Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-10
Well Run, Well v on.
A Great Horse Race Was the
Kentucky Derby.
PROCTOR KNOTT FAILS TO WIN IT

spokane, VINO was Away Behind IN the
Pools, Being "a Short Head in Front at
the Wire-The Time. 2:34 LIZ, the Best
Ever Made, All Things Considered-An
Exciting Finish-Records of the Ball
Players.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May l0.-The largest
Brock Mollie Mccarthy race witnessed yes
terday's races the chief attraction being the
fifteenth renewal of the Kentucky Derby.
Twenty-one bookmakers, with auction pool
sellers and mutual machines, could not &C
commodate the mob who for forty minutes
struggled and fought to place their money on
their choice for the Derby Most of it went
on Proctor Knott, with Milton Young's pair,
Once Again and Bootmaker, second, and
Hindoocraft third in popular favor. Spokane
had stable following, and but few we'll
posted outsiders backed him to beat Knott,
| the odds against Spokane being Il to l, and
to for place.
The Racers Get Away.
After three break-aways they got off to a
| good start, Hindoocraft leading, Bootmaker
| and Spokane second Cassius was first out
| of the chute, followed by Outbound, Spokane,
leading the bunch, third When straight in
| the stretch Knott's blaze face showed in
| front, Hindoocraft at his girth, Bootmaker
| third, the others in bunch well up. Knott
| quickly opened three good lengths as they
came to the stand and Sportsman had a
neck the best of Hmdooci aft, the others
| all together, close up. Barnes was unable to
| properly hold the gelding as they went around
the lower turn, and in his efforts TO keep him
| down threw him out of his stride twice.
| Strengthened in the back stretch Knott was
| again going smoothly in the lead by more
| than length. At the quarter Sportsman
and Hindoocraft went after the leader, but
the effort was too much for the former and
| Hiudoocraft was second at the half, two
| lengths behind Knott.
| Three Good Ones in Front.
Here Spokane showed just clear of the
| field, running third ON the outside. At the
| three-quarters it was Knott by a length and
| half, Spokane, second, Tapped by Once
| Again, the others well up in n bunch, and
ali moving easily and fast Rounding the
| upper turn Knott's lead appeared to be a
good length, Spokane second LAYING well ont
| for the inside in the stretch As they came
into the stretch Barnes took Knott to the
middle ground for better going, bat the geld
| ing went wider than he intended. Spokane
| came i'll close to the rails. Knott had lead
of neck from Spokane when Strengthened
out for the run in, and Once Again was close
up in third place.
| Spokane Goes to the Head.
Halfway down the stretch Spokane had
drawn abreast OF Knott Here the latter
swerved from the spur bit, and Barnes APP
piled the whip correctively Spokane was il
front by half length at the distance stand
and Knott, length the best of Once Again
was getting the lash and responding so wei
that Spokane's lead was rapidly diminishing
Then kiley got to work with all he had, anG
| in terrible finish Spokane and Proctor
Knott went under the sillen cord together
| on opposide sides of the track, length and q
half ahead of Once Again, and the mob who
watched for the winner We're unable to tel
who had won, and fell to arguing about it.
| Won by a short Head.
After few minutes delay the decision
was announced, and the fastest race ever
run at the distance in the world, considering
the condition of the track, was won by Spo
kane by short head, Once Again third
Hindoocraft fourth, Sportsman fifth, Others
punched.
Time by quarter miies-242i. ~, 1:l41%
1:4l19, 2:094, 2:34}a-within half a secont
of the record
Barnes rode the believed-to -be-invincibl,
Proctor Knott we'll, but besides making hi
weight with nearly twenty pounds of leat
he had not sufficient muscular strength Il
! keep his mount in hand properly. Knot
was finishing stronger than Spokane, bu
Barnes had been working on him for the las
half furlong.
For the remainder of the programme
Swifter won the g mile in l:04&i, Come to
Taw the l-l6 miles in 1911, Bravo the 9.
| mile heats i'll IL and llG2i