The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-03-03
Enright and Tallant Secure Good
Dates for Great Falls.
THEIR TRIP A SUCCESS
They Now Expect the Business Men to
Help All They Can to Make "a
Great Race Meeting.

John e. Enright and Judge D. j. Tai
liant of Great Falls have returned from
a brief trip to Butte and Anaconda,
where they went for the purpose of try.
ing to secure eligible dates for summer
meeting at Great Falls. Ia discussing
the objects of the trip and the results
accruing therefrom with an Anaconda
Standard reporter Mr.. Enright said:
MIR. Tallant and l have Just returned
from what we consider q most impor-
tant as well as successful trip. A short
time since I perfected arrangements
whereby I now control the grounds of
the racing association of Great Falls,
and naturally we have been very anx.
ious to secure the best dates possible for
races in this city. Anaconda, Butte,
Bozeman and other towns on the circuit
had already arranged for dates and
even Helena was making strenuous eff
forts to secure the best dates left. We
residents of the Electric city have a
great deal of respect and veneration for
the present capital of the state, but in
contest where important racing dates
were at stake we were compelled to
chuck veneration aside, assert our
superior claims and dump Helena into
the soup-as far as these dates are con.
cerned. At Butte we met Assistant
Secretary O'Connor of the state associa-
ton, and at Anaconda we were fortu-
nate enough to catch Hon j. B. Losee,
president of the Anaconda Racing asso-
citation. To both of these gentlemen,
as well as others, we are indebted for
many courtesies as well as material as.
sible for the races in this city. The
Great Falls meeting will be formally in
augurated on July 2, and racing will
continue until the evening of the 9TH
six days in all. Aud, mind you, we get
the first races on the Montana circuit,
and at season, too, when the weather
is usually propitous for such an occa-
sion. These dates, you will observe, in
clude the Fourth of July, and for that
date especial efforts will be made to
make the programme unusually inter
esting. The purses hung up each day
will run from 81 900 to 81, 300, and prob
ably the total amounts for the meeting
will aggregate in the neighborhood of
$4,000. We have made application for
i bar~ ~ In ha H,1
association, and the rules, regulations
and laws of that we'll known society
will govern the racing events at the
July meeting in Great Falls. The
grounds, tracks, stables, buildings and
necessary adjuncts to any rate course
will be in frst-class condition and if the
weather is nice you will see some record
smashing that will reflect credit on the
city. The races at Denver, Salt Lake
and other centers will close in June and
that will give owners plenty of time tc
get their horses on the ground here fol-
training purposes in ample time to star
the ball rolling on Monday, July 9 We
are advised that horses from Colorado
Utah and the Pacific slope will take II
the Montana circuit this year, and there
is no doubt that we shall see on The
Great Falls track some OF the most in
teresting turf events ever witnessed OIL
a Montana race course. AS soon as pos
sible complete program will be fur
nished. The name and fame OF Grea
Falls is at stake, and the business mel
of the city must rally to the support o
a few individuals and make these race
grand success in every sense of th
word. There are many horsemen hert
who will take great interest in the mat
ter, but the supporters of the M etin;
/ should come from all classes of busi
ness men, and each and every one o
. them will derive benefit, either directl
or Indirectly, from the races now al
! ranged for"
Some of the Noted Horses.
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