Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-16
HO! FOR
THE RACES
"Bluebell" Tells All About the
"Flyers" raining for
the Races.
Preserve This Article and You
Will Recognize the
Racers.


range and no doubt about 1t. A
rousing good one. too, the best that
southwestern Colorado has even seen.
If you don't believe it, go out to the
fair grounds and see for yourself.
The horses, the pretty creatures. are
there. and more of them coming. All
of the As stalls already built are rent
ed, while others are about to be CON
structed.
Think of it! More than fifty horses
for our races. Not so bad for lit
tie mountain town away Off from civ
iliZation. according to our eastern
friends, is IL? Durango's had hard
time the last few years. Her people
found 1t out and became little dis
couraged But that's past, the bright
!, present is with us. The Smelter
City is finding out she can do things
as well as anybody else and she's do
ing them too. Go ahead, Durango.
you're all right.
o. but the horses are pretty. Such
satiny coats. arched necks. well
built bodies and slender legs. Then
the way they walkv-proud is no name
| ict II. hCs ottD uSutiy HS IL lduy
OF high degree. and toss their dain-
ty heads as If to say 20. You may ad-
mire me II you choose, | know you do.
but don't care much about It. Why
should they? They come of fine
family. tioy have ancestors Of whom
they need not be ashamed. So wheth.
er they're admired or not 1t doesn't
1ffect their breeding Talk about
your pedigree, those horses have one
surely
Glen Humphreys of Pagosa has
three horses here. Nettle. a pretty
bay pony who ran Mancos Girl so
closely in the quarter mile dash at
Maneos races. Mancos Girl winning
by nose only Then there is July
Gyp, whom any one attending the
fair last year will remember as one
Of the winners. n sprightly brown
horse with a white star on the fore
head; and Roam Tom, n roam with q
blaze in the face.
Dave Nichols of Rdgway has
string of five horses which he will
There is Jim, n 5-year-old sorrel:
Sunday, dark bay with a white blaze
n the face; Tom Bowling. anoth.
er bay, also wearing a blaze; Scar
ace a sorrel, named from scar un-
der her right eye, and Barney, anoth-
er sorrel with a white blaze.
j. c. Mitchell of Walsenburg has
.hree fine horses. Ragtime Is g
7er-old bay thoroughbred who has
lever attended a race before. Then
here is r. @. Ban. horse with ped
igree-by Gold Ban and dam Lilly
Virgil. Beside ancestors II. Q. Ban
has a reputation throughout the coun-
,rv. At the Mancos races this pretty
bay was the winner of the half mile
heats. the half mile in the novelty
race and three-fourths in the novelty.
Bulgarian, a beautiful brown 4-year.
Did with two white hind feet Is also
a horse of family. being of imported
stock. sire Plevna and dam Judith.
John Lawrence OF Saguache is the
owner of a dainty brown mare. with a
White star on her forehead answering
% the name of Rhoda e. She came
in on the cars last night. so Won could
not blame her for feeling a trife Ian.
guild Travelling on the narrow
gauge is enough to upset any fe
males feelings.
Jack. bay gelding owned by Rob
ert S. Morrison. also OF Saguache
who came in with pretty Rhoda. was
rs sprightly as II he had never trav
eled mile. He has a magnificent
head and shoulders and an eye that's
full of mischief. Not meanness. yor
know. but Just pure fun. II he hat
a chance I'm sure Jack would be &
practical joker.
OF course w. d. Jones. who is Sc
well known that he is said to be from
everywhere. Is here. He's an old
: timer. II you like. Why. NEE
would be like plum pudding with
out pums II "Race-horse Jones" wal
absent.
MIR. Jones has three horses. Sir Ken
meth, sorrel of the prettiest shade
with white blaze. and Roger Q. TIL,
latter | admired on account OF hi
dark complexion: he's coal black witt
white hind feet. When they tol,
me he was a horse with record