Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-29
The AMERICAN DERBY
Spokane Wins the American
Derby at Chicago,
Worth SIG, 900.
Over 100000 Changed
Hands on the Result
Of the Race.
The Race Vas an Exciting One and
WA Witnessed by $1,000 Peo-
pie-@poNaae Made y Very
Pretty Race.
Spokane wins the Derby.

CHICAGO, June 81 Forty-seVen thous-
and pesple paid their money at the gates
OF Warrington PARK saturday ard then
saw spokane win the American derby,
worth $ls COO. Spokane had been the
favored ene hy far, s.iil other horses bad
their backers. Proctor Knott, though
defeated on wore than ouc field, was not
considered Glcgraced and many thousand
dollars we're stak.d upon his ability 10
win the racc. Don Jose, TOO, was con
sidcreJ by many 10 he every bit as good
q chance az Spokane. There was also a
stroag tiD on Oncc Again. AS the time
of ,l.a r2ce drew near the noise made by
the be0kmG~ets grew louder ana louder
and u.Q, wCIc CritQ "a EOClCFOUs tones
on cY,tv hzuC. Inc tusa about tnc bet.
ting gO3tps was enormous, ana hundreds
OF people Nrre unable 10 get "ltLln my
feet OF "a b0okSlAkcr. spokane was a
hot iavogite a, 6 10 ), though large sums
of money were bet en- nearly every other
horse in the race. Nearly 81, 900, 600
changed hands OF the result.
the race Wa an exciting one because
the tremendous crowd made 1t SO. Nc
great show Nas made IN lne preliminary
parade, in which eacn sf the contestants
looked 1T to compete for the valuable
stakes. Sorrento WAS first on the track
Then Proctor Knott appeared and was
followed by Long Dance, Don Jose, Re
trieve and Once Again. List came
Spokane. During the three breakaways
Proctor Knott broke in front each time,
plainly showing that Bryant's disappoint,
ment was 10 De a peaccmaker. When
the flag fell 10 an excellent start Once
Again was in front, followed by Sorrento,
Don Jose, Proctor Knott, Long Dance,
Retrieve And Spokane, ia the order
named. The dare devil lmmedl-
a,ely Piled the whip and kuott
shot ahead ike a flash, Once
Again being taken back by Murphy.
The race rss fairly fast n all seemed
Coatelt with their positions, which down
the stretch and past the stand were not
changed, except that for a moment Don
Jose nsde squirt. Knott had an al.
vantage Of two lengths over the others,
who were wei punched, with Spokane
bringing up The rear under Kiley's strong
pull. Knott lost some Of mis- lead and At the
three.quarter pole Sorrento WAS gaming.
When the half mile mark fell behind the
racers there was just daylight between
Knott and Retrieve, while the others, eX-
cept Once Again, were pulling up. Sor-
rento was cut of on the turn, but the
jockey pulling him to the outside made
up lost ground SO rapidly that his back
ers treAbled with JOY. AS the home
stretch was reached he was again second,
but there Proctor Knott gave out, and
there Spokane made his run. SO fast
did he come that, rushing past the
last quarter, he was actually
lie Ading, while Knott had already
fallen into third place. Again Sorrento
advanced, but Though stronger than those
behind, could not disturb Spokane, who
came away under kiley's appraised hand,
but without tasting whip or spur, and
won very easily by q full length, Sor.
rento Was second, a head before Retrieve,
third, followed by Don Jose, Long Dance,
Once Again and Proctor Knott. The
latter, cut up and very tired, stopped d
the saddllng paddock and was taken Il
his stable, while the crowds hurrshed snc
a band played as u saddle Of roses wa!
placed upon the winners launches.
so much money came down from the
northwest that spokane went To the pos
a heavy favorite at : 10 3. The othel
closing odds were: Knott, 3 to /; Once
Again, 6 to /; Sorrento, y to !; Long
Dance and Retrieve, 80 to ! each.
The official time Of the derby VA
24l4,