St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-12
SPOK ANE.
Did You Note How He Ran at
Louisville?

Well, boys, did you note how he ran
AT Louisville?
How great Proctor Knott
Turned out deuce spot
And Spokane an ace,
AT Louisville?
All the wealth and the pridt
OF Kentucky was there.
And never on earth
Since Venus gave birth
To the ideal of beauty
Under Titians deft touch
Have we seen presented
Such view of the fair!
From Lexington came
Birth, beauty and name,
And Harrodsburg swelled
The ranks that held
The buds of society
In bewildering variety.
Blondes and brunettes
And the lovely Jeannettes
Laughingly smiling
The time beguiling,
With wagers of gloves,
We meet, sweet loves.
Pouting, shouting, never doubling
That Proctor Knott
Was Johnny gu the spot"
And the hero of the Derby.
Montana came like modest maid
Though modest, not one bit afraid
Came to the line and spoke-Spokane!
Looked for the word-then
How he ran! How he ran!
Northwestern whirlWlndS
Born of winter gales,
That sweep across the plains
And thunder down the wales,
MAY play their parts,
Then vanish as they came;
Dakota cyclones with an awful force
May spend their fury, and cen life divorce
And there seem forceful for little hour,
Coming from heaven only to devour.
But all these pale, their fu1ies soon abate,
To-day they conquer; tomorrow they've mo
date!'' -
But look upon the giant of the course.
AS with great bounds he speeds to victory.
king! He is a king-a king of force
And every movement is melody.
The North against the South!
Once more the sections strive for mastery
But this no battle born of policy;
'TiS merely striving for Irieudly victory.
Kentucky, California-each of their jealousy
And banking on past records most persist
emily.
Affected to despise our Northern bred,
And fouted his just claims right royalty.
And yet Spokane,
Did | say he ran?
Well, yes; he ran
To victory.
And all the Robinsons, and Bryants,
and Haggins, and Hearsts, and Bel
monts, and BruceS, and WitherS in this
OF any other seaport town can never
make me believe that the Northwest
isn't tolerable good breeding place for
running horses. The victory of Spo-
kane at Louisville will do more to call
renewed attention to the Twin City
running meeting in July than any other
event that could possibly occur outside
of st. Paul. The running horse men
are beginning to discuss the merits of
the Northwest as country to give
horse muscle and staying qualities.
Spokane has proved beyond question
that this is the country for excellence
in which to breed runners. The GLOBE
has contended heretofore that this was
true; Spokane has proved it. Even
the stars seem to have entered into a
compact to render the initial meeting of
the Twin City Jockey club conspicu-
Gus success. 1.-The two cities will not
hold the strangers that win flock to ST.
Paul now" said Gen. Robinson to the
writer at Louisville on Thursday, after
Spokane had won the Derby. and an
impetuous Blue Grass belle had ran out
into the paddock and kissed him-Spo-
kane, not Gen. Robinson.
Mr. Robinson will bring Spokane to
st. Paul in July.
Spokane!
Well, boys, did you note how he ran
at Louisville?
How great Proctor Knott turned into
a deuce spot and Spokane an ace.at
Louisville?