The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20

son of No. 367 West Twenty-third street,
Let me quote few lines from Jack
sons true story"
Playing the races has robbed me of the
following possessions:
my wife.
"Twenty-one thousand dollars in money.
1.-Two good business positions.
"Self-respect, happiness. home, health.
Il made my first bet on a horse in 1887
on the Morris Park track
Acting on my sporting friends advice
/ placed s. on Ban Cloche, who was book
ed at to l for the first race thus
stood to win should Ban Cloche come in
ahead.
Il nearly broke my own neck in my
rush to the bookmaker whose ticket
held I believe I had notion he might
have decamped with my precious ten.
He had not and showed a crisp SO
bill carelessly into my hand before hur-
rylng on to pay larger winnings.
1T was on Aug. IS
And that was where poor. dear Jackson
fell! Oh! what a fall was there, We lovers
of truth and accuracy! Hank to the cold
facts that stare this unblushing West
side Apanias in the face!
l. Morris Park wasn't built in 1887 Its
first meeting was held in 1889.
2. Ban Cloche ran only twice in 1877. and
was beaten both times, once at Lexing-
ton and again at Louisville.
3. Ban Cloche in all his career never won
race al Morris Park and never won at
to ! anywhere.
there has never been any racing there on
an Aug. 15
.. If our dear friend Ananas had put up
- at to l the veriest tyro in racing mat
ters knows that he would have received
$15 from the bookmaker. and not the
crisp SO bill he chirrups about.
1t is evident that Charlie Dwyer intends
to build up racing stable in England by
gradually securing a smart performer now
and then out of selling races. His pur-
chase the other day of the Miss Nellie
tilly after she had won the Long Course
Trial plate proves that he has his eye
open for horses that can win over the
English courses.
Dwyer paid 5SS sovereigns for the FLY
and is reported to have won omething
like $4,000 over the race in bets so that
he could very well afford to take chance
with her. With Sly Fox and the two or
three others that were taken over with
him, and the 3-year-old that he bought in
England last season, Dwyer will soon
have the nucleus of a good string And
if they are good enough to win there they
will bring home many a swell bet. For
in the matter of racing his horses and
betting on them.
M. Menier, the millionaire chocolate
manufacturer of France, is a man of
sporting turn of mind, according to re-
ports from that country. Not long ago he
had shooting party and before the days
sport began he caused to be paraded $50
race horses, each with a jockey on his
back. The reason why there were not 200
was that the requisite number of lads
could not be found. M. Mener has the
reputation of owning 200 of the worst
thoroughbreds in the world. but he goes
on training them all the same
Lillian Russell is to own a racing sta
bic.
Following the example of Lily Langtry
and of Nine. Jane Hading the beauty of
the American stage will race horses. if
not this season. then in 1900 Her agents
are already at work and she is buying
yearlings and even selling platers. and
the Russell colors will some day be as ia
miliar to the American turf as have been
those of 'Mr. Jersey in England.
Miss Russell has long been a prominent
figure on the tracks of this vicinity. She
has been known as a close follower of the