Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-31
DRIVING CLUB
HORSE RACES
SEASON OPENED AT EAU CLAIRE
PARK WITH A GOOD QUAIL
ITY OF SPORT.
- -aAR
LARGE ATTENDANCE
AND SOME BETTING.
Lans w. Rung in Under the Name of
Sterling Won a Heat and With
drawn-Four Events.

Horse racing is a sport that catches
the OF the inhabitants of Butte.
1t makes no difference whether the con
tests take place in Oshkosh, On the Am
algamated company's rack here or
on the half mile oval track at the
rear of the Five-mtle house south of the
city. they like 1t just the same.
Yesterday was the opening day Of the
Mems Driving club holiday and Sunday
season of racing at the latter track, and
for a starter it was all right. Several
hundred persons from the city were in
attendance, and although they did not
plunge to any extent on the results, the
money wagered was genuine coin Of the
United States. There were two styles
of betting, the Paris mutual at 81 per
mute and the auction system with no
limit on the auctioneer's side. The bet
ting privileges were under the supervi-
sion of "Stoney" Clark.
There were four races, three of which
We're in harness. In the first event. a
special pace, 2 in 3. mile heats, nine
horses had been entered. but only four
started They We're Royal, owned by P.
A. Breen, an East Park street druggist:
Ralph R., the property of Gus English
of Anaconda Black Bess, owned by G..
Steve Parker. Ralph r., sold as a warm
fayorite against the others in a bunch.
The first heat was captured by Royal in
2:32. and the mutual boxes yielded a total
Of $4.2O, a winning of $3.50 on each ticket.
Black Bess was second and Ralph r..
third. For the second heat Royal re-
ceived the consideration of the GROVE and
won feet down in 2:30. with Black Bess
; second and Ralph r. third. Josey was
! never a prominent contender in either
heat. The lucky mutual players took
down $40 on Royal in the second heat.
The second race was a free-for-all trOt
and pace. There We're only three start
ers-Howell. owned by Charles McGar-
/ vey; Almax, owned by J.. r. Roy, and
Adeline. the property of A. G.. McKin.
non. Howell took the first heat in 2:3s.
Alma being second. The mutuals yield
ed 1925. Howell also captured the sec
| ond, but had to get down to business to
| do it, as Adeline pressed him hard and
fast the entire mile. Howe1rs time in
the second heat was 2:24. The mutuals
paid $3.50.
The third race was a 2:ss trot, mile
heats, 2 and 3, for $1,000. The contestors
were Harry w, owned by DR.. Wyer-
horst: D.. C. s. whose oats and hay are
paid for by D G. Smith, and Lans W..
which belongs in the livery barn of J. r.
Reed. The latter was entered under the
name of Sterling. Lans w. is an old
racer, but only a few of the best of the
crowd were aware of his identity. In
the first heat he fooled along the course
behind the other horses, unJl the wire
was in sight and then let himself out q
link or two, winning from Harry w. Dy
a nose in 2:42 After all the money In
the mutual boxes had been drawn down
by the lucky ticket holders those who
had Lans w. in charge revealed his true
colors and refused to start him again.
D. C. S. took the second and third heats
easily. as Harry w stepped on a stone
each time while making the circuit and
was thrown off his gait.
The days sport wound UP with a halt
mile dash in which Aurora B., owned by
Frank Fl. Coonev: L,1rline. owned by
Che r'es Cariher: Orc Elmo, the property
| Of Frank Howard. an's LaBe'le b.. own
Cd by Pat Mullins, We're the starters
THE race was won by Aurora r. with
j Kline up. Lurline second with McLaugh-
| lin in the saddle. and Orc Fine third
with Pierce on the deck. Time, 80. The
winner was the favorite in the betting