The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-31
THE HORSEMEN'S REALM
MiSSOula Is Headquarters for Beauties
of the Turf.
ADMIRE THEM EVERY DAY
Visitors by the score Look in
Amazement Upon the Flyers
Housed at the Track-A Six
Day Meeting Proposed.

MISSOULA, Marcn oO.-LOcal nOrsemen
believe that they can arrange a Missoula
meeting which will be successful one
and they expect to claim the dates follow
ing tho Portland meeting. This will
bring the local races on June 10 and il is
proposed to extend the meeting for six
days. There has been as yet no sys-
tematic effort 10 learn how much ilnan-
cial support local business men will con-
tribute, but partial canvass of the city
shows tina; enough can he guaranteed to
warrant the managers of the meeting in
Offering purses amounting TO $4,000. This
would insure the attendance of good
horses and would make the meeting an
interesting one. With no prospects of
floods or strikes, il is thought that a sue
eessful meeting can be held this year.
The track is in splendid condition and
the horses are all improving every day.
They are getting down to real work now !,
and visitors at the track during exercise
hours are given some very pretty exhibit
tons. There is nearly always an inter-
ested group of spectators along the stretch
every forenoon, and they all enjoy the
sight of tho fleet animals as they are
warmed up. Among the trotters, Emily
Marshall, the 2-year-old Bozeman filly,
continues TO attract much attention, and
is getting into better form every day. She
is handsome animal and her friends
predict great things of her. She has many
of the points of her sire, Senator Hoff-
mans handsome horse, and promises to
be faster than he.
The Mssoula and Bitter Root valleys
are becoming recognized as the homes of
some of the finest horses in the North
west, and there are numerous visitors at
tracted here by this fact Every few days
somebody comes over to look at the horses
here and then goes on up the valley to
see what they have up there.
The opinion of these visitors
is almost invariably the same-there is no
place like this for good horses. 1t was the
good fortune of STANDARD reporter one
day this week, to escort such party
through the horse district. One of the
members of this party was a veteran
horsemau and he became enthusiastic
over what he saw. you are getting to be
too much for me-" he said. II was pre-
pared for almost anything, but when you
show me such animals, you take my
breath away. Why, you talk about % IA
and '2-year-olds in 2:27' as If it were moth
ing remarkable. L have seen n lot of
good horses, but 1 never saw, except i'm
these valleys, fast horses regarded so
much as n matter of course as they are
here" The last thing this gentleman
said to the reporter as he took the train.
was "rhink of yearlings making quarters
in 49,"
Jolly Jack Nelson came over from Deer
Lodge this week and made flying visit
with local horsemen. He drove out to the
track behind his handsome Ranchero
mare that is over here for breeding and
took look at the flyers. He is a warm
friend of this section as horse heaven
and found bis racers in fine form. Vio-
letta, Mr.. Nelson's 3-year-old fllly, is much
improved over her last years form and is
n fine, strong animal this spring. She can
60 some, too.
Judge Hunt of Helena was among tho
visitors TO the city this week who came
over TO look at the horses. Colonel Mar
shall and f. t. Sterling took him in hand
and he saw about all there Is to see. The
judge contemplates the purchase of a
good horse and evidently knows whore TO
come to get one. G. w. Reynolds of Ana
conda was also an interested visitor at the
track this week. He continued his jour-
ney up tho valley and looked at the horses
on the DAILY ranch.
Higgins Brothers running string is
showing up well this spring. St. Croix
and Bill Howard are greatly improved
and the big bay hurdler is making some
great jumps this spring. Midget, of
course, is the favorite of the stable and is
a perfect model of horse flesh. She is
small, but she demonstrated at Anaconda
last year that she can travel with the best
of them in any kind of weather. Charlie
Daily clipped her this week and she looks
now as trim as picture.
Local horsemen have been interested
this week in examining picture of n new
sulky which has been sprung this season.
Tho wheels are of the pneumatic pattern,
but the seat is rugged so that the driver
sits directly over the horses back. Great
things are claimed for the new machine.
A NEW DEP ARTURE.
Novel and Profitable Way or Advertis-
ing "a la BnI Board.
MIssoULA, March 30.-H. w. Myers has
completed a handsome covered wagon,
which he will use for his bill post
ing and general advertising business Mr..
Myers is the official bill poster for the
Missoula and Hamilton opera houses and
has bill boards in all the important towns
in this section. lie will make regular
trips for the business men of Missoula
and other Western Montana points aud