The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-14
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- nsestlestes aaA wssst q q.
enenl sporfs feel that they have besa
z1555S = = . horse race I'm ~ West -
- lou1ae afternoon and their pftncipal
III yesterday wns hguring cot
r. nnrpened. For the Last two wee1ss
80. e1ne enes have been gotnG about with
1lftous smiles way down IN their
S1s6o. ttvpinE me another o3eskul Wfp1m.
'S,sssS 1870 altogether iske people who have
- - 80 thing which mnst b hepe lAGk~
~ - 1nsf d asiie innocent lob they tod
80 ra66kef. md how the people Of 0tIman
~ nwfprssed when tha1r pS1os horse,
ss7 sSrude. ? Vas eft behind: oh. % Tar ~
lSS - the good legal tender Of the an.
- wss slowed sway u Seattle poukr
- lsesl sports aad imported . horss 70
e1onnnie.' No less = horse, indeed,
- .putGh.s than which there Il aons
eoe,ous on the Pacific coast In = quae-
- nm To animal has flat record q
go and. - the sports said &c = =
her.1nek." being known Throughout
W3ot - among the very best quarter
The Gilman horse. "JchnutA."
- D. Josl. u scmething Of . "esacksr-
- hlueeif and the local people have
= taten down the line In = betting way
- ~1ehnnieS pesformarEes. until thay
1of ef attempting TO beat him With
hesse Ia this part at the country md
~ Dutch
y fnneup Dutch arrived several dAys
- lrum North Yakima, In charge Of .
sSSune 1ockey named Albion Boynton. The
IN people we're not Informed OF TITS
80, and +Dutch'' Waa concealed until
- lAy Of the race In the darkest staN In
- lasksst stable In the city.
Iuynton had brought the horse here on
4 enarantse Of $50 and expenses. WAsn
= aah1d for his money. II II said. che
spDol him on the back and told him TO
~ nso1 fellow and wait until the race
- psslJed on. II seems that Boynton
- ~ built that way. He tried to BE- q
~ 1salow." bat failed: for the tempter
n fsct that all Was not liable 70 b. -
80 Tor "Johnnies waa ruuhosod to the
0onan owners Of thai animal. and they
- said 70 have Investigated and found
- Mo tho nvai horse was. Tho story
Is that Doynton< was approached by ennis
oo19n q the 0ilmsnjtss and was offered
~ 10 throw the race. The pathetic strug-
- - that young mans mind can be well
ngned. Should he be good fellow"
~ tats the Sx0 and leave his universal
bgothexhood principles In doubt II Is
xelDted on good authority that '.Dutrhss''
manager accepted the br:be.
II race was run Monday afternoon at
q o'clock on ths smooth turn OF beach Just
espand the point at West Seattle. Near
~ wAtsr the tide had washed II smooth
~ hard. making naturai track, such a.
Noald b hsr1 10 duplicate or excel. Fur
tker inahors the sand was dry and soff.
S0ate&" 0Aa en- the inside
koly ~. sports went over from this city
At a almost equal aumbeS were there
a. QIinAn.s The 6easfiette1. had ,vockafs
tnA OF money They were placing bets
Jlght and lett and every once In awhile
vsuid 80 belxnd'a tree and laugh over the
nun thsy were having But the wise ones
notced that the Gilman people were hold
- the stakes. Gilman people wer~ judges.
ysferess. starters. timekecpers and. In fact.
mrwhose race. Suspicion came upon them
- hey began 10 % slow.
u va great rAce-for . few feet. The
aefses were OF like shot and hammsrtng
NAY down the beach IKE ssreaks-
DUTCH was easily In the lead. when II
- noticed he W. getting up into the soft
sand inshofe. fakss Fakeg' cried the
Statistics as they saw their imported
tAesoughhred wading In dirt over his fet-
so1s. That horse IL being pulled"
$SSshssAe WUu AI6 I8Ne. DoA GvCu
men u was on q narrow margin, because
Dutch" wac not used to being beaten. and
- strained every nerve 10 oversake the
uttis brute from Gilman. Al the finish
oeoed WAS dripping from his mouth, and
he% hadn't moved the line In thirty
net." ccntended one Of the losers. he'd
nase won anyhow. That hoy couldn't hold
htn."
- Ereas demonstration Was made by the
eeatf!e sports TO get their money back.
Iney surrounded the Shareholders and
aeid an Informal mass netting. In some
instances the money was returned bur
ens or TWO Shareholders were obstinate A
seated argument was kept up with these
aussnE Tire return to Seattle on the ferry
ana II was very much excited and
nolsy crowd which marched up town from
sac slp We've bern done. ana We want
cur money back was the cry, They kept
10 antil n policeman came TO the Rescue
o. the objects Of the crowds wrath and
TOOK them OF 20 the pollcs station. While
sne dissatisfied ones elMmcrsd outside the
shareholders slipped cut the back yard Of
shc station AMI wen, home
Where were "pufch' aud his rider. Royn-
ton.
Down OH the water front IN shs gather
ne dusk. sway rem the tamulsuous shscnx
"a frent Of the police station. elosei bsx
0r was standing on = ssietrack. In tho
uncertain twilight I, looked grim ard fsre-
'od'n4 TIE figure - man approached
ara There was a knocking on ssae heavy
door ~ the ear
~ WA Sid back slightly ana voice
~sed 'whs's there
Never mind who am. iaat nv
money, ara I'm gams. All want ta ksow
tssyntfsn. - how Il happened DIST be-
ssssn son ana rvs. TIA won nsssi that raeer'
" vas question - getting t9os or b.
us esf'~i a good fellow and getting ire
sorss ~ ". sai5 the man In shs car