The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-10-26
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.

mic in the air that the horse breathed
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 horseflesh 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 Butte's carnival
time. All of Butte went out to the
races and the amount wagered was in
excess of any track in the country.
The women were just as keen as the
men in the matter Of betting, and the
betting ring was always thronged with
women. Then Montana elected leg
islature which was opposed to horse
racing, and law was enacted which
made it crime to say that one 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
upon which he proposed to build the
race track, he went away out into the
country. In 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.
Days Interest IN Horseflesh.
Daily was the head and front of the
racing game during his lifetime. He
had gone into horse breeding on his
Bitter Root ranches on an extensive
scale. His commissioners secured
Europe for the best strains in racing
horseflesh, and he bred horses in the
Bitter Root that have shown their
heels to the fastest. His interest IN the
racing game was not inspired with
the idea Of making money, but just be-
cause he loved it. First and last he
put more than $2,O00,000 into his horse
breeding establishment and the Butte
and Anaconda race tracks, both o1
which were financed, at the start, ou
of his private purse.
The result was that the Butte meets
were of class that attracted horse
men, with excellent stables, from al
over the United States. AS long a.
he lived racing was Days amusement
and the Butte and Anaconda track
his Fairgrounds. The effect of hi
interest in horses is apparent in Mon
tana, and all over the state there ar
fine horses whose paternity date
back to some of the famous sires o
the Daily stud. Tt was losing game
of course, but he was making so muc
money out of his mining interest, tina
the loss was of but little concern t
him.
After Daly's death the game de
clined. Then it got into the hands Q
professionals, who controlled tn
tracks and the betting privileges. Tn
Butte public, educted to horse racln
through Daly's lavish expenditures
were eager patrons Of the sport, an
the throngs that filled the betting rim
poured their money into the bettin
booths to such an extent that severe
men made fortunes out of the percent
ages. It was not unusual for $2O0.O0
to pass through the bookmaker
hands on single afternoon OF racin|
Now real lawns, bordered with swet
peas, grow where thoroughbreds race
a few years ago. Babies play in IL
grass where the hoofs of the of
springs of fast Arabic sires once thur
dered, to the delight of cheering thu
sands, and the discomforture of man
more who lost, and Marcus Dalay
playground has become a place
pleasant homes.
Chinook. committee has bee
appointed to raise funds and effe
the organization of q commercial cll
here. A salaried secretary will
aronloued The decision to Oroanl