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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1902
Page
10
Racing schedule notes start times at 2 15 p m with Silver cars direct to track and Columbia Garden transfers available. Admission terms and ladies free are referenced. Officials listed include Hugh Jr Wilson president Lou Frank secretary Joseph A Murphy presiding judge and Ralph H Tozer associate judge.
The Jennie Dell company operates the Jennie Dell and October Jode claims located west of the Belle Diamond and Anaconda mines with Madison county claims nearby. They report full operation on the Butte property and a new ore vein in the shaft. A block of stock is on the market at 1.00 per share with prospectus available at the East Broadway office.
Racing totals highlight a manual handicap showcase as Jadies Tuberville and Van Camp deliver clever rides in the mile, 40 yard dash, and other events. Goldone, Fonse, Ben Led, Jerid, Madam Bishop, Cora Goetz, Pencil Me, and Rubino figure in tight finishes, with large crowds, brisk betting, and notable bursts to the wire.
A tight finish leaves Lamar and Virgil far back as the second, third, and fourth place are separated by a head margin and a 41 percent time reading noted.
Weights and entries listed for six races at Sheepshead. First race purse three quarters of a mile features 12 Demurrer and Belle of Lexington among others. Second race selling one mile lists Merry Hours Nugget Elsie Skip Arak Kalif Rightway Ielawaha Belle of Lexington and more. Third race purse five furlongs includes Jane Way Prediction Meltonien Jerry Alsona Ison. Fourth race Long Island Handicap one and one eighth miles features Advance Guard Himself Operator Knight of Rhoades Bonnibert Kamara His Eminence Belle of Troy Morningside. Fifth race selling five furlongs lists Conspicuous Luctation Court Maid Wannakee Lady Josephine Sparkle Esher Ella Snyder Southern Belle Jeannie Marie Fair Lass Demitasse Ithyian Birch Broom Australia Sweet Jane Lady Charlot Queen of the Ocean. Sixth race handicap one and one sixteenth miles includes Vinestor His Eminence Cuspidor Tom Kenney Numeral Peninsula Fair Knight Lombee.
Snowy field notes list final odds and weights for six races at Kenwood. Horses including Campbell Briga dier If You Dare and Stuyve compete in the opening four mile event with weights around 100 to 117, followed by maidens at five furlongs led by Colonnade and Pericles all at 110. The Kenwood five furlong race features Sheriff Bell Tom Cogan Lindquist and Dick Welles with gate numbers and weights. Other races include a handicap mile and a sixteenth and two selling events with multiple entries and varying weights, all noted as cloudy and fast conditions.
Chicago Washington Park held six races with winners Sigmund Conundrum Arti culate Lady Matchless Bragg Peat and others at times noted. St Louis Fair Grounds featured six races with winners His Gift Masterful Robert G Lansing Jordan Sea Rover Pothen and others with corresponding times.
New York June 30 report from Sheepshead Bay details six races. First race over two miles on turf won by Rie Gun with Ferocious second and Nepon sa third in 3:55. Second, two-year-olds at five and a half furlongs won by Rightful with St Jude second and Buttons third in 1:08. Third, selling six furlongs on main track won by Van Ness with Sweet Clover second and Lady Rayner third in 1:14. Fourth, Spring Stakes for two-year-olds six furlongs won by Hurst Park with Africander second and Ida Nay third in 1:13 28-5. Fifth, handicap one mile won by Port Royal with Cunard second and Pretorius third in 1:40. Sixth, turf one and a half miles won by Fatalist with Cougar second and Adelaid Prince third in 2:38.
An artist returning from Paris discusses James McNeill Whistler and recent views on Lord Leighton. Whistler interrupts as peers praise Leighton's violin talent, dress, dancing, and essays, then quips about Leighton's painting.
The Pacific Northwest league lists 30 long distance hitters led by Houtz of Butte and Marshall of Butte with high totals in two base and three base hits and home runs. Names from Seattle Spokane Helena Tacoma and Portland populate the top 30, with stolen base leaders and club totals shown through June 29.
D A Sullivan of Anaconda posted a $10 forfeit to bind a 100 yard foot race with Thomas Dundon of Butte. The match, to be run at the Anaconda track next Sunday for 50 a side, may produce record time with Dundon known as a Northwest skating champion and Sullivan a top all around athlete in Anaconda.
St. Vrain the pitcher who jumped to Chicago and was sent to Memphis has been suspended by the minor leagues executive board. He is now blacklisted and would require 600 to play in any minor league. Tacoma faces a decision on paying the release to Butte or losing the player to the frontier club.
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