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MAY WS EVENTFUL HISTORY HISTORYOne One of the keenest youngsters of the season and to good judges the best filly of 1896 was May W She was bred in the North Western terri ¬ tory from which a lot of fast horses and horse ¬ men with an edge have come comeMay May W was one of the good things of the year for which foxey folks laid in waiting Some are still stalking The foxes amassed wealth when May W won at Milwaukee This wealth was taken from them when she did not win at Oakley Sept 28 last Her race that day was one of tho nasty bits of the season of 1896 After it May W was taken lEast with St Jacob Her present whereabouts are not known The filly is said to bo in hiding somewhere in the west A well posted western horseman of high class sends DAILY RACING FORM the story of May W It is full of interest He writes There is a lot of class to May W notwithstanding the fact that she is small and that her dam was San garoeLucindas dam a quarter horse or a half miler and with no known breeding She gets away slowly but can come home tho last quar ¬ ter in a five furlong or threequarter race at a clip that is simply terrific She can carry a fair weight too though she is small For her inches die is superbly proportioned and loves to race In Montana there was just one twoyearold tVat could beat her That was Ogden and I think the judges made a mistake in not sotting down the boy Stewart who rode her the day she was beaten three furlongs there But three fur ¬ longs is not May Ws distance and though the betting and tho ride looked bad Mr Broush after due reflection gave the boy the benefit of the doubt on the distance ground and judged that the betting was influenced by the big bet ¬ tors who used their knowledge of the filly getting away slowly I think that as a rule such things ought to bo considered but in that case I always think that the benefit of the doubt ought to have gone the other way Maloney who has had the maro is all right rightIn In Montana she was raced by Cameron Wcntworth two big Canadians or Scotchmen from the North Western territory or British Col ¬ umbia Both are gamblers from tho word go Cameron was the man of polish a well dressed fine looking fellow of good manners and smooth ways apparently a man welltodo and big ioorge Wentwortli was the trainer and as it afterward developed the lessee of the mares racicg qualities from Cameron who really owned her and came along to bet on her They made a killingover her first raoeat Anaconda but lost most of it the day that Ogden beat her at the same place Things went on smoothly apparently till the Butto meeting was over whU Wentworth backed by Peter Hale of Butte and Barney McGiuloy of Anaconda re apuctively started East with May W and the jumper St Jacob the latter owned by McGinley Before the horses got out of the state Cameron attached May W on the cars Hale McGinley fixed the bonds and the mare went East Cam ¬ eron claimed that the lease to Wentworth only covered tho racing season in Montana and that be had no right to take the filly East The i ase however did not say so and tho court dicided for Wentworth WentworthHenry Henry Maloney is but the trainer for Hale MrWinley and acting for them is probably car ¬ ding out Wentworth s contract by keeping tho filly till April 1S97 Maloney is a nice young fallow who has but little reputation but is a fair horseman with either a trotter or a race h jrao a good handy man in his business He i noting for Wentworth or his employers if the miro is put away It is possible that in 1897 she Will run in Camerons colors Marcus Daly did r it tj to buy tin iiil but Win liwynu sport ug rtiati of Butte a frirnd of Mr Dalys did offer 5000 for her tho day she ran five eighths of a milo in 100 4 People gave it out that Gwynn was acting for Mr Daly but such was not the case
