The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22
Race Track and
Stable Gossip

The Stallion Stakes. although unex-
pectedly revived at Chicago, proved
well worth the while. Sufficient tim
had elapsed between the surprising an
nouncement and the day Of running for
~ to accumulate national interest. Fol
the second time this year the East came
to the West and the eyes OF the racing
world focused upon Chicago. This time
the East got the money. II was not
thought when Mr.. Corrigan announced
his conclusion to have the stake run
this yea that any Of the Eastern eligi-
bles would be. got ready and sent out
for IL. but il would be merely a local
affair. OF all the Western candidates.
p. DUNES flly. Jinks. looked the most
likely. and tina led to the unkind re-
mark that the stake was revived wholly
on her account IL was not reasonable
to suppose. however. that a stake bu1lt
on such broad lines as this one and hav-
ing such a large entry could be en-
gineered in the interest of any one par
~. ana now that IL Is over the Chicago
Racing association must be credited
with feeling pleased tina an Eastern
colt m an Eastern jockey. forming
an element OF which the Western fig
urers had not dreamed. came out and
took IL home.
1t was unfortunate for Mr.. dunno
that his filly went amiss the day before
the race. for Mt and well she would
nave stood a very good chance even
against the opposition that Unexpected
ly came into the field.
Bill Brien. Counselor Biz Brien.
sAa f.rr.ar rranpaoaaa ba..fafar tho far
mer trainer for Lucky" Baldwin. the
former erudite explainer of the turf.
chopping wood for his grub on the
Klondike, That sounds like the Pigment
Of a distorted imagination, doesn't II?
II In too bad. or too good-which ever
way your sympathies lay-to believe.
Yet the story Is rue. Ii comes to me
in a way that strips II of all doubt.
Charley Boyle told II me last week in
Detroit. Charley Boyle is the brother
OF Joe Boyle, the former associate of
the cyclonic saltwater Bill" Gates,
n the present associate of the bounti-
fully backed prize fighter but present
Klondike capitalist, Paddy Slavin.
Charley Boyle got IL straight from Joe
Boyle. for whom ana Paddy Slavin
Counsellor Bill is chopping the wood.
Last February, in New Orleans. l
shook Bill by the hand and wished him
ihth uBoh NE foit Jpbi w ~ tpA
brickyards and on his permanent re-
tirement from the turf. incidentally l
wished the turf no harm.
Bill had fallen In with a Sicilian
named Bob Devalli. Devalli formerly
had been a bartender in a modest drum
in San Francisco, who had been to the
Klondike. stake out a few claims, and
brought back money to shoot at the
canaries. At the time Bill went up
xuith him naNalli MN taLfnU thn HrGt
tour OF his life in vanished cars, and
the front of his neglige shirt was COW
cred with diamonds as big as lemons
and just as yellow. Money in large
quantities was something new to the
whilom jerker of steam beer. and he
had primitive notions as to how to en-
JOY II. IL a man financially situate as
the dago was were cast alone on a des-
ert island IL would he even betting that
Bill Brien would come up out OF the
sea and swarm upon him. but as he
naturally drifted towards the races,
Bill had him on the hook before the
bait had struck the water. Bill liked
Devalli for what he had i'm the bag,
and Devalli learned to love the Coun-
sellor for himself alone. Bill handed the
Sicilian a few hot things. and in re-
turn the Sicilian handed Bill the Klon-
dixie. Bill contracted the Klondike fe-
Nti W. wv Nv N . " A'hbNh
from IL. He realized hat a man of his
fine talents and excellent constitution
was simply giving fortune the cold
shoulder clubbing around with a stable
of horses while there was such a place
as Dawson City IN the globe and while
he he'd such an experienced and sue
cessful gold-digger as Devalli for a
philosopher. guide and friend. SO he
made sale OF Terra Cottas Inc Little
Minches. with which II. J.. Johnson had
paid him OFF. and took ceremonious
leave OF the racing game.
He had no misgivings as to the wealth
that awaited him. when / come
back" he said to me and the rest of us.
II will purchase an immense tract OF
and In East Tennessee and set up a
breeding establishment that will make
Rancho del Paso and Belle Meade look
like truck patches. l have some dea
Of my own about breeding horses and
about how a wealthy man should enjoy
himself. and I intend to put them into
effect. I'll have a place where my