, 1890-05-22
SomS Pointers by "Horseaesh" on
the Racing Horses Quar-
tered at Spokane.
Contractor, Bishop Hero. Little
Joe and Other Flyers De-
veloping Great Speed.
Somo Of the Finest Horses in
the circuit Here-The
July Races.

clty, seated myself behind n fine
bay mare that had just been re.
ceived from Canada, and drove out
to the race truck.
l was surprised to sec So many Of
the old turf-gocrs. Tho snnic inter-
est II taken rs In times past. saw
many new faces and many strange
horses, although many old cam-
paigners were there who have raced
over this track and made records.
The track X In fine condition, and
horse that can not trot inst on this
course Is no earthly use MS trotter,
as II II the fastest track In the West.
Every trainer seemed to be keep
ing UP his horses for the July mccs,
which bid fair to bo the greatest
race meeting that has ever been held
here. We have the reputation of hav-
Ing In Spokane some of the fastest
trotting and pacing horses In the
Northwest, and the horses that
come from abroad will have to be
racehorscs to beat us.
SOME or THE FLYERS.
There was quite n number Of
horses on the track yesterday morn
ing taking their exercise.
Hugh klrkendaps brown gclding
Contractor, trotted three heats, the
first In 2:42, second 2:32, and the
third In 800; and he seemed TO say
To his driver the lust heat: "Give
me my head and l will trot u mile,
the like Of which was never seen ON
this track beiore.n He looks like II
piece of new brown silk. and can
trot for your lie. He made his rec
ord OF 2.24 In seven heat race on
this track, and how the talent did
fall.
Little Joe was also on the track
taking his work. Lutte Lindsay has
him In training, and he looks like
trotter sure. His owner, Il.
III. Bennett, hardly knew
him. He Il certainly In the hands
of an expert. He has his forctop
cut pompadour, and when he has
his knee boots and suspcnders on,
you see hc II the same Little Joe that
always pulls his hackers through
and mover gives disar pointment.
When he left his Michigan home,
some four years ago, TO do battle on
the turf In the far West, II was
whispered that he was an outclassed
trotter, but he has shown mis- ability
to get to the Judges stand first, no
matter how hot the company.
noticed Ralph Clarke's iron horse,
Bishop Hero, working with Little
Joe. This roam gelding can go more
heats than any other horse on earth,
and no matter how fast they 20.
Bishop never gets tho iiag In the
face. He has record of
2;26, obtained In the thlri
heat of n bruising race,
aud he has shown the ability Ia trot
In 2:16, and / believe II there Is one
thing more sure on earth than
another lie can do It. He has the
blood, which will always tell, and
the stamina which II takes TO make
IA trotter. Bishop is In fine condl-
tion. The work that Mr.. Clarke
gave him on the snow the past
winter did him good, and I expect
to see II marked on the blackboard
by the Judges more than once dur
Ing this campaign that Bishop
Hero won hands down.
Mr.. Lindsay has Johnny piggott's
bay mare sarah In training. Lind
say drove her mile yesterday
morning. Her performance was
finer than | have seen for many u
day. Around the first turn she
did not move itst enough
To attract much attention,
but when sho entered the
back stretch she commenced To
trot with that long, quick stride OF
hers, and ~ she rounded tho lower
turn and came to the, head of the
stretch II WIS evident that Sarah
was setting mark which none of
tho i-year-olds have been ca pable of
doing, aud in her flight down the
stretch she came with that move
mcnt that told the people that
Sarah was trotter. | don't think
that Lutte meant to drive her fast,
but she was bound to go, and she
Just simply ran away In trot.
johnny Piggott, please stand up
and say II you still deny owning II
trotter; and II you do, just say how
much speed Is required to make u
race horse.
Lindsay also has tine chestnut
gelding Montana Ben In his stable.
Ben Ia one of these tear-the-tuck-up
sort and l will say right here that
i have always looked upon him
with kindly feeling, hoping 10 sec
him start In u race, and ms II has al
ways been one of my sliortcomlngs
to bet a few shokels on the result of
n trotting race, will wager fcw
that when Ben starts he will make
them all scatter their feet, aud they
will all know that they have had Il
horse race.
Tom Cole, one OF the best trainers
that we have, has MIR. Ncwbcry's
stable of trotters in training, which
consists of Edwin G.. and 'rruelln.
Tom took them out of tho bandbox
and showed them To ME. They show
t'leIr keeping. Cole says while Inc
las no pointers to give he will say
this much;
'"That there IL going to be few
horse races at Spokane Falls IN July
with Little Joe, Bishops Hero, Con-
tractor and Edwin q. They may
beat him, ,as II is u hard lot of horses
to beat, but II they do beat Edwin
c. II will be tho greatest record
smashing that you have heard of for
q long time, and II will bo safe TO
say that II Will he ~ horse race from
beginning TO end"
In speaking Of Truclla Mr.. Cole
says that she Is queer combination
She II rs speedy as n ghost, but un-
reliable. ] nsked him II she would
be entered In any Of the rnccs; hp
said that she would be entered In \
the cup. race. She started once bc-