The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-18
THE RACES AT KENT.
successful Opening of the Sum-
mer Meeting.
.ucolM WON THE KENT DERBY.
r,.ek Alder Surprises the Talent In the
Colt Race-Speciai racing ana
gas Trot Unfinished.

:. in The derby he half mile
A. had been Ell on dry
srornd. In Coo 1rs atmosphere,
s,r- tho first heat Of the p2tlae race was run in
.drizzie. which kept up fath tae END, ana ieit
,,~a races which were SAL siched together.
lev .be rssult in doubt at tic cad Of the day
- !, consiAersbGe amount OF r7oney tied up In
.z-s.,4s AZ tke booksellers. The xnf turned
-. xithout showing many sigus OF timiaity.
80 ,xere the most interested IN the sporF.
rha v..hsEag was not so large as the crowd
., the Jrns meeting, but there were fully ], -
yer,aas on the ground, and they were better
t,ken esre or The grand stand, newly painted,
md the loay white fences made pseasau ozr
trsst 10 the unshingiei pile aud rs y ~
fence Of the spring. There 4 faere
Interest displayed, and .n0T2 ap-
nIanss for the winners than fore,
and taken altogether the attendance .'romises
more for the su eeeefing days oi tse eek. There
vas delegation Of solid men AID another of
sparts, and spgakling OF elderly Inatrons ana
wesiy girls The grand stand was bank OF
white dresses end the vicinity OF the pool box
Ea 81 stoyepipe hats.
Aparty Of representative lovers of horse meat
not in from Spokane on the noon train. Colonel
~ " D. Turaer who drives the pseer sleepy
BOB and practices law between times, was among
theri Mr. aud Mrs. NJ A. Butler, Mr. and Mrs
= D. Saunders aud d. ". Maloney were the 9th.
eFz W T. Matoek came up from Pendleton TO
spend the week at Kent. Ex-Councilman d. A.
Mckenzie was there. The legislative halls turned
out Senator <. T. Wilson and Representatives
G. Walker, of seattle. Byron Barlow. OF Ia
Is coma snd ]. 8 sallee, OF Kirkland. John Coll
Inns the owner of the Occidental block. speeu-
lated ID futures Sheriff J. II. Woolery came
out as much 10 see the races as TO see that the
peace vas kept Major " V. Rinchart, o: the
board Of public works. and Fire Commissioner
] I. KahAley were among the visitors. J. ".
Macleod pct in full day where he could get
most fun out Of the meeting
some OF the other visitors were: Frank C.
Bake, state printer of Oregon; L. r. Rogers, a
prominent seastie real estate dealer; J. I. Wis
dom. q Baker City horse owner: judge r. H.
Cam, Judge W. Lair Hill, W. II. Graham. the
earpet merchant c. ID. simpson, of the Ballard
lumber Company; Senator Trustin P. Dyer, g.
W. ioung, Siegar. smith. J. VI. r. Atkinson,
Noble WslliEgford. }. " wallingtord, George B.
Kitsipger. Charles II. Ktttinger. Captain W. H.
Tasior, Br. ,irasse. Ross Humphrey, Coils P.
Stone, Attorney VIII H. Thompson, NORTH
koca, a H. Robertson, OF Portland; DIR. f. G.
johnson, John II. McGraw and family, Will II.
hh.ie GEORGE White aud sutciiffe Baxter
The Kent band pIsyed the Blue Danube waltz
snd several other new tunes before the races and
h To between the heals. Tho young man who
h feeE all about horseracing, and the old sport
49, $3.50 AAAh" AiiAbEs NtEc A>NAity uDilhiI-
Gus. and as usual, the man VINO said the least
came out on top. There was Es much noise as
there usually is ut race tracks, but not any
more The same old cosmopolitan mixture OF
retired capitalists, dudes, doctors, foot
racers and professional sports went
= gooc way to make the day
counterpart Of one spent on the other tracks,
although this was more respectable. The road
bed was tribe new, perhaps, aud the paint a
/ Little too QlaSSN hrff nj bAr
Ylaee as an Older and more experienced track
zenla be. The visitors take kindly 70 the track,
snd If the weather gives them a chance will
STAY with the works until the result of the last
eveui has been declared.
gENr DERBY, IL MILES; $500.
The derby was a long time starting, but when
fhe horses did get Of, with the single exception
OF Regal, second choice, they were well punched
Clear around the quarter aud up by the Judge
fiaaa. Jim Murphy won tho choice of position,
Malcolm directly outside OF him. and the
platoon ran. Idaho Chief, Ito. Raindrop, Rosey
Lewis, Regal, 20 the outside of the track. Regal
got bad start, and he was between two and
three lengths behind the bunch all the round.
