The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-27
Race rack and
Stable Gossip

The worlds record for tipping was
broken by the Standard on Saturday.
| races. 1t often happens that three or
! four winners are guessed out of five or
six races and the Standard has guessed
! five out of six. But the Standard on
! Saturday morning did what never was
/ done before by any paper-guessed ev-
/ eryone of the six winners.
| What made this record particularly
| surprising is the fact that the Stand
/ ard did not pick the favorites in all
| the races, but in several took long
| shots.
The boys who try to beat the races
raised the dickens with the pool rooms,
| All the pool rooms lost heavily and they
laid it TO the Standards tips. After the
| first two or three of the Standard S
| guesses had won the boys jumped in
/ and played the Standard all through
| beating the game hard.
! For the first race the Standard picked
| Caliente to win. Pat Murphy for second
and Serena for third. Caliente won,
| while Serena finished second and Pat
| Murphy third.
For the second race the Standard
| picked Personne TO win, the B. & W.
entry for second and Vinctor for third
When the tips were made Altamax was
down in the b. q w. entry. but was
subsequently scratched. Personne won
| and Ninetor was second.
For the third race the Standard had
picked The Roman To win, Sweet Fa-
yOrdale for second and Grady for third.
The Roman won and Sweet Favorable
was second, while Grady had been
| scratched.
For the fourth race the Standard
picked F'lashlight to win, Garland Barr
for second and Song and Dance to show.
They finished in exactly that order.
For the fifth race the Standard picked
Sybaris to win, Tiger Lily for second
and Bellicoso for third. Sybaris won,
while Bellicoso finished second and
| Tiger Lily third.
For the sixth and last race the Stand
ard picked st. Cuthbert to win, St.
Catalne to finish second and Rosa to
show. st. Cuthbert won and St. Cata-
line ran second, while Rosa did not
start.
Who ever beat that guessing?
''Votre,' under date of Dec. IL. sends
from Nashville the following thoroughly
interesting account Of the death of imp.
Great Tom one of our greatest brood
mare sres. and some newsy notes in
regard to several well-known breeders
and sres:
Imp. Great Tom, full Of years and
honors, passed away at Belle Meade last
Monday night, and on the following day
was buried in the paddock which had SO
long been his home. William McGarock
and Uncle Bob We're present when the
old horse breathed his last. Before
committing Great Tom 10 the grave. his
name was cut off and made into braids
of suitable size for distribution among
the members of General 1ackson's FAM
lily and the groomsmen on the farm.
Great Tom was buried in his blanket.
very handsome one, and Mr.. McGarock
/ deposited in the grave a feed of oats.
Great Tom was foaled in 1873, and
was therefore % years old He Lad
| been totally blind for several years, and
for the past two or three years was able
to eat only the softest of f3Dd. He Was
| imported by Gen. w. G. Harding, found
er of Belle Meade, at a cost Of $4,000.
He was got by King Tom tHarzaWaE-
Pocohontas) out of Woodcraft. by olu-
! geur. Great Tom was the sire of Ty-
rant, General Harding, Telie Doe, Maid
Marian all good race horses, and was
also the sire of the dams of TammanN.
Proctor Knott. Gotham and others that
earned distinction on the turf.
General Jackson held Great Tom in
the highest esteem as a bfoodmare sire,
and for several years has been raserv
ing his lillies for that purpose Ten or
Il of his daughters Will be bred for the
first time next year Great Tom was
bred TO l. mares in 1896, and to or 10
in 1851. The foals dropped To him i'll
1897 are nearly all colts.
In the last few years Luke Black
burn has made considerable reputation
as broodmare sire, and General jack
son has selected this gallant son of old
Bonnie Scotland to take the place made
vacant by the death of Great Tom. lro-
qnois Will be a private stallion in 1898.
OF the mares lately sold from the
East Meade stud not one was bought
with any idea on the part of the pur-
chaser of ever breeding her With a view
to producing race horse. Belle Meade
has recently lost a number of mares
and half a hundred others will be re-
tired from that stud within the next few
months. General jackson proposes not
only TO breed fewer foals at his farm,
but has decided that every mare bred to
any of his stations must be worthy in
every respect of the mating. Il. s.
Gardner of Avondaie has adopted the
same line of policy, and only approved
mares will be allowed TO visit his stall
lion paddocks
Col T. H. Douglas of Grand View
farm seems to think that in a year OF
two the thoroughbred breeding business
in Tennessee and Kentucky will be i'll
the hands Of few men who will be able
| by breeding fewer foals i'll the future
To command better prices for their
yearlings, and thus while helping on
their own interest, incidentally will con-
fer some benefit upon the racing stua-
ton generally. by placing on the market
annually a better class of yearlings
Colonel Douglas prediction may not be
far wrong. especially that part of IL
which refers to reduction in the num-
Der of f0als bred every year. 1t is
thought that at least 1000 mares have
| been permanently lost to the breeding
| interest In Tennessee and kentucky in
| the last l. months. There appears to be
| Il general disposition all around to weed
/ out the bad aud indifferent mares and
| breed only those whose rich lineage or
| past records as producers would seem
| 10 give promise of good results. In
! Tennessee lately a number of thorough
| bred mares that for one cause or an
other were pronounced useless have
/ been led out and shot To death or other
| wise destroyed Others of doubtful
| promise have been sold at from s. 10 Sl5
, a head. or given away to farmers and
| others to become beasts of burden. A
/ large number of the mares sold recently
| in Lexington. Ky, will never again
produce foals by a thoroughbred sire.