The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-13
TWILL BRAND NEW
The Complete Transformation of the
Race Track Equipments.
UP TO DATE GRAND STAND
Large Forces of Carpenters at
Work-The Same improvements
are Being Made at Anaconda
The starting Machine.

arranged race tracks TO be found any
where in the country. About $4,000
is being expended in new grandstands.
betting rings and paddocks and in
making other Improvements around
the tracks and when the building OPP
erations which are now under full
Roadway are completed the tracks will
be as complete in every detail as any
that exist anywhere. There will be
several tracks in the racing centers OF
the east on which more money has been
expended but II Is only for the reason
that they are large and not because
they are any better.
Manager f. A. Upton of the Butte
and Anaconda tracks, was in the city
yesterday and a Standard reporter
had an interesting chat with him about
the improvements that are being made
here and the prospects for the racing
season.
The old grand stand at the Butte
track has been moved east and con-
verted into betting ring with a floor
space 1S0x40 feet The new grand
stand will be 205x50 feet in the clear
and will have an upper deck of just
half that size. The upper deck will be
enclosed in glass and the seats will be
reserved. The stand win seat $500 peo-
pie comfortably. II will be so feet back
from the fence at the west end and SO
feet at the east end. The starting point
will be moved 60 feet east and the
center OF the stand viii be directly
opposite II. This will give a longer
stretch for the get away and a shorter
home stretch. The judges stand will
be moved to the north side of the track
and will be built 10 feet back from the
track. The timers stand will be di-
rectly opposite, inside of the track. A
new paddock with 20 stalls each Tx
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stand, and there will be a 20 foot walk
all around the stalls. About 100 more
stalls will also be built. giving stable
room for 325 horses. The old betting
ring and cashing shed have been con-
verted into kindling wood
Carpenters are now at work franz
ing the new stand and the timbers will
be placed in position in a few days.
About 80 men are employed on the i'm
provements that are being made
around the track.
People viii be gratfied to learn that
James b. Ferguson will start the run
ners and that he will use one of the
new starting gates which insure an
absolutely fair start and do away with
long waits at the post. Mr.. Ferguson
has written Manager Upton that he
has three gates in view and that he
will try the third one at Oakland this
week. He will then decide which one
of the three he will bring TO Montana.
william Brough of San Francisco,
will be the presiding Judge for the run
ners and Manager Upton himself will
preside over the harness races. The
majority OF the harness races will be
2 in and when they are in 8. horses
which fail to win one heat in three
will be sent TO the stable. This viii
prevent laying up heats to a great eX-
tent and viii greatly expedite matters.
II is Mr. Tipton's intention To have the
programme finished every day unless
bad weather interferes. The races will
also be finished so that people viii be
able to get home to dinner at a re-
spectacle hour. The betting will be i'm
auctions and mutuals as heretofore.
There will be not less than $50 horses
at the Butte track and the great ma
jority of them will be thoroughly first
class. There will be no music at the
races this year as the new manager
considers II a useless expense. Mana
ger Upton is confident that this years
meetings will be the best and most
successful that Butte and Anaconda
have ever had.
The following are the latest quotations
on the Brooklyn and Suburban handi-
CAPS:
Brooklyn handicap to be run about
Thursday. June 4. distance. III miles.
Odds
to Win. wgt. |
s-Henry of Navarro, 5 Biemton sta
ble)........ ............-.. ................l2S
5-Clifford. Or. l.. Rose).
10-Keenan (Blemton Stable). .........iH !
l5-Lazzarone. 8 erie Stable)............11s |
12-Halma, 4 (Chas. Fleischmann sons. III !
l5-Dr Rice. (Foster Bros) |
12-Dorian, 5 CBlemton Stable............115 |
@-Counter Tenor. 81. Rupert. jr) .1l5 |
30-Bright Phoebus. CDel Monte StbD. il3 |
S-Sir Walter, (oneck Stable)......... llS |
10-Nanh Pooh. 4 erie Stable) .........1i2 |
@-Hornpipe, ) OWN. Lakeland. Ill |
2O-Belmar. 4 Preakness Stable)........lI0 |
SO-The Commoner, CIV. NJ. Wallace) 100 !
3o-St Maxim. Cleischmann q Sons). los |
4 (Elmwood Stock FARM. .107 /
l0-Ben Brush. on. +. DwyeD .........105 |
12-Saragossa, q. L. Seagram). .......10l |
4o-Gov. sheehan. Bryn Mawr stbD. lo4 |
4o-Lakeshore. Is. W. Parker. .......103 |
3 Up. ]. Dwyer). ........IO3 |
20-Connoisseur. q. L. Seagram) .....l02 /
50-Emma c., OWN. Lakeland ........l0O |
40-Stephen j., Is. c. Jacobs .......... 9S /
1o-Eloroy. (Foster Bros)............. IS /
10o-Flora Thornton. Oh. V. Connolly). IS /
4 (F. n. Hayes). 80 /
5o-Primrose. 4 Marcus Daily. .......... 90 I
3 U4aurette Stable). ......... 20
one-third the odds for FIRST or second. i
One-quarter the odds for first, second or
third.
Suburban handicap. TO be run about
June q. distance. Ia miles.
odds
to Win. wgt.
4-Henry of Navarro. Dlemton
Slapiel....- 800. ....s..-..........-...l2s 1
5-Clinord. 6 (R. L. Rosel
20-Domino. (J. r. q +. p. Keene) .l22
l0-Keenan. 4 OBlemton Stable). ........122
i5-Lazzarone. erie Stable)...........ie0
l5-Halma. &C. Fleischmann a Sons).1l5
l5-Dorian. s (Blemton Stable)..........llG
l5-Counter Tenor. u. Rupert. jr.D.li5
0-Bright Phoebus. 4 Del Monte St'bD.l1s
10-Sir Walter. 6 fOneck Stable) ........lfe
12-Nafki Pooh. 4 (Erie Stable)........lla
O-Hornpipe CWm. Lakeland. ......lIi
a0-Belmar. Preakness Stable).......1f0
40-The Commoner. 4 CIV. II. Wallace lGs |