The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-26
JIMMY MORGAN'S RIDING
Nine Times He Finished First at
the Aqueduct Last Week.
MATHEWS ON MODRINE
How Eastern Horsemen Regard Monta-
mic and Other Members of Marcus
Days String OF Two-Year- Olds.
Fred Mosson's Training.

Jimmy Morgan is making quite a
record in New York riding winners,
having ridden nine of them last week.
The New York Telegraph, speaking of
the Montana horses winning right
along, says:
The story of the other races yester-
day is long description of the success
of Marcus Days colors on the horses
which he has declared to SELL They
won three of the six races on the card,
two of the winners being 2-year-olds,
and one of them winner for the sec
ond time this meeting. In the first
race, a dash. for seven furlongs for g.
year-olds and upward Marcus Days
3-year-old Gold Car was served up as
red hot tip, and it was announced he
couldn't possibly lose, although he was
opposed by such performers as Duke
of Middleburg, DR.. Parker Sir Florian,
Roysterer, Box. Bannock and others
There was one time in the betting
when he was favorite at to 1, and
everybody seemed to be possessed to
have a bet on him, but toward the end
so much money went in on Duke of
Middleburg and DR.. Parker that he
was forced back, and the Duke was the
post favorite. This race resulted In as
hot finish as has been run at Aque-
duct, Gold Car winning by a nose"
A good deal has been said by turf
writer's and horsemen about Mathews
ride on Modrine Wednesday. The turf
writer's seem to agree pretty unani
mously, but there is some difference of
| opinion among the horsemen. First of
| all, even if one admits that the boy
! made a mistake and could have, won.
| it is no more than boys are doing every
! race day in the year.
1t was certainly natural for him to
| want to make a grand stand finish at
| that, his maiden ride in the East, and
there is no reason to believe that he is
going to repeat that mistake in the
near future In fact, it will probably
be a good lesson to him and he will
ride better in the future on account
Of it,
But, on the ether hand, it is by no
! means settled beyond all argument that
| the boy could have won. That game
| little filly of Marcus Days the daugh-
| be counted a factor in any race she is
| entered in at present. She was at least
| four lengths to the bad and she came
| on like whirlwind.
| Mathews says that Modrine was all
out. and had he drawn his whip earlier
worse than he did. At anv rate, know
this: G. B. Morris horses have not
| been let down to their utmost at any
| time in their work. but have always
been held back, and they can be ex-
pected to race a great deal better a lit
| tie later on. .-Ir
Thus far Morgan has shown himself
to be a capable rider. Of course. he
has had the best string at the track
| but he has done as well as the horses
He is strong enough to keep a horse to-
gether at the finish, and knows how to
finish He made a splendid exhibition
on Montanic yesterday Up at the 18th
pole he saw that he had Peaceful in
trouble. He never let his colt stop, but
| he took no more out of him than was
absolutely necessary. and won by just
| as small a margin as he could safely
| make.
Specific made quite rush in the last
| furlong and looked to be dangerous for
a moment but Morgan did not over
look him, and had Montanic ready in
| case he had to beat something else be-
sides Peaceful. And this is where he
lays over the Mathews kind that think
every race is won as soon as they get
in front
The race which Montanic ran was
quite what he might be expected to do
on his previous performance. In his
first attempt he did not run at all after
the first quarter. All the way through
the stretch he was looking at the grand
tD nd n inc h in, tGc rRr,iI
it was all about. When one is able to
race that way, he is good enough to
bet on frequently
Yesterday he was not strikingly in
terested in the stand, but he was not
all out by any means. Morgan shuff1ed
him along for a sixteenth, but the colt
had a lot left in him, and when he came
back to the stand he wasn't even blow
| ing. Montanic is not a stake colt. but
he is the most useful colt turned out
this spring, and he will last longer and
run more races than any candidate I
| have seen.
The other DAILY one is likely. When
there is a gray winner he is generally
of the wear and tear kind. Motley
looks as if she might go on and i'm
prove over the form which she showed
Yesterday, though that was fair racing.
she had the foot of everything in it.
long drive and was beaten simply be-
cause she met faster one.
The defeat Is no disgrace to the Nor
ris filly. for she did whatever she could
do without finching. and that is as
much as can be asked of any of them.
Motley will always beat her. and if
properly trained will beat better ones
But of the DAILY band thus far shown
Montanic is my pick. Mossom says he
has better ones to saddle He ought to
| know.
Lottie Sheville isn't a bad FLY at
all. At one stage of the Rose Stakes
she looked dangerous, but she was out
footed.
No one knows better than Fred Mos
som how to key a horse right up to the
last notch and have them as fit as can
be for race, and not only has Mr.
Mossom done this, but he has them
keyed up.
That gives the Marcus DAILY string a
| decided ADVANTAGE They are KEYED for