The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-20
ON CALIFORNIA TRACKS.
The Game Is Not Logging at Oakland
and Ing.eside-GreaG Improve
i'll O,tier Joe.

ment III OstIer Joe.
Special Dispatch TO the Standard.
San Francisco. Dec. 19.-The Mail and
Express or New 1ork recently p.b.ished
a report that the racing thus la in Can
fornia Tor the season 1891 and 1888 had
been failure, owing to the lax OF pat
ronage on the part of Eastern Aorseinen.
Inc truth is Just the opposite. instead OF
the game Tagging, the season has BEN
the NEST prosperous thus lar ever held IN
the West. Inc ATTENDANCE has ranged
from 4,0vU to 5000 daily and on a humber
OF occasions mas been nigh as lz,VOJ. At
is not the piungers that fuIn4sh The sport,
but the horses, and a higher class~a and
more extensive aggregauon OF thorough
breus was never before seen Oh the To-
cal tracks. 1T is estimated on the most
Intelligent calculation that no less than
5U,tvV people are directly playing the p--
MES at Oakland and lngleslde.
Inc tngiesiue onicials nave removed the
ban placed on Jockey Homes after The
miserable ride he put up on Sena tof
bland IN his race with Howard Mann on
FRIDAY last The Judges came to the con-
cluslon, held by most horsemen here,
that the poor showing of the Montana
nyer was due to ignorance on the part
OF Holmes
Negligence, L. L. Buffers fine looking
colt, was down to start i'll the hacine
stakes, three-quarters of a nile. for z
year-oIds, at Oakland Wednesday, but
was scratched before post time. Toi sida
ana her stable companion. Nova, were
the good. things IN the race, and were
backed heavily to win at ODDS OF to D in
favor of Penciiers. Iorsida only got third
to the greatly improved MoIeIhlo.
That portion of the racing pubic which
takes delight in the game from pure
love of the sport standpoint IS deli nt d
with the great improvement shown by
Ostler Joe In his last two races which
he won in much the same style as that
he exhibited when he beat the mighty
Buckwa on the Oakland track at the
close OF last season. Ostler mad bad
spell at the opening of the present sea-
son that made the betting pubic little
ticklish in placing their money on the
glossy black of Mar. Randall. but that is
ali past now and the horse will carry his
share of the coin hereafter no mater
what company he is in.
1t is pleasing to noe that the outlook
Is much brighter for the Montana horses
than at any time since their journey to
California The victories of IStler Joe
ana Matomba during the past week a.d
the much improved showing of iule
Devils Dream and others has had a
cheering effect on the stables. The one
thing most desired by the Montana con-
tlngent is for Senator Bland to put UP
races that he has proved himself capable
of in the past. A few victories to his
credlt would put every last one of the
Montana boys now here on Easy street
They have shown themselves to be some
of the best fellows on earth since camp
ing at ingleSide and Oakland, and to
see their pockets weighted With the gold
of young California mIllionaires who dvn't
know Il good horse from u jack rabbit
would cause no heartaches among the
hundreds who have come to admire The
Montana lads for their dead game pro-
pensities.