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BUTTE LAYERS HAVE BUSY DAY Holiday Throng Taxes Capacity of Racing Plant and Back Their Choices Freely Unite Mont August 21 This was Commercial Day a local holiday and sill business in the city was suspended The crowd that turned out for the races was enormous ami the layers claim that they never before handled so much money here as they did today The card provided was of the selling variety and most of the races were won by horses at liberal odds Auto Girl winner of the opening dash easilv disposed of Decency the first represen ¬ tative to start from Secretary William Gemmells stable stableOKonite OKonite after showing in nis race of yesterday a dislike for heavy going defeated a fair lot today in handy fashion fashionStartler Startler quoted at the liberal odds of 12 to 1 wore down Kugravcr the favorite in a hard struggle in the fourth race raceMerman Merman was purchased today by Pontius Ho land Sir Cleges was sold to the Helena Stable which is owned by the association secretary William Orimar Lad was bid up from SJOO to 100 by W Gabriel and was bought in by his owner ownerIlerrv Ilerrv Stevens a son of the late Thomas II Ste ¬ vens will arrive tonight from Oakland Cal He and the widow Mrs Stevens will accompany the remains to Lexington Ky tomorrow for iutermeut iutermeutJockey Jockey Ilnxton was fined 25 by the judges for rough riding in the third race raceShooting Shooting Spray was claimed by W G Jenkins for S425
