Butte Race Track Sees Rising Attendance and Smooth Meet
After four weeks of racing at Butte, attendance and betting have surged with weather steady and track fast. Officials praise classing progress for Montana roadsters and hurdle horses, noting few disturbances and strong public trust in judges and starter Havey. Spokane interests push for fast horses to join September events as track work nears completion.
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Butte
Jockey Club
Hamburg
Ogden
Montana
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Helena
Trevathan
Rockwood
McGregor
Havey
E. Duke
George MacDougall
T. R. Hinds
Crane
Spokane
Chronicle
George Crane
The
Hill Shoe Company
Putte, Mont
Fair Grounds
Peel-Griffith-Branson
First Butte Bicycle Race Marks Revival and Old Ties
The article recalls the 1884 high wheel era in Butte with rider W H Davidson recounting the first race won by Will Clark and C Q Johnson, while Mantle acted as referee. It notes safety wheels, street feats, and ongoing saucer track racing now staged three nights weekly with pro and amateur events and plans for new interludes between races.
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Butte
W. H. Davidson
J. H. Leyson Company
Anaconda
Wilmot
Boston
West Park Street
Lee Mantle
Mantle
Charley Richardson
A. W. McCune
Will Clark
Charles Q. Johnson
George Tidwall
H.S. Clark
C. Q. Johnson
Armitage
Helena
Hasley
Davidson
Main Street
South Butte
Bob Grix
Four Jack Club
N. B. Ringling
Hoffman
Allen
Billings
Barnett
McGeever
St. Paul
Baisden
King
New Faces at the Saucer Track
A feature on bicycle racing origin and rise in popularity across the nation. The piece notes large crowds at eastern tracks like Vailsburg and Berkeley and strong interest in Butte Utah Salt Lake City and Madison Square Garden. It profiles Law son and Hofer of St Paul and recalls Frank Batcheller known as old Dan Spicer and his pathways from Wesleyan to Chaffee's hotel to New York gambling circles. The narrative recounts a private Broadway hotel game with six players and Batcheller proposing a two dollar limit before play begins.
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Vailsburg
Berkeley Oval
Madison Square Garden
California Tracks
Salt Lake City
Butte
Wesleyan College
Old Methodist Institution
Connecticut River
Frank Batcheller
Old Dan Spicer
Chaffee
Middletown
George Chaffee
Dan Spicer
New York
George
Dan
Broadway
Batcheller
Brooklyn Eagle
Sixth Avenue
Burlington
Dad Clark Shines for Minneapolis In Western League
Baseball note highlights Clark nicknamed Dad of Butte who stars for Minneapolis. He has eight wins in nine decisions this season, recently routing the Omaha club 12 to 0, allowing six hits and fanning six batters.
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Dad” Clark
Butte
Minneapolis
Omahas
Dad
Nervy poker draw beats odds in ante up pot
A Brooklyn Eagle recounts a high stakes poker scene where Dan, a Vermont Yankee, uses a single faced card in a three queen hand to force a massive pot. Dan opens up with an all in bluff, then reveals a clever deuce sequence to win a $1,700 pot and walk away with the winnings.
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Sam
Batchellor
Dan
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Mr. Mantle
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National Cycle Association
Iver Lawson
Buffalo
Iver
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Salt Lake
Salt Palace
John 8S
Johnson
John Lawson
Lawson
Young Hofer
Great Northern Railway
S. H. Sherman
Wwe
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Lee Mantie
Chas. Schatztein
Frank W. Haskins
A. B. Clements
Charles St. Leonard
Heinze
Henry Mueller
James KB. Mouteatn
Robert Allen
Daly Bank and Trust
OF Butte
W. W. Dixon
John D. Ryan
Co. C
Winborne
R. A. Kunkel
Silver Bow National Bank
Mont
United States
Europe
First National Bank OF
Andrew J. Davis
James A. Talbott
E. B. Weirick
George Stevenson
State Savings Bank
Main and Park
John A. Creighton
G. W. Smapleton
7. M. Hedgens
Jonn Relynson
Omaha
G. W. Stapeton
A ' Barrett
B.D. Leagit
BV. Kemper
Buffalo, N. Y
Niagara Falls
Lake Shore & Southern
Lake Shore
F. M. Byron
G. W. A. Chicago
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Yive
le Moet
Monty
Cook Remedy CO
Masonic Temple
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Butte, Mont
Lyon’s
William Mpu
Finlen-Media Drug Co
Butte, and Martin Drug Co
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