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, BUTTE MEETING A GREAT SUCCESS. Butt0 J!i"c,r is t0 ,U rclled ron, the people f of Rutto are entirely satisfied with the wav things .have gone during the thirty days of racing which will ciane to an end there tomorrow. The Miner 1 . .IS, . follving comment on the meeting: .vm,,"1 ftllu j"1101!!",. "f , tmi Uutte Jockey Club within a few days of its close, those who have been closely and intelligently following the progress of the sport here this season are free to admit, f rankly bocause there can be nothing save such an admission", that the meeting so far has been from every point of view the best Rutte has ever seen since racing was inaugurated here years ago. "In point or racing of quality, racing as fair and square as it can lie made, attendance, lack of any disgraceful occurrence, capability of ollicials ami. last or all. a winning meeting for the public as a whole, this meeting has to date marked a turning point in Rutte racing. Realizing that the future of racing In Rutte depended on the cleanness or this meeting, the local interests, as well as the ollicials employed by them, have bent every effort to maintain the best racing possible. ".Messrs. Nathanson and Miiiholland are men of country-wide reputation, know the. game thoroughlv and are sticklers for detail. They have examined carefully and fairly every circumstance which to them appeared peculiar, and. when reprimanded or punishment was due. it was administered. "There have been no accidents to either horses or riders. The track has never been as fast or as splendidly cared for. The entire- plant has been improved and racing has been carried on under the most favorable conditions. The attendance has been greater day for day by a large margin than last year, and the average attendance has been greater than in years."
