Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-02
THE TURF.

of the driving while the horses in his
string have been given their work. On
the second day Of the New York meet
ing he hitched the PAGER Coney to a
road. wagon and just before the races
began drove him a mile in 2:02A without
a ~pacenNaker and without n special
preparation but one Warrning-up mile.
There We're no regularly appointed
judges in the stand and the watches We're
held by people in the audience, but of the
many itickers held none made 1T as slow
as 1908.
The celebrated EPSON course over
which the English derby is annually run
was considerably altered in 1872. up to
that time the start being made at a point
called Langley Bottom. An official sur
vey of the course was made just before
the alterations were ordered, and the fol-
lowing lis the result: In the first 100
yards lit rises 1 foot i'm Is feet; In the
next 100 yards 1T rises l foot in Is; in the
next 100 yards lit rises l foot in II; in the
next 100 yards lit rises l foot in Is; in
the next 215 yards it rises l foot in 40;
in the next 1856 yards ut rises l foot in rs
(here it joins the old or present course);
in the following 100 yards it rises l foot
in As feet Chere endeth the hill). The
next 72O yards through the furzes are
nearly fiat; then a gradual descent of a
foot in Is feet for $50 yards, then l foot
in As for the following $50 yards; then
i 1OOL IN 5E TOT VNe HeNl 1U3 ydTuS, InGN
nearly fiat for 116 yards. and ends on o
steady rise from the distance to the be-
ginning of the stand of l foot in 30 feet,
and from the stand to THE winning post
of / foot in ga very severe finish. AS
the course is somewhat easier now than
ii was when the last survey was made,
this must be taken into consid GRAFTON
in comparing the relative times in which
the race was run.-Breeder and Sports
man.
Mckinley lis certain to be the champion
sire of 2:15 performers before long. He
already has IA in that exclusive list at
Is years of age, n two or three more
are getting ready Ito get into the circle
before the year is ended.
j. C. kirkpatrick has placed his PAGER
Clipper. 2:O6. by Diablo. in the hands OF
Charles JeffIies, as the latter is going
to Los Angeles and Mr.. Kirkpatrick de-
sires ito race his horse there. He will be
entered in the 2:O6 class and perhaps in
the free for all.
There are seven PAGERS in the 2:03 list.
and as the crowd gets greater they will
naturally push a few over into the 300
list.
Henry Utter says The Admiral, by
Arion, out of Nancy Hanks, 2:O4, has as
much speed as any horse he ever drew Z
rein over.
Bill Mckinley and Bill Bryan were
both returned winners on a half mile
track recently, though they did not NEE:
in the same race.
Directum. 2:05A, got his third new
performer for 1900 last week at Worces-
ter, Mass, Consuela, by him, winning
the 2:45 trot and taking a mile in
2:24A.
Jupe, hitched to a wagon, stepped tht
week dn 1:O2fi -; fifth fiji fflfnfflfH r.,
last half of a mile at Hartford las
week in 1:O2ha, the last quarter in 30 sec
onds. He was the most admired trottel
on the grounds.
The flight of speed which The Abbo
possesses. is the greatest ever known IL
a ~trotter. To sulky at Providence h
stepped home from the half in 1:0OA, tn,
last. quarter in 30A seconds, n t
: wagon at Hartford he finished the los