The San Francisco call., 1898-08-16
Few ReVerSals at the
 Butte Meeting.
CROWDS VIEW THE SPORT
MORGAN IN THE LEAD OF THE
 JOCKEY TALENT.
Many Horse Owners Meet With Good Success in the Betting Ring. There Was Only One
 Disaster.

The meeting just closed at Butte was in every way a success, notwithstanding the several drawbacks encountered, the most serious of which was the illness of Manager Ed A. Tipton. The ener- getic and hustling Kentucky horsemdn was confined to his hotel during the greater portion of the meet with an at tack of fever.
 The attendance and betting was hardly up to the high standard of former years, but then Butte is no longer harum- scarum mining camp and people are in clined now to weigh dollar before risk ing it on a gambling venture. The last day was the banner one of the meeting. An immense crowd viewed the sport and the betting was of the fierce sort, fully $65, 900 passing through the auction and paris mutuel boxes.
 The racing was marked by no astound ing reversals, unless the acrobatic turn of the California horse Rapido, ridden in his five races by Jockey Ruiz, be except ed. Rapido came up from Portland. and after starting three times without show ing anything, was passed up as a bad one. Then he came out July 29 and won driving from Encino in a mile, covered in 1:43A. He next run third to Coda and Eucino in mile run, covered in 1:43. This race had a suspicious flavor about it. but Ruiz explained it away by saying he had misjudged the pace. Friday, August 5 the chestnut gelding came out and made All Smoke, Los Prietos. Twinkle Twink and Lady Flight look like dogs in mile and twenty yards, run in 1:434. For this invigorating exhibition, his owner, J. NJ. Capps, was told to take his horses from the track and Ruiz was suspended. is now easily the best. He can now shoulder weight-a quality formerly lack ing; Rossmore in good hands would make first-class timber-topper. Lord Chesterfield is rounding up to form and is due tC win before long.
 The last night of the meeting rous- ing benefit was given at the Auditorium for the relief of the parents of Willie Madden, the unfortunate rider killed while plotting Lord Chesterfield in a race, and a substantial sum of money was raised. Volunteers were there in pro fusion, and the performance was not over until a late hour.
 Crit Davis crack colt Hand dor, the conqueror of Plaudit, will probably not be seen at the post in Montana. He re- gently threw a splint below one knee, and will be touched up with the firing iron.
 Dutch, the giant Quarter horse" ap- pears to be the equal of the gray ghost Leora when 1t comes to packing weight. On August ,, with 145 pounds Tn the sad dle, he defeated such fast ones as Pat Tucker. Omah Wood, Rattler, Lou Wat kins and To Lo with ease, stepping three and half furlongs in Al flat. He is as broad as an English surrey and weighs 1850 pounds, 500 pounds less than his sire, Norman bred stallion. On Labor day at Anaconda there is talk of having him take a shy at the three furlong record, with a fiat car loaded with ore on his expansive back
 have met with good success, their horses winning $2945 in purses during the meet ing. Of this amount $1700 was captured by Dolore and Estro, leased from J. Nag lee Burke. Thelma and Eroica appear to be of but little account.
 Lucky Star, who was purchased from B. C. Holly by Miles Finlen some weeks ago for $1500, has been given well-earned rest
 Of the jockey talent here Morgan head ed the list with twenty-one firsts out of eighty-one mounts. Piggott was a good second, having hit the wire first on sew enteen occasions, and Shaw was close third with fifteen wins to his credit. Morgan, an Indian lad has been seen in the saddle on the Western tracks for the past thirteen years, and he will probably come to California the coming winter. Shaw is riding in fine form, and if he would refrain from too-liberal use Of the brush and red gaint could soon l,t amass ass firm of Edwards & Go. Gus Wilson passes the three card men up and rides many
 Jack O'Brien. a careful handler of horses. now has charge of the racers owned by the deceased turfman 5. C. Holly.
 Marcus Daly headed the list of win ming owners at the meeting with $5OO5. Mekallah, in the millionaire turfman string, IS q WOUQtIlu ldol elAN would, find ready sale If put under the hammer. o,-.-s..--
 The big brown horse Scottish Chieftain is undoubtedly the best horse shown at the meeting At his first two essays he raced his fields off their feet, plainly out chasing anything here, but the third time out was ingloriously beaten in race captured by Ostler Joe. He was plainly ''off," and if he faces the starter good and right. the S5OO0 Labor Day handi- cap will be gift for him.
 es4n 1A1 of Rubicon Roadwarmer. Scotch Rose, Kaiser Ludwig and Tiny P, has made a sorry showing The showing in recent races made by Rubicon is truly inex- Ulicable the chestnut horse apparently being unable to beat the cheapest sell ing platter It is said he is dope horse: if so his party must have lost the prescription. The stable is managed by Denny Lynch of Wyatt Earp-Sharkey- Fftzsimmons fame and he has made sorry botch of educating the backwoods- men as to how to bet their coin.
 Rufus NarVaez. who rode at the oak land and San Francisco meetings last winter. is here but gets few mounts. His late efforts are not appreciated
 On August the chestnut horse Peixotto o11tran himself skimming off six furlongs handfly in 1:13l9. A few days before, with Sullivan on his back, he ran ahead Of his number. spelling a well planned coup.
 The final day of the meeting saw one of the closest finishes ever witnessed on any track May Beach Maud Ferguson and Fl Mido finishing short noses apart in five furIong handicap covered in 101. Maud Ferguson with top weight up. 115 pounds, was best, but Beauchamp tossed 1t off She is a superb lilly.