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RIDING VETERANS IN A BUTTE RACE Last Tuesday at Bntte Mont a race was run at live furlongs entries to be ridden by grooms and stable boys The purse was 300 and St Joe won it In 103 J with Curriculum second and Sid Silver third Perriue a more than ordinary jockey six or seven years ago rode the winner at 139 pounds He rode well and the riding skill displayed in the race yas above the average Among the other riders with their weights were D Foun ¬ tain 130 0 Clark 139 Boland 137 Butler 130 rml Kntter 142 All are now trainers or workers in the stables now racing at ISnttc All have been made useless as riders by the low weights that prevail Of the race the Butte Miner says in a reflective way wayStarter Starter Murray had one of the largest audiences of Ills career at the post for all the stable boys and those connected with the care of horses and boys at the track to say nothing of owners and the public generally congregated at the starting point to cheer on their favorites favoritesThe The scene at the post brought back recollections of old times to a good many There were riders in the race such as Fountain Boland T Clark Knlter and Perrine who in their day were up wild the best and it was a bit pathetic to note how siuh riders have become because of weight ami oth r causes unfit for riding while others riding wit them few years ago have either become owr TI or trainers or iu other ways have stuck to tlu rac ¬ ing game
