The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-02
WON IT ON LUCKY STAR
Two Butte Men Are $4,000
Richer Now.
IT'S A SNUG LITTLE SUM
Miles Finlen Inc Tom Kinds Are the
Fortunate Men Lucky Star Ran
in the Seven-Elghths Race
at Harlem.

Miles Finlen and Tom Kinds Of the
firm of +. Kinds & Co. and two very
~well-known citizens Of Butte, are So 600
richer this morning thar they were yes
terday morning. They won that snug
sum on Lucky star yesterday.
Lucky Star ran yesterday afternoon
in a seven-eighths race at the Harlem
track. Chicago. Finlen and Hines put
up $500. They had secured very good
odds. although at the closing the horse
was only selling at S TO 5. Ia money
was sent to Harlem. Hot Springs and
Cincinnati pool rooms and the gentle
men estimated their winnings at s25. 900.
Lucky Star was third into the stretch
and won by half a length in 1:2Sts. He
can make the distance i'm 1:27.
Lucky Star was bought by Miles
Finlen here last summer for 81, 500.
having been in BY Holly's string. He
has the three-quarter record OF the
Butte track. 1:13l2. He has been very
lucky since Finlen purchased him, win
ming nearly all of his starts.
Many Butte lovers of horse racing
are over in Hamilton at present en-
joying the races there.
The best mile trotted the past sea-
son was by Eagle Flanagan in s:01iR.
He Is the son Of Eagle Bird and Lady
Flanagan and made the record at
Terre Haute. The record has not been
equaled by a trotter since 1896, and his
three heats in 2:09h. 2:O7la and 2:0ss.
are decidedly the best of the year. He
has defeated everything he has met in
the Grand inc Great Western circuits
since last July. The Abbot among the
rest. and at this stage of the campaign
he ranks as the champion trotter of the
year.
When Col William Edwards died
suddenly at his home i'm Cleveland last
week, the trotting turf lost a leader
whose place will be hard To fill. says
the New York Sun He was for nearly
80 years at the head of the Cleveland
Driving Park, where the most success
full meeting in the Grand circuit is an
nually held. At these meetings he Off
ciated as starter and presiding judge
with marked success for an amateur
who handled the nag only nee a year.
Among horse owners he was one of the
most popular track officials i'm the coun-
try. and his personal following i'm
Cleveland was such that during the
week Of the races men and women Of
social prominence filed the grand
stand. Colonel Edwards was one Of
the first N foremost supporters Of the
National Trotting association. He had
served on the board of review longer
than any other OF the present members
excepting David Bonner. n he was
always in his place at the head Of the
table when the turf court met for it's
semi-annusl sessions I'm New York and
Chicago. He owned a number OF fast
trotters. which he drove on the road
and sometimes started in the Saturday
matinees Of the Cleveland Driving club.
hut he never campaigned them in the
circuits.
The black trotting gelding Cling. that
gained a record of s:11A at Hartford
last July. died a few days ago at the
Wheeling, W. Va. track. He was 8
years old and was by &. v. CLAY. 2:1S.
out of Flash. by Lyle wilkes. the son
Of George Wilkes. He was bred by
w. d. Moore Of Danville. Ky. and was
campaigned by oliver Titlow of Read
ing. Pa. The horse had been entered i'm
the free-for-all at Wheeling. but was
taken sick while being shipped there.
and died soon afterward.
The roam t%rotting stallion Jayhawker.
2:l4a,, died last week at the training
stable Of Dick Wilson Of ReadvillC.
Mass. He was one Of the best 3-year-
olds Of 1898. having defeated n field Of
aged horses for n purse Of 5000 at the
Cleveland Grand circuit meeting in that
wear. gaining his record in the race.
He was unsound AT the time and a
to be retired. but he stood fast work
again this year. and as recently as last
month trotted a mile In 2:O9iS. ~ Is said.
Vie was by jaw Bird. out Of Sorrento.
bv Grand Sentinel. Prandam EmDress
dam Of Edenia. 2:13i6). nv AbdaIl1h
Nambrino. He was bred and owned by
w T. CLASSIFY Of Lexington.
Pilatus. the chestnut stallion that low
cred his record 10 2.O9h in winning the
2:13 race at Terre Haul last week. Is
the 18th trotter that has entered the
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