The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-03
sfATIlE's PRIZE WINNERS.
Spokane Adds Fresh Lanrels "a
His Record.
How ora Man Armssrssr watched
Him ksa Away frsTa Prs~tor
ksass I'm She Chi~s<o p~ssr-

-Arsnsffonrs owner 81 Spokane. sas ali
soabsesi-ar in osle eorrse~ 81 the sssog-
naasers stand, eosnplaeentlr chewing
an immense ED OF tosaece. He
fsosesi like farmer, gho nagst 70
knos more about rlow horses than
ANYTHING else His rasidy. kindly
face. his iron gray xhiskerx. his
sioueh bat. and his careless attire. all
proclaim the farmer. A mighty
shoot went up, roar OF yoiees. and
2 csaprsag Of hands that sounded
IKE a sudden discharge Of ar.
hiiefy. They're on. they're Oh. 81
came from thousands os snYosss.
Samuel Word. DIR s. NJ. Kennison. T..
~ Psatt- ali veteran sports. lespsd -
Their feet. Proctor nnosxfs ssses<i -
hey ssid old nan Armstrong.
Proctor Knots is say ahead. The
owner o. spokane aimed voIsey If
s<sbacco juice Ak distant nau head
ana hit IT, Re did not yase from his
seat hehind tie fence. " iaeYe ne eos.Id
see nothing. Al wss silent for few
seconds. which scenes like ar are
ben again rose great uproar. Proc
tor Knott. Proctor Knott. Arna-
strong removed hts cnss ef tobacco.
deposited II Carefully in the corner.
under iais seat. and rose slowly she
horses were hall aav around ard spfS-
Kane Vas .ay otbina tive lead Il kne y
u. said Armstrong ie~ said Samuel
Nprf. be's beat. and its too bad =
Feat nothin' replied the old man
calmly. He's too d. lazy To run.
W ait til the jockey heks him a little =
sare enough. - they came IN on the
honaestretch. q few smart cuts OF the
whip sesst the Montana cs,ls under &c
wire fir-t- Proctor Knott al literally
tired out and given ap. He had SCI
Too bot pace for himself Armstrong
sat down again and took another chew
OF tobacco. shortly after a Young
nsan came rsfnuing into the hook
makers quarters. carrying a roll Of
bills nearly as big a. ex-presidenf
cleveland meek. Spokane's owner
tosSk them without counting aud
rammed them careiessiv ifto
his frouserr pocket I'm ia
about SO 600 on this thing he re-
marked. IT e old man don do this for
money, explained hts friend WORD,
also of Montana lies got bis mines
t1s k1if- - u y W.T. he httR%s ftf docs II
! because re Uses to- That tos~
( Proctor Knott interrupted the Old
( man. sis great boss He ken outrun
any boss in America except Srsskane.
The trouble with him is he's weak.
He's been phi-ieked and aoctofesi.
/ and hasn't isasi time ~ get stro L.
+ Spokane is the LATEST devil ever saw.
! Yon see | know him. He ken run
T k..kf N as..-f. Is.L x.<
and half Only. OF course. ii you
was goin' To run him half Z mile
I you'd have to begin rusbin' him right
on the start " A reporter for the
4 Herald veniured Ia suggest that Syes-
kane possessed the running qualities
of kentneky thoroueis bred and tie
wind of a western mustang. Ken
lucky nothing" said lhe owner, ''rpo-
kane il a Montana horse. The hull
cify If Helena viii he drsiak tonight.
Thereii he reioicin' there | tell We. =
SAY. said Sam Ward. I'll give Won
+ SIC .fssi for that boss. Iii draw Won y
check tonight. payable in the morn
{ ing = Sam" replied the old man,
I'D ruther see you own him than any
/ BODY else. You can have bim for
/ $50 90. not cent less. Speakin' of
/ Spokane's nativity" continued he.
/ forming 10 the Herald representative,
mere ! little thing | cut from the
Nashville dmey'ic0a. bofs't lose Il.
always carry II in my pocket" The
clipping reaa thus:
Spesking about Spokane reminds
me We Tennesse.ans do not, a q
rule. pronounce the hurse's name cor
reetiy. There Is no Use ia 3istariing
the name of the Montana coli because
he beat our Proctor Knott. Now. mast
Teunesseeans dra4l out Spogane's
name very much after the style Of
poor white folk" and the Gossiper
cannot help having an antipathy Tor
these unfortunate poor people. Yea
have heard them say s-p-o- kane,
AMI | suspect Won have said it yo1r-
self. The name of the great Montana
colt i pronounced "a II IL were spelled
s-.-o.E-a-n. lie Is named after tribe
of Indians I'm Washington territory
now almost extinct. after whom was
named Spokane river az the cascades
OF which - situated the thriving me-
,ropolis OF the valley OF the Columbia,
/ Spokane Fails.
Now 20 deiye into history and 70
nance. ON the banks OF the Spokane
river, a iew miles above Spokane
I Fails. IL what is known as Wright's
I bome-yard. II was there that Colonel
Wright, some forty years age. con-
cltlsied the campaign against the Spo-
kanes, the CaliSpels. the C@nr 4 Aienes
{ aud the san Poueiie Indians, and
iaRgtt the rel men in the great Co
/ iufnhia basin that the Caucasian race
would rude There the colonel fought
( a battle and captured many thousand
( head Of beautiful. sleek. bunch-grass
horses, thai the Indians had
& driven With them III their re-
treat from the lever country. When
7 the red men saw they ~ere whipped
( each mounted ifeet horse and fled
calling back Ia Cob mel Wright that he
could have their other horses, that the
white men were horse thieves. any.
way. rather than soldiers. Colonel
Wright taught them better, for the
cent aay he surrounded and shot
eyerv horse the Indians had left.
There is tradition among the
SpokAneS 20 the effect that I'm the
evening, when the plain was covered
with the dead bottles Of their bssiiti-
3 TAI horses. iyiag with keen limbs and
shanelg neeSs extended on TOE
erounsi the Great Spirit spoke io a
WGtfffattt4 Warrior y tSY y - wv f'F7ts =
by the whisa men as he iav among the
heaps os g,ain. and told him that all
we> not lost. hut that the spirits ~
TIE free horses ri the bunch grass
hills hsd hlendea inte one. and even
Al the time he WAS speaking this spirit
horse was snoriing and kicking,
ne,ghing and holding his head alost
among the cloud capped mountain
psak<. cone Ssy. said the speaker
atbe spirit horse vii fesurn With the
sgeed the endurance and the piacS
al All tiie horses dead on the bsttse
f,eld. He xiii enter into the body If a
e0lt. and shat cois wiit he rallied epo-
Kane and will 81 forth "a coaqoer All
the hoeSeS az the earth The pro-
phecv is fuialiesi.
.,I.ef pse sc. said Mr.. Arm strong,
after the clipping hal been read, = Tat
Donovan runs ~ she next Tsce. Hos
MANY AZ ven wiil 80 in With n4e = 3
piece on him PATH win. Vel,
exriAimea L. VI E8ast,''s guess v"u r.
pretty good msn 10 stand ~ vita.
E'A 80 voa five Several css8ers
thought the ssmse They went the old
fpsrs Eve. and ,neV dis Dat resres =
Yen see SAID tie tire pT,'eessis
acre being divided 81 take thing cest
When we waS stoeyn ~ kr7tneks cd
Huwtsr was iimP3Nw ar0und seeslaa