The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-11-10
WHEN MARCUS DAILY WAS TURF KING;
FAST HORSES BRED 0M BITTER ROOT

fortunately, the valuable horse was
not seriously injured.
Matt Byrnes, one of Mr.. Days
trainers, can relate of Montana's de-
liberate and calculating viciousness,
Mr.. Lucas declared.
Slayer of Rats.
"At Long Beach huge rats would
eat the cooked foods placed in the
horses feed boxes" Mr.. Lucas re-
lated. ''Byrnes noted n day that
Montana would wait with ears laid
back ntil an invading rodent had
gotten a good start at his food and
then would make one lunge and a
snap that carried with it certain and
avenging death. With blood in his
mouth, Montana was more dangerous
than ever and not a safe proposition
for approach
Another man-eater in the DAILY
stables was Hyderali, Mr.. Lucas said,
but he was incompatible as a race
horse or sire with the great Mon
tana.
The greatest purchase made by Mr..
Daily, in Lucas opinion, was Lady
Reel, the dam of Hamburg and in foal
at the time with Hanover. The con-
sideration was $4,000. Hanover at
the dispersal sale brought s10,500 as
a yearling while one filly from Lady
leel netted $4,000 and another ST.
900, both as weanlings.
Hamburg was no poor buy either,
Lucas asserts. Having paid s41, 600.
for him, Mr.. DAILY won about 100000
Until him md OF Tho co 10 fhn hn1cn
brought $50, 1000. Since Mr.. Days
death Hamburg's colts, Mr.. Lucas
said, have been beating one another
at important races.
Imported ogden is another horse in
the DAILY string which local ace IN
thusiasts will clearly remember, Mr..
Lucas said. He raced in Butte and
at Anaconda, defeating May W., 2
year-old. At Saratoga he beat Bill
Howard, who held the half-mile rec
ord in Texas, and at Sheepshead Bay
won the futurity, with odds of 40 to
/. He belonged then to Billy Lake
land, who had bought him for $4,000
and in the next start for the cham
pionship stake was beaten. He added
several other good races to his cred
it. He sired many high class stake
horses later.
Imported Inviness was another
high class horse entrusted to Mr.. Luz
cas- care, but was I've raced after
Mr.. DAILY bought him.
Prospects Poor.
When / first went to Mr.. DAILY
| regarded his prospects for raising
good race horses as poor" Mr.. Luz
cas- said. HE had Brown Fox, Child
of the Mist and Silver King, all three
failures as sires. 1 advised Mr.. DAILY
to get rid of them and also many of
his mares.
This he did and toward the latter
part of his career l believe that Mr..
DAILY had the world beat for high
stuff-mares, sires and racing
material. If he had lived ! am GER
tain he would have produced many
of the worlds greatest horses. With
Ogden, Hamburg and Sysonsby he
could have gone far to raise horses
that would have conquered the best
in turfdom and to have become king
of the racing game.
1.-THE Bitter Root farm was n OF
the happiest places l have ever been.
n OF my greatest cOrroWS was the
death of Mr.. DAILY and the dispersal
sale that followed.
1T is 80 years since / first came
there, and then / did not think much
Of the climate. But later I knew diff
ferently."
Three Quarters of a Million
Mr.. Days stable was sold In 1901
and 1902 and brought about $780,
900. Belmont's sale of 140 head net
led $550,000.
In 1905, during the Russian-Jap-
anese war, Mr.. Lucas took 20 stall
ions and four mares to Japan for the
government. He was
urged to stay, but declined.
II knew it was not a horse coun-
.ry, and / knew / couldn't stay where
lorses wouldn't do well. So l came
Mr.. Lucas said.
So ended the ire of the greatest
horse trainer that Montana has
He has not had the heart to
90 back because he is sure there will
never be a place in horsedom like
he DAILY Bitter Root farm, and any
inferior to it-less than a heav-
n for the horses he loves-wouldn't
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