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MONTANA RACING There has been much said and written of the Montana Jockey Glnb and the race meet being conducted by it Some of the comment has been favorable and more of it adverse and it is not amiss to say a little more and give credit where credit is duo The officials of the clnb have labored hard and assiduously and they have worked under many disadvantages but notwithstanding it all it can be said that the meet is a success everything considered consideredThere There was considerable dissatisfaction ex ¬ pressed by horse owners at the shaving of purses and there was more dissatisfaction among the talent at the slimness of the odds offered by the books Then too there were frequent kicks and grumblings abont alleged questionable riding and form reversals that look palpable enough to have been brought about for an indi ¬ vidual advantage That is all a thing of the past now and the jockey clnb today enters on the third week of its meet with the knowledge tbat it has done its best to make sport good has accomplished it and above all has satisfied its patrons that everything will be on the level and firstclass if it is possible to make it so soThe The horse owners are no longer dissatisfied and the talent feels that it is getting a run for the money invested The bookmakers have loosened up and no one can with reason kick against the odds offered The attention of the Jockey Glnb officials was called to the evident pennriousness cf the books and the result is that the odds arenow as liberal as could be wished for forAs As far as in and out running is concerned there is little to say except that the judges have shown that they will not tolerate it On more than one occasion jockeys have been called into the stand and warned and the result ia tbat no jockey has repeated the offense against which he was admonished All that is neces ¬ sary is for the judges to make it plain that non ¬ sense will not be tolerated and tbat crooked work will result in summary handling of the offenders and all will be well The judges have made it plain that they will stand for no funny business and the result is that clean sport will be the order of the day Bntte InterMountain
