Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-09
DECISIONS NOT
VERY POPULAR
ALLEGED JUDICIAL ERRORS AT
HORSE RACES AND COURS-
ING MATCH.
CONTESTS WERE CLOSE
AT RANCHERO PARK,
First Coursing of the Season Drew q
Crowd-Dust Storm Interfered
With Sport.

The race course known as Ranchero
park is not the best place on earth to
test he speed of horses, but in the alb
sence OF a better place horsemen are
compelled to use it. The track is sup
posed to have a circumference of three
elghths of a mile, but it is said to be
short several yards. Besides being short,
it's surface is sandy and heavy, which
prevents good time from being made
There are so many short turns in it
that a horse after going around on it
a rev times has to be turned and sent
the other way in order to be kept
straight.
A meeting was held there yesterday
and two of the events were rather inter-
esting, as it is alleged that two horses
that did not Win were given the decisions.
One of these races was a dash and the
other a trot in which Adding and Howell
were the only contestants. 1t is alleged
that the former finished first in the first
heat, but in order to do it his driver
pulled his head over in front of Howell
when the two animals were within a
few yards of the wire, thus preventing
Howell from getting in first. A cry Of
foul was raised and the judges, after
a consultation, declared it no heat.
When the gong for the second heat
sounded Adeling did not come out and
the race was given to Howell.
ORC Elmo. La Belle B., Humbug and
NAS oSC Ms III LIN
e~ights-dash, heats. Orc Fin won the
first heat and was made favorite for
the second, but La Belle B.. owned by
Pat Mullin. beat him, with Humbug
third and Torpedo last. In the last heat
Orc Fine and La Belle B. were the only
starters and the former was the favorite.
The horses ran like a double team the
entire distance, but Orc Fin won by q
neck. The discovery was made, how
ever, that he was short on weight and
the race was given to the other animal.
Almax, owned by j. r. Ray; D. C. S.,
the property of D. c. Smith, and Jersey
L., owned by William Luxton, were the
starters in the special trot. The race
was won by the former. in straight
heats. Second and third money were
divided between the othr two.
Three horses started in the 2:40 class
Idol, belonging to Elroy Smith, and
Louis w, owned by j. r. Reed. Idol
won two straight heats.
The coursing match at West Sid
Park yesterday brought out a large
crowd. 1t was the first days coursing
for the season and this fact probably
had something to do with the large at
tendance. The dogs ran we'll. The re-
suits were as follows:
First round-O'Connell beat Tornado:
Commassie Queen beat Dusty Miller;
spring peat GedTlS TuISeS. JERSEY Lilly
beat Montana Eclipse: Bah FitZ beat
Rusty; Swift beat Black SPRING: Charlie
! Prince beat Montana Chief: Lady Glen
ryne beat Ladysmith; Summit Belle
beat Flying D%utchnan; Barrister beat
Flashlight: Castaway beat Fitz Regina;
King Cashier beat Smut: Montana Jack
beat Honeymoon; Jessie II beat Bara-
way.
Second round-O'Connell beat Com
massie Queen; Jersey Lily beat Spring;
| Bob Fitz beat Swift; Charlie Prince beat
Lady G%lendyne; Barrister beat Sum-
NIT Belle. King Cashier beat Castaway;
, Jessie H. beat Montana Jack (bye).
Third round-O'Connell beat Jersey
i Lily; Charlie Prince beat Bob Fitz;
King Cashier beat Barrister; Jessie H.
beat Black Spring (ble).
Fourth round-Charlie Prince beat
O'Connell; King Cashier beat Jessie H.
Final-King Cashier beat Charlie
Prince.
King Cashier wins silver cup donated
by Blake & Treveaille.