Fergus County Democrat., 1907-08-20
HOW OGDEN HAPPEND
TO Win THE FUTURlTY
TALE OF A MONTANA BRED
HORSE WHO HAD BEEN
PRONOUNCED A GULL.

OHC VI tHe greatest race horses
that ever ran in Butte was Ogden,
winner of Futurity at Sheepshead
Bay and foaled on the famous Daily
ranch in the Bitter Root valley. H.
l. Wilson was in a reminiscent mood
the other night and he talked inter-
estingly of race horses and racing in
Montana of the past and this is the
story he told regarding how Ogden
got his chance to win his spurs and
the great Futurity after he had been
thrown into the Gull pasture by one
of Daly's crack trainers:
"That the name of Ogden is en-
rolled in the list of winners of the
great Futhrity may be considered a
scratrh," he said. 1T was only after
days of persuasion and entreaty on
the part Of Johnny Campbell, who
was then handling the western divi-
sion Of the Daily stables, that the cop
per king consented to send Ogden
East and make try for a place in
the big two-year-old event. Follow
ing his usual custom, Mat Byrnes
came out to the ranch near Hamilton
early in the spring and after trying
out the youngsters, selected those he
wanted for the eastern stable. And
all of them were good ones, for the
best in the land was bred on the Bit
ter Root ranch. Those which Byrnes
considered good enough to took East
in palace cars to try for glory on the
big tracks, Ogden being among the
castoffs that remained on the ranch
to be trained for the Montana tracks
if he proved good enough.
"A few days later Campbell came
over to Butte in charge of the horses
which were to race here and in Ana
conda in the county fairs throughout
the state, going to California in the
winter. He stopped at the Butte
hotel, and one evening he called me
to one side and said: Wilson, l want
you to persuade Daily to let me take
Ogden East to run in the Futurity.
| know he is a great cold-the best
/ ever saddled. can drop him off
at Saratoga for a few weeks, take
him down to the bay couple of days
in advance of the running of the
Futurity and win the big race with
him, just as sure as your name is Will
son. want you to see him work
out tomorrow
"The colt, with others of the
stable, was at the track and Ogden
had already won race beating
May w. who afterward became
famous. The next morning l want
down to the track and see him work
out. Then the Parrott smelter was
running full blast and the entire fiat
was covered with smelter smoke ev-
cry morning. When Ogden was
brought out to show what he could
do at seven furlongs, the track was
SO foggy that you could scarcely see
across it, 1t that sitting smoke the
colt, with l25 pounds up, went the
half mile in 48 seconds; the five
eighths in l:Ol, the three quarters in
1:l3 IA andcame home in :28. My
watch caught the time trifle faster.
That was wonderful work for a colt
at any time and something phenome-
nal during the early part of the
season and under the conditions which
prevailed
That night l saw DAILY and told
him of Campbell's desire to have
try at the Futurity with Ogden, but
l did not say anything about the
trial | had seen him make, as did
not care to compromise the trainer.
Campbell is crazy, was Daly's com.
ment. 'Byrnes tried out all of the
colts at the ranch and l guess he
picked all of the good ones If this
horse was New York horse, he
would have been selected and gone
with the bunch.
Two or three days later | saw
Campbell again and ne was running
over with joy. He had taken DAILY
down to the track and had shown
him what the colt could do and he
was satisfied. We are gong East
tonight was his greeting and Ogden
and Tuberville are going with u.s.
Tuberville was a jockey to whom Og-
den had taken kindly and he after
wards rode him to victory. Have
bet on this colt when he starts in
the big race, was Campbell's fare
we'll GREETING, for he will win as sure
as he starts l took the trip and
when DAILY left Butte to see the race
he took lot of my money as we'll
as few thousands belonging to 9TH
er Butte people, all of which was
wagered on the Montana colt.
THE running of the big race is
part OF turf history, but there was the
mildest time ever in Butte when the
news came back that the game colt
had won the biggest event of the
wear and every uar,a cDor% D..4..