The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-30
At THE BUTTE TRACK
Sixty More Horses Have Arrived
From Denver.
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Association Came Out Ahead in Denver.
Not Definitely known What Horses
VIII Start in the Derby.
Gossip of the Track.

11NNN aoNh EtSttIudN HibfnlIEs nav
ing come from Denver. where they
participated in the Denver meeting.
just closed. The Denver meeting was
very successful, it being the second
time in the history of the Denver track
that the association came out ahead.
Among those which came in from
Denver was the stable of Roland &
Maley. containing Ocarona, Pleasanton,
T~exarkana and Silverado. Ocarona is
very fast.
A. s. Way came. with Tommy Tuck
er and Royal Lancer.
f.. Lanigan brought Rubicon, K. @.
Ban. Tiny r., Road Warmer and 9TH
ers.
Fred T. Wood brought Oman Wood.
Dora Wood. May Beach, Reel, Dinah
Wells and others.
Colonel b. c. Holly brought Lucky
Star. Midas, Charlotte NJ. imp. Devils
Dream. Daylight. La Mascotte. Horton
and Fortuna. Horton made the track
record of :4S1a at Denver.
Fred Bean arrived with Lorena III.
and Zaraida.
F. Mcmahon arrived with Pat Nor
rissey. Oak Leaf, Willwilter, Decapo
w maidens.
II. Mulcahey came I'm with Encino,
Sumner and others.
william Fuller reinforced the track
with Rather. Jim Gore. Honest John
and six or eight others.
A number of jockeys came i'm with the
horses. including Tommy Butler. Mart
Derby. Gray. Jones, Flynn and Glover.
At Denver Derby had the record. win
ming one more race than Butler. who il
a Colorado boy. Flynn broke his arm
at Denver, and will not be able to ride
for a few weeks.
+. T.. Mulholland arrived from Denver
yesterday. and will be one of the judges
at the Butte meeting. He has a SPLEEN
lid reputation as a judge. Colonel
Barnes. who was TO be one of the
judges. has sent word that he n
be here. Mr.. Lawrence. clerk of the
scales. will probably act as judge. +.
c. Hopper will be one of the judges,
but cannot come for about two weeks.
Starter Ferguson will arrive o-mor
row afternoon.
1t is not known definitely what horses
will start in the Montana Derby Satur-
day. but there will he at least seven
starters out of IS nominations. Among
the most promising of these starters are
Torsida. Bitter Roo and Tammany
Hall IL. and these will doubtless re-
ceive most attention in the betting ring.
Grand Sachem, Briar Hill, Afghan,
Open Doors, Black Cap and Las Prize
toS will also probably start.
4 very hot race Saturday will be the
fv~e-fuTlong race. 1t will include three
of the fastest horses at that distance
ever brought together or a Montana
track. They are Miss Rowena, Tea
Rose and Valencienne
There was a funny incident at the
track yesterday. Garrett Ferguson was
trying one of his 2-year-olds named
Distance. A boy was riding him., but
the colt ran away. Another boy tried
him. with the same result.
you boys can't ride said Fergu-
son. I'm show you how to ride a
colt"
So Ferguson got on the colt. and he
ran away again. in spite of Ferguson's
most efforts. He ran out of
the grounds. and the last seen of Fer
guson and the colt they were disap-
pearing up Pipestone pass. There are
strong hopes that Ferguson viii be back
in time for the start of the meeting on
Saturday.
The Butte Hotel pool room. which has
been conducted by Sam Martin during
the winter. will close up Friday night
so as not to interfere with the races.
Mr.. Martin will leave for the East on
July 6. and be gOne about two months.
During the trip up from Denver one
Of the horses on the horse train. Teresa
X. became car frightened. She made
so much trouble that the door was
opened n she jumped out onto the
plains of Idaho. That was the last
heard of her.
Seventy head OF horses got In yester-
day afternoon from Denver. including
the stables of Il. e. Holly, William
Dingley. Lynch, Short and others. They
are all in good shape and are ready to
race.
Torsida, Bitter Root, Grand Sachem,
Hall and several other Derby
candidates had "A workout yesterday
morning. The best time made was
2:1a.
Thomas Mulholland, who will be n
Of the judges. arrived from Denver yes
terday.
Pat Reagan and Tom Frazier arrived
yesterday from DenVer.
The purses for the first day. July ?,
amount To 81. $50, and on the second day,
July 4. amount to $4,000. For this rea-
son the management has decided to sus-
pend the free list and charge every
body. After July 4 ladies viii be free.
In most places ladies are charged every
day, except on Ladies' day" which
comes about once a week. Nobody can
reasonably object to paying when such
races as the Montana Derby and Silver
City Handicap are on the card.
Lord Chesterfield. Tuxedo and the
other jumpers will be given an oppor-
tunity to show what they can do on the
Fourth of July. A hurdle race has
been decided upon for hat day. Ii
will be a mile n a quarter. over five
hurdles.
T. II. Lowry, who will 10 the spelling
in the auction pool box. and who is said
to be one of the best pool sellers in the
country, was one of yesterdays ar
rivals. Among other arrivals of the
day were william Fitch and L. A.
kealer, assistants in the pool box; T. ].
Frazier. who will have charge of the
auction pool books. Dan F~innegan. who
will be on the mutual box; John Hick-
ey. in the scalper's box; w. Fuller and
E,ra1 Npad two hnrSan,ap from Ta~as