The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-01
ANACONDA NEWS.
JOCKEYS AND HORSES
Are Now Attracting the Atten-
ton of Horemen.
TODSLOAN ANlHlS MONEY
Some Good Shipmhts to England.
pullman, the Montena Jockey. Being
Talked About-Iew Figures in
Cross-Counry Racing.

Tod Sloan, the fmous young Ameri-
can jockey, is ATTACHING the attention
of all the famous horsemen by the way
he squanders his money. The eastern
papers are publishing news about Tod's
doings, and his Tally life, it seems, it
very interestingjto readers of eastern
papers, if the spec that they give to it
is any indication. The following item
is taken from te Spirit of the Times:
IF Tod Sloal was under contract to
ride for me neX season think should
be doing little worrying just now
said an old hoseman at lunch the other
day. These tories about his travelling
about the cointry in special train.
about his dipping into Wall street spec
ulation. winning and losing large sums
at faro and poker, shooting pigeon
matches on he Pacific coast, and haV-
ing a weakness for actresses, such as
the sensational papers are exploiting
nowadays, have a sort of reminiscent
flavor to M. 1t was not so very long
ago that tie papers We're publishing a
lot of verysimilar stories about Snap
per- Garrison, who was then as great a
public favTite as jockey as Sloan has
been during the past two or three
years. l. VII lllCdIl " say llldl NIdTTl-
son was ger Sloan's equal as a horse
man, but he was in his day just as
much of an idol. Well, he went the
gait. Nthing was quite good enough
for him. Sloan is going the same gait,
only stpnger. Garrison fetched up
short because of it. I wonder if it is
going tt be case of going up like a
rocket md coming down like a stick in
Sloan's case? If it isn't he'll be the
first or of the bunch that l remember
who has successfully gone through such
a carpaign. Think of them-Isaac
MURPHY. George Church, Harry Griffin,
Patsy McDermott, to mention only a
few q them. all crack riders in their
day. They're the ones that make me
say tat if Sloan was under contract to
ride lor me l should be doing little
worrying about this time"
Lhy Reel. Semper Fidele. Semper
Car, La Belle, Elizabeth L., Lizzie d.
anda number of other noted thorough
brel mares shipped to England last
writer are now about to due to foal to
I'M. Inverness and Montana and other
Bitter Root stations. These mares We're
bdght in Kentucky by Ed A. Upton
fo Mr.. DAILY, and after being sent to
Mntana where they were bred, they
we're sold abroad, and are now ready to
make history for the English turf. The
gals which they had when at Bitter
loot farm are now yearings, and will
je among the consignment of that es-
Adjustment in this seasons sales.
Z The entries to tie stakes to be run for
TT the spring and fall meetings of the
West chester Racing association, as well
Hs those of the spring meeting of the
Washington Jockey club, are published
in the Racing Calendar of Feb. 23. The
entries to the various events to be given
at the Washington and Westminster
spring meetings are highly satisfactory,
and a marked Improvement as a whole
ever those Of previous years. This Is
particularly the case in the cross coun-
try events, in which number of COM
paratively new names are found. in
Guiding those of Marcus DAILY, Fleisch-
mann's Sons, FoXhall p. Keene. James
OConnor w. l.. oliver, c. H. Hur-
kamp. c. Littlefield. ir.. Col J. H. L.
Strathy. W. NJ Barrick and Charles
OK.
Henry Stull, the well known animal
painter, now in San Francisco, was
present at the Oakland races a few
DAYS ago, and he greatly admired the
riding of pullman. the now famous
Montana jockey. After the races he
was asked his opinion of the jockey by
q we'll known turfman and he replied:
pullman has in him the making of n
great jockey. Some eastern stable
ought to secure him.
1t is said that if Ben Holiday starts
at all this season it will be in the Su-
burban and not in the Brooklyn handi-
cap.