The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-16
SHE RAN A GREAT RACE
May w. Wins New Laurels on
the Oakland Track.
WAS FETLOCk DEEP IN MUD
&he Game Little Mare Came in With Her
Ears Pricked up--She Was in
Length and a Half Ahead
of Buck Massie.
special dispatch to the standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
San Francisco, Jan. 15.--Mr. Gamer
ons handsome filly, May w. from
Montana, ran one Of the greatest races
ever witnessed on the California turf
a Oakland this afternoon. On track
fetiock deep in mud, May w. in Town
er's handicap, ran Buck Massie, the
hero of many hard fight, astern, Paul
Griggs, the winner of the International
handicap at Detroit. and Double Quick,
another celebrated weight packer, to a
standstifl, and came home in a gallon
a length and half ahead of Buck
.Massie in the remarkable time of LAP.
The game little mare came in with her
ears pricked up as though she enjoyed
the fun, and men cheered and the la
dies in the grand stand clapped their
hands when little Johnnie Woods came
back to the judges stand 10 weigh III.
Buck Massie opened up a favorite in
the betting, selling 10 5, Double Quick
., and May W. So TO !. The price of
the Montana filly was false one and
the boukmakers soon came to their
senses when the coin came rolling in on
Mr.. Camerons brown beauty. 1t was
soon , TO i on all three. but there was
plenty of Montana money in sight, and
at post time May w. was Il favorite al
s 10 5. There were two recalls before
they were off to flying start all round.
May W. jumped off in the lead al the
quarter and was two lengths to the
good and was going easy. Ii was May
w, Buck Massie and Double Quick at
the half, two lengths between each. At
the nve-eighths Massie was seen To be
gaining, and a roar went up Massie
wins" but May W. was full of run
ming yet. Jockey Woods Rugged the
rail hike grim death and urged the Cam
eron fllly on. She responded gamely,
and coming into the stretch gave Buck
Massie the ha! ha. increasing the lead
TO the paddock. Then it was all over,
but the shouting. and Woods eased up
to the wire In her present form May
w. is regarded here as world beater
at even weights any distance to mile.
Handsome old Satsuma again re-
buked the betting public in the Me-
Laughlin selling stakes at mile and Il
sixteenth. lie conceded all kinds of
weight to such good ones as Colonel
Wheeler, Buckwa and Garland Barr,
and after a sensational finish won by
length in las, a remarkable perform
ance. Colonel Wheeler was hot favor
ite and he and Garland Barr went like
a double team to the stretch, where
Satsuma made his run as usual. Jockey
Jones squeezed the big chestnut be-
tween the flying leaders at the paddock
and from thence on pushed his mount
to the wire length In the good. sat
Suma was as good as four in many
books at one time.
Summary: Five and one-half fur
longs-Colonial Dame won. lei Moro
second. Elidad third; time, lilo. SIX
urlongs-Goodfriend won, Sorrow Sec
ond, Catawba third; time l:16 Mile
May w. won, Buck Massie second,
Double Quick third time. AZ Nile
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. won. Col
onel Wheeler second. Garland Bar
third; time, 1:4Sa. Seven furlongs-
Caspar won, Colonel Dan second, Rubi-
49,.
feenth-0sric won. Song and Dance
second. Yankee Doodle third, time. / 81.