The Washington times., 1906-09-16
SEWELL, SEEHHELL D
WINS GREAT EASTE
Long Price Against Horse
Which Beat De Mund and
FOuntainblue Easily.
CLUBHOUSE SET IS WISE
Wins on Balzac in WestbuTy Steeple-
chase When John NJ. P Stumbles
at Last Moment.

sHEEPsHEAD BAY, Sept. l5-
Friends OF Diamond Jim Brady won
$l00.0C5 today when Accountant won the
annual Champion Stakes. Accountant
won In a TOmp.
Fine Cloth led. with Accountant sec
ond, for a mile and a half Then Mar
tin went up with Accountant. and.
after assuming the leadership, re-
NAMED there TO the end.
Otto Steifel. the St. Louis million
aire sportsman. murdered the ring in
/ connection with the victory Of SeweI
/ In the Great Eastern Handicap. winning
/ $4,000 (maybe).
With Jockey Sewell IN the saddle,
and but lOs pounds up, SteifeFs com
missioner. Yank Day, grabbed all the
I Is and % to l at the opening Of the
( betting, and soon the pricemakers had
/ Il rubbed 10 5 10 /.
Sewell Overruns Ballot.
+ j. r. Keenes Ballot looked ali over
! the winner into the final furIong.. where
Sewell came with a rush, and. over
running the Keene colt, won as he
( liked from Ballot
De Mund stopped, and Fountainbleu
+ ran another mysterious race.
/ The unusual spectacle Of a I-to-3
/ favorlte just stalling OF a 200-tO-l shot
/ was Witnessed in the opening event.
/ Here Davy Johnson's Roseben. who
stood a l-tO-3 first choice. and James r
{ Keene's flly Suffrage. daughter OF Vot-
] er had as good as 290 to / quoted
against her, fought It out Suffrage
gave Roseben a hard race.
/ Long before the opening Of betting on
Z the field OF the Westbury SteepieChase
. certain smart sources in the ring Whis-
I pered the information 70 the erect that
= Balzac was In" Shields horse was
, the nomination. Later, the steeplechase
/ set which rarely If ever miscslculates
+ the termination Of a jumping race, com
menced 70 take Baizac across the boards
/ at % 10 /, to I. and 6 to 5.
/ John n. P. the rose which was i'm
ported to this country from England
( by w. Hugh Brown for 81, ,055 stood a
( l-to-2 favorite. Stone was with Balzac
I IN front from the beginning. but when
about 10 make the club house jump the
/ favorite overiumped himself into q
nasty stumble unseating the rider.
After that Balzac won as he pleased.
The Summaries.
First racial ages; six furIongs.
: Roseben. IA tLyne), / 10 g. won, Suf-
T frage, 100 lMyersl. 100 10 !. second, Far
West, ll5 shaw. 10 20 I. third. Time,
l.l2 3-5. Dolly Spanker Big Ben, Tile
F Ing. The Clown. Diamond Flush. Gen
4 tan, DownpaUiek, and The Cricket
+ also ran.
( Second raCe-The Westbury SteepIe-
/ chase two and half miles. Balzac.
/ liG tHuestOu % 90 l. won. Paul Jones
I $50 thaY), q 10 2, second; Pioneer l5J
I lPClockl, % 10 ], third. Time, 5.L-.
Jimmie Lane and John NJ ?. also ran
I Tho last named threw rider
Third race-Tne Great Eastern Han
dicap; FOR -year-oids six fIrlongS.
. sewel, les (SewelJ. To !. won; Ballot,
. IL t-Nndppb 10 To l. second Arctic, III
tIroNier), - 20 J. third. Time. llU 3-5.
McCarter, Dinna Ken. De Mund SEN
atOr Clay, The Wrestler. FOuuJainbiUa
1 Glenham. Lord BoGuernes, and Reu
( River also ran.
/ Fourth race-The annual Champion;
( for three-year-olds and up, two and one
+ quarter miles Accountant 1l5 tMaTIinB,
4 % 10 3. won, ITonsides. 50 tAIilerI. TO q.
F second; Bedouiu. l24 iHldebrand), ~ To
I /, third. Time. 500 20. rlue Cloth
also ran
( Fifth racial ages mile. They're
/ on, 81 lBurns), even, won; Anneta
: Lady, l0l tAfiuerl, @ 10 ], second; Water
. Dog. 90 tFreishOn), TO !, third. Time.
. 1.4o As. CareW, Mortiboy. Melbourne.
; True Boy, buIwark, and Tipping also
/ ran.
Sixth race-For -year-olds and
! up one and Oue-eighJh miles. Miss
/ Crawford, ia tMiiler). 4 10 !. won; Os-
Z IriCh, ll9 knapp, 10 ], second GTa-
zlauo. IO5 CNiliamsl, 10 ., third.
/ Time, 1.5S 20 Sailor Boy, Nealon, and
/ Angler also ran