Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

him to do good work when he is started
this season. He is in good condition, and
has filled out a great deal since he did the
circuit here, and we'll deserved the rest he
has had, for he was not out of the circuit
once in four years previous to that, and
probably won as much purse money as
any gallOper on the turf during that time.
l shall never part with Joe while I can
help it, as I consider the old black rascal
my mascot, and besides he has earned his
keep a hundred times over, no matter
how long he may live. st. German is
another of my stable that has been in
this state, and is not slow. I had sew
eral of my horses at the Denver meet last
month and took nine purses, but they
! were not very large. I hOuld not have
I brought my horses to Denver were it not
for the fact that 1 expected a few weeks
meet would be arranged for the Helena
and Great Falls tracks. 1 was sent for
with that expectation, but the people
who had the matter in charge We're too
slow, and the meet fell thrOugh and I
am sorry it did, for 1 believe the state
could stand a good race meeting, and it
would have been a success.
In California the seasons racing will
open at Sacramento on the 5th of Sep
TENDER n last until the 18th, then go
ing to Oakland for a week, after which
there will be two weeks ut TanfOran and
Oakland alternately for the balance of
the winter, beginning November l. The
former track is over the county line, and
just outside the city limits of San Fran
cisco, and was started when the city
stopped racing within it's limits. It is
an avoidance Of coming counter to the
city ordinance on racing, and the crowds
are just as large as they We're at Ingle-
side before it was closed. The attend
ance at the races in California is al
ways large. and the length of time the
races are continued seems to make no
difference in the attendance.
Il am sorry I cannot be here to vote
his fall, and I hope that the straight re-
publican ticket will be elected-of which
Leader.
The national stallion race, with "a, 1000
added by the Westchester Racing Assoc
citation, will be run at Morris Park. New
York, during the spring meeting of 1902
by the ewo-year-olds. 1t will be for the
get of stations nominated in the stake,
and entries for stations only will close
on Tuesday, the 18th of this month. The
race is for foals of this year and they
must be named on Tuesday, December
18th, 1900. Nominations of stations are
by subscription of $50 each, or only $25
each for stations which have not sired
a winner prior to December l, 1900. OF
the subscription for stations the nOmina-
tors of the Sires of the first, second and
third horses shall receive 25 per cent, Is
per cent and 10 per cent respectively. The
so per cent, to the winner. There are a
number of stations in California, the get
of which are likely to be sent east for
sale next year and it will be of great ad-
vantage to owners to have their produce
eligible to this stake -Ei
Breeder and Sportsman: A party of
Germans consisting of Major Won Kleist,
Lieut.. Won Boercke, Messrs. Lobenstein
ad Won Leon of the neutrality-suspicious.
Steamship company, and army veterin-
aries HUSTLED and Bergman have been
travelling over Kern and Tulare counties,
California during the past week looking
for stock for the German army in China
They visited the Kern County land Com
pany's ranch and are now inspecting the
horses and mules there. The stock want
ed is both horses and mules already brok-
en-. The saddle animals mostly for use of
officers, must be from IA 1-2 to Is 1-2
hands high and weigh between $50 and
l, $780,; the draft stock not less than IA ga
hands high and weighing from LOO to l.
800. A price has already been agreed
pom in case a sale is made. 1t is 1925 per
head delivered in San Francisco. Be-
tween 400 n 500 head answering the re-
| quirementS are available.
An old grudge, originating in England
! two years g was what prompted Tod
Sloan, the jockey, to bid up John E.
McDonald's four-year-old Belle of Troy,
after her victory in the second race
| Tuesday, from 81, 900 to 81, 900. The race
cost Mr.. Mcdonald nearly all his Win
nings on Belle of Troy and benefited the
Fleishmanns, whose colt Peaceful ran
second to the Fonso filly They got 81 900,
which partly compensated them for the
loss of Six Shooter in the next race. Nc
Donald protected Belle of Troy, because
he wants her for the stud after she has
finished her racing career. Her Gam,
The Belle, is royalty bred and was the
mother of McDonald's good six-year-old
Rensselaer,.
George H. Ketcham says there is no
truth in the report hat an offer of $780,
600 for Cresceus 2:06 was made by east
ern horsemen after the stallion trotted
the greatest race at Cleveland. Il was
offered $35, 00l Sor Cresceus at Pittsburg
on the Fourth of July said Mr.. ketcham,
but that is the only offer I have had
this year. I refused 1t because l don't
want to sell him.
Miller & Lux sold last week, to an
; agent of the German government, five
hundred horses for cavalry service IN
China. The animals are unbrOken; the
horses sold for $50 a head and the mares
$40. Miller & Lux gave $3.50 a head for
the same animals in Nevada in 1898.
Thomas W.. Lawson, the owner OF the
great f~our-year-old Boralma, is one or
the very wealthy men who know how to
) get a real enjoyment out of their money,
says the Breeder and Sportsman. Be-
fore the Massachusetts $40, 600 stake was
trotted at Readville, Mr.. Lawson ascer-
tanning that his colt was lame, request
ed that he be barred in the betting as
though Boralma was to start. he did
not wish the public to lose any money
on him if he failed through lameness.
Boralama won. however, and his share