Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-06-26
AT THE RACE TRACK.
4 Few of the Horses Which Will
 Compete for Carnival Purses.
Improvements of the Grounds
 Notes, Incidents and Personals.

The races during carnival week
 promise to be very exciting In fact
 the prospect now is that 1t will be
 the most interesting racing event
 ever held in the southwest. There
 will be five days devoted t) various
 contests at the race track grounds.
 commencing On Monday July Ist.
 and endidg on Saturday July 9th.
 On the Fourth of July the enter
 tainment will be held in the town
 and there will be no event at the
 race track.
 There will be no less than
 twenty-five horses participate in the
 various races on the track. besides
 which, the base ball games. the bi-
 cycle races, the COW boy tournament, and the gun clubs shoots will be held there.
 The JOURNAL MINER man. this morning, visited the track, in com pany with Dr. Fenton, being driven there behind one of the doctors lively stepping teams aud found il quite 8 busy active place. Ten horses are al present, in training at the new track and five more are be- ing speeded at the old track. Joe Quinlin has two horses. Fred B. nicknamed Jimmy Hicks" is a lively three-year old pacer and is en- tered in the 2:30 and free for all His Butcher Boy" is entered for the two-year old matched race.
 A. K. Barber has two horses, also, | for G. Getz of Phenix. Belle J." will go in the 2:30 and free for all. | and Liberty will trot in the homo | matched and three minute races.
 Col. Roundtree of Phenix, has a fine big running horse IF. F. on the grounds and will have three others here before the races come | of. They arc 'Old Bill' "Tom and "Jaek"
 Alex Grant, or Salt LaEe, has quite Land of horses there, con sisting of flyers, saddle horses, road sters and work horses. His Brig nolia" with record of 2:29 as a trotteT but a recent convert to ppc- ing will go n the free for all and 2:30 class. He has never before | been entered as a pacer and Is likely to furnish surprise party for the tmtmen.
 Geo. Loring, of Phenix, is expect ed E.ere in a few days with "Frea ;. and "Surprise" to enter in the 23 and 300 minute classes. One Of these horses has a record of 2:30
 J. c. Wallace, who passed through i Prescott few weeks ago en route to Denver with a string for the races there, is expected here any day now. He has charge of king ] Pin" owned by Sturgis aud Bernier. of Phenix, and "Bsn Bolt" owned by himself.
 A Tempe man is also expected with two or three horses in a few days, while several others. some lrottars and some runners are ex- pected from Albuquerque.
 Our local horseman make quite a showing, also J. D. Moore has two runners. "Sorrel Pete" and Electric Spark" The former was the winner at the race track at the last races. The Spark" Is new to the turf, never having been entered before but is very promising young bay horse.
 Barney Smiths Orphan Boy will go in the three minute class. He is doing good work.
 In the three minute matched race .here will be Hughey Mulvenol's Monte" a favorite with horse men, E. J. Kastner's "Nigger' and Jake Marks Ben Hur."
 J. B. Hoover "Nolian and P. l.. ! Ksstner's Belle" will compete in he two-year old matched race.