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Show RACES BEGIN AT BUTTE; 500 HORSES FOR MEET Promoters Fear Labor Troubles Will Affect Attendance; At-tendance; Expect Books to Do Brisk Business; Famous Stables Arrive. Special to The Tribune. BL'TTE, July 4. What, had promised prom-ised to bo the most successful race meeting in Butte's history, began today under conditions which promise to make the meeting meet-ing well attended, but which do not in dicate the play that the book-j book-j ies expected. The labor situation and j the uncertainty over the outcome of the ' miners' trouble has even been reflected ! in the gambling; spirit of Butte, the ! greatest gambling town in the country. Eighteen books cut in today. Or course there were the old odd layers , who always come to the intermouutain ! tracks. After a year's absence Joe and1 ! George Rose, who always take the big' bets when the little fellows wave the big money aside, are back, and the ring: is livelier for their return. Billy En Strom is operating, and other familiar odd layers today were Joe Dinkelspiel. who has returned after a summer's idleness idle-ness in California, Billy MeXutt, Ed ! Soule, Tzzy ITam, Jack Atkin, Join Lewis, Joe Cloher, Frank Malay, J., Kimmer. Billy Kleino and Al Punn. The combination book is handled bv Abe Cohan, who has had it for years ; Kleine, who is bringing San Francisco ; capita for his book, intends to operate St all the Montana tracks, and has hi family and auto here. More Horses Expected. There are 350 horses at the track and 200 more will arrive here Tuesday from Denver, the runners at Overland being split up between Butte and Van- i couver, where the play is not so good, i There were plenty of horses here toda: for the six events, including the Independence Inde-pendence day handicap, which brought out the money for which Butte is famous fa-mous in the sporting world. The management man-agement is giving the fans an extn race this year, as the condition book-. book-. for the second week have seven races : including two long-distance races, some- ' thing which the handicapper has had difficulty in providing because of the j shortage of runners that can make the. swing around the circle in this altitude. 4 ! There will be a mile race and a mile j and twentv-vard race every day. There will he selling Taces. the net value to the winner being $-2;3, second $n0 and third $25, with the handicap purse races worth $700. James Donovan Sarter. The starting today was done by James Donovan, assistant starter last year, who officiated at the Lagoon track when the sport was going in Utah. Harry Morrisey, who has brought the walking start into favor here, will arrive Tuesday from Kentucky, Ken-tucky, where he has been starting, and upon his arrival Donovan will be the assistant starter. The other officials presiding today were: Presiding judge, John T. Ireland; racing secretary and handicapper, Nat Nathr.nson; clerk of the scales, Sam McGibbin; paddock .iudge. Dr. Kahn. The familiar face of Paddy Juneau, who for years hung out the winners at Lagoon, Alan and Butte, was missed hv the followers. Paddy chose to re- 1 main at southern tracks after his es cape from Juarez, where the Mexican j situation was too brisk for the calm Paddy. The substitution of Dr. Kahn is to determine the validity of requests for eleventh hour scratches, as Kahn is p. veterinarian. Pete Clark will make the form chart and Dan Harley will do the calling. Track in Shape. The Butte track is a mile course and an even one, with the exception of a slight hill at the five-eighths post. It has been worked over and improved. ; After the Butte meeting the horsemen who arc here and are coming will move i to Anaconda, where fourteen days' racing will be held. From there the ponies go to ' Deer Ledge for fourteen i days and then to the state fair at ; Helena for a week. This gives six weeks of straight racing, and attracts horsemen horse-men who have been backward about , coming here since the Lagoon and Alan I tracks were closed through adverse leg- i si at ion. All the Montana tracks rely on Butte for patronage, special trains being run during the racing at Anaconda, Ana-conda, Deer Lodge and Helena. Classy Stables Here. There are some good stables here today. to-day. Seymour Veillcr i.as the world's champion ' record holder for the mile, Christophine, which turned a mile on a . circular track at Juarez in 1:36 4-5. Mimorioso, astable mate, did the same distance in 1:37. Some good looking two-year-olds complete the stable. Jack : Keene 's stable is here. Jne (ioodmau has arrived with Gordon Russell and Arbutus; E. H. Short with Melts and John R. Clay; E. Kaufman with Duskv Dave and Helen Hawkins, and W. Schafer with Sleepland and Pendant. The L'msctter s tables include Ladv Panchita, a big money getter and frequent fre-quent starter last season, and Cantem, the big gelding whose backers tore up many tickets in the first weeks, but which got down in front in his last times out. The Chanticleer sfnhles, regarded re-garded as an association stable, which topped the stable winnings last, season, sea-son, are owned bv Knv Ega". Clark M., Bert Getty and Kimr Worth are three winners which will run again. Other stables are those of Hickey & Holier. E. B. Parsons. Jake Marklein, H. Goldblatt. John Hognn, Tom Bradley. Brad-ley. Johnnie Shorr. John Camden, Green B. Morris, W. G. Yanke, a plunder and a real snort, which has fnintpn bobtails. bob-tails. Mike Hayes and "Seotty" P'er-guson. |