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MONTANAS MONTANA 1898 RACING RACINGEd Racine Ed A Tiptou Tiptoe manager of the Montana race meetings was in Chicago yesterday en route to Anaconda Mr Tipton Lipton looks forward to a busy and profitable turf season in Montana The meeting at Butte is to begin July 2 and end August 6 It will be closely followed by the Anaconda meeting commencing August 11 and closing September 10 This provides for fifty eight days racing thirtyone thirty at Butte and twentyseven twenty at Anaconda AnacondaMr Anaconda Mr Tipton Lipton said that the only thing he feared was a scarcity of horses Last year a large number from California raced racedat raced at the two Mon ¬ tana Tania tracks but the formation of the new Cali Ali ¬ fornia Formica summer circuit promises to keep most of them at homo this year This condition of af ¬ fairs would seem to create a golden opportunity for owners in this section of the west Horses can be taken to Montana much cheaper than to California and it is no exaggeration to say that there is no place in this country where more money can be won at the racing game The volume of speculation is simply enormous The stakes and purses are on a vary liberal scale and the treatment awarded visiting turf ¬ men of good standing is of the most cordial and generous character characterTwenty character Twenty stake events have been opened for the two meetings leading off with the Montana Derby to bo decided at Butto Butt on the opening day July 2 It is of the guaranteed value of 2500 1 14 miles The other stakes are as fol fool ¬ lows At Butto Butt The Young Misses 3yearold fillies 12 mile 1000 Bitter Root 2yearolds 12 mile 1000 Silver Bow 2yearolds 5 12 fur ¬ longs 1000 Northwestern Handicap 2year olds 5 12 furlongs 1000 Yellowstone Handi Hand ¬ cap 2 and 3yearolds 34 mile 1000 Silver City Handicap 3yearolds and upward 1 14 miles 1500 Butte Selling all ages 78 mile 1000 West Side Handicap all ages 1 18 miles 1000 Hot Times all ages 4 12 furlongs 1000 InterMountain 3yearolds and upward 58 milo 1000 1000At At Anaconda The Daly Dally Stakes 3yearolds 1 18 miles 2000 Montana Hotel 2yearold fillies 4 12 furlongs 1000 Last Chance 2 yearold earl fillies 58 mile 1000 Deer Lodge 2 yearolds earls 58 mile 1000 Ogdon Ogden 2yearolds 5 12 furlongs 1000 Ravelli Raveling Selling 3year olds 1 mile 1000 Copper City Handicap 3 yearolds earls and upward 1 14 miles 1500 Ana ¬ conda coda Handicap all ages 1 mile 1000 The Smeltermens Smelter Handicap all ages 5 12 furlongs
