The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-06

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c!.l"n ri clock tr.wre. the haIr aud
thfc' 4ua"er psie- be si4asr,i a -
gait for quite a lis aur,.. ana yas acain
pulled ur ratii comm. .afu t..a home
stretch he was turned loose again. and
came under the wire at terrific pace
having Completed The mile In I'D. fully
ten seconds faster .iaA II was the iateB-
tion TO srni him.
MILE BICYCLE.
red stem. Ed. >tocssicer and Emery
| ireland came out for the mile b;cycle
uash. ana got Il first class start. They
al! started SLOW. but as soon as thev
reached tn" 1urn stem pulled away
from the other two, and down the back
stretch opened up a twenty yard gap Oh
Sotoessiger. who lead Ireland nearly as
lnuch. There jwts really 10 material
change III their Position until the hea,,
Oh the home stretch Was reached. and
,hen the irHii"rs began 10 close m ON
stein. AT the eighth :otpeseiyer was bu;
Il Few feet benInd Stein. and the two
raced from there 10 the wire in true pro.
fessional style. but Stoessiger succeeded
IN closing " the gap. and won by a few
ieet. Ireland third. Time ,:il ,i:.s,: >
fiiE s11LPLE oHAsi.. issiisEE
This was the greatest itfrsrfinn If
the day and being the first event Of the
kind ever run in Montana. was anxious
~ looked for by every one. There were !
SIX entries. and ,hey drew positions as
follows:
flaXey. ridden by paget blue and
red
: -Biac'; Daimoad. ridden by Moody. |
green.
:; Billy. ridden BY LINDSAY. black and |
pink
Eaelger ridden 10y Kirwan. gray
and red.
CHEESE Pcake. ridden hy DanpeeIs
bin" ami yellow.
8 Elack Hawk. ridden by Langley.
green and white.
Lindsays mount Billy, was made
very sill favori;e in the pools in fact
here was a regular scramble 10 Get him
IS iirst choice at from $40 10 500. while
40 other horse sold for more than ~ or
u. and al! together he was the favorite
'ver the entire field at about , tol.
The start was made at the stable near
he pool stand. and all went away at the
irst break. Lindsay led from the word
20. the others stringing out with Lang
ny last. Five cleared the first big
rush hurdle. but Langley's horse re. ,
used. as in fact he did nearly every
nmp on the course. and never was in /;
he race. ;
Becks horse, Chese Peake. refused /
ne second fence. which was very hard
amp. but all the others cleared it nicely a
'hese Peake. however. came around and $
'ade the jump at the second attempt. /
nd when fully 100 yards behind the !
ying Billy. Strengthened himself out for "
grand race.
All five cleared the track fence. and |;
ent over the high brush steeple Just h
side the enclosure in the following or 4
'r: Billy. Badger. F'laxey. Black Dia. S
ond and Chese Peake. Danneels then v
riding Chese Peake. and he
on passed Diamond. and as they all
jared and cleared the double ditch
mp the hardest on the course Flaxev n
as passed. and few yards further on =
adger also gave way to the nlmble 7,
hese Peake. Danneels still crowded =.
m. and when Billy reached the four ),
en- foot water jump, CHEESE Peake was a.
his side. Billy refused to take the
lp. and bolted. going over the wing, -
d was then out Of the race. as far as
y show Of winning was concerned. =,
iese Peake cleared the fence and was y.
IS on the race track again near the =,
II mile pole. followed by Badger. Il,
axey and Black Diamond. all three of
ION had never made a bobble and had 40
en- admirably ridden. kirwan and a.
get followed Chese Peake very closely %
once on the track the three made a 20.
'nd brush for position. Around the
m they came and turned in to the .r
me stretch like race horses Both GA
de great effort to close up the gap, hi,
CHEESE Peake was to fast for them. ~,
came under the wire couple of
gths ahead of Badger. Flaxey third. TN
'ck Diamond fourth. Billy fifth and fra
lck Hawk way behind. ,
was magnificent race. well ridden m,
was carried through without a sin in,
fall or accident. which is somewhat N,
larkable in view Of the roughness Of six
course. and the many long. hard tin
ips.
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Identifted. an.
red Nag fiutteriny opposite the ,loor Mi