St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-13
An Ideal Thoroughbred Race
Horse and Work on the
Turf.
Budd Doble Has Gotten To-
gether a String of Famous
TrotterS.
Foals at the Sherwood Farm
Colt Stake Races--HOof
Points.


memorable Fourth of July, 1878, when
Ten Brock and Mollie Mccarthy came
together at Louisville in four mile heats,
has excited so much interest as the
kentucky Derby run last Thursday at
historic Churchill downs, when the
chestnut colt Spokane. representing the
growing Northwest, defeated Proctor
Knott, the Pride of the South, in the
finest derby race on record and the fast
est time that the derby course has ever
been covered in. The performance of
Spokane rivals the record for mile and
a half made by Luke Blackburn, and
the fact that the Northwestern flyer
and Proctor Knott will come together
again at Louisville tomorrow in a mile
and quarter spin has created con-
siderable excitement among local horse
men. Barnes will ride the great
stakes and Kiley will be up
on Spokane There are thousands. in
Guiding Sam Bryant, the owner of Proc
tor Knott, who firmly believe that he is
the fastest horse on earth, while many
think that the result of to-mOrrOw's
race, which is practically a renewal of
the Derby, will show that Spokane is a
better horse at the shorter distance.
Spokane, who is entered in the Twin
City Derby. to be run at Hamline in
July. and the Montana Derby, to be con-
tested at Helena in August. is an ideal
thoroughbred race horse. He is deep
chestnut colt, sixteen hands high, and
from his performance in the Derby it is
evident his beauty is more than skin
keep. A small, lean head, with taper
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and large luminous eyes are the most
prominent features of his frontiSpiece,
which is adorned by white blaze eX-
tending almost to his nose. He has
a tapering neck, magnificent shoulders,
deep chest and absolutely perfect legs
a back of moderate length and small,
fiinty feet without sign of blemish.
His quarters are OF the racing pattern,
and pair of clean and well-muscled
"cat hams make up the entirety of his
appearance, save the white stockings
that ornament his hind legs clean up to
the hook. He was got in Illinois, foaled
in Montana, and trained in Tennessee,
so it is rather difficult to decide to what
section of country the honor of produc-
ing the colt belongs. His dam Inter-
pose is by imported Intender, he by
Crater out of Orlando, the dam of In
terpose being Lila C, by Lightning out
Dolly Carter. by imported Glencoe, a
family that traces back to the kings OF
both the English and American turf.
Hyde Ali was by bennington, dam Lady
Duke. she by Lexington, out of Magda-
lene by Medoc. 1t will be seen at
glance that Spokane'S breeding is ex-
ceptionally good, the winning strains
of the bennington, Lexington and the
good old English blood of Crater cOurs-
ing through his veins. His owner,
Noah II. Armstrong, of Helena,
Mont, formerly owned Grey Cloud.
full brother of Spokane, and so we'll did
he think of him that when the sale of
the late Gen. Rowett'S horses took place
pose i'll fOal to Hyde Ali was offered,
Mr.. Armstrong bought her and took her
to his ranch near Helena, where Spo-
kane first saw the light and learned
that his legs were intended to race
with. He was trained as two-year-Old,
and made his first appearance at the
Washington Park spring meeting in the
Hyde Park stakes, being unplaced to
Caliente three-fourths of mile in 1:1SA.
He next ran at the Louisville fall meet
ing, and was unplaced in field of fiji
teen, Princess Bowling, winning at five
.furlongs in 1:O1. AT the LATINA fall
lDeeIluS Op0kdiie WOIl Ills HTSI tTdCketS,
defeating Sportsman. Adrienne. Long
side. Lannes, Outbound and eight 9TH
ers. three-fourths of mile in 1:18N.
AT the same place. he ran unplaced to
Tenny in a field of nine at three-fourths
of mile, won in 1:174, and appeared
only once more as two-year-old, when
at Nashville, he won at five furlongs
in l:O614, defeating Long Dance, Julien
and others. He was then retired, and
spent last winter at Memphis, where he
was put into training early last spring.
Spokane started but once IN the spring,
when he ran second to Strideaway in
the Peabody Hotel handicap at Mem
phiS, nine furlongS, in 1:571s. 1t was
said at the time that Spokane might
have won had his owner so desired. In
that race Spokane beat Hypocrite. En-
durer, Comet, Clay Stockton and Long
Chance, all good horses. Spokane was
badly trained for the Kentucky Derby,
and, as he has been keyed up to the
mile and halffor the past three weeks,
he should be able to do good work at
the quarter less. Should he win to-
mOrrow's race. Proctor Knott's star will
have set for keeps, and when Spokane
shows up in ST. Paul he will cut large
figure among the 500 others of his kind
that will be quartered at Hamline.