The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-12-15
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
HARNESS RAGING is NOT DEAD
1N MONTANA, SAY OLD GUARD

the defeat of some of the classiest
trotters of the Middle West To get
home for victories, McGarvey put
Blue F'inch's nose first under the
wire in the 2:18 trots at Helena and
Billings recently.
Blue Finch has a worthy stable
mate in Kitty Denton, who was pick
ed up in 1920 and changed overnight
from driving horse in a livery
stable to a fast one of the turf. In
that year Kittie won seven races.
While Charley McGarvey has been
in the harness racing game in Mon
tana for years, his greatest horse was
Earnfold, the remarkable 2:10 PAGER,
who beat everything in the heyday
of racing in these parts. The great
gelding was foaled on the DAILY ranch
at Hamilton, and as three-year-old
was at the peak of his career. King
Amos was sire of Earnfold and New
Lode, out of Rapidan, who Mr. Daily
purchased for $4,000, was the dam.
Jack Anlow and F. G. Davis of the
Harrison Avenue hotel are owners of
probably the best PAGER under Mon
tana colors. He is Walter H., son
of the great Dan Patch, and besides
being a racer of merit and one who
holds a mark of 2:04 ", made at the
Sedalia, Mo-, track several years ago,
is a sire that has sons and daughters
making their mark in the harness
world.
Peculiarly the great stallion was
recently saved from death when he
was the only one of IA horses taken
from a stable fire at Fort Dodge,
Iowa, where he has been CHARTERED
since this years racing season. Wal
ter was purchased by the Butte horse
men from Minneapolis man named
The horse has a mark of
So seconds for half mile on ice,
and made Duty Highwood, famous
eastern PAGER, stick up mark of
2:047a in two heats, in his first hard
race. That was at Sedalia.
Butte-bred Mares Corners
Others on the Anlow-Davis string
are Nine Mile Belle, three-year-old
foaled in the environs of Butte, and
Mountain Maid, another Butte bred
animal. The Belle, now quartered |
with Walter H., at Fort Dodge, has |
made fast time in workouts and great |
things are predicted for the seal
brown mare when she starts on east
srn circuits next season. Mountain |
Maid, daughter of Walter H., is a
'our-year-old and will start her rae
ng career next summer, under the
Anlow colors. She has been in train
ng around Butte for weeks past and /
S receiving the careful tutoring of
he veteran horsemen who own her.
While Walter HI. and his two COM
ng daughters are aces in the Butte
mems stable, their best bet on the
lone tracks is Bessie d. The fast
mare was seen in action here several
weeks ago and made great impress
ion on the TURTLES who watched the
pecial events arranged by the old
.uard of horse trainers.
Ed Madden, formerly with the
)aly people at Hamilton, has been !,
n the seat in all of Walter HI. s races
nd will also pilot the two coming |.
lares who break into the game next i.
eason.
Both Anlow and Davis have been
amiliar figures on Butte tracks in .
he past. They owned such speed
Merchant as Nigra, 2:1614, and now ! !
ave Cantleta, trotter, by Latrado,
rho is now in winter stable at Kear-
ey, Neb., and has been money :
etter for the Butte men. !.
Grogan Was in East
With Pete Grogan, owner, of the 2
peedway stables, South Main street, :
lutte people are familiar. All know !.
i'm as a horseman, but only his
riends know that for the last several !
ears he has intruded on eastern
racks with Montana bred horses to
OPP some of the best purses of the
air meets. Queen Bird, a seven
ear-old PAGER, with mark of
:19h and at present stabbed in Q
lutte, is Grogan's best bet and was
rought back from Minnesota and