The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-10-27
BABIES NOW COO ON LAWNS
WHERE THOROUGHBREDS
ONCE THUNDERED.
'Ostler Joe Street Is Named to Per
petuate Place Where Butte Horses
Raced; Daily Was Patron of Sport
of Kings, and Built Butte and Ana
conda Tracks.

track but the Butte track. The arse
mic in the air that the horse brcathed
there seemed to give him ''heart," as
the horsemen say, in consequence of
which the animal could run fast
enough to finish in the money, when
he raced in Butte, but would lose on
other tracks. 'Ostler Joe street trav-
erses the land that was formerly taken
up by the race track made famous first
because Of the fact that Marcus Daily,
the copper king. built it for his play
ground and afterwards because of the
splendid horseflcsh that raced there,
the great crowds that attended the
races, and the immense amount OF
money that changed hands. Racing
men from all over the world attended
these meetings. OF late years the
track had gotten into the hands of a
small syndicate Of Butte men, all Of
whom made fortunes out of it.
Women as Betters.
The race meet was Buttc's carnival
time. All of Butte went out to the
races and the amount wagered was in
excess Of any track in the country.
~ oI1Ic vi ,Jb''p az NSAlt as tiS
men in the matter of betting, and the
betting ring was always thronged with
women. Then Montana elected a leg
l%slature which was opposed to horse
racing. and a law was enacted which
made IT a crime to say that II horse
could run faster than another, and
back the assertion with money. That
put an end to horseracing in Montana.
When Marcus DAILY picked the land
race track, he vent away out into the
country. Ia the years that passed the
mining camp built up to the fence
enclosing the race track grounds, and
beyond it for several miles.
Cut Up Into Lots.
When racing was prohibited. about
two years ago. the owners of the
ground decided to cut it up into lots,
and those lots were put on the market
last spring. With the city built away
beyond, and all around them, the sale
has been excellent. and now hundreds
of bungalows dot the place. The adj
dition was named after Hugh Wilson,
president of the racing association
when it went out of commission. The
only name that hanks back TO the
racing days Of a few years ago is that
of 'Ostler Joe street.
DAILY Interest IN Horseflesh.
DAILY was the head and front of the
racing game during his lifetime. He
had eone into horse breeding on his
Bitter Root ranches on an extensive
scale. His commissioners secured
Europe for The best strains in racing
horseflcsll, and he bred horses in the
Bitter Root that have shown their
heels 10 the fastest. His interest in the
racing game was not inspired with
the idea Of making money, but lust be-
cause lie loved it. First and last he
put more than 50, 200. 900 into his horse
breeding establishment and the Butte
and Anaconda race tracks. both OF
which We're financed, at the start, out
of his private purse.
The result was that, the Butte meets
were of a class that attracted horse
men. with excellent stables. from al
over the United States. AS long as
he lived racing was Days amusement
and the Butte and Anaconda tracks
his Fairgrounds. The effect Of his
interest IN horses is apparent in Mon
tana. and all Over the state there arc
fine horses whose paternity dates
back to some of the famous sires o.
the Daily stud. 1t was a losing game
of course, but he was making so mucl
money out of his mining interest, thai
the loss was of but little concern tt
him.
After Days death the game de
clined. Then it got into the hands o.
professionals, who controlled TIN
tracks and the betting privileges. Thu
Butte public, educted to horse racing
through Daly's lavish expenditures
were eager patrons of the sport, ant
the throngs that filled the betting rims
poured their none into the betting
booths to such an extent that severe
men made fortunes out Of the percent
ages. It was not unusual for $4,000
to pass through the bookmaker'
hands on a single afternoon of racing
Now real lawns, bordered with swee
peas, grow where thoroughbreds race
a few years ago. Babies play In tn
grass where the hoofs Of the off
springs of fast Arabic sires once thun
dered, to the delight of cheering thu
sands, and the discomforture of man.
more who lost, and Marcus Dalay'
playground has become a place o
pleasant homes.
Chinook.-A committee has BEEF
appointed to raise funds and effec
the organization of a commercial clu'