The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Race Track and
y Stable Gossip

Mr. Larabie has had wonderful sue
cess In breeding horses. for in addition
to the peerless Ben Holiday. whom he
considers, the greatest race horse ever
bred In America. nor does he think that
England has his superior. he has bred
the following winners of stakes and
races. Bonnie Australian, Vice Regent,
Montana Regent. Beth Brock. Poet
Scout. High Tariff. Julia l.. Paul Pry.
Julia Kinney. Halma. Tongese. staffa.
Decapod. Celtic Bard. Trolley. Caro-
witz. Mary Black. Kinley Mack and
Macleod OF Dare. This Is a wonderful
showing. for no breeder in America has
bred so many high class race horses
from so few mares. The best OF the
above named are Poet Scout. Halma
and Decapod. though Macleod OF Dare
is looked upon as a coming 5-year-old.
Poet Scout was foaled ISIS. by Long
fellow. dam Gypsy by War Dance. His
first appearance was rs a 3-year-old in
the Latonia Derby. IN which he ran
third TO Kingman and Dickerson. His
victories as a 3-yeaf-old included the
Sheridan Stakes. N and one-quarter
miles, in ain: the Maiden Stakes. n
mile and a furlong; the Hickory
oldhtts III III III N AiaAAs ~ ~
year-old he won the Shrewsbury Han
dicap, one and one-half miles. in which
he defeated Raceland and other good
ones. The next year he placed the
Queen City Handicap. one mile and an
eighth. to his credit.
Halma, by Hanover. dam Julia L..
made his debut as a 2-year-old In
1894. and the first time out he ran with
in the money. finishing third to Cam
pania and Sir Dixon, jr., i'm a five-fur-
long dash. This black son of HanovA
showed his best form in his 3-year-old
career. Out of six starts he scored five
wins and one second. winning a total
of s13.635. His stake victories were In
the Phoenix Hotel Stakes. one mile and
an eighth: the Kentucky Derby. n
and a half miles; the Clark Stakes. N
ane on~e-quarter miles. and the Latonia
Derby. He was never as good again
as he was before his hard race in the
Latonia Derby. He was defeate i'm the
Himyar Stakes. and shortly afterwards
was retired. However. he had proved
himself a race horse of the first flight,
and was as handsome a type of the
thoroughbred as n could wish To see.
Decapod gained his laurels In cross
country events. in which he proved
himself quite an adept.
Having raced so successfully pos
sessing such a pedigree. what a grand
stallion Ben Holiday will make. There
IL no stud in the world that would not
gain additional prestige from his pres
ence and though for many reasons we
should hate to see him leave the
try. there cannot be any doubt u
that he would prove a valuable addi-
ton to the stud in England, where such
efforts are nov being made
to produce horses of stamina as well as
speed.
The following from the Spirit of the
Times regarding the Dec. / sale at Fas-
sis's will be of interest:
The breeders consignment which
was most c~onspicuously successful was
that of Marcus Daily. from far OFF Nom
tana. and il deserved to be so. because
il possessed all the above desira-
BILE conditions. The offerings were well
bred, a number of them had b~eentraced
and had fast records. they were good
individuals and infeNcellent condition.
AS a result 20 head sold for an average
close TO 81. 400 and had a team OF road
sters IN the list. which was not con-
templated In the original consignment.
been left out, they would have aver
aged 1000 each. The top price was
81. ZOOS for the crack t~wo-year-old colt
Handspring. 2:20Ia. by Prodigal. 2:16.
dam Annie Wilton by Wilton. The
four-year-old gelding Wilderness,
2:1sk, by the same sire out of that
grand game mare Fanny Witherspoo1,
2:15k. by Almont, went for $1,000,
while at 500 more the fou~r-year-old
flly Improvidence. 2:l3A, changed
hands. That good th~ree-year-old colt
Cuprum. 2:12&, went at $500 N at
the same price the fo~ur-year-old flily
Red Tape went to that good judge ard
buyer, J. Malcolm Forbes of Boston.
The Daily consignment certainly sold
well.
[ Inhn NIanLnr nanarer Of Mr. Har-