Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-24

Of 80 horses.
Fred Taral, the jockey who rode Ben
Holiday in the Morris park handicap
said that the horse ran away with him
and that ne could not even pull him
up after the finish
Ben HoIladays dam Mollie L, was by
Longfellow-Mollie McCamp. by Hun
ters Lexington. Holiday was foaled in
1893 and made his appearance on a
race track at Lexington, KY, in 1895.
After he started racing his horses on
the big tracks, Larabie trained the ami
mails at Louisville, KY. His trainer was
Peter Winner.
Others Brilliant
Another brilliant performer bred by
Larabie was Poet Scout, later owned by
Tom McTague Of Deer Lodge, for many
years a partner with Frank Conley in
operating the Montana state peniten-
tiary under contract. Poet Scout did
not start as a 2-year-old, but when
three he made an excellent showing.
At Monmouth park he won the ShreWs-
bury handicap at one and one-half
miles with 1i8 pounds up, in 1884,
which was one of the best performances
on record at that time for a stallion
at that distance and weight. Poet Scout
was foaled in 1888 by Longfellow, dam
Gypsy, by Wardance. His first appear
ance was as 3-year-old in the Latonia
derby in which he ran third to King
man and Dickerson.
Poet Scout won the one and one
quarter mile Sheridan stakes in 2:11% !;
the Maiden stakes, mile and a furlong;
the Hickory stakes, mile and half.
AS a 4-year-old he won the Shrews-
bury handicap at one and one-half
miles, delegating Raceland and other
good ones. The next year he won the
OffnPF1 CifU hanrilNqn of and
eighth miles.
Halma made his debut as a 2-year-
old in a five furlong dash, finishing
third to Compania and Sir Dixon Jr.
Halrna showed his best form as a g.
year-old when in six starts he came in
first five times and second once, win
ming a total Of $13635. His stake VIC
tories were in the Phoenix Hotel stakes,
one and one-eighth miles; the Ken
lucky derby, one and one-quarter miles,
and the Latonia derby. He was never
was a hard race. He was defeated in
the Mimyar stakes and shortly after
wards was retired
Decapod, another Larabie horse, half
brother to Montana Regent, Vice Re
gent, Julia L and Bonnie Australian,
became famous in cross country events.
He was sired by Imp. Sir Modred out
of Christine, by Imp. Australian.
Tammany EIectrifies
While the Larabie stable was making
records, the DAILY stable was doing
likewise. 1t was in 1892 that Days
horse Tammany, first electrified the
world by going east as dark horse"
and winning his first race at so to /.
He won all of his stake races as g.
year-old and defeated Lamplighter as
a 4-year-old. Prior to that time Pa
cific coast and eastern horsemen had
openly sneered at the idea that race
horses could be bred in Montana. They
said the climate was too rigorous
But DAILY had established his Bitter
Root stock farm in the Bitter Root
valley and built a summer home at
Hamilton. He was first attracted TO
the country when he and George
Hearst, father of William Randolph
Hearst, and an early-day partner OF
Days in the development Of the Butte
copper mines, went into Bitter Root
to scout a timber supply. They found
fertile bottom lands where wild grass
grew higher than mans head. Hearst
got lost in one Of these hay fields and
was out all night
What more natural when DAILY
reached the point where he wanted
a stock farm and summer home than
that he should turn to the Bitter Root
valley? He had become thoroughly ia
miliar with it by reason of many trips
In connection with timber supply for
the Butte mines, and he had learned
it was fertile, that the winters were
mild and moisture abundant
Famous PrOdigal
Montana was another famous run
ming horse which DAILY developed. Mon
tana won the famous Suburban handl-
cap one year Prodigal was a 2:16
harness horse which brought laurels
to the DAILY colors. Others among the
thoroughbreds we're Ogden, Scottish
Chieftain and Senator Grady.
On the sulky circuits horses which
made excellent showings for DAILY were
China Silk, Cuprum, Ponce deLeon,
Journeyman, DR.. Spellman, India Silk,
John Nolan, Limerick, Handspring,
Iaurels, Impractical and Improvidence.
They were trotterS whose records ran
as low as 2:08 for the mile. Others were
Rachel and Ellore, 1904 and Red Silk,
2:1O.
A group Of Days running horses
in 1898 won him a total of $35,372 in
eastern races. They we're Hamburg, Og-
den. Isidor, Larva, Kitefoot, Croker and
Um Var.
When Montana won the Suburban