The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-12
Ran LIKE A FIEND
Clear knight Breaks Track
Record in Derby.
Wins Great Race in Last Few
Yards.
CROWD WENT WILD.
Cheered Same Little Galloper 10
the Echo.
Two Thirty-flve Pace q Thrill
ing Harness Contest
CROWD WENT WILD

clear Knight. a three-year-old hliy'
owned bv S. r. Lawrence, Of Coloraao
Springs. and ridden by mere mite oI
a F,5, named CrisweH, won the Kan
SOS Derby OF 1906, at its fourth an
uuaI running at the fair grounds yes
terdav afternoon. She lowered the old
record for the race. 1:45, by negotlat-
ing the distance in 1.44% and IN max
ing this time Clear Knights owner VIII
get silver loving cup from the Kan
sas state Exposition company In adol-
ton to pulling down the lions snare OF
the $500 purse. Miss Affable, owned
bv Freeman Brothers, OF Parsons
Kan. with Reese in the saddle. was
second. a nose and a half behind Clear
KNIGHT and q nose behind Miss AIaoie
was LADY Chatham. ridden by Lyons
and owned by J. s Haze of Dodge
Citv Kan. Nettie c., owned by 1. b.
Ault. of Dodge City, and ridden oy
Osborne. was fourth scarcely halI
length behind the money winners ana
three other oe the eight horses in the
race we're as close up as it was possible
for them 10 get
Never has a more exciting or thrill
ing race been run anywhere than vas
the Derby of yesterday. 1t Will live
long fn the .vemory of those who we're
fortunate enough to witness it. And
remarkable feature of the race was
that it was run true TO form as was
evidenced by the betting C4ear
Knight and Miss Afable were favor
ties at even money in the final betting
and Lady Chatham was the next cnolce
with odds Of hve to two against her
and the betting ring was given Iouch
that it will not forget, or be able 10
make up in a long time for the three
placed horses in the race were heavily
backed.
From the start until the gruelling
finish the race was such as is seldom
seen and when the horses straightened
out for the wire at the head or ne
stretch the two thousand people IN the
grand stand rose to their feet en- uasSe
and cheered. or rather yelled like as
many manIacs turned loose and their
cheers and yells we're echoed back by
another thousand persons Nno hneu
the rails of the track and occupied
rigs in the quarter stretch And the
crowd yelled Just because they we're
thrilled at the sight of a real horse
race They were not yelling for any
particular horse to win for the winner
was in doubt from the head Of the
stretch until the final strides we're
taken at the wire They just simply
yelled through sheer excitement and
sat or fell down exhausted when the
race had been won
There we're originally fourteen en-
tries for the race and twelve of them
were carded to start but four, 7. Jo-,
r. @ Smith, Miss Platte and Friend
less. were withdrawn at the last min
ute and the starters were Clear Knight,
Pates. owned by G. ". Poole, of
Lamar. Mo, and ridden by Flanagan;
Fanetta, owned by G. Leighty, of St
Joe No. and ridden by Carson; Nettie
C.. Lady Chatham, Lady ManseuSe,
hz- T. Sh1ffaT of Okla hnU01
City, and ridden by McClusky; Miss
Anable and Squids owned by J. M
Whitney. of HiaWatha. and ridden by
Gray. All Of the horses carried one
hundred and ten pounds with the es-
ceptiOn Of Clear Knight, whose impOst
was ninety-nine pounds and this was
her only advantage in the race and one
to which She was entitled because Of
her being a three-year hlly in a
race with aged horses The final bet
ting was even money on Clear Knight
and Miss Affable; five to two on Lady
Chatham; twenty TO two on Bates;
twenty to two on Squid; ten to two on
Lady Maneuse; ten to two on Fanetta,
and ten to two on Nettie c. There was
not a horse in the race which did not
carry some money and there was such
q crowd in the betting ring that 1t was
pretty hard work at times to get near
the bookmakers for the privilege OF
making a bet
It was after 6 o'clock when the race
was called, it being the desire of the
Judges to finish the harness races il
possible before calling out the Derby
candidates. But the many who came
for the express purpose of seeing the
Derby run were not feeling at all bad
after it was over that they had to wait
SO long to see it, for 1t was a raca
worth waiting weeks to see.
rubber barrier was stretched
across the track for use as a starting
machine and there was the usual
amount of trouble in getting the
horses lined up for the start but Chas
F. Kennedy, the starter. was patient
and he had an able assistant in a man
with a whip on the track who literally
beat the horses into line All the
jockeys were naturally eager not to
get the worst of the start and made
some false breaks. Flanagan on
Bates was the worst offender and twice
got tangled up in the rubber. On one
occasion he dashed ahead and the
rubber stuck to Bates shoulders until
st stretched a hundred feet or So and
then broke Miss Ahable acted a bit
badly planting her forefeet and re-
fusing to bulge for several minutes
unless It was to rear up and circle
around. She was finally cOaxed into
position and when the crowds we're
least expecting it the starters eve
caught the horses in a line and all
dancing in motion, the barrier was
sprung. the word go given and the
eight horses jumped off in a bunch to
as pretty a start as it would have be
possible TO make. As the horses
reached the eighth Of a mile post. Net
tie c. forged to the front and got away
q couple Of lengths with the other sew
en- horses following her in a bunch. TO
the rear of which was Clear KNIGHT
Nettie G. hit up a rafting pace and
maintained her lead the first time
around the track. passing the grand
stand on the first lap good three
lengths TO the front with the rest OF
The horses alternating their positions
IL the bunch. so frequently that the
vari-eolored blouses and caps of the
jockeys produced a kaleidoscope e9-