The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-09
ROYALTY RUNS A PROUD
] RACE AND WINS
THE DERBY

The greatest race ever seen on the
Interstate racetrack was run yesterday
and with the running the Spokane der
by of 1908 became history. The day
brought out the greatest crowd OF race
followers of the meet thus far, and
when the winning horse in the event
which all have been on the qui vlve
for. came in after romping around the
track in the prettiest piece OF Jockeylng
and racing ever seen here, the enthu-
siasm of the spectators nearly liftd tue
roof from the grand stand.
Royalty, the speedy 3-year-old Of the
Harry Green stable, certainly proved
his right to the name, for if ever an
animal ran royal race 1t was the one
which took down the $1,000 pot Tor
Green. And the animal was proud OF
it, too, and on being brought before
the Judges stand he gave the crowd
choice prancing exhibition while
Lloyd wood of the California Jockey
club took his picture.
But the prettiest and most graceful
picture of all and one that caused
horsemen generally to envy Green, was
when Miss Ella Clark, chic and pref
ty. one of the handsome girls of Spo'
kane. placed a beautiful wreath about
the neck of the royal beast. The scene
was greeted with the widest applause
and Royalty, with his usual familiarity
attempted to find the lump of sugar
which he is so fond of by nibbllns
the wreath. to the delight of the crowd
The races all went off smoothly eX'
cepting the hurdle event, in which
Jockey Allen was hurled to the ground
when making the fourth hurdle In the
mile and an eighth. when it appeared
pipe that the race was his.
The undesirabiltv of hurdle racing
is being emphasized every time one OF
these races is run. They serve no pur'
pose and are not valuable adiuncts to
racing. They are distinctly dangerous
to the lives of the riders who ACCEPT
mounts. Hurdling over soft earth is
quite different thing from racing
over a course. where the ground i
practically as hard as adamant. Yes
terday the crowd saw Major Hooker
stumble and throw Allen TO the ground
The accident could not be very dis
tirctly seen from the grandstand, but
il was an unpleasant affair neverthe-
less. Fortunately for both the rider
and the horse, he fell when there was
no chance of his being kicked and tram.
pied upon. and it was positive relief
to see that he was injured no moro
than he was. The animals were going
at a breakneck speed at the time.
A Great Pacing Event.
Manager ,Jeffries of the racing asso-
citation clearly demonstrated his ability
with the ribbons Yesterday. when lie
drove Reta H. in the 2:l0 pacing event
and won the first three heats in great
finishes. In the first heat Reta took
the lead at the start and kept it clear
around the course. winning in a crack
ing finish with lie Roi. the old favorite,
hard at her heels, and Starkey close
third. In the second heat she again
had things to herself. this time Martha
B. coming near to heading her. The
third heat again saw Reta Fl. to the
front. leading the others by a couple 81
lengths at the half and winning the
money hands down. Miss Mabel Welsh
a handsome young society belle of thi
city, hung wreath on the winning
horse. Reta showed her appreciation
by grasping the wreath in her mouth
Accident in the Running.
Nanon, the favorite, took the frs
running event on the program withou
at any stage of the game being in tn
least danger of losing. But the wa
Vassalo set out after him when tn
bunch had commenced to lengthen on
looked as if the dope Of the bookmal
ers on Nanon might not prove a pip
after all. The finish was goshawfuli
close-that's what the Nanon hacker
thought, anyway, when they saw Na'
salo creep up on the favorite. TIL
time was not especially good.
1t was the derby that held the after
ton of the crowd yesterday and til
favorite proved the easiest sort of
pipe. With Buxton up 1t made hi
double cinch. as the jockey rode II
animal not only well from the stant
point of speed, but used his head