The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-01
THE RACE MEETING.
No Vexatious waits-The Grand stand
Comfortably Filled.


Great Falls, July 31.-The race meet
ing at the Black Eagle park this after
noon was a far more pleasant ana m
teresting one than that which preceded
IL two weeks ago. There were none OF
those vexatious delays etwee meats
which destroy the patience OF the crowd
but every event closely followed in It's
der John It. Athey, A. T. Kyle and
Il. ]. Fitzgerald acted as judges. as
George Smith kept the time. Unfor-
tunately for the management, the crowd
for some n reason did not come
out as it should. though the grand
stand was comfortably filled.
The first event on the programme was
the gentlemen's road race. The entries
for his were Meadows Alvin. Reichefs
Tommy ", Ringwald's Harry r. and
Phillips Dick. In the first heat. Tom
my V. broke very badly, and was dis
tanced in the race. In coming up the
stretch he managed to run Reichel INTO
the fence and dump him. The neat was
taken by Harry r., Dick second. Time
2:43.
Harry r. also took the second heat in
2:42. Joe BRYANT was behind Tommy V.
in this Feat, and though he kept him on
vha track, the horse broke too often n
too badly to be in the race. Alvin was
second n lost the heat by a neck.
About as much excitement as there
I WAS IN the AFTERNOON Cdilc III Abt StN
ond event, the ladies' q race. Du-
pee's gray PAGER Prince and SWANS
brown t~rotting mare, Mowetza. were
the contestants. The first was driven
by Miss Alice Mccartney, and MISS
Caroline Moss was behind the brown
mare. The driving at times was some
thing that lifted the hats of the specta-
tors, and twice the horses came under
the wire with locked wheels. Fortunate
ly. perhaps ~miraculously, no damage
resulted. The first heat went to Mowet-
"a. Time. S:06. The second heat start
ed with a little jockeying on the part
of the gray's driver. she securing the
pole almost at the wire, although placed
at second. The gray, however, ran most
of the time. and. in fact. all OF the last
half mile. The heat and race were given
to Mowetza. Time, 1901.
heats an exhibition half-mile
run was given between two horses, eaCh
owned by James English. 1t was a pref
ty race between Ben Walker on the roar
and Asa Wilson on the sorrel. The lat
ter was clearly outclassed by reason OF
his excessive weight, but the o came
i'm by only a length. Time. so.
Another harness race followed. The
entries were Heany's Muggins, Weav-
er's Kincaid and SWANS Pocahontas
The last named horse took the first two
heats in 3:0s and 1903. with Muggins sec
Ond both times. Inc winner uOlteO
steadily through both heats, taking thu
pole and keeping 1t Will the regularity
of a machine, while the other horses
foundered all over the course.
The fifth race was another pretty half
mile run, The horses were English!
roar and Behring's gray. The first wor
In 81.
TIE final race of the day was a free
for-alI trot between Blyholder's Harr,
b.. and Bryant's PAGER, Dandy. tn
} PAGER took the first heat, but Harry b
warmed up and trotted the second ant
third heats and carried away the frs
money. Time, 2:42, 2:41h Inc 2:43.
! Standardized between the heats of thi
race was an impromptu half-mile ru1
! between -four Indians. who CHANGED int
the enclosure with their cayuses. Som
of the boys went through the crowd an
collected a purse of s., and the race wa
= placed on the list. The entries wer
{ Young Boys red, Painted Faces gray
t Plenty Of Dogs black and Gray Pup
T roam. the owners to ride. Some OF tn
t fraternity held a little medicine tai
n with the braves before they started, an
got a tip. According to the red maj
the gray was good for a quarter. bu
the roar would take the pot on a hall
i mile. He followed his tip n put qui;
a little money on the event. Unfortur
o ately for the reputation of the red ma
Il proved that touts are the same til
! world over, red, black or white. an
1 the gray was ava ahead the bet
horse. The time declared by the judge
was :55.