The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-06
SUNDAY RACES PLANNED
There May Be a Crowd at An
Clair Driving Park.
PLENTY OF HORSES THERE
The Only Drawback Is the Track Isn't
on a Street Car Line-Plunger WAL
ton Won $4,000 on Girofl,.
Palo Alto Stock Farm.

1t is probable that the MANAGEMENT
of Au Clair driving park will arrange
to give a regular Sunday afternoon
racing card. The horses, or most of
them there now, will remain all sum-
mer, as there are good stalls and plenty
of everything at hand to keep a racer
in training. Some of the owners figure
that they can keep their horses at the
track and in condition as well as any
other place, besides there is the posi-
bility of making a few dollars in match
ed races. 1t has been demonstrated
that five miles on a wagon road is too
far for the patrons of racing in Butte,
They positively refused to go out there
to see the races, some Of which were as
good as many seen on the big track.
Dingley has good string out there, in
Guiding Bill Howard, McPryor. Nc
Light, Silver Jim and others. while
Beming & Caldwell have Juya and l.
Don't Know. There are Is or 20 Others
that raced here last summer. If the
track were on the street car line it
would be well patronized. Mr.. Au Clair
may conclude to arrange for getting
afternoons.
The month of October will see the
finish of the thoroughbred department
at the famous Palo Alto stock farm In
California. 1t was originally intended
to sell the thoroughbreds at private
sale, but no satisfactory arrangements
could be effected and now negotiations
are pending for public SALE to be held
in New York. The thoroughbred stall
lions, brood mares and yearlings have
been consigned to the Tipton-Fasig safe
in New York and will be knocked down
to the highest bidder without any re-
serve whatever. The trotting depart
ment Is to be maintained at Palo Alto,
but although fairly successful at times,
the breeding of thoroughbreds has been
a secondary consideration. The thor
oughbred department at Palo Alto was
established in 1878 and several years
later Senator Stanford imported
choice lot of English brood mares to
Palo Alto, and their youngsters have
helped to make California famous as a
horse-breetling state.
The largest amount ever won on one
race in the United States was taken
down by F. T. (Plunge) Walton, who
a few weeks ago filed a petition in
bankruptcy. 1t was a Sheepshead bay,
oSpt. liz 1000, Tile race DelHs Il sweep
stakes of a mile. $500 each, with 81, 500
added, between Pierre Lorillard's Bar
rett, 1903 pounds; Dwyer Bros Bootjack,
los, and Snedeker & Co. S Girofle, 1903.
Whorton. the English bookmaker, who
came to this country with a lot of mon
ey and pluck, and returned home with
a small bank roll and weakened spirit,
was doing business on the race. He
laid Walton $4,000 to $4,000 against
Giroie at the OPENING of the betting,
and shortly afterward gave him SIS, 900
against $4,000, making a total of $40,-
900 against 100000, which is still the
heaviest transaction between any two
that has ever taken place
on a race in this country. Girofe won.
Barrett was second and Bootjack third
Walton won $4,000 more from other
bookmakerS and cleared $4,000 on the
race. Billy Donohue rode the winner,
Hughes was on Barrett and McLaugh-
lin on Bootjack. Lorillard and Mike
Dwyer We're heavy losers on the race.
The greatest wager between individ-
uals ever noted at a Chicago track was
made during the Washington park
meeting of 1890. But 1t was not on a,