St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17
sPoKANEIs ALL RIGHT.
He Will Start in the American
and Twin City Derbys.

American Derby candidates and their
chances, and the coming Washington
Park meeting at Chicago in general,
are prolific themes for conversation
among the horsemen and race-goers of
the entire country just now. There are
several Derby candidates already at the
track. Of these Sorrento has been there
the longest, and he is looking and feel
his gallopS acts as though it would be
easy for him to win good race. Spo-
kane is a beauty with good and we'll
earned reputation, and is in fine shape.
He has very clumsy way of trotting
when he first starts Off, and some of
the argus-eyed watchers have pro-
nounced him lame. But if there is
nothing but this alleged lameness to
prevent him from winning the Derby
he will do it all right. Once Again is.
doing well and has some admirers.
Flood Tide is looking well, and is
known to have lots Of speed. Vidette
and Chandler are in the same stable,
and have recovered from their recent
illness. Trainer Allen thinks Vidette
the best colt he ever trained. TeutOn
is looking well, but it is not certain he
will start in the big race, and the same
can be said of Wahsateh and Metal.
Some of the trainers at the track who
have come up the line are very sweet
on the chances of Proctor Knott, as
Sam Bryant is giving him a rest, and
doing his best to get him on edge before
The Derby will be the greatest race
that was ever run on this continent.
Great, because it will very likely have
more starters than any Derby ever had,
and because some of the horses engaged
are the greatest by the recOrds-Spo-
kane, Proctor Knott, Sorrento and Don
Jose, by their performance. while most
of the others have warranted their OWN
erS in sending them to the post. Ii any
reader believes 1t einch for any one
of the contestants he should dIsabuse
his mind. for it does not appear like an
alright by any manner of means to
man up tree unbiased in his opinion.
Noah Armstrong, owner of Spokane,
who is thought to have mortgage On
the Twin City Derby. to be seen at Ham,
line in July, is all right. Ii he is
wrong now he was always wrong.
The colt will be seen at the post, and
seen there in good trim, unless he
should go amiss in the meantime. All
the rumors on earth will not bar him if
he is as he is to day. Tom Kelly, the
jockey who rode him to victory in both
races at Louisville, will have the mount
on him in Chicago and st. Paul. He
thinks the colt far and away the best
that ever stood on iron. Said he:
when | called on him he seemed just
as if he was going right out from under
me-" That tells as much as book of
hundred pages. s'DOeS he think he can
win?" you ask. "WeIl, I should say he
did; he proposes to show the entire
troupe the way to the wire" That will
not make him win, certainly, for about
every last one of the rest feels the same
way. However, it shows the faith that
is in him, and it is greatly to his credit.
Another colt that it will do we'll
enough to keep an eye on is Blue Rock.
He has shown that he is made of
precious metal. He will be beaten
when another finishes ahead of him,
not an instant before. Fresno, too, may
make quite an argument, with LIE Pre-
mier, Long Side and Once Again to be
thought of before man lays down
much money. No. indeed, it is no sure
thing for anybody, and it ought to be
betting race from the cellar to the
rafters. That is the way they bet in
Texas, and that method will be good
enough to transfer here. The probable
starters in the American Derby are:
Brown Princess, Kasson, Bannerette,
Metal, Outbound, Chandler, Blue Rock,
Vidette, Fresno, Retrieve, Spokane,
Flood Tide. Long Side, Sorrento, Sports
man, LIE Premier, Long Dance, Fenton,
Gladstone, Come to TaW, Proctor
Knott, Don Jose and Once Again.
Twenty-three IN all with the chances
of it being the hottest race ever seen on
track. If we take it for granted that
one-third of the number draw out, and
that is liberal estimate, that leaves
fifteen OF sixteen to make the fight.
All along the claim has been made by
many horsemen that twelve to fifteen
would start. 1t now seems certain
that there will be more rather than
less. Latest odds reported against
American Derby candidates show a
number of changes, and are 4 to l
against Spokane, 6 to Proctor Knott,
Z to l Don Jose, to l Sorrento. Is to l
each Sam Wood. Flood Tide, Once
Again and Salvador, 20 to l each Come
to law, Jay F. Dee and French Park,
% to 1 each Galen, Kasson, Heron,
Bootmaker, Betrieve, Blue Rock and
Sportsman. 80 to 1 each Ganymede,
Fresno, The Lioness and Philip D.,
and 35 to 100 to 1 the others.