The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

extreme outside OF the big field until he
reached tho last quarter pole, here he
made his run. Then Electioneer closed with
a memorable turn of sneed. and in a thrilling
finish he got up in time to win by a head
from the big weary Pope Joan, who beat
De Mund a neck. Yankee Gun, Peter Pan,
Yankee Girl and BALLOT were all less than a
length and a half away. Peter Pans race
wa far below expectations. The time was
il3 SIS. Mr.. Keene received much sym
pathy from the public because OF Pope
Joan's failure - land the rich prize.
Electi7neer came right back two days
later with a victory in the Autumn stakes,
Owner Lakeland evidently believing in cor
railing all the money in sight while his COLT
was good. On the same day Fine Cloth, a
colt by Melton, the sire of Sysonby, oap-
tured the Twin City Handicap, st3,O75 to the
winner, beating Neva Lee a head. botn
were IS to 1 shots, with Dandelloh, Wen
backed, having no speed ut all.
Fountain Blue, who had been purchased
from +. A. Forsyths by Diamond Jim Brady
for SOS 600, during the Brighton meeting.
now started in the rotund turfmanls eolors
for the first time, when he breesed home
with the Partridge Stakes, s., s25, on Sey-
TENDER 4, the day that Barney Schreiber's
Neslon, recently bought by Boots Durneu
for SIS 900, managed TO win the Dolphin,
Although the Great Filly Stakes, worth
81 800, looked to be a cinch for Mr.. keene,
who started both Court Dress and Pope
Joan at / TO 10, Mr.. Whitney's Ktllaioe, by
kilmarnock-Jinks, a 20 to l shot, upset all
calculations by winning in = gallon. she
under Radtke. by a courle OF lengths. court
Dress cut across Pope Joa at the start and
knocked her hopelessiy out Of II.
w. II. Daniel, after a long rest, came back
10 his own on September Q, when he won the
Dash Stakes, $3.50, by q head. He was
backed from 10 down to Z, a killing. going
through that scorched the books. Nealon,
who may be one Of the best Of long distance
horses next year hung UP new track a
one mile and a quarter over the grass
course, on September 7.
DE Mund, neglected at u to 1, made q
runaway of the Flstbush Stakes, seven
furlongs, on September s, and won $3.50
for his owner in the easiest kind VI a way,
Much ~scandalous talk followed the hand
ling of Electioneer and Fountainblue by
Shaw and Martin respectively, as both
burned up thousands by finishing IN the
ruck. But there was no official inquiry by
the stewards. as far as any one could learn.
T.. W. Jewett's Bedouin ran his best race
of the season that day. capturing the Cen
tuFy Stakes, S14 $50, one mile and a half
Fine Cloth, the second horse, was beaten a
head. with The Picket, a patched up cripple.
third. Tiptoe, in August Belmont q .Popu-
lar coloTs, ran a mile in theO Ocean Handi-
cap on September 10 in ls3S 9-5, eased up
all the way through the last fuIkpng. II
was her best performance OF theYear and
Melted Ss, 800 Tor the Jockey Clubs chair
man. A day later MIR. Whitney's Dinna
Ken, after winning the Autumn Stakes,
81, eS5, was disqualified in favor Of Arcite.
Woo~ford Clay's in and outer, Kentucky
Beau, was the winner OF the Waldorf Stakes.
s5,5s6, on September IL, a select band OF
wise men getting the money at odds of o to
1. Nealon, ON the same day, was success
full in the September Stakes, 81 $40. beating
Tangle, Running Water, and others at a
mile and three furlongs, which he covered
in 2:l9.
RosEREN IN FORM AGAIN.
Roseben war now in his old form again
and won several fine races on the reel
ON September Is he ran six furlongs with
LA hounds on his back in 1:12 3-5, attended
most OF the way by Mr.. keene's Suffrage,
a 100 to l shot. This was the day that
Seweil, the Cesarion colt owned by G +.
Rowe. captured the Great Eastern Handicap,
SIS, $50, from Ballot, Arctic, McCarter. Dinna
Ken, De Mund, Fountainblue and others
II was also the day for Accountant's triumph
in the Annual Champion, $40 ,745. when he
ran two and a quarter mules IN 35S 2-S,
with Ironsides, Bedouin and Fine Cloth
behind him.
Gravesend's gates were opened for the
fall meeting on September ~, when Cotton
town. a Western horse, won the First Special,
s., $50, from Running Water by a head,
with Tangle the same distance back.
! Comeiienne's defeat of Roseben on Septem-
her ~ was such a distinct form reversal that
the gossips looked for an official investiga-
ton, but there was nothing doing on the
surface.
Salvidere, who was not eligible for the
, Futurity and who had been allowed a rest
| since the Saratoga meeting, was sent after
the Junior Champion Stakes on September
70. The track was heavy, but the son OF
Belvidere was at home in the mud and
lust breezeh to the wire two lengths before
De Mund, with Ballot Water Pearl. Okenite
and Dinna Ken following in the order
named. This was Salvidere's Last race
and he added s13.475 to Mr.. Hitchcock list
! Of stake winnings, at the same time proving
that Madden when he got the youngster
for n song knew h he va about
Running Water beat Tangle for the Second
Special on the same day, winning $500,
Dave johnson, incidentally. won nearly
$50 900 on the six races, picking all the
winners with great confidence.
Coy Maid, who was continually surprising
people, grabbed off the Occidental Handi-
cap on Sept ember %, at 10 to l, beating
practically all the best handicap horses
In training. I. d. Sullivan's Frank Lord, q
game little ~two-year-old. who began racing
AZ the New Orleans winter meeting, won
the holly Handicap or September % at 1:
to 1, Big Tim betting on Seyell, who rar
third in the same race. The Hindoo Stakes
81 ,725, went to Mr. Whitney's lronsides
that day, with such cattle Rs Vendor and
King Henry behind the son Of Meddler.
Far West, developed into 3 good handicap
horse, was bought by NJ. l.. Schwartz about
this time for SO 900, il was said, and pro-
ceeded 20 run a number of excellent races
A proposed match race between Lady Anne.
liza and Roseben, each 20 carry 1923 pounds
about six furlongs, was declared of on Sep.
tember "a because of a muddy track. Or
Gardner, Barney Schreiber's Bannockburn
colt, after winning a smashing race al
Brighton on October 1. IN which he ran sl
furlongs with l25 pounds in lJ2 2-5, wa
pronounced one OF the best three- year-oldi
and when he had won another impressive
race 7. d. Sullivan and Frank Farrell pur
chased the colt for SIS 600.
HoLsCHkR TAKES THE Cur.
Mr.. keene's Court Dress redeemed her,
self that day 10y winning the first half OF thu
Produce, S10,777, from Barbary Belle. Then
E~lectioneer, overlooked at ~, captured tn
other half OF the Produce, 81 ,222, in tn
colors OF =. Curtis Var Ness, who bough
the Futurity winner OF Felix Isman o.
Philadelphia for almost $50, OO0. Incide mt
ally Electioneer beat DeMund a length a
even weights. six ~furlonRs. in lI2 S-j
Proper won the Cup Preliminary, one mil
and a half. on October ?, by "a neck from
Oxford and Flip Flap in such a manner tina
he looked 10 ave the Brighton Cup at hi
mercy. but the latter event, worth $3.50
to the winner, went to Willie Shields's de
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