Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17
RACING, BOXING,
COURSING
AND BASEBALL.
SADDLE AND l. E


Sportsmen generally have lost a good
friend and leader by the death of that
prince of sportsmen, Marcus Daily. From
the lowly "swipe" to the wealthy owner
and trainer. all will sincerely grieve. Mr..
Daily loved a good horse. and nothing
gave him more pleasure than to see a
nice trial of speed, in harness or under
saddle, though probably he liked the
gallopers a little the better. In his busy
life. he could not devote as much time
to sport as he liked, but when he could
none enjoyed it more keenly.
The Bitter Root ranch is an ideal stock
farm. There may be one or two larger.
perhaps one or two that possess a better
average lot of brood mares, but taking
into consideration size, fertility. i'm
provements, class of breeding stock. ma
tural beauty. climate. all desirable quail
tiles of a stock farm. it is certain there
is no other like it in the world.
A thousand anecdotes could be related
showing Mr.. Days true sporting spirit.
He said not long ago to one of the racing
officials: You will hear a deal of kick
ing but pay no attention to it: go right
ahead and enforce the rules. l, myself.
may ever kick when perhaps l should
not; but more than ever pay no atten-
ton but go ahead. If anybody has to get
a little the worst of it. let it be me; I
can afford it better than a lot of these
fellows"
On another OCCASION. a friend was jok-
ing him about a report in the paddock
that it was DAILY money which made a
certain horse a favorite. "Of course it's
always DAY. he said, with a tinge of
hitfnrracS .s,yar1, Ii,fx, tria1 fhnt ic
played in Montana they lay to DAILY"
Then the humor of the situation came to
his rescue, and he went on, with a win
kle of merriment, Il used to think I was
a fairly decent fellow, but they nave
called me a scoundrel so often that 1 am
beginning to believe they are right. You
wouldn't think I was such a rascal, to
at me, would you, now?' AS it
happened. the horse in question won. and
he was l~aughingly congratulated, to
which his only reply was a good humored
punch between the shoulders Of the
joker.
1t is a common complaint among the
owners that the large owners get
he best of it. a complaint that vas often
of Mr.. Daily. AS a matter of fact,
lie got rather the worst of it both in
and conditions, and he was al
Ways willing to TAXI a little additional
handicap of one kind or another. If he
won. so much the better; if beaten, more
to the man who beat him.
For years Mr.. Daily practically sup
ported racing in Montana at his own ex-
,ense, and built and equipped race
racks at Butte, Anaconda and Hamil-
tina will compare favorably with
hose at any of the big cities. This he
id for the public benefit. The only good
le got out of it personally was a Dig
Iebit balance and a very expensive OPP
,ortunity to try his youngsters.
Dave Lawrence, who was E. A. Tip
on's right bower" during the last sea-
son off racing here, was in town recently
trying very hard to organize a jockey
club or some other sort of combination to
racing in Montana next season.
Dave is a hustler, if there ever was one,
and it is to be hoped he will succeed, or If
he. someone else who will get racing
going again. 1t seems a pity to have the
Butte and Anaconda tracks
lying idle, particularly in a community
that patronizes racing so literally. The
last two or three racing seasons We're
rather long, but it would be very agree
awe IL d ScdSOL VI l"SIlS uosS 49,
and perhaps five or ten days at Helena,
Great Falls and Anaconda could be ar
ranged so as to fit in with Spoka..e and
points in the northwest, III order nat
the horses could come here ron Denver,
go from here west and so back to Frisco
by fall. The fact that the matter is be-
ing talked of at this time is encouraging.
The last two seasons nothing has been
said or done until really too late, only a
few weeks before time to start, n ma
turally the agitation ended with a flash
in the pan.
The officials at the Oakland track are
starting in as if they meant to make the
Jockeys behave themselves in proper
style. During the first week of racing
two or three were ''set down. or other
wise punished. 1t is to be hoped the good
work will be kept up. The fact that a
number of boys, some of them mere chill
dren, should be allowed to monkey
with the money of the bettors, as they
do, is as wonderful as it is absurd. They
should be taught that their idea of their
own Importance is slightly exaggerated.
Occasions are not uncommon when a
sound spanking would seem to be about
the proper remedy.
James B.. Ferguson, the we'll known
starter, died at Lexington on November
10, as the result of the recent operation
to remove a bullet from his back. Mr..
Ferguson started here and at Anaconda
in 1897 and 1898. Some of the starts he
accomplished required an ability little
short of genius.
Billy Randall won a good race with
Panamint last Saturday, and the report
is that he had a swell bet down. Mon
m horsemensrejoice when Billy takes
them into camp" Panamint was a five
to one shot, and six to five for place.