He never made IN what he lost at the first
JUMP, ana tailed Oh. Raindrop acted wildly for
Ia. mile, and then settled down to pretty
Steady work. While the horses were scoring
there was some trouble distinguishing between
,Regal and Eaiudrop, because the semi. probes
touals did not grow the animals by their
ktyle, and their coiors and descriptions
Were TIE same. Bat alter the start was
iasGe aolOdy had suy trouble telling :hem
sparG Eardrop was we'll M, and even prom
leo at sac thFc2-q uarter post 10 be winner,
Mi'is1 along in the rear Regal brought up, the
blue IN MS riders Goa, and cap flashing ike the
rehecs-Gn o. a comet on the surface Of tropical
oceaa. Malcolm led the bunch by meek
around the head Of the kite. and between the
nile ana tie finish the race belonged 10 the colt
ato>s behind came Idaho Chief, and next Roscy
lewis and Rajndrop This order was kept I'M
u tee hnisa, when Rsludrop pulled out OF the
iourth place into third. without throwing Rcsey
Lewis Gus cs the same relative position. NAL
colin finished IN 2:l9'< full length ahead of
Idaho Chief and ROssy Lewis and Raindrop
came mp and saved half OF their entrance fees
BY dividing third money between them. People
who held tickets On Malcolm paid so for them.
Ress held mp "a second Tor SO Idaho Chief
nd al 8, and the rest were punched 10 make
z heid MRtuals paid sl@p Following is the
smaary:
~ 4 o'Brien's b. g. Jim Murphy, a, III, Nc
70 Browns CHI c. Malcolm. 3. io7. Mcintosh
u Randslis .. = Idaho Chief. /, lis ....... ,
5tMcNcil's b. 5. Ito. a, l2o. t,albraith ... (
skjoncS b. ~. Raindrop. l. ll5, Pedro $3.50. 3
"a baco's oh. III. KoSey Lewis a, ll5, Fort
So watson's h z. Regal, a, IL. Evans ......
ltEe by quarters-o.27. O;53, -, Ia. 2;l2i3.
HaLF NILE DASH FOR rwo-YEAR-oLDs. 500.
Aanie Rooney was the iavoritc ~ iTst for the
Al nile dash for 2-year-oldS that followed,
Wing for 81 to SIS fer Tacoma and s. for the
'sa Just before the race came off Tacoma
'anped into favor and So was paid for him
ssias; 81 for Annie Rooney aud s. for the
| aed The race was good star: after lev at
snpts, and the horses got of we'll together.
ssek Alder went ahead like shot and kept
as sdvaHtage 10 the finish, passing under the
sse IA y seconds. Annie Rooney was poor
sooad, sud tacoma came UP after him and
soA th.ld money. Nutuas paid $l2.70. Fol
sNlas e tie summary:
{ II buffers b C. Black Alder, 100 .......-... |
y " bs pees Z, Patricia. l0-. Ford ..-......
" II AS EaS D e Tacoma. b c. lilo, EnoS ... }
n. -. A,7no Gu l. Annie Rooney. iG5. Lowell. >
'1'S - quarters a .16' 4, @ 81.
SPECIAL FAcING FoR $40
Neither the pacing race nor the rs tro, were
{niiSasu owing % the rain. which began 10
4 ''tzie down steadily about O'Clock Three
- -. ~ me former and two OF the latter were
= .aA' vas accomplished. but these were good
es'ss' Fools On the pacing race went Mollie
o0leT S-e' soyrel Frank So, ans CASTILLO g be-
Foie The start OF The first Guai mad. %al,,a
fo'fer atiie better favoy.tc. although il wa,
Won ~ me cheap horse. Noble Cooper was
varied the poe st the beginning, Win sorgel
EdaA @a TIE outside ana CASTILLO ia the mid
ie. Nellie Cooper had = triIle the advantage
p the start OF, bU, Costello took The lead by =
A'se al she ead a The first le0 yards. CASTILLO
h. Sfunud tie turn, while the othcs two strung
fat' No-l.e Cooper bringing up the rear, dity
fsrds oAek- The animals strung cut more and
n re ~ they came Into the home stretch. thsn
teey drew together step BY step. and held 81 a.
Fat even !roai rom the three quarter post half
f&y home They finished in the same order.