The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-19
IT'S ANAC0NOA'S DAY Off
The Clerks and Their Friends
Spend a While at the Track.
SOME EYELASH FINISHES
Large Crowd and q Card of Racing
Excelled in Only a Very Few
Places in This Great,
Big Domain

q Anaconda was turned over to the
bats yesterday and everybody went
out to the races and played at the pop
ular game, some with profit and others
to their sorrow; but they all had a
holiday time and saw an excellent lot
of races and some finishes they won't
soon cease to talk about. The weather
elements with a partial hand. and in
stead of pouring down as it would
have done on an ordinary occasion,
judging from the indications, the rain
fell for five minutes in a crystal mist
and formed beautiful irridescent bows
over the city. The storm was switched
on up the gulch n one part of il
went down Lost Creek and the other
over toward the Big Hole, while the
sport at the track continued without
interruption. 1t was indeed a grand
turnout. although the card was merely
OF the everyday kind, but that makes
no difference, since every day brings
out fields of the best horses at the
track. Men and lots of them with all
colors of money crowded into the bet
ting ring and the pool sellers did the
rest. The grand stand looked like a
flower bed in Honolulu, My more at
tractive, and the ladies reaped a har-
vest on The Light, Lady Ashley and
Oak Leaf. Butte's delegation came
down in seven coaches and assisted
gracefully in the ceremonies.
A card that is a shade better thar
yesterdays is offered for this after
noon. There's a mile selling and a
hurdle. n the mile race is third on the
card and IL all long-distance races were
run earlier in the day many people
would greatly appreciate it. A great
many patrons of the track cannot wait
until late in the afternoon on account
OF their having to be at their posts of
duty by 5 o'clock; therefore a large
portion of the attendance who want to
see long races are deprived of the op-
p~ortunity when the card is arranged
so as to put the long-distance events
too far down on the list. However,
everybody will see good racing from the
start to-day. and tomorrow they will
have something out of the ordinary.
Besides five other hot contests there
will be the $1,000 Ravalli stake. The
usual excellent card is out for to-mor-
row, the genuine Saturday attraction.
Yesterdays ups and downs were as
follows:
Three ~Furlongs-Pat Tucker.
Pat Tucker ruled favorite with Lou
Watkins a strong second choice and
Dutch third choice, and hat the way
they finished. 1t was a perfect start
that sent the field of six on it's short
drive. Lou Watkins was first to show.
but yielded to Pat fucker. The finish
was Pa Tucker first by a length, Lou
Watkins second by half a length and
Dutch third a neck better than 1 Don't
Know. Time. :36.
Summary-First race, handicap. for
3-year-olds and upward, three ~furlongs,
purse $3.50:
A. Meals b g Pat Fucker bv Dan
TI1rkar- Rird 11E IDa-o-
w ] Browns oh m Lou Watkins by
Corbett-Hattie o. 112 SHAW ........ 2
& HowelPs br z Dutch, no
pedigree, las (Dingley) ............ 3
l Don't Know, Red S and Dick WHO'D
ten also ran.
Betting: Pat Tucker $50. Lou Wat
kins s2S, Dutch $40, 1 Don't Know s17.
Red S $13. Dick Whooten s.. Mutuals
paid 1880 and sS.05 on Pat Tucker and
on Lou Watkins.
Five and a Half Furlongs-The Light,
A field of six 2-year-olds danced and
baked at the post for Is minutes and
through the barrier seven times.
ioing to the post Croker jumped the
all at the three-sixteenths pole, threw
rs rider. Sullivan. galloped back to the
'tand on the inside track, where il was
Sullivan wasn't Injured. The
ediou scor re- became painful to the
Judges, VINO rang the bell for action. A
air start was finally given and Ocorona
moved first. The Light close up. The
light soon took the lead and kent il 70
he wire, with FL Mido going second and
)corona third. That's the order they
lnished in, The Light a length and a
lalf In front of Ell Mido. and Ocorona
bird, two lengths back. Time, 1:1OL.
Summary-Second race, 2-year-olds, +,
cling, five and a half furlongs, purse s
300: :
/. Byrnes & Co.'S CHI f The Light, by :
Uncle Jess-Barbary Maid, 1O1 pow
....... i {
1. l.. Franks b C El Mido, by INN. !
Sir Modred-Ethel, 106 Shawl. 2 :
Roland's oh { Ocorona, by Amigo
st. Celia, 100 (Narvaez) .......... 3 f.,
Taghairm, Croker and Tempean also 4
an. q
Betting: FL Mido $50, Croker 500 The =
light SIC, Ocorona s11, field IS. Mutual :
aid $3.50 and 1896 on The Light and 7
on Ell Mido. 7
Five Furlongs-Lady Ashley. ]
Amasa, the big favorite, went down
efore the brilliant finish of Lady Ash a
" and much money went to the back /
rs of the swift filly. 1t was a good i
art and Amasa shot out in front and
d to just above the wire. Flora Hawk a
ent second to the stretch and Negli- .
ence was third away back. but Lady 7
shley closed the gap and went up into l.
ie leading squad. Down the stretch II