, 1890-01-30
SPOKANE HORSE FLESH
The City Boasts More Fast Road
stors Than Any Other Town
in the Northwest.
A Horse Foncier Takes Drive
ana Makes Note Of the
Flyers Encountered.

There are more fast road horses in
Spokane Falls than any other city
In the Northwest. / was greatly
surprised when friend asked me
to take II ride with him to see the
great number of fist roadstCrs we
have here and to think that less
than three years ago we did not
have n horse here that coul Id trot II
mile In 900.
will try and give n partial list of
horses that can bc seen amy pleasant
afternoon on the avenue that can
trot a mile from 2:A5 down 10 2:2O,
Here comes II, III. Bennett with
Little Joe, II bay gcldlng, with u
record of 2:2l one Of the hest snow
horses in the world and gnmy
horse in every schsc of the word.
None Of the boys try To pass Mr.
Bennett ON the road unless by mere
accident.
see \. \. Ncwbcry turning into
the avenue with his beautiful chest
nut gclding Edwin g., with u
record OF 2;2li. 1t CAUSES friend
Ncwbcry and Mr.. Bennett To snlilc
n they meet. Their horses are too
evenly matched In speed To- try thc
right of way. 80 they merely jog
with each other.
Now We see Ralph Clarke with
his ruan gcldlng Bishop Hero, with
II record Of 2:26, one of the gamieSt
horses that ever lived. Ralph is
get ling onto Bishops continuation
pretty well, and lis drifting very
fast when hc gets showed In.
Here comes the great PAGER ClNta.
wa speeding down the street. He
has IL pcord uf 2;2Sl. Everybody
knows Clatawa. lie has cost the
pool buyers lots of money to find
out whether hc could stay race
out or not. There IL no road too
long tor him, aud long may he live. |
And there II Tomas Jefferson, |
with his beautiful bay murC Belle, |
that can trot us fast us abe wants .
10, and when Tom says he ig yOlnl I.
90 ride In front, there's where you
will tlud him. lie had the mi-lOr- |
tune 10 get his mare DAISY hurt, |
~ he has lost lots of sport, because |
Belle and Daisy are the fastest pole |
team We have In this neck IF the |
woods.
DR. Pcnhcld mas just turned into |
Second street with his mare Gaily. |
She II u trottcr, sure, The doctor /
has rode In the rear long enough. |
The air Il nll Uf trottcis when /
they beat Gaily down the avenue, .
and boys, II you don't think 20, Just |
pull out on the doctor, and You will /
fiud 1t out. ! know whereof speak. /
And there j. James G., that can |
trut u mile IN 2:3O or better amy day, |
but Colonel Turner says he has not |
the time to drive him, 80 hc puts ON |
u bit. That he can hold him with |
and Joys along. but woe bclide the /
horse that beats james &. To the .
wire next season.
Here Is Dick Dawson with his .
bay mare Calispcl, that can trot Il .
milo In 2:iO or better. Dick hus |
Broadway all 10 himself, ava his /
neighbors on the North side don't |
like TO ride fast when Dick Is on, .
with his trottcr.
Charles >trHtton Is lust turning |
down the street with his brown
mare, and when she starts In the
gentlomcn's road mcc next spring
don't forget to buy n few pools on
her, for IL may keep your flour bar
nj from btlllllH 700 low.
Friend Gutter just passed with
his bay geldlng Major, that can trot
IL hole In the ground. Major has u
record, | believe, Of 2:+j, and lac can
equal hl- record ut any time Al
though MIR. Cutter does not have
much time Ia drive you Just get up
u road race aud the chances are
more than even that the Major will
be- thcp.
Speaking Of double teams, here
comes III. Nj. Williams with beau
tiful matched pair of peldinga that
show their high breeding, and they
can scatter their feet too. Iaskcd
Mr. Williams what he would take
for them. lie snlillngly replied.
"t'lftcen hundred dollars, and not
one cent less
Inotioed our county auditor, NJ.
u. Smith, with II fine pair Of bay
hOrcs that hc has been matching
up. can not tell how much speed
hey have, but ii looks count they
can speed fast; and, 10y the way,
friend smith In onc oi ,he urst posted
men We have on speed hor~-, AL
though lie hns not the time 10 devote
to them. .
My friend called my attention to
u horse coming down the street at II
rapid gate aud thinking We would ,
have IA little race, aud ~ the horse
we were driving could trot a wat, h
Ia II stand sull, IL was just the ,
thing for me. But TO our |
surprise the stranger was too much
for liz and passed us like a iirsh. ,
suggested the idea OF letting Our ,
horse run bit, as have seen done !,
In races. The passers by shouted,
"see them ran, it's not fair ETC.,
hut with all our running the strange ,
horse vanished irOInuuf sight.
There are II large nu,nOer of other i
fast ho.sps IN the city which will IL. !
ceive attention ut u future time,