The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-07-03
D. FRIDAY JULY3
RACES WELL ATTENDED
The Attendance at First Days
Meet was 3.5OO-Order
Perfect Throughout.

The first day of the Bottineau meeting
Rf the Great Northern Racing circuit
Vas attended with very fair success.
Ihe weather was very favorable and
the time made was good considering
was on new track. Credit is
due the management of the Bottineau
Club for the efforts put forth to
makAthe meet success. So far as lay
in their power everything was provided
for and the convenience of visitors wei
looked after. The order maintained
throughout was almost perfect. The
program was opened up by music from
the Bottineau band and no small amount
Of thanks is due the band for their part
in making the program interesting. At
10 a. M, just after the excursion train
arrived from Rugby the crowd pro-
ceeded to the grounds and witnessed a
ball game between the Souris and Bot
tineau teams. The visitors played a
sociable and gentlemanly game but
We're outclassed by the home team. The
score was Souris g. Bottineau 21. At
1 80 p. NJ, crowds again gathered at the
grounds to witness the races which
lasted through the entire afternoon. In
the 2:15 pace there were eight entries
but only six starters Daisy, owned by
our townsman, Ed. Anderson and Sir
William owned by G. H. Parker, of
Minot, dropping out of this class. In
the first heat Rupert came first, Baby
Lu, second Hubert Jr., third; Little
Bobs, fourth; Roxylite, fifth and Fritzel,
sixth Time, 2:25a. In the second
heat the following was the order; Ru-
pert, Roxylite, Little Bobs, Hubert, jr.,
Fritzel and Baby Lu. Time, S:30. In
the third heat Rupert again came first
with the others in the order named:
Hubert, Jr., Roxylite, Fritzel and Baby
Lu. In this heat Little Bobs stumbled
at the quarter post and broke his check
rein, causing him to fall. One of the
shafts stuck in the ground throwing the
sulky over the horse. The driver was
throWn forward and struck the ground
ahead of the horse but neither horse nor
man received serious injury. Time in
this heat 2:284. In this race Rupert
got first money, Hubert, Jr., second;
Roxylite third and Baby Lu fourth
In class II the 2:1S pace, Riverside
won the first heat with Airship Race
second, Removine third; Minnie E.,
fourth and Lady Volanta, fifth. Time
$50 Second heat, Riverside, Remoyine,
Airship race, Minnie E. went under the
wire in the order named Lady Volanta
was distanced. Time s2o' The third
heat resulted the same as the preceding
one, the horses coming under the wire
in the same order Time 2:2O. This
gave first money to Riverside, second to
Removine, third to Airship Race and
fourth to Minnie E.
In class III, the half mile running
race the first heat gave the following
order, Julia Arthur, Helenoor, Assessor,
Miss Portland, Miss Priscilla, Clarence
Carnegie, Fanny, Bows and Jumbo.
Time 5O In the second heat Assessor
first and Helenoor Miss Priscilla,
Bows, Miss Portland, Clarence Carnegie,
Jumbo and Julia Arthur in the order
named. Time 514. The third heat was
a pretty run between Julia, Arthur and
Assessor. Helenoor took. third money
without entering the last heat and
Bows dropped out. The race between
the two horses named for first place
was very close and resulted in victory
for Julia Arthur. The purses went to
Julia Arthur, Assessor and Helenoor in
the order named. This ended the races
| for. the first day.
n The first days attendance was $500.
A The morning Of the second day opened
1Np gloomy and threatening. Notwith-
||Nf&pding this, the crowd proceeded to
tiiS grounds to watch the ball game be.
,ltWe$n Bottineau and Willow City.
II! / game was good from start to finish.
ThS Score was to 4 in favor of Willow
City. At 1:3O in spite Of the rain which
had set in about 1900 people gathered al
the grounds and the races were called
on. The track was very heavy and the
rain was still falling. The first race
called was the 1926 pace. or trot. There
were eight entries and six starters in
the first heat. Doc. Wright took first,
Alice r. second Watch Charm, third
Jessex, fourth; Reddy 9, fifth. Riley
was distanced. In the second neat AL.
lice r., Doc. Wright, Jessex, Watch
Charm and Reddy O., came in in the
order named. The race was stopped
here on account Of rain. v
In the 2:1O pace and trot there was