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POOR DAY FOR FAVORITES AT BUTTE. Butte. Mont., July 31. Todays card was of tho selling variety, but a good crowd was in attendance and witnessed racing of an interesting sort, the finishes being eloso ami exciting and the contest good throughout the afternoon. Tlie finish of tho liftli race was so close that when the official num. hers were hung up many voiced their disapproval. A considerable number gathered about the judges stand and protested vehemently, but to no avail. ReatrUce Soule, which lias a habit of swerving to the outside in all her races, finished close to the. judges stand and surely would have won iu another stride. Form was at a discount, only one solitary favorite winning, and the public lost heavily. Marked improvement in the running of several outsiders was a feature, the most glaring being that of Madeline Musgrave. Jockey Kirschbaum was taken off Tlie Monk, winner of the fourth race, at a late hour by tU judges, they deeming that J. Mclntyre understood the horses peculiarities better than the scheduled rider. Quite a killing was made 011 the wiu of J. F. Crowley iu the last race by a select few.
