St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-08
Montanans Finally Conclude
That Proctor Knott Is a
Speedy Animal.
His Defeat Of Spokane DEM
OnstrateS the Uncertain
ties of Horse Racing.
Western BookmakePs Fail to
Square Accounts With
Their Patrons.
AxtelI, the Peerless Three
Year-OId, and His Won
dePfuI Record.

Proctor Knott defeat of the hitherto
invincible Spokane in the race for the
Sheridan stakes at Chicago. July 4, took
the kinks out of Western horsemen, es-
pecially MOntanans. 1t brought them
to a realizing sense Of the fact made
plain in these columns for weeks, that
badly as he Jared in the Kentucky and
American Derby races and the contest
for the Clark stakes. Proctor Knott is a
horse not to be dispised. Long-headed
sam Bryant. his partner Scroggan. and
the multitude of trainers and stable
boys who never for an instant
lost faith in the great son
of Luke Blackburn. backed him
for everything they possessed in his
race for the Sheridan stakes. and had
the satisfaction as he led under the
wire OF reminding their brethren from
Montana who had praised Spokane to
the skies. that Proctor knott was not
ODlV fit to run for a mans life. but the
speediest animal thai ever looked
through a bridal in a mile and a quarter
race. 1t may be that the great tuturity
winner has passed the stage when he
=
ANYTHING over a mile. but the fact re-
mains that Proctor Knott is without a
peer in a race for a shorter distance.
Like all the progeny Of Blackburn,
he inYariaDle cuts out the pace and only
when the distance exceeds a mile and a
quarter is he at all likely to be found
wanting when the time comes for
burst of speed? General regret is eX-
pressed among hOrsemen that Byrant
& ScrOggin did not see tit to enter Knott
for the Twin City derby. The distance
is IA miles. and among the forty en-
tries. including HindOOcraft, LIE Pre-
mier, Don Jose, Caliente, Once Again,
Sportsman and Castaway II, there are
several that will give the Montana
horse. Spokane. a hard rub. MaidenS
are allowed twelve pounds, and Spo-
kane will carry penalty OF seven
pounds. This difference in weights
ought to make the race interesting
enough. and there are many hOrSemen
who believe that it IS certainty for
Spokane, and will bet accordingly.
There is no doubt that he will start a
hot faYOrite. and the odds in his favor
will prevent many from betting except
for the place. The Ladies' stake is for
tWO-yeaT-oldfillies. distance five fUrlOngs,
and the added money is $1,000. Sixty
nine nominations have been secured for
this stake, including LuIie 3. Flyawa y,
Ellen Douglass. Sis O'Lee and other
good ones. The Twin City Oaks, one
mile and an eighth, shows bold front
with thirty-eight entries. among which
may be mentioned Saline Hagan, Brown
Princess. ZOOlite. FaunUS, Lady Hemp
hill, Winning Ways, Mamie FonsO,
Princess Bowling and Blessing. The
Twin City Exposition stake, distance
one and a 81 Xteenth miles, is for all
ages. and in its seventy-three nOmina-
lions there is ample material for con
test Of high rank. CHANGING down the
list we notice Sallie Hagan. Clay Stock
TON. Cassius. Brown Princess. Terra
Gotta, Macbeth ii, Santalene. HindO-
craft, Spokane, Los Angeles. Artist, Once
Again and Champagne Charley. Forty
nine nominations appear in the Carnl-
val stake. for tWO-year-OldS, distance
three-fourths Of a mile. The quality is
equal to the quantity, and the young
SteTs shOul make a good showing. The
last sta Ike of the meeting is the Twin
City merchants handicap, one mile and
seventy yards. In the list will be found
Sallie Hagan, InsOlence, EgmOnt. Terra
Gotta. Laura Gardner, Long Roll,
Orderly, Bankrupt, Pink Cottage, Los
Angeles. Artist. Once Again and Bless
ing. The meeting will open at Hamline
July % and last eight days.