Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-11-16

covers were slipped from them, Billy.
however. looking up big alongside the
hound built Lizard, his 200 pounds e
cess OF bone and muscle seeming an
advantage that would tell sadly
against the little feet foot on the lat
ter end OF the race.
Al 1920 the judges, Judge Hiram
Knowles and Messrs. Thomas l.. Nap
ton and w. w. Dixon, mounted the
stand. called up the race and instruct.
ed the riders and precisely at IL: 20
by the judges time the horses, on the
second turn we're of ever on the race
OF sixty miles, Bobby Graham sitting
Billy and Tommy Woods holding the
Ieins of government over Lizard.
poth horses led of slow, Billy going
at an easy lope, leading a length to
the quarter post. crossing the stretch
a length behind. time AIS. In the
second mile Lizard was ahead. The
nth mile was made in 3:15 with Liz
ard a half mile In the lead. At the
end Of the eighth mile Billy was one
third of a mile behind. Fifteen miles
were covered in one hour and fifteen
seconds, both horses down TO steady
work and sweating freely. Lizard ov
ertook his competitor on the sixteenth
mne, and at the end of the eighteenth
mile was a mile ahead. At the end
of the twenty-first mile Lizard had
gained mi mile and one-third. The
horses kept pretty well together, Liz
ard still maintaining his mile lead
The time ranged from 3:45 to $3.50 ex
cept on the thirty-fourth mile, whei
Billy came In in 1920. And the thirty
fifth mile, which a made by Lizart
in 3:15. In the forty-second mile both
horses trotted considerably. Lizart
having the advantage as he compelled
a lope from Billy. The hackers o
Billy. who had been offering big bets
let up a little, but considerable money
was still offered and taken. Bill,
made the forty-fourth mile in 4:30
The forty-fifth mile was lively, the
horses making the mile IN 4: 10. Bill,
went over a length ahead. but II wal
evident the attempt to get away from
Lizard and make good the lost mile
was useless, as Billy was going heavy
and Lizard was as bright and ringy
on his feet as on the first mile.
In the ~forty-eighth mile Billy show.
ed punishment and wanted to quit
both horses walked past the judges
stand. The fifty miles was run In
three hours and thirty and one-half
minutes. Billy made a squirt on the
ifty-frst mile and wanted to quit at
the outcome. Lizard kept on trotting
a good gait and came in in ITO.
In the fifty.third up TO the sixticth
Lizard had II all his own way. Col.
Thornton was willing to give up the
race, but that there should be perfect
satisfaction sent out his horse, which
made the fifty-fouIth mile but on the
first quarter of the ffty-ffth showed
such evident signs of exhaustion, hav-
ing refused all ~entreaties Of word and
whip to open a trot that he vas led
from the track while LIZARD was on
the fifty-ninth mile. The game lit
tie horse kept up his gait and made
his sixtieth mile under eight minutes,
and sixty miles In four hours and
twenty-eight minutes, amid the rous.
ing cheers of the four or five hun
dred people who remained to e tho
race out. He looked good for the
rest of a hundred and apparently did
mt appreciate the blankets and rib
bons with which he was In an instant
covered, as much as he would another
dash around the course
Lizard made the last seven miles in
32% minutes; miles not noted. Liz
ards average time per mile, 4:3s.
The a C concluded shortly after
shutdown. The sun had shone pleas
antly all day, but with chill shadows,
the crowd gladly dispersed for town,