The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-20
FUN At THE RACE TRACK
Jockeys Fined, Big Mutuals and a
Crowd Full of Money.
TWINKLE TWINK WINS ONE
The Big Great Falls Handicap. In Which
Scottish Chieftain Is Favorite,
Tempo Second Choice-Card
for This Afternoon.

Great Falls, Sept. 19.-Another per-
feet day at the races and another day
on which the favorites were dumped
and badly dumped. The crowd from
Butte and Anaconda made itself felt,
and as one man said yesterday: "A
man from Butte is worth to the races
what 20 ordinary men are" and this
was about so. About $4,000 passed
through the pool boxes, and that is
more than the management had hoped,
as tomorrow is to be the big day. on
the grand stand were about 1000 peo-
pie and 100 or 200 more were around
the pool boxes n on the fence. Ev-
erything passed off smoothly save in
the second race. when Morgan, who
was up on Larva. declared that IN en-
tering the homestretch Powell, VINO
was on Kootenai, struck MIN across
the face with his whip and had also
pounded Larva on the nose, which en-
abled Kootenai to win. Several spec
tators claimed that they had seen the
act, but no man could say positively.
The Judges took ii that both boys were
at fault and ined each $50. The de-
cision suited the crowd very Wen IN
deed. Powell had bad luck in the thlrd
race where Starter Regain fined him
$40 for delaying the start. Duffy on
Ping was probably the most unfortun-
ate man in the crowd, however. Plng
had sold a strong fayorite in the pools
and il was the current opinion that
with an even break he was pretty sure
of the race. Just at the post, now
ever. Duke of York III let into him
with both feet and landed square on
the ribs, nearly taking the breath out
of him. and in the start the Duke
crowded him again and with the as
sistance of Masoero pocketed him IN
the bunch tina was following the
leaders. so that Duffy had to cut
around behind the bunch in order 10
regain the lost ground. Ping with all
of these troubles had no chance TO win
in the game.
First race.-Irish Girl and Nora Rich
ards divided the honors very evenly
with the crowd. At the gate the good
work of Regan and his evident inten-
ton to have the starts fair for all was
shown, and the horses started in a
bunch. Irish Girl got the jump, close
ly followed by Nora and Pendla
Buttes. The latter played a gaining
game, and hand over hand drew him
self up to the front and went under
the wire half a length ahead Of Irish
Girl, while Pettigrew tailed the race
by 10 yards. Time, SO.
Summarv-First race, for maiden g.
year-olds and upward, four and one
half furlongs.
II. X. BENEFITS Pendlan Buttes .... 1
ID. o. Blevins' Irish Girl ............ 2
j. Cochran's Nora Richards ........ 3
Sierra Blanco, Pettigrew and Col.
Cody also ran.
Betting: Irish Girl $25. Nora Rich
ards $40, Pettigrew $40, Col. Cody s.,
field So. Mutuals paid $40. 10 and SIC. 10
on Pendlan Buttes and s11.05 on Irish
Girl.
Second race.-This was the one which
anI1aI ont tho most anHhaag4ngn, Of ~
although all of the races were good.
The DAILY stable again was favorite in
the pools. LarVa brought S25 against
sl2 for Kootenai. while Tempean and
Croker went begging in the field. Many
feel -nigh as if the race should have
been given to the copper and green on
account of the scrap between the rid
ers on the leading horses in the home
stretch, blu it went to Kootenai by
half a neck. Larva and kootenai
jumped to the front at the word as if
they felt that the race was only for
them, and the pace they set was too
hot for Tempean, who was nearly dis
tanced. Croker played between the tail
men and the leading pair. but at no
time threatened to push them. Larva
was carrying considerable weight and
it was evident before the final squirt
that the pace was also telling. There
was still enough in the colt to make it
a hot race down the stretch, and the
race was one which sent the stand
wild. Time, 1:14.
Summary-Second race, a handicap
for 2-year-olds, six f~urlongs, purse
$3.50:
Nelson & Co.'S K%ootenai, (PowelD. .. !
IafNa ....-............ ......'.''..... :
NTbhtI ..---".s-s. q
Tempean also ran.
Betting: Larva S25, Kootenai s12,
field IS. Mutuals paid s19.45 and $500
on Kootenai, $40 on Larva.
Third race.-Every one conceded the
race to Ping and every one had failed
TO count on accidents. The horse was
= all right and the judgment of those
who backed him was equally good, but
the man who knew nothing at al
about racing or the horses and jus
took a chance on a name that pleased
him or a color that caught his eye wa'
as lucky as any of them, providing tn,
right name or the right color happened
TO catch him. and his judgment wa'
afsaru-arJc biph man with the crowd