The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-15
Race Track and
Stable Gossip

With the date for the opening of the
Butte races fast approaching. the ques-
ton of greatest interest just now
among horsemen is what stables will
come to Montana this season from Cal
ifornia. The Standard learns from
horsemen recently from California that
there will undoubtedly he more Cali
fornia horses on the Montana circuit
this ear than ever before. The races
in California close at the end of this
week. Many are unable to ship their
horses to Chicago, and rather tina
have them idle all summer will with
out doubt send them up this way.
II. Y. Holly will be mere with a car
load. including the celebrated Montel-
lade and Daylight.
Fred Bean will bring up Searida, La
~favorita and several others.
Garnet Ferguson. son of Starter Fer
guson. will have "a string of 10 2-year-
olds. including Maud Ferguson, Sweet
Cakes. etc.
John Weber will bring up quite a
string. including all his horses with the
short names. SLY. Fly. BLY,. etc.
"Daggey" Smith has been very sue
cessful all winter. and In the last tive
weeks has won 10 of his IA starts. He
will bring up Torsida. one of the best
FLIES in California. She is entered Il.
all the big stakes in Butte n Ana
conda. and IL looks as though she is
the horse that all nave got to beat.
Smith will have eight or nine other
horses, including Don Luis. "A 3-year-
old; Paul Pry and Hermanita for the
aged division.
Farram Tuberville will bring up
Flashlight. Polish. j. %. c.. William
Oh. and also five or six 2-year-olds.
IND will have his string here, in
Guiding Robare. Botuma, Ostler Joe.
Salvation. Greenback H.. Twinkle
Twink, McLight. who is one of the
horses in California over "A
distance of ground. and several others.
II. l.. Frank will "A "A carload of
horses. including the derby candidate
Bitter Root. Senator Bland. Punter.
Lochness, E-Come. Milbrae n Owy-
hee. He also has Yule and Negligence,
which he has leased from Tom Butler.
and he may possibly bring up Fonso-
vannah. which he Is trying to buy.
NJ. $. Hall is considering the matter
OF coming up to the mountains, but
has not yet decided. II he does come
he viii bring a pretty strong stable,
of which the principal ones will be
Two Cheers, Major Budd. Alma F.,
Canace and Sevens. The latter two are
2-ycar-olds.
Dan HONG expects to come to Mon
tana with Caspar, Ellsmore, salisbury
III. and others.
Peter Renig has Il. & w. named after
the Burns 4 Waterhouse stable. If Il.
a w. gets into a race he will prove as
handy al any of them.
Tom Boyle expects to ship up four,
including Maringa, Huntsman and RAJ
vallo.
George Bertolocci will he here with
Olive. Major Cook and others.
J. b. Haggin will probably ship a
stable from Sacramento to Butte.
1t Is said that Burns & Waterhouse
will lease a big part of their stable to
parties who will rae them oevr thu
Montana circuit. The principal one will
likely be Miss Rowena. who is exceed
ingly fast for five or FIVE and one-hali
%furlongs. A race etwee her, Scotch
Rose and Tea Rose H.. at weights ad
justed right. would probably prove one
of the most attractive features of the
meeting.
Maggie T.. Burke will probably send
up Thelma, Bellicose, Rosemonde and
one or two others.
May w. win be shipped to Chicago
There are many other horsemen who
will doubtless conclude to come e
Montana but have not yet settled the
matter.