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The Turf Club Has Made Racing Popularlit away stall** of the great republic ganization In Canada tha t can show to the south. The big purees offered »uch a satisfactory statement, at the Brandon Races have attracted The Sport of Kings,r timbers of the best horses from the United States tracks. Horsemen visiting Brandon for the first time are delighted and surprised at the arrange ments made for the horses, and theHorse racing—the sport of kings, as it has been appropriately called—numbers among its devotees most of the prominent men and women of the west Who witb the sporting instinct hasTHE BRANDON TURF CLUB.P. Payne, President.L. J. Clement, Secretary.rich rewards offered for the different events. Racing points in the south and east much more pretentious than Brandon do not deal nearly as generously with the horsemen.That the policy of the Turf Club is meeting with success is shown by the fact that the club is in a most prosperous condition financially. In fact, it is doubtful if there is a similar or-not been thrilled at the sight of highly trained thoroughbreds fighting for supremacy down the home stretch? What other sport can draw from the onlookers such a spontaneous cheer as that which the winner of a horse race gets going under the wire?The first race meetings of the Brandon Turf Club were held on the irregular shaped track on the fair ground,which is cow lined with trees and makes one of the prettiest half mile drives in the west. Many an exciting contest has been fought out on the old track.Famous Horses on Brandon Track.Here it was that Piccolo, Rowe's famous horse, started on his triumphant turf career.Grey Eagle, Imogene. Miss Tax, Didsbttry and a host of other great horses met and fought for supremacy on the Brandon track.Here also lone, the game little mare that won such renown for herself in the harness world, made her debut to the race-going public.Gallagher, who enjoyed the distinc-The Brandon Turf Club, formed ta 1883, is the oldest organization or its kind in Western Canada. From its infancy the club has been a powerful factor in horse racing in the west. Enjoying as it does the confidence both ct the horsemen and the public the Turf Club has made the Brandon races thoVVecea of Western Canadian turf followers.The directors of the club have always t^een composed of reputable business men wrho were in the game for the sport.Each year has seen increased purses and better arrangements for the race-going public. Opening the race season on Victoria Day, the Brandon meets are usually full of surprises, and is this uncertainty that has added much to the pleasure of those who have attended. Fair treatment has commended the Brandon Turf Club's meetings to the horsemen, who come year after year in increasing numbers. The Horsemen Like Brandon.Not only throughout Western Canada does the good repute of the Brandon Turf Club extend, but from the tion of being known as the fastest Canadian gelding, showed his class on the Brandon track.Some years ago the present track was built and the fair grounds enlarged to take in the extra forty acres. Many classic contests have been pulled off on this track, ■which is considered one of the best in the west.Men Who Made Racing Popular.In the list of those who have been prominently identified with the Turf Club appear the names of: PeterPayne, Wm. Ferguson, L. .1. Clement. J. S. Gibson, John McKelvic. John Hanbury. W. I. Elder, E. Hughes, Dr. S. W. Mclnnis, Judge Walker, Dr. '3. A. Coxe W. W. Carruthers, ,J. A. S. McMillan, Andrew Kelly, A. R- Irwin, H. R. Cameron, and many others.These men, who have made this city the great racing centre it is have done much to popularize the greatest of s»Kjrts throughout the west. They have* done more that that,too. for the magnificent class of drivers seen here and elsewhere west of the great lakes, is one of the results of the attention given to the horse by western turfmen.ed as having run a livery barn herein '81. ’Charles Whitehead was shipping lumber into Brandon. There was some good hay in ihe Grand Valley district and the latter had hismen cutting it. The hay lookedtoed to Mike Tebo. who happened along, and he resolved to lake someof nature's stock food from the particular Preserve to which Mr. Whitehead felt he was the sole claimant.Mike was advised he had better *ce Mr. Whitehead, but in languagemere forcible than polite, he said hedidn’t have to. Tebo’s remarkscame to the ears of Mr. Whitehead.and the latter concluded he wouldMike Tebo’s Gunret interfere with Mike cutting the ^ hay, but would take possession of it when cut.“Tebo and Mr. Whitehead, unacquainted with each other, happened to be in a crowd one evening and Mike was discussing the hay question. He was very loud in his declarations of what he would do to Mr. Whitehead if the latter interfered with his (Mike’s) haying operations.“Mr. Whitehead overheard the remarks and came forward to give Mike an opportunity to carry out his threats. Mr. Whitehead was a very aggressive looking young man in thoro days, and had the reputation of being able to handle his wings with considerable ability. When he confronted Mike the latter pulled a gun—a horse pistol or something of that nature, about eighteen inches long. As Mike presented the gun he began to back up. pressed by the lumber shipper who was calling upon Tebo to swallciv his threats.“In a moment, Mike had backed out of the shanty and a foot race up town had begun, with Mike leading, flourishing Ills gun and uttering all sorts of threats, his pursuer following and handing out a stiff bluff ail along the route.“Finally a friend ran out and stopped the sprinters. He took Mike'sIn conversation with the pioneers of 1881, some very racy anecdotes of the doings of the early days are heard. The other day one of the old timers was telling of the only “gun play” he ever witnessed here in the old times, when it might be supposed such occurrences were frequent.“Mike Tebo will be remember
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Brandon Weekly Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 25, 1907
Page 53
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