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;■ THE EUREKA MIRROR T m te Ipokane, a Montana Horse, Won Famous Kentucky Derby th dinner Ran Against Proctor Knott, an Eastern Favorite, in the Eighties te ace Was Acclaimed to be Most Exciting in Annals of Derby, Was Run in Fastest Time Ms c.------ (By HOMER FAUSX) his history, were willing to back him let his steed out for the first time and Jseen that Proctor Knott was beaten i m I “A dozen jumps from the wire it was with hard cash. But the “wise money” the Montana horse responded like the I Kile^’s whip ceased its cruel urging, but I a m ;en that Proctor Knott was beaten, in the east refused to take him ser- superb king he was, sweeping from sev- the rowels of Bames still dug bloody i D. I MORRISON IS DAUGHTERS ARE IV n they came, stride for stride, head 10Yÿy' . enth to third and then to second before furrows in the sides of his mount On i t ’ for head. Then, with a mighty last ef This indifference was largely due to the back stretch of the second half- they came, stride for stride, head for fort, Spokane lunged ahead and passed the fact that the greatest horse of the mile was reached. head. Then, with a last mighty effort CALLED BY DEATH HEITMAN HEIRS I »Hinder the wire winner by a head!” year, winner of the Futurity and other Still the mighty Proctor Knott held Spokane lunged ahead and passed I And a Montana horse had won the important turf contests, Bryant’s Proc- to his lead, several lengths in front of der the wire winner by a head Proctorun- - Kentucky derby, America’s greatest tor Knott, was numbered in the list of Spokane and Sportsman. Entering the Knott pumped out and in second Once NATIONAL MONUMENT WHICH The will of Louis Heitman. pio I i ^ïpiorse racing classic, for the first and entries. Prom almost the time of his back stretch, Bames, by an effort, Again four lengths behind, third’Then BEARS HIS NAME IS LOCATED neer stockman who died recently in i i::Mjlast time. entry, the winter books listed him as ! pulled in his mount and the remainder came Hindoccraft, Cassius. Sportsman ON JEFFERSON CANYON ROAD California, was filed in district court I 1 That a Treasure state horse ever so a two-to-one favorite, and only two i of the field immediately began closing and Outbound in the order named at Helena for probate by the co-heirs, N ■ ^distinguished itself at Churchill Downs other horses. Young Once Again and | up. Hindoccraft crept by Sportsman Bootmaker bringing up the rear. Time! D A Morrison, well known as the the three daughters of the testator. t ’j __ is not generally Bootmaker, were given the slimmest | and Spokane, but the latter followed 2:344. diseoverêr „f Vainahie Mrs Grace Leuthold of Spokane. y HH known to the new- chance of beating him. him to retain third place. “The result was almost sickening to erties and the cave on the Jefferson Mrs. Corinne Sawyer of Wenatchee, d p| er generations, but Not only was he a Kentucky horse, Now another horse, Once Again, next the vast throng of spectators. Most of canyon road which bean! his name, Wash., and Miss Leila Heitman of y i M any old-time lover but he bore the name of one of Ken- to the favorite in the betting, was given them would rather have seen Spokane died recently from a heart ailment Helena. 5U of horseflesh will tucky s favorite statesman. By Derby his head and showed his flying heels break his neck than the record, and with which he had suffered several The Wl11, dated Feb' 29’ 1932> dis' h M 8S still thrill to the day, with the sons of the Blue Grass to all of the field but Proctor Knott and least of all to win the Derby from years several poses Qf an estate of the value of ..up_ id I memory of one of state betting their shirts and beaver Spokane, the latter once more in sec- Proctor Knott The time is the fastest „ '. i wards of $100,000.” It includes the Heit- t By the greatest races hats on him, the odds had climbed 5 ond place. American derby ever run as it beats ,Morr,son' 79- waa a native of Can- man ranch in Meagher county, stock îr ■I of all turf history, a to -, and not very many takers. Into the last half-mile they swept, the record of 2:36 made by Czar in the ada j! came to Montana as a young jn the Montana Life Insurance com- I |Sj tremendous and In striking contrast were the 1 to 6 and now Bames began to view with derby run at the late meeting of the imaY’ He discovered the cave, consid- i pany. a warehouse and