Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-20

ming actually would not pay the running
expenses of a stable. Someone calculat-
ed hast winter that the whole amount of
added money of the winter season on the.
coast would fall far short of paying ex-l
penses of the horses actually in training.
If it were divided pr~oportionately- among
them. Under such circumstances owners
had to bet and win to keep going, which
led to fixed races and all sorts of
crimes and misdemeanors. The prince
and his friends have copied the Austria
liam system, which has worked marvels
in that country, making thoroughbreds
worth good prices and insuring. clean
racing, since any decent string could win
their Dense and a small profit with
out a dollar from the pool boxes. Race
tracks in the past have been regarded
too much in the light OF a graft" to their
prorrietors, only enough money being
hung UP to keep the owners from quitting
the game, and every means being used
to increase the profits or the betting.
Fifteen or sixteen years ago, and for
years before that time, thoroughbred
%yearlings in the United States were worth
and actually sold for an average of $500
each; for the last ten years it is question
able if the average price has run over
$500, at which price they could only be
raised at a heavy loss, a deterioration
in value of millions of dollars in the thor
oughbred holdings, since it extended to
stations, brood mares, horses in train
inc and all classes.
T. E. Heating, the famous driver, we'll
known in Montana, died last week at
Lexington, Ky. His performances on the
= Montana circuit with Cttinger, Ana
conda, Searchlight, klatawa and others
will be we'll remembered. Heating Yves
a small man and of frail physique, and
could not handle a rough horse or a pull
Ter, but with one of these Tightly, lender
mouuthed skip-jacks he was a wonder,
driving them with SUCH delicate art that
he got every inch of speed out of them.
One Of his noteworthy characteristics
was the exquisite %neatness OF his equip
ments. His horses were always turned
out fit for the show ring, their names
neatly braided with ribbon, his sulky
painted white, his own costume white
and fresh and his rubEers uniformed in
white jackets. Nervous horses usually
have more speed than they ever show in
a race in average hands, out Tom Keat-
ing could humor them along without
their breaking, showing what delicate
oiiA dliu cautious 1lduulluS can 90 with
rattle-pates.
The Abbot 2:03A, champion gelding.
Alix 2:03%, champion t~rotting mare.
Cresceus 2:04, champion trotting still
ion.
Fully 20, 900 people saw Cresceus win
the great stallion race at Readville
track.
Advertiser, 2:15k, defeated a lot Of
fine stations in the show ring of the
Orange county fair, New York.
Nathan Straus of New York has sold
his trotter Our Jack 2:13h, to a friend
who will use him on the speedway.
The Terre Haute meeting had to be
brought to a close OF Thursday, the 2Sth
of September, owing to continued rains.
Directum Kelly 2:0SA. is being worked
some at East View Farm, with the idea
OF campaigning him again next year..
For a horse eleven years of age, that
has been five years at the stud, Arion
trotted a remarkable race in the big
station stake.
Alix 2:03A, held the championship for
six years and six days. 1t was made on
the Terre Haute track, where The Abbot
took it from her.
But few of the sons of Hambletonian
are left, and last week, at the ripe age of
twenty-eight, his we'll known son Po-
l"nius passed over the river. Polonius
died at Walton. Orange county, N. Y. He
was bred by David r. Feagles, at Chess
ter, Orange county, and was out of Miss
Mcleod dam of Lord Nelson 2:26A), by
the Holbert colt, a son of Hambletorian
making him strongly inbred. Polonius
was a bay horse, of 1872 hands, and indi-
vidually one of Hambletonian's best
sons. He was also a fast, natural ~trotter,
but unfortunately went wrong before he
was given a record. He has fifteen stand
ard %trotters and three PAGERS to his
credit, n he is one of nine of Hamble
tonian's sons that got a 2:10 trotter. Page
2:e9A being the representative.
The Grand Circuit of 1900 ended with
the Terre Haute. meeting. The top
money winner of the circuit is Annie
Burns, who IS now the property of How
land Russell of Boston. She placed 49,
525 to her credit in eight races. Tom
Lawson's Boralma is second, with $4,000
won in four races, all he started in. Lord
Derby, from the Hamlin stable, is the
third, with $7.675. Connor fourth, with
$7.575. Lady Geraldine fifth. with $3.50.
Bonnie Direct sixth. with $7,405. Geor-
gena seventh, with $500. The Admiral
eighth, with $4,70O. Hetty G. ninth, with
$ ,25O. Taking in the winning he made in
the stallion race, Hers winnings would
foot up to IS, 925.
Mr.. Ketchum named his famous cham