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Show "Bret Harte" " Surrenders. Since Salt Lake's "great" trotter no insinuations "Honest Charley,''' couldn't "knock the spots off" "Bret ILirtp", at the Helena races, is owner own-er lias taken another Lick and captured cap-tured "Bret" bodily. How he did it tlie Helena I raid Lolls as follows: Papers have passed between Col. C. A. Broadwater, of Helena, and H. M.Taylor, of Salt Lako ' City, by. which Bret Harte," the famous trot-! ting horse, is to pass from the ownership owner-ship of the former genUenlau to that of the latter. The purchasing price is named in the- writiugs at $3,000, the horse to le taken and the money paid within thirty days from the 10th instant. A forfeit f tho trotting horse "Honest Charley." follows in c.Vr. Taylor fails to comply with his part of tho contract.. - A few notes concerning "Bret Uarto" will be of interest to many of our readers. Ho was purchased three i years ago this month, in Illinois, and brought by Col.' Broadwater to Montana. Mon-tana. The price paid for him was ?J,000. He has contested successfully successful-ly in trotting races with various horses, including "'Cornel. ''' "Honest 1 Charley," "B:iley Gray," "Amos , Townsend," dc. His public record is 2:3, trotting over the track 01 the Montana Territory Fair AssoeUiicn. "Bret" is a dark bay, ninety ears old, weighs 1,100. and stands lo hands 3 ineucs in height. A truer or honcster horse was never in harness. Gentle and kind, a child could bo intrusted to drive him with perfect safety. We regret to see so valuable ft horse one' that has won so much of tho confidence confi-dence and admiration of our people go away from Montana. Comparatively, Compara-tively, "he has boon but little trained lor racing. He has been kept for private use a pet of his owner and of everylwly who dotes on a good horse, which is at once serviceable and handsome. Wc believe that "Bret"' can and will be trained to achieve belter than 2:3S, or 30 for that matter, and that $10,000 will vet bo oilered and refusal for the an-:ma!, |