other property M ■j gripping battle in odds against the Montana entry. There misgiving the bulldog tenacity with Blood Horse association.” j ered as one of the state's interesting jn Angeles, agricultural land in '%m ■ which a rank out- had been rumors, though—a few rail which the Montana horse clung behind And so Spokane brought honor, fame i scelllc sf°ts’ wlule developing the Riv- San Bernadino county, California, min- re ■ sider, by sheer cour- birds had witnessed Spokane’s morn- him. For Proctor Knott’s reins were —and. incidentally, considerable wealth i f£Slde Plac“> °!le 01 the “ph 6lainls 01 mg and oil land in Montana, a note for ■ age and stamina, ing workouts with some trepidation— loose now, and he was extending him- —to Montana. It was the one great I ,• e ,y „ ’ ,r year® he “as 06611 i $60.000 executed by the Peshaston :e m I nosed out a bril- and at race time two of the eight self to the utmost of his splendid effort of his career. The courageous I tryJn8,^° j?611 property to the state Lumber and Box company of Washing- Ir, * liant victory over a horses entered were less favored in the strength. [heart that carried him to victory overi°r t0 tlle l6deral government. [ton and a large amount of personal Homer Faust five-to-one favorite betting than the thoroughbred from They went into the back stretch as | the hitherto invincible Proctor Knott1 Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Belle property. 'HI—and broke Kentucky's heart. the west. 20,000 madly yelling spectators stood I was never again to be put to such a j Sutherland of Great Palls, a daughter, | The three daughters who are named The running of the 53th Kentucky Nevertheless, there was little doubt on tb6ir feet and Y^ged their favorite tremendous test. .H- *lng °JL BYtte,’son!, executrices share equally in the estate rlMDerby on May 7 recalls that distant day in the minds of the experts that Proc °nr^.They 70011,160 the turn- Brought back to Montana, he was ac- ! 5f5?rge of Mlssoula and Ernest of Great and speciai bequests include a Charles ,if||in the 80’s, when 20,000 dazed spectators The story of that breath taking, heart corded the hero worship that was justly I Russell painting. “The Bear” to a jfflrsaw the little heralded Spokane, prod- tor Knott could breeze through an easy winner. Feeble cheers greeted the ap rending finish is better told by that his. Horsemen from every corner of the Although a native of Cape Breton ! grandson. John Heitman Leuthold. an- s. ! net of the western wilds, not only beat sports chronicler of another day, the state journeyed to Twin Bridges to do island in Canada, where he was born i other painting, “The Three Scouts,” to 1- ilthe best the east could offer but shat- pearance on the track of the other seven entries, Cassius, Once Again, Louisville correspondent of the San him honor, and mention of his name June 28, 1852, Mr. Morrison was a de- Mrs. Sawyer, and personal possessions fter the Derby record Francisco Examiner: was alone sufficient to thrill the hearts ; scendant from Scotch ancestry. After j to the grandson. Hearing on the pro- A Sportsman, Bootmaker, Hindoccraft, ^ Spokane was foaled and raised on Outbound and Spokane, but when the “As the head of the stretch was ap- of proud Montanans. That he never I attending public school there, he re- bate petition will be held before Judge |Mthe ranch of Noah Armstrong, near proached, the mighty Proctor began to again so distinguished himself was un- I mained on the farm with his parents 1 a, j. Horskv Mav 14. IMfTwin Bridges. Armstrong had made his handsome Bryant horse came down the falter. Slowly but surely the fleet-foot- important—he had won the Derby and ! until 1871, when he moved to New York j i track a thunderous roar rolled out over ■4- pile in mining and the mercantile Churchill Downs. ed Spokane closed in upon him like a broken the record. He had well earned j and worked for the Champlain lime ; business, .,at Glendale, and the ranch, He was a big horse, and beside him nemesis. Only a length of daylight sep- the right to rest upon his laurels. ( works. He was promoted to superin- j MOISTURE IS BOOM TO ____was a hobby, or rather a necessary ad- Spokane looked like nothing more than arated them, then a half, then as the ----------------------<..------------------ --- [tendent. In 1873 he moved to Chicago,1 WESTERN SUGAR BEETS HgBjunct to his mam hobby, which was a beautiful colt.