The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-27
Race rack and
Stable Gossip

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
san Francisco. Jan 23.-Mr. Cameron
of Montana is in love with a charming
little piece of femininity named May
w. May w is worth every item OF al
feeton that her big -hearted owner De-
slows upon her. for as IN honest, con-
sistent performer al all distances up
to a mile the gentle iiily from the North
has proved herself the peer Of anything
in the shape of horse now racing IN
the West. The record she has made
since her advent in California. TWO
months ago, is Il most remarkable one
and leaves little To wonder that Mr..
Cameron should refuse big offers Tor
his ,ainty brown beauty.
A short review of the record of this
splendid little bread winner since her
arrival in California will surely be OF
interest TO the many lovers of the
sport in Montana. out of 10 starts in
Il little over five weeks, May W. has
ran unplaced but once, and to empha-
size the brilliancy of the record, Is the
fact that in every race she has started
the fly has met some of the greatest
sprinters that ever faced starter in
california. May WIS first start was
on Dee. II. 1897. when she finished
fourth IL Montgomery. Tea Rose ana
Rubicon Four days later he finished
third 10 Trolley and Dunboy. On Dec.
- she WAS Dealen DA sodlSufid itte
Rose on the Oakland track in the fast
est three-auarter. mile ever run in Cali
fornia the time being 1:12k. This race
May w. would probably have won had
not Bellicoso almost bumped her off her
feet entering the stretch.
Christmas eve the Montana mare
scored her first bracket when she de-
feated the Boots crack. the Roman, in
a seven-eighths of a mile race III the
coast record time of :26A. Three days
later she was second to Libertine. dis
lance quarters, in 1:1412. She
closed the year 1897 by running second
To Lord Marmion. conceding him 10
pounds, in 1:2IA.
Then Mr.. Cameron gave his filly
10 days rest and She has repaid his
confederation by winning in succession
four of the earnest contests ever de-
cded in the West. Each victory was
won over Il heavy track. and in nearly
every event the Cameron 1lly conceded
weight to the horses that were heavily
backed to beat her. On Jan. II at Oak
land in a six furtong dash, May W.,
for some unexplainable reason, went
to the post at . TO ! and the Montana
boys gathered in the ducats when she
came in an easy winner over Tea Rose
and Midight who were first and sec
ond choices. respectively. On Jan. 10
at even weights May w showed a
clean pair Of heels TO Buck MasSie and
Double Quick. and again there was joy
in the Montana camp. Three days later
the know-it -atls figured that the Mon
tana Ally, in the mud, could not pos
sibly beat the great mudlark Lucky
Dog, SO the talent got aboard wrong
and made the Dog an odds on fayorite,
while the Montana contingent laughed
in their sleeves and took all the tickets
they could buy at I To 3. The race was
never in doubt for second after the
"A III. \ 4 Il 4
sails set two and a half lengths ahead
of Morimel, who beat the Dog for the
place.
The talent had not got enough yet
and when May w. and Tea Rose met in
a five and one-half furlong dash on
Jan. - they made Tea Rose a hot odds
on and the .'bookies' offered , To / on
May w The game Cameron racer won
in n common gallon and the winner $
owner cleaned UP 4 big pile for the
fourth time in less than two weeks.
Ten starts. five firsts. two seconds,
Two thirds and only once unplaeed. A
most creditable record indeed, This
represents to MIR. Cameron over S1,7o0
in purse money alone. and the filly has
never gone to the post without a good
~ wad of the Cameron coin staked on
her chances. Ten thousand dollars is "A
conservative estimate of what the gal
liant little brown mare has been worth
III MI. 'diftSI0ii bit tiit Ass1tiloII1ii ldAl.
Mr. Cameron said this afternoon:
Il shall not start May w. at the COM
ing InEleside races. The mare has
earned a good rest and ! intend that
she shall have it. | do not believe in
running a good thing TO death or have
Ii go stale. ! understand that my
friends in Butte have been backing the
tilly ever since she first started SO they
must have profited as we'll as myself.
/ cleaned ZIP over a thousand in the
ring on May VS. last race, saying
nothing of the purse in the race.
never bet on any horse but my own,
and never start a horse that | don't
think has a chance To win, There Is
some kind of a rash breaking out all
over May w, but 1t don't amount To
much and by the time the Oakland
races begin again May w. will be
feeling life a real equine princess
should
Senator Bland continues to improve
and when he starts again, which he
will probably do in the coming Ingle-
/ side races. his owner and admirers in
Montana can confidently expect 10 hear
! of some brilliant victories over the best
of the hundreds of thoroughbreds now
/ quartered at the tracks. Senator
! Bland has been thoroughly cleaned out
! has taken on flesh. has lost entirely thu
| stale look that was so marked after his
series of humiliatng defeats. His eye
! is clear and lighted With the brightness
/ Of perfect health. his step is as elastic
! as that of frisky colt and his work.
/ outs are such as To instill his trainers
/ with confidence.
What is true of Senator Bland Is also
/ true of imp. Missioner. and the colt |.
now expected to give good account o.
/ himself before many days have gone
1 by.
Mr. Buffers racers are also rounding
ia tagsH.s h.
! outlook is quite rosy for the Montana
| contingent on the California tracks.
seems. after all. that the hoodoo act
| ualty leyanted with Durrant. Their,
may he remain is the heartfelt
wish of all the Butte and Anaconda
boys now here.
Mr.. Cameron has purchased from
Charles Boots the thoroughbred mar
Twinkle Twink and thinks he ha
| caught a prize. Twinkle Twink is
4-year-old by imp. Brutus-Nabette
She has run some very creditable races
On Dec. so last she ran second To Tri