The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03

wire at the winning post, but the posi-
is somewhat on the plan Of the English
winning posts. There is a large grand
stand, little lower than American
ones, and, of course a band of music.
The method of starting is similar to
the method in the States, using two red
flags. Notwithstanding the fact that
the horses run with their right shoulder
to the rail, the jockeys hold the reins
in the left and the whip in the right
hand.
The distances these small creatures
run and the weight they carry seem
enough to make an Anglo-SaXon blush.
No wonder it takes them so long to go
the distances they run. The ponies
stand from u to Is hands hish-tha-
is, from As to 80 inches in height, and
are marked on the programme by
inches, not by hands. There seem to be
few handicapS: as a rule they carry
weight for inches, instead of age. [
see that there is one race called the
Union Club in which ponies standing
80 inches carry. according to their rast
performances. 1874, 13S, 1876, 139 ana 40
pounds. The race is mile and quar-
ter. The Derby run on Thursday last
in a torrent of rain, which had been
falling for two hours previous to the
race, is two and a quarter miles for
ponies, all except one standing 80
inches. the exception 40 inches. all ;ges,
the 50-inch ponies carrying l34 pouaGs;
the 49-inch one carrying 1873 pounds.
In most of the races height alone is
considered, ponies standing As inches
carrying 132 pounds 40, 1873; 50, 1S4; 81,
1856; So 1856
Three quarters of a mile is thu
shortest race; the distances are from
that to two and a quarter miles thres
times round the track, and the weights
never less than 1872, almost always 134.
Il was present on Saturday, and took
the time of the five races, there heins
five each day, five days races, Satur-
day being the last day.
The times. as | took them, were:
| one mile, 2:15: one and a quarter miles,
| 2:5S; one and a quarter miles, 2:59; ons
| and a half miles, 3:35 and three-uuar-
| ters of a mile, las.
| AS to prOmptness much can be said
| in the Jockey clubs favor. There are
! three bells rung-one bell to get ready.
| two bells to saddle, three bells to go to
| the post A few minutes only are al
| lowed between bells, and the ponies are
out at the post promptly on the very
minute announced on the card / need
| not inform you that the starting ma
| chine is not used here. There are no
| breakaways and no false starts. The
| distance is so great and the pace so
| slow that it matters little that one. and
| sometimes two, animals. are left stand
| ing few seconds after the others are
well on their journey. There is no pedi-
! gree of the animals on the race card
| Betting seems very brisk. | don't be-
! lieve there is any pulling on the part
| of the jockeys, nor is there much pull
| ing on the part of the horses in the
! last mile of a two and a quarter mile
race, with 1874 pounds up"
J. w. Gilbert of Friend Neb., is do
| ing a favor to the whole West as well
/ tloAS tot .NfN aINrnC Cly to- talN li-1;
and maintaining the extensive deer
| farm that he does. Nine years ago,
| having all his life been great hunter,
he viewed with grave alarm the rapid
| disappearance of the deer in this coun-
try, and to stay it as much as lay in
| the power of one man, he decided to
| COlonize a part of his farm with deer
! and elk. This deer farm is located six
| and half miles southeast of Friend,
| on Turkey creek, and consists of rs
| acres, the whole of which is enclosed
with Pages wire fence. He began TO
stock his farm by bringing three elks,
| two female and one male, from Green
| River. Wyo. He now has, nine years
| later, 19 elks. A full grown buck
| weighs between 800 and 800 pounds.
His deer consist of two varieties, the
| black and the white tails. OF the for-
| mer he secured two in Green River and
| one male over in Iowa and of these he
| now has five He bought two white
| tails in Hastings, and now has 15 A
full grown elk will bring 800 and either
a black or white tail deer $25. When
turned into beef the fore and hind quar-
ters of the elk. together with the head
| for mounting, will bring half what the
| live animal will The deer in the same
| shape will sell for SO Mr. Gilbert in
vested 5000 in stock 5000 in wire fence
and considers his land worth $4,000. He
| says that if he had time he would go
= t1,o ,Al.A Esnla
| money could be made in selling venison,
| which WHOLESALERS at 10 cents pound.
His farm is a favorite place for picnics.
| as both the deer and the elk are as
| tame as domestic animals.
One of the best indications of what
| men think is what they will bet, says
| the Philadelphia Press, and now that
| Shamrock is here wagerS large ana
| small are offered on every side. 1t
| may be a touch of native pride, and
| then it may not, but 1t is nevertheless
| a fact that to-day shrewd and usually
| careful betters are offering odds on
| Columbia. always as good rs ) to 2
| and in many cases to l. There is a
| world of confidence in the American
| soop, and this is doubtless strengthen
| ed by an inspection of Shamrock, which
does not really impress the observer
| to the extent that was expected. She
| is not as trim Il lOOhlHS craft dS was
| Nalkyfie Ill, despite her evident power,
and there are many who say little ana
observe much who are carefully heard
ing their pennies to bet on the big
white sloop from UP Bristol way. A
| comparison with Columbia just at this
| time would be the merest sort of guess
| work and there will be no chance to
| tell what Shamrock will really look
| like until she spreads her huge white
| sails and sets out to try little Ameri-
| can air There is one prediction that
| looks as though it might be justified,
| however, and the idea is gained from
a glance stolen of the Shamrock's un-
| derbody as she lifts to the swells OF
passing steamers, and that is that Fife
has built or designed something decided
| ly like the once famous Yankee skim
| ming dish and hung a deep fin with
a lead bulb on it to take the place OF
| the time honored center board. This
| conclusion is reached from a view
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