The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25
Butte DEPARTMENT.
MISSOULA IS AWAKE
Reasons to Believe There Will Be a
Meeting There.
HELENA HAS CHOSEN DATES
Riley Grammar Is About 100000
Loser. and Pierre Wibaux Is
Out Muoh-The Piungers
at San Francisco.
Butte Department.
HELENA HAS CHOSEN DATE:

at San Francisco.
Helena has claimed dates, Aug. 10 tc
%. Now, what's the matter with Mis-
soula, the best little horse city in the
state. doing something in the way OF
having a meeting. Plenty of horses
there. more to come If a meeting is
given. The horses from the coast
would all stop there to get acclimated
and eat little of that great grass
that horsemen talk so much about
Thomas II. Merry has the agency for
the Australia starting gate for oregon.
Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Mr. Haggin has been exceedingly for
tunate, says the Examiner, in the Sc
lection and Importation of English and
Australian sires. Sir Modred, who
came over from the colonies a number
of years ago, has got hundreds of win
ners. Now. Martenhurst and St. An
drew have shown themselves to be pro-
ducers of speed. Coupon, the first
Martenhurst that faced a starter in this
country, won both of his races in an
impressive fashion. Casper is another
youngster by st. Andrew, who has won
bOlu OuNs BOOu ltAuS.
Grayhurst. a half brother to old Draw
Scot. by Martenhurst, is another good
colt, and will be heard from later in
the season. These three are probably
the best youngsters that have faced
the starter this season, although Mr..
Macdonoughs lamar is quite a clever
colt.
Richard Croker has gone to Europe
TO see his horses run in several stake
events.
The plungers at the Ingleside and
Bay District tracks are having a hard
time of it. Every day their winnings
are recorded. but seldom their losings.
The reason is, no doubt, the fact that
few people care to talk about their los
ings-of course. the piker excepted.
a person not familiar with the bet
ting operations of the famous young
plunger, Riley Grammar, says the Ex-
aminer, would, when he stated that he
was 100000 loser since last November,
take the statement with a grain of salt.
Those who know Riley's operations,
and those who have watched him go
down the line day after day know that
he was stating the truth. Riley. as
everybody calls him, is 100000 loser,
but then this is nothing to the plunger
two weeks last year at Sheepshead bay
meeting. He has not a world OF mon
ey left. but Is as happy and contented
as a canary. A few days ago he was
reported to have beaten FIVE races.
Riley said yesterday that the report
was true. but that he lost more on the
first two races the next day than he
had won on all the others the day be-
fore.
There are many other plungers who
wish and hope the same way as Riley
does; as far as the goddess of fortune
is concerned. There is Pierre Wibaux,
the Montana cattle king. for instance.
The gentleman, who is probably the
gamest plunger that ever stepped into
a ring, is about $4,000 to the bad. Some
people say that he is $4,000 on the
wrong side, but the first amount is
more likely correct, as 1t comes from
his closest friends. Wibaux is a Won
der. TO show what a plunger he is, IL
may be stated that money counts for
nothing in his operations. He simply
walks up to a book and asks the book
maker how much he will take on a GER
tain horse. IL the bookmaker says
$1,000 or 500, 900 IL is all the same to this
Montana plunger who for the last sew
eral weeks has made the turf followers
look upon him with establishment. Fri
day. after betting George Rose $1,000
on ST. Brandon in the hurdle race, he
bet him 81 900 on Bellringer for the
place. OF course he lost doubly. for
Montalvo won, and Three Forks
dropped into the place. Then he made
the sixteen books sick with his money
on Major Cook He made them feel
worse when he bet them to a standstin
on Duillo Both of these won, the lat
ter at good odds. but Mons. Wibaux is
far from even.
Dave Young. one of the biggest
'cinch" players who ever struck the
turf. found the game too hard. He re-
tired 20 the south, after losing about
SO OOO
George r. Smith-"Pittsburg Phil"
as he is known 10 the racing world
is more fortunate than Grammar, Wi
baux and Young. The young and quiet
was a good loser for a while
but he Is a very careful bettor at all
times. and a very big one when he is
certain his judgment is correct. Now
he is about $4,000 ahead of the San
Francisco game.
A lad from 81. Louis called kid"
Rogers, came out here a few weeks
ago. He was a hot better and made
things swim in the ring for several
days. He went TO New orleans. though.
a couple of days ago S12.500 loser. To .
use gambling expression the ring
trimmed" the Kid for all he had
There is tall. curly haired plunger 4
In the ring who is winning most of the /
time and nobody seems able to tell how \
much he has plucked the ring for The \
plunger is Ed Purser. He owns such
good ones as Yankee Doodle. Perseus.
Red Glenn and others. besides being in .
a position of getting the best OF infor-
nation from number Of owners. He
Is good Handicapped besides all that.
and studies the dope" book like the
smallest of bettors He is a big winner
and is considered by rf-followers a
good man to follow when he bets his
money.
Handsome Charley Quinn Is still bet
ting as lively as ever. He is a peculiar
Dettor. and according 70 many judges.
the best on the track. Charley starts
!