The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-27
II Is the Place of Much Recreation
Nowadays.
TROTTlNG AND TRAINING
PAGERS Doing Fast Work-Brino
Tricks Opens the Eyes of His Ad-
mlrers - Recent Rains Soft
ened the Track-Notes.

| Sould lTach 90 not neeu mucn more
fast work until the racing season
! opens. as they are i'm splendid condi-
ton and all that is necessary is regu-
lar exercise and a little squirt now and
then. They are as fine a lot of animals
as ever started to campaign a season
| and all OF them will be heard from be-
fore October AS a result of the wealth.
er, there has not been the usual good at
| tendance at the track this
week. and the horsemen have
had things all to themselves.
This morning however, the
agreeable temperature and the fact
that the track is in a splendid condi-
ton. there was a big crowd strung
along the rail and scattered through
the grounds. The visitors drove out
in buggies. carts, phaetons and wag
ons; they went on horseback and they
went on foot. but they got there, all
of them, and they saw some good
work.
George Ayres made the fastest mile
that he has shown this season during
his work this morning. For three-quart-
ers OF n mile he kept his pacemaker
busy. and the rail birds were looking
for a phenomenal mile, but in the last
quarter he quit, and when he came
down the stretch whale bone had no
effect whatever upon him. He simply
wouldn't go and that was all there was
to 4. AS IL was, the watches showed
2:2Ol2. If this pacing son of Bay Bird
can be infused with a little spirit he
will become a wonder. He has the
speed. but he doesn't seem to want to
use 1t. Since he has been handled by
Jeffries he has shown wonderful inn
provement, and il is to be hoped that
he may be reused out of his sluggish
ness. If he does wake up he will be
as good an advertisement for Montana
haa al
When II comes to speed the PAGERS
at the track are a fine lot. Beside Ay-
res there are Brine Tricks (2:1SIa), the
head of the Higgins string; Glen Ar
thur, Pat McEvoy'S gray colt; Hal Cor
bett, the representative of the Carri-
gan string; j. Il. Losee's handsome s.
year-old horse, and Tom-a-lum, the
promising Kelly 2-year-old They are
all good horses and every one of them
is in prime condition.
Everybody crowds to the rail when
Brine Tricks walks out. The hand
some animal Is as speedy and reliable
as any horse that has ever worked on
the Missoula track. For more than two
weeks he has been moving in the
neigborhood of 2:20 and never falters.
He moves as evenly as a machine and
| responds with a readiness that is sur
| prising. If seems as IL he always has
| so fast but that he can go a little fast
| er when called on. When Jeffries
| speaks to him in the stretch his per-
| Torrance is always good and always
wins applause.
This column has already called at
| tention to the fine performances of Glen
Arthur. His trotting success as ?
year-old will certainly be eclipsed by
his pacing this year. He is the steadi-
/ ha nprh
| bride, and has speed and bottom that
will carry him through all right. He
| has one peculiar habit. When he is be-
| ing logged he trots, but as soon as the
| reins are frightened he PAGES as true
gait as was ever struck. He will come
| down to score pacing with those long
strides OF his and when he is turned
| to start again ii is pace. He changes
gait without an effort, and, strange to
say, never tries to trot while speed
ing He is considered by many horse
men TO be the fastest colt on the track.
But when II comes to speed and
graceful action, the equal of Hal Cor
bett, Tylar Thompson's pacing colt. was
never seen in these parts. He is as swift
as a shot, and moves as easily as a
deer. The only trouble with him is
that the wheels in his head cannot be
made to run smoothly. For a week he
may be kind and work well, and then,
with no apparent reason, he will be-
come as mean as Texas mule. If
this defect in his disposition can be
overcome. he will make a splendid race
horse. His trainer has succeeded in
improving greatly upon his behavior
since March. but IL may be that, when
he gets TO moving in company, he will
get ratty again. He has plenty of spir-
It IL It can only be properly directed.
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No. col &c lott
better work every day. He has lost
more of his surplus flesh this week,
and Is now in better shape than he
has been this season. For the past
three weeks he has been knocking the
seconds off his mark. until now he is
wording I'm 2:22 without much trouble.
He has the endurance OF n steam en-
CINE and can keep up his lick for five
heats as well as for one. If he is raced
this season, he will bring a mark back
10 the state that will be close TO the
record Of local horses Trainer Nc
Evoy feels confident that the horse
can move away down below 10 and
there are plenty of others who agree
with him.
When Trainer Kelly pulled in from
Washington last month, all unan-
nounced local horsemen said: What
ever Kelly's colts are, you may be sure
that they are good ones" And the
work Of Tam-a-lum, the 2-year-old
PAGER. this week has fully demonstrate
ed the truth OF the statement. He is n
phenomenal colt and is going like the
wind. When he came here he had had
no work whatever but he has condi-
toned rapidly and is now doing the
best work for his age that was ever
seen here, with the possible exception
of Doctor Puff's performance last sea-
son. This morning he was given sew
eral stiff half-mile heats that made old
horsemen open their eyes.
All OF the trotters are holding up
TO their work in good shape. Antrima
is doing much better than she has done
before this month, and her half sister.
Annigitto. owned by Kelly. is becoming
recognized as a wonderful 9-year-old.
Delbert. the MCGOWAN horse that made
the best Of them take dust last season.
is in better form than he was then.
He is stronger and has more speed.
and will fully sustain his reputation