The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-17

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Cameron. II. l.. Frank or Tommy But
Ter. the Montana proprietors here,
throughout the entire season. 1t Is
highly probable that Cameron. at least
has suffered through the influence OF
bookmakers or other with jockeys that
had Cameron's mounts. for some of
May VS. defeats are hard to explain
in the light of previous and subsequent
races. but il Is sure that the Montana
boys were the heaviest losers when
these upsets occurred. The kittenish
filly has all In all been a little Klondike
20 her blum Montana owner and the
rest Of the contingent from the North.
Many a horseman with coin to make
good any offer made has asked Gamer
on To set his price on the Eagle-Plume
flly. but Cameron and his bonny Cana
dian wife and their little son would not
part with their kitten for her weight
in gold. The little brown mare has
shown herself fiji for the fastest COM
AMY. and has time and again defeated
the best of them, at all distances. from
a half to a mile. She has won in the
mud. on heavy. dead and fast tracks.
and has been such "A consistent little
performer that she never went TO the
post without carrying a barrel of
money on her chances to get a slice Of
the coin. In most Of her starts IL has
been possible for her hackers TO obtain
show bets. and the form book shows
lndl the lily III ~ SldTtS uuflnS the
season has only been outside the money
three times. She has won eight races.
been second seven times, and third
twice. Her winnings I'm purses alone
for the season have been $3.50. Cam
eron has never let the filly go to the
post unbacked. and on a number OF
occasions made big clean-ups when she
won. Of Cameron's other horses.
Twinkle Twink. a FLY purchased from
Charley Boots I'm January last for $500.
has been the most profitable. Twinkle
Twink has started II times under the
Cameron colors. has won twice. been
second once, third one and unplaced
seven times. Her purse winnings have
amounted to over $500. so there is rea-
son for the Montana turfman. to n
graduate himself on his purchase.
Carneron's hlly Plumeria has not been
a source OF profit or satisfaction to her
owner. She has yet to win her first
race this season. Plumeria has start
ed seven times since last November,
and has only won $50 for her owner.
The mare has a world of speed for a
little over a half mile. and then quits
like a dog. The only other horse start
ed by Cameron is the baby Flamaro.
who finished second his first time out.
a few days ago. F1amaro is "A sturdy
looking chestnut gelding. by Flambeau-
Bonair. He has all the fine points of
a racer. and promises to develop into
"A genuine turf star.
The greatest horse of the entire Mon
tana aggregation, however. taking the
season all the way through. has been
Billy Randalfs Ostler Joe. probably the
most consistent performer that ever
carried a jockey over the Oakland or.
1ngleside tracks. Ostler Joe has just
ly earned the title of Iron Horse of
the West. His owner has never en-
tered him in a selling race during the
entire season. and il has been the por-
ton Of the black horse to Concede
weight TO his competitors In nearly
every race in which he has started. In
the past six months Ostler Joe has
started in no. less than 81 handicap and
stake races, at all distances from sew
en-eighths to a mile and a half. He
finished first nine times. second thir-
teen. third I'm six races. and was outside
the money four times. During the
season most of the horses here at one
time or another have gone stale. but
with 0stler Joe one day has been the
same las nVhe t~hr5uehout the sig
months. He has been about the only
horse i'm the game that was always
conceded to have a chance in every race
in which he started. The question of
weight has cut but little figure with
the Randall star. At equal pounds he
has defeated with ease such cracks as
Buck Massie. Libertine, Satsuma.
Won't Dance. Joe Ullman and many
others equally as good. while to most
of them he has conceded weight at diff
ferent times and came off the victor.
Ostler Joes has won for Randall Sc. 015
i'm stake and purses alone since last
November, n is to-day. at the end of
a grilling campaign, In as good. and
possibly better. condition than when
the season opened.
Randalrs flly Watomba has turned
out quite "A bread winner the latter part
80 sh. aAaaAn nd bAR 4 nag foot ~
the respectable total of s1.315. Saliva
ton has won only $5 for his owner
since H.. l.. Frank disposed of him to
his Montana neighbor "A few weeks ago.
so Randalls purse winnings foot up
something like $3.50 for the season.
The principal bread winner OF the II.
l.. Frank stable, of curse. has been
the remarkable i'm and out race horse
nat Bland. After his wonderful
work on the Montana circuit. during
the eason of 80 he was expected To do
great things on the California tracks
as soon as he should become -~accli-
mated. BANDS first start was against
those grand racers. Satsuma. Libertine
and The Roman, on Nov. 16. at
Oakland. The distance was "A mile, and
Satsuma set the California record at
1884,. Libertine was second and The
Roman and Senator Bland finished
noses apart for the show. BANDS next
trial was four days laIer on the same
track II with equal weight up. III
pounds. he easily defeated the much
heralded Eastern crack Suck Massie.
and Grady n Mercutio at a mile in
1:ilL. He followed his good work up
by easily defeating Satsuma. Judge
Denny and Ostler Joe on Nov. "a, going
a mile and "A quarter Over a very heavy
track in 2.0S fiat. a truly great per-
formance. This race caused a furore
throughout the turf world. and Sena-
tor Bland was hailed as one Of the
great racers Of the year BY hundreds
he was considered invinCible. and when
he went To the post in the Rancho del
Paso stake race at a mile and three
quarters on Dec. 5 at Ingieside the tall
ent bet their thousands on the Mon
ana racer and made him an odds-on
faVorite with such sterling long-dis-
lance nags as Judge Denny and imp.
Tripping to beat. Bland s'disgrace-
fully beaten. finishing last in the field
of three.