The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-14

Catholic church, and the priest in
charge was an intimate friend of one
of the horse owners. Once a month
the priest would hunt up his friend, the
horse owner, usually finding him at the
stables and collect the customary do
nation. 1t so happened that every time
the horse owner gave to the church,
the priest would say: Il wish you luck
and hope your horse wins to-day" and
every time the priest wished the horse
luck the horse won.
Finally another horse owner observed
the peculiar coincidence, and when the
priest would appear, he also would has
ten to donate to the church. The luck
of the gift followed the donor and he,
too, won when the priest wished him
luck.
Finally one day the priest came and
both men had horses in the same race.
The priest said to each: II hope your
horse wins" and the horses ran a dead
heat. n.
Yellow Tails race the other day in
which he covered the Futurity course
in 1:10A, pulled up almost to walk,
furnished turfmen food for Sunday gos-
sip and was the sensation of the sea-
sons racing. The Futurity course is
ITO feet short of three quarters. One
trainer measured off that distance be-
yond the judges stand before the race,
Tail passed the improvised mark, get
ting him in 1:13A, with Fosters colt
almost at a standstill and ready to
return to the scales. Good judges of
horse racing believe Yellow Tail could
have equaled the worlds record at
three-quarters of mile if asked. Fos-
ter & Hackett, who own Yellow Jacket
and Sam McKeever jointly, We're jubi-
liant after the race.
yellow Tail is himself now and fast
err than ever in his life said Foster.
He commenced to get good just as we
were leaving New York, but a little
too late to show Gotham that we had
the grandest 2-year-old of his year.
Richard Croker became enthusiastic
over the horses looks size and action.
and if I could have shown him in a
trial as fast as now he would have
paid me $4,000 for him and raced him
in England.
Dan Burns. of the firm of Burns &
Waterhouse, who sold the colt to Foster
for $4,000, said after the race that Vel
low Tail was worth twice what
they had sold him for. 1t has leaked
out that Burns had made an offer for
the colt and might secure him during
the coming week.
An Eastern exchange thus reviews
the American candidates for the Eng
lish Derby of next year:
u. sE. Madden heads the list Of en-
tries with string of seven, as follows:
Colonel Roosevelt by Falsetto-Pearl
Thorn; Larzelore by Bramble-Charity;
Waring by Masetto-The Sweeper; Dan
Regain by Spendthrift = Cinderella;
Qucksand by Quicklime-Spinette; The
Chamberlain by Lisbon-Patrimony;
and David Garrick by Hanover-Peg
Wellington.
1.-THE last two are now the property
of Pierre Lorillard and their worth is
we'll known. David Garrick performed
fairly well at times, but he is hardly up
to Derby form. The Chamberlain was
much of disappointment to Mr.. Lor-
lizard, but as he is slashing, fine look
ing colt, and a full brother to the
speedy Keenan,, should he be sent to
England he may give good account
OF himself He worked the mile dis
lance at Sheepshead Bay in the early
part of the summer in 1:44, when no g
year-old was asked to go over six fur
longs.
"Waring, now owned by F. T. Par
ker, is as fast as the wind, and can go
any distance, but as he is reported to
have bad ankles, it is hardly likely that
he will be sent around Tattenham Cor
ner next year.