Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-10
ne BIood Of ROYALTY Coursed Through Veins Of Marcus DAILY


a model Of perfection, and which later
became widely famous for the prize
winning animals raised there. NO ex-
pense was spared and, IN addiSlon 70
fsrrp barns, stables and mansion, two
e~ercise tracks were built One was
covered track for winter use. The farm
was modelled after large horse breed
Ing establishment DAILY had visited IN
Kentucky. In the miles Of fence on
the place no wire was used The farm
ia the Bitter Root Is stil snowpiace.
palv introduced horse racing to Mon
tana bv building two fine race tracks,
ore at Anaconda and the other at
BTItte The grandstand OF the latter
seated 10000. Annual meets. 30 days at
Anaconda and so days 1T Butte, were
held. Large purses were o11eLeo anu
the finest horSeflesh IN America was
brought west for these events.
Built Up Famous String
DAILY, himself, raised several record
breaking thoroughbreds, the most fam
o,,s If which was Tammany. TRmmany
won $4,000 In purses during MS three
wears on the turf. DAILY had portrait
Of fine horse done IN mosaic placed N
the floor of the barroom OF his notei
IN Anaconda. SO great was Days love
for Tammany that he never walked
over the mosaic. The barroom Is now
! dining room and the mosaic OF TAM
many Is intact. Other famous Day
horses were Montana, Futurlty anu
/ LADY Reel. After Days death his lam
ous string Of horses was sold IN new
York for S7S2.0O0
DAILY won and lost thousands betting
on his horses but whether ne won ol
NOT he was always satisfied II he had
reen a good race. On one occasion,
/ when Montana" was running, Daly
had bet 81 900 on his horse at odds OF
! "a TO /. While the race was IN progress
Talv was making an inspection tour OF
fha mines and had left his clothes IN
the afirv" Montana" won the race put
fbe "drv" caught fire and Days
clothes containing his bet ticket, were
burned. He had won $4,000 ana mlgnt
have collected 1t without the tlckes
except that the bookmaker NAG uls NE
. few davs before the race. Daly sa1o
Fhs bet aid not matter, there was glory
enough in the winning OF the race.
Horse racing was not the only sport
which interested DAILY. He once organ
lied his own football team OF former
college stars and when the aggregatlon
toured the country It won nearly every
same PLAYED. He also financed seVera'
baseball teams.
In politics DAILY was not as fortunate
ae in snort When the battle Tor Lnk
location of the state capital was or
ne had set his heart on having II II
his own town. Anaconda BE lost tns
hattie and Helena took the honor Dan
lost another political battle when az
backed william Jennings bryan 10.
the presidency. DAILY Is SAID 70 nav
backed him with q campaign oonatiOh
Of $250,00O.
Daly loved the Irish and was proud
of the embellishments OF nls cOun
trvrnen In the New World. de was es'
neciaIIv proud of Gen. Thomas Fran
cis Meaeher, the Irishman who was al
early governor of Montana. Whel
Meanfer was an Irish rebel ana
fuefkfve from the British, Days faSne
f@d F,een among his followers. Ban
isisaA frescre alend .MeagllEx came ne. = Z
DAILY was chairman Of the commute,
! which erected the statue Of Meaghel
which stands on the capitol lawn a
Helena.
Loyalty to old friends was one o.
Days attributes and In later years hi
helped many who had known him a,
an Irish immigrant boy. Thomas Muir
ray, who had befriended him In Cali.
forniR in the early days long held 9
J01 40 ydA0 cNAAsSA t44tCAICAAb az S&1r k4Arhr
conda Smelter.
After Days rise TO power In Amer
lea he sent for other members of his
family Finally all had migrated TO the
New World but his spinster sister, Hon
or DAILY. She refused TO leave the old
sod DAILY provided handsomely for hel
even though q portion of the money
he gave went to the cause of the Irish
rebels In the rebellion OF 1871 she was
suspected OF harboring rebel fugittves
and her residence was burned by Brit
ish troops. She died In 1928.
The children OF Marcus DAILY were
never wen known In Montana for after
their fathers rise to Rffluence most OF
their years were spent in the east. DAILY
had married Miss Margaret Evans IN
Salt Lake City Ia 1872 and there were
four children, three girls and one boy
SIN hiB family. One Of the daughters
married James w. Gerard, former ann
bazSadOr TO Germany, and another
\ married Count Charles Sigray, q Hun
gaxian.
When DAILY died In New York city In
1900, at the age of So, the list OF pail
bearers &C his funeral contained the
names of many outstanding men, In
GLIDING those of Henry HuddleStOn
Rogers, j. B. Haggin and John Mackay.
In Montana his memory Was hQnored
by the erection Of the ST. Gaudens sta
tue Of him which stands before the fed