The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-11

qite true, as appeared afterward. The
general public did not know IL was I'M
true but an inside circle of the citizens
of st. Anthony knew 1t very well. They
had imported Clark because he was a
sprinter, and the other tourist was merely
Clark's running mate. 1t was a put-up
job to scoop the Brandons.
The arranging of the details of race
followed very quickly. Clark was willing
to go in for $3.50 a side. This offer was sent
on to Salt Lake City, and the Brandons
took 1t up Immediately. Then Clark went
into training and the sporting men of
the town got out mornings and held stop
watches on his practice spins and told
their friends what he results were. And
the results were so pleasing TO everybody
in the region round about that the pro-
motors of the affair began to fear that
they were OVERRIDING IL and the Bran
dons would be frightened off. They even
talked of sending oat reports of accidents
to their man, and then tried in every
way to keep his record and his doings a
secret. But they began this too late.
Enough men had seen the practice spins
before they We're held in private TO as
sure the whole community that here was
a man who could really distance the man
that had carried off the spoils a year
before, so nobody talked of anything else,
and the one fear that was ever expressed
!
Then. to the complete delight to every
body, word came direct from the Bran
dons that they would not only be on hand,
but that they were coming with wads large
enough to cover everything that was Of
fered. There wasn't any tenderfoot sprint
er from the east that could run with a
boy born in the mountains-at least if
there was. now was his time to make a
fortune for himself and friends, they
10 q,
st. Anthony with a whoop that was pass
ed from the Cedar Mountains to Swan val
ley, and from Crater Butte to the Grand
Teton
Twice was the day set and twice post
poncd. This was done because the man
ayers found the Brandons game TO face
the fire. and it was desired that every
body throughout the region should hear
of and have hack at the pie. With each
I postponement the excitement spread, and
when at last the final date was set men
began to come to town to witness the
event week before the day on which it
was set. As the time drew near the hotel
filled to overnowing. Private houses had
all they could accommodate, and wagons
and tents dotted the mesa along the river
bank. There were men in town from Salt
Lake, Pocateuo and Boise on one side
and from Butte, Anaconda and Helena on
the other. There were men and women
from the settlements along the Utah and
Northern and from those in the Teton
basin and JackSon's Hole. AS far as the
Immediate vicinity--the precincts of FIRE.
mont county-it looked, when the day at
last arrived. as if every house had been
depopulated and everybody had come.
For more than two hours before the
starting time a dense mass of people, es-
timated in numbers by the thousands.
stood along the line of the course, and in
wide array about each end. Back of these
We're lines of wagons, on which as many
] people as could possibly find room, were
! packed. Through this mass. smiling and
Z confident passed two of the Brandons with
/ three Of four personal friends. They We're
making no offers, but every time a man
said he would bet they FLASHED their
wads." Was it a hundred dollars. or ten.
or one, or even two bits. the Brandons
stopped and with ready cash covered the
/ offer. If the man had no money, but Of
fered jewelry or stock in exchange. they
accepted his own valuation of what he
/ offered and put up cold cash to meet 1t.
man of the name of Sullivan, living
\ near Henry's Lake, had driven a band
of 300 horses to town to bet on Clark The
/ Brandons looked over the lot. decided
that Sullivans valuation was fair $50 a
head, and put up $1,000 in cash against
It,
Mrs. Dye. the sister of the Brandons.
and her daughter, a child of y, We're