The Washington critic., 1889-05-10
THE SPORTING WORLD.
SPokANE'S GREAT RUN IN THE KEN
TUCkY DERBY.


Never in the history of the Kentucky
Derby has this great race been run
under more favorable auspices than
yesterday, when Spokane won and
made the fastest time ever recorded for
the race. Proctor Knott, as he came on
the track for his warming up was
greeted with cheer after cheer and his
thousands of admirers asked time aud
again, GLOW can they beat him ?" As
he gallOpcd along with his big, open
gait II did look rs If he was unbeatable.
When the Jockeys had weighed out for
the Derby the betting ring became
REGULAR paddcmonium and men fought
in their frantic efforts TO get the odds
against their choice. Proctor Knott
started with odds of > to / on him. A
great race was expected, but the cxpcc.
tation did not rise to the reality. As
three years ago lIaggin brought Ben Ali
out Of the West to lower the Kentucky
Derby record TO 2:36I, so Armstrong
came yesterday with Spokane. and two
seconds more disappeared. There were
not enough coast people to oovcrcomc the
immense enthusiasm which backed the
home horse, Proctor Knott. The betting
was nearly all one way. The first pool
sold yesterday morning was $3.50 for
Knott and Sill for the field and while
much better than this was done both in
the books and especially in private bets
this shows the strength of the scnti-
mcnt
The starters were Spokane 1ls
pounds (Kilcy); Cassius, 1tS (TaraD;
Outbound, llS QIollis); IIindoocraft,
lis armstrong;; Sportsman, 1lS L.
Lewis; Proctor Knott, 1i5 Barncs);
Bootmakcr 1lS WARWICK; Once
Again, rs (Murphy). The last odds
were: . to | on Proctor Knott, 4 to on
Bootmakcr and Once Again coupled. 8
TO Hndoocraft, IL to Spokane, 90 to
Cassius, 80 TO | Sportsman and 80 to
Outbound Spokane is chestnut colt
10 hands inches high, rather good
looking fellow with fautlcss ac.
tion as he speeds along with
comparatively little effort. He was
bought with his dam when a sucking
| by his present owner, Noah Armstrong
of Montana, from General Rockwell OF
Illinois. lie is by Hydcr Ali, dam
lnterposc, which makes him full
brother to Queen Bess and Lady Cloud
AT the third attempt they were sent
away to splendid start, with Hindoo.
craft first, Spokane second and Boot
maker third. Proctor Knott at once
took the lead and with little Barnes
pulling his head nearly off, he SET fast
pace. He reached the first quarter
three lengths in front of Hindoocraft IN
the fast time of PAR seconds. Passing
the stand the first time the big chestnut
had increased his lead TO five lengths,
Sportsman second, Hindoocraft third,
BOotmakcr fourth, Outbound fifth,
Spokane sixth, Cassius seventh and
Once Again last. Knott was still trying
to get his head, but Barnes seemed to be
getting him under control, and the field
passed the quartcr-polc in the same
order. Hindoocraft then began to close
up, and at the half he was within three
lengths of Proctor Knott, who was
still running easy. Spokane was now
third and Once Again in fourth place.
The latter here began to draw forward
u good second, with Once Again
third. AS the start had been
made out of The chute, Proctor
Knott upon reaching it evidently
thought he ought to return to the start
ing point and he turned up the chute
thus giving Spokane the inside of the
track. Barnes succeeded in pulling
Knott back into the track, but so much
ground had been lost that after one OF
the most desperate finishes ever seen
here Proctor Knott was beaten head
by Spokane. The pair were foul
lengths ahead of Once Again. liindoo-
craft was fourth, Cassius fifth, Sports.
man sixth, Outbound seventh, Boot
maker last and broken down. Time in
detail: 2i9, 49,, Ian, l:41t 2;O94,
2:3Al.
There were two sensations at Nash
vile. Tenn, yesterday, the first being
the defeat of the cistwhilc crack
Galcn, who shut up most unmistakably
in the Norfolk Handicap and wa
beaten or. But this was nothing to tho
defeat of Terra Gotta for the Rock City
Handicap. In this race the Chicago
stable had Santalcnc also engaged. and
preferred To run with the latter ii pos
siblo, although they were coupled In
the betting. Mclaughlin made win
ming race of II with Terra Gotta, Clara
c. making the running. In the straight
Santalenc and Terra Gotta closed Will
Clara c., and Mclaughlin, believing
that Santalcnc could win, pulled vi
Terra Gotta. Ills reckoning was wrong
however, for Clara C., ridden out Wig
orously, managed to win by head
The layers of the long odds on thu
Chicago stable howlcd and shouted tC
have the bets declared off, and th,
judges, 10 pacify the excited throng
declared all bets OF, and then, TO max,
things more ridiculous, announced tina
Jimmy Mclaughlin and Terra Cotti
were ruled off. Having got so far they
became muddlcd and did not know
what TO do about leaving Suntalcn,
second. NJ they decided to postpone
any further decisions on the race
The Philadelphia Club turned tn,
tables ON the Washington Club yestcr
day and wiped ont the disgrace o
Wednesdays defeat by defeating tn
Senators by the score of o too. Man
agcr Wright placed lIallman at short
stop In place Of Wood, who Is suffer
ing from a lame leg. Barring wilt
throw In the fifth inning IIallmal
1 iillcd the position very satisfactorily
The Marlingtons could do nothing
with BuitintOns pitching, only securing
four hits. llcaly, on the other hand
pitched u very unsteady game and kcp
: Mack jumping behind the plate to stO
lhs Wild pitches. In the eighth innln
, Mack was relieved by Banning. III
lad little 10 do. but made a crcditabl
! showing. The Nome team scored tw
runs in the hrst inning. Clements lc
] 81 with double. took second o
! Mack's Wild throw and scored on
missed third strike which gave Fogart
his base. llcaly's tumble of Mulvey'