The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-14

Can tho Wild West Give Proud Old
kentucky Another Beating2
Intense Interest in tho Result
Throughout the Sporting World.
The Pooling ut Louisville Last Night
Proctor Knott q Strong Favorlte
Only Three stnrterss
the Great Event.

The Clark Stake, to be rn for today at
Louisville, IS attracting fully as much atton-
ton in the sporting world as the Kentucky
Derby. There are only three starters, Proc
tor Knott, Spokane aud Once Again, and
the race bids fair to be another duel between
the Montana colt and the Kentucky sclding.
In the local poolrooms lest night Proctor
Knott was u pronounced iavoritc, aud ut
Powers * Co, IS Turf Exchange lac sold for
$40 against s. for the field. At the Derby
poolroom the book odds were 10 Proctor
Knott, 3 to . Spokane, > 90 Once Again,
but these odds are no line ON the possible
result and only rcpr oscut The views Of Mr..
G. G. Bennett, the rIprioior OF the noon,
whose views are doubtless eolorcd by a tclc-
gram received from friend, asking him TO
place 81 900 to $500 on Proctor Knott.
In order to refresh the memory Of our
readers as TO how the raccwas run extracts
arr herewith giten from an Interview with
Tom kilcy, the accompl Bhel Jockey who
rode Spokane, not expecting 10 get better
than second money. kiloy says:
when the stand was reached II was
Knott: at the quarter Knott and 20 at the
| half aud thcc-quartcTs. Here, however
inoss for the final run home ! saw that II
ever my time came IL was then. aud | slight.
I ~ shook up Spokane aud gave han his head
He responded nobly, aud ono by one |
| passed the flying auimnk Outbound aud
/ Cassius, then Sportsman, Bouimukcr aud
| liiHdOucraii, all Of WHOSE jackrys were he
ginning to ply their whips AMI bury their
steel. My horse moved on and on and soon
| had Once Again 10y the saddle skirts, th,n
] ht.f
ming became nose aud most Tor an instant.
! Another link was let out of Spo-
! kane aud again he responded. Once
! Aguin was passed. and felt that
! SECOND money was mine. just ~ this time
/ we had reached the thrccsi ytccnths pole,
/ aud PuCtur Knott, who wns going like crazy.
! IN making the final round into the stretch
/ shot Wide and made a considerable sWcryc.
! l.urUcs saw THO danger and plotted like "A
hero. ! had pNRci Knott uId r slight
pull when the swcrye ,anc. Knott ~ lac
| went out, also went forward aud did not
seem 90 lose one inch 81 ground. Up he
came aud ~ me. bit / US not afraid
looked back 10 see whcrc Oncc Again WAS
| thinking that lac was the only one left for NJ,
! to beat | have all along believed that II d
] horse could catch Knott 10 the stretch that
ho would mn aud fall away b.uicn. liut
was fooled lie did not show The lcnst ,ign
ui ruNarlicr but us HlFHc. wheeled iu,u
| line come like q bolt aud cluug ON Ike d
! bull lur II was q terrible l,ni-h. but thc H.
yoriiu could not quite catch me-, aud ! won
| the race
Kiicy ALTO aid thai Spokane wa, not a,
ft pu Derby day U.s. Knott % that all thing.
| considered spukuLCs performance proved
him % grand animal, aud he mty treat his
hacker. to another surprise today. There
are some ohumps here who think once
! Asuiu las % chance 10 beat Spokane for the
| place tomorrow. They probably forget ihIt
| hr was four lengths behind the winner ol
the Derby on iu-t Thursday
A Louisville writer who described. The
finish says that Proctor Knott was pumped
out and quitting unl that o dozen Jumps
! from the wire klcy stopped whipping
while Barnes siill dug bloody burrows in the
sidcs of his firing mount. Tho New YORK
| Hcrrh account AID. The winner showed
NOT only that hc b. a game linfhcr but that
! he possessed reserve speed %. We'll. In this
connection u will be- we'll Ia bear in mind
| that spokane likes mud, nud IN bis two year
old form won his only two mrcs lOui OF i've
starisl on heavy tracks. ~ l1ionia, October
! 2. isSS ON track described NJ lumpy,
Spokane. with 100 pounds, male three.
f5urths 81 q mile In l:lsA, boating Spuris.
man Adricnnc, Outhond, and ten 0thcrs.
| At Nashville October ~. lNsS on u very
| heavy" track with 10 pounds he
won nyc.cighths oi o mile race iu
iO0li, beating Long Dance, julien aud four
Others. At Memphis. April o. lsSS. on q
heavy track. Spokane. with 100 pounds up
ran second Ia SirideaWay, mile anil an eighth
IN i:j7Is, beating llypOcric 100, Comedy ~,
| Clay Stockton 10. aud Enduirr 100. and he
came ~ fast In the finish that hc looked q
winner had the distance hrrn ten jumps fur.
thcr. That Proctor Knott can run la the
mud there fccms little doubt lie did II
easily enough IN his 2.ycuru OLD form, and nt
| Louisville, Ia May last with ~ pounds ~,
| beat Once Again aud i've Others hyc.cIghths
81 mile In i:0ilS lie Won easily by eight
lengths. June -, on very heavy track,
with llj pounds up, nt WIshin ton Park,
! Chicago, he beat B1utmnhor OIcc Again,
Heron aud seven Others five c.'hths Ola mile
IN i.Oj4. Once Again dos, not seem a. like
the mud, although, In hs 2.yDa old form,
lac beat Champagne Charlie. at g. Louis, On
track described ~ somewhat heavy. 20 10
u safe 90 consider him out Of The hunt in TO
days struggle
I IN view Of all these facts TuE ArrE,L Is
inclined 10 believe that SPOKANE, ~ 10 2
against, Is better betting than Proctor Knott
at 1 10 2 on.