The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-27

! third to Boney Boy and Kinnikinic, but
he was a far better horse than either
| of them. The Indian did not ride
| Tamor. The stable expected a light
| weight upon the colt and so engaged
| Maher to do it. When the 109 on him
| was announced the Maher engagement
| had to stand and thereby the stable
| lost a race" '
| Another race track reporter tells
about it in this language:
mo one knows better than Fred
Mossom how to key a horse right up
to the last notch and have them as
| fit as can be for a race, and not only
has Mr.. Mossom done this, but he has
them keyed up to run to the 10th of
May and get all the money in sight
until then. After that, the next man
trains them.
THAT gives the Marcus DAILY string
Il decided advantage. They are keyed
for early racing, while Mr.. Morris and
other horsemen are expecting to race
theirs all season. Mr.. Mossom has
trained his to a race and sell the 10th
of May. and he has made a good job
of it. I think that later on Mr.. Nor
ris' Modrine and one or two other will
beat, or at any rate, equal anything
in the DAILY string, but at present, Mr..
Mossom's charges have the advantage
of being perfectly fit and ready. I
a bit after they change hands there
will be some disappointed two-year-
old owners. as the ones who buy them
must not expect them to keep this sort
of thing up for any great length of
stme.
There is no question of there being
good horses in the DAILY string, but I
like Fred Mossom's training better than
l like his horses. I don't think he need
take a back seat for anybody when it
comes to getting a horse fit. I rather
like Larva among the older horses, and
I have always liked the looks of the
two-year- old 1nishield. Montanic, how
ever. is certainly a good one
Still another authority hastens to fix
up a lot of copy" for his paper, in
which he tells about the splendid riding
of Jockey Morgan, who has been dub
bed the Indian by Eastern writer's:
Marcus Daily took the second race,
a dash of four and a half furlongs, for
two-year- with Montanic, who was
a winner on the opening day of the
meeting. This was another tight
squeeze. Montanic and the Kensico
stables colt, Peaceful, made the rum
ming as "a team from beginning to end.
The Indian, Morgan, or Montanic,
had Spencer, on Peaceful, pinned
against the rail all the way and never
gave him a fair chance, to exert him
self. 1t was a clever trick on Morgan's
part, and made him look like some of
the old-time riders. who We're always
up to just Guch a game. Montanic was
a 8 to favorite, and Peaceful was the
good thing for the place. There was
some crowding at the first turn in this
race. in the midst of which King This
tie fell, and Odom, who rode him, got
nasty fall. He escaped, however, with
nothing worse than a shaking up.
Motley, a gray filly, by Montana
Ella Gregg, was Marcus Dalv's third
winner OF the day, she taking the Rose
stakes, a dash of four and q half fur
longs, for two-year-old fillies. Besides
Motley, Marcus DAILY. started another
candidate, Hampton. Motley is trained
by Billy Lakeland and Hampton by Fred
Mossom. The stable was an over
whelmng favorite at 2 to s, the Messrs.
Morris filly, the Amazon, being next
choice at to l.
THE Amazon took the lead at the
start and kept until near the finish,
when Motley overhauled her and won
cleverly by three parts Of a length this
being the second win of the day for
the half-breed Indian boy, Morgan
who is easily the champion rider of the
Aqueduct season.