NAV be expected to
40 to the post. Michael +. Dryer ought to
furnish two from his many nominations;
President Phil Dryer one or more; Green
b. Morris, j. A. and A. II. Morris ana FOX
hall Keene each a couple; Father William
DAILY one, aud then some etraRR!efs' t"o of
tbi ee in number.
IL thu guessers take Banquet. Major
Domo. Jndce Morrow, S~trathmeath, Mars,
RUSSELL. Pactolus, Nomad. Leonawell.
Fidelia, Alonzo and Pickpockes ~ material
for their series of combinations they ought
to come pretty nigh the mark. The thous,
ands of suesses which have honored
Lnmplishter with a place among
tho first three are already worth,
less, for this great colt will not
skim the Brooklyn course before the fall
meeting. 1t ia an open secret that Mr.
IOrillard'S cO!0r1 Will not % boeH IA puDiie
shis wear until the beginning OF the Morris
mark meeting. This policy will also make
La Tosca and Locohstchse aosentees from
the Brooklyn. lula Blackburn and Rud-
olph, of the Hunkins-Johnson stable. are
expected to remain in the west. Wa'oott
4 Campbelrs entries are only dangerous
among selling %platers. Croker is GER
,ainly too shrswd to start lorkville Belle
In a field full of cracl.-a-jacks, and the dis
tance is not to P~arvenue's liking. The
DIVERS and Green Morris will train at
Gravesend, Keene at sheepshead bay, ]. A.
and A. ii. Morris in Maryland. and Father
William" may give Fidslis his handicap
preparation az the Washington meeting.
Last year Banquet ran twenty-eight
races, OF which he won fourteen. Beyond
all question he was the mosS useful holse
of the year. and his astute owner reaped
lnrcs sums from his viotories. He wound
up the season respected by all men for his
pameness, his speed, his toughness and his
general excellence. No ons ever regarded
him as being in the frat flight CT race.
horses, bns everybody admitted that he
would at one time or another beat the best
of them. He nevor seemed TO tire. He
was like steel and whalebone. No amount
of work could hurt him. tie tbrlved on
work that would have ruined almost any
other animal in the world. The best horses
must be ct their best to beat him. If they
90 at him q little off their feed they will
find MIN a tough customer. In any race
this year Banquet, if as good as he was
last seaaon, Will be a very dangerous els-
ment,