Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
THE PRESIDENTIAL.

well Pete" said the managing editor to
the horse-racing reporter on Tuesday morn
ing last, 'our political man Is still In dry
dock, as a result of his arduous and pro-
tracted afilliation with those national com
mitted fellows. and all the rest of the staff
will have to work on the tabulation OF the
results, and SO / guess It's about up to you
to cover the main end of 1t today Let's
have a running description of the event,
and get your stuff In early. On your way,
now"
Here Ia the unedted report turned In by
the horse-racing reporter late on Tuesday
night:
THE presidential stakes were run off to-
day in the presence of a bumper gathering
1t Is estimated that about thirteen millions
OF badge holders passed the turnstiles. AS
forecasted last week in these columns, the
race went to Mckinley, the favorite. This
thoroughbred led from the drop Of the
nag. and won pulled to walk, In the COM
monest kind of canter. by so much open
daylight that the largest field glasses were
not or sufficient range to estimate the DIS
lance separating him from the racer which
finished second-the much campaigned
Bryan.
THE layers, of course. made Mckinley
an almost prohbitive favorite at to l.
Nor did they rub this price from the mo-
ment they put up their states until the race
was over. Bryan. the second choice in the
betting, was naturally at 8 to l against
AS for the rest of the field. 1t was n case Of
write your own ticket on any of them. AS
good as 10000 to / could probably have
been had at any time on any of these skates
for the place. SO certain was il deemed by
the wise ones that Bryan would run sec
ond. The result, of course. indicated the
talents selections. Quite few of the con-
firmed long-shot players could not resist
the juicy odds on tap against Bryan, and
these played the second choice to win,
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ing bets Of this character. These long
shot players were frank enough to say, be-
fore the racers went to the pump, that they
believed the only thing that could beat the
favorite would be his falling down, and
that they were only playing the second
choice with that very improbable event in
view.
LAS seen in the paddock before the race
the difference between the first and second
choices was marked Mckinley looked
trained to the split-second and fit to run
the race Of his life at any distance, where
as Bryan appeared to be sluggish and dis
pirited, 1aded and overdone. 1t surely
looked as If the training methods employed
to get him in condition for the running off
of this classic event had not been of the
best.
when the bugle sounded and they pa
raded to the post a tremendous cheer
arose for the favorite and his jockey, Gold.
who wore hrand-new set of colors that
flashed brilliantly in the sunlight. The
ioHS -ShotteTS emitted somewhat mild
hurrah when the second choice, Bryan,
passed the judges stand on the way to
the post. 1t seemed to be clear to them
that their choice was not moving with his
accustomed freedom and vigor, a fact
which they had noticed with some alarm
when he was brought out for his preimi-
nary gallop. He had warmed up poorly
and seemed to be stopping at the end of
the short breather which had ben given
him by a stable lad named Trusts. The
jockey, Silver. who bestrode Bryan did not
look to be up to a hard race, either, and
the horrible mess that he made of the
race proved that he was in no sort of shape
In fact, the looks of the racer and his
rider as they passed before the stand on
the way to the starting post threw such
alarm into many of the long-shot players
who had backed that combination to win
that they rushed into the ring with the
idea of hedging off their bets. but the books
had been so swamped with money on the
favorite that the layers were indisposed to
take any further chances, so that few Of
the hedgers succeeded in getting their
hedge bets down.
LAS for the race itself, little remains to
be said. 1t was Mckinley all the way 1t
was little more than walk for the favor
tte-a pleasant airing. There wasn't a
which the jockey on Mckinley couldnt
have dismounted to sell matches or peanuts
and then have remounted and won. AS a
matter of fact, the contest was sheer
farce. They got away to a good start, like
an extended line of cavalry. at the first
break. Gold. on Mckinley, Immediately
went out to make the pace. He collared
the rail inside of the first half dozen jumps
and Immediately began to open up a gap.
The jockey was much criticised for taking
the favorite out In front in that fashion at
the beginning Of a race that was for the
full cup distance. but 1t soon became evil
dent that he knew what he was about The
fact is he knew that Mckinley Is a front
runner or nothing at all. and tina. his
chances were best II taken right to the
fore to make a spread-eagIe race of it.
"McKinley's jockey had the thorough
bred almost in his lap turning into the
stretch. and the favorite Just buck-jumped
under the wire. all by himself, and so far
ahead Of his field that nobody stopped to
figure on how far the others had been left
In the ruck. The favorite wasn't even
winded when he was brought back to the
judges stand. whereas the second choice
sides were heaving, and 1t was easy to see
that he had done the best he knew how.
Silver was roundly Missed for wabbling on
his mount. but this boy has never been
capable. and he should never have been en-
gagged to ride in so important an event.
"Yee-ow! and likewise hoo-roo! for the
winner! He seen his duty and he done it
noble!'