Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

Voter Colt Beats Out Keene En-
tries-Great Ride by
Willie Shaw.

smashing race, in which IL was fmnossihla
| to distinguish the winner until the last
twenty-five yards were reached William
Lakeland's Electioneer, a brown colt by
Voter-Quesal, won the rich Futurity at
Sheepshead Bay track this afternoon in the
| presence of 10000 wildly enthusiastic spec-
| tators.
Eiectioneer is a half brother to Tommy
ATKINS, Maxine Gomez and Trumpet. He
was purchased by Lakeland for 81. 300 as
yeariing and was bred by B. G. Thomas.
the owner or the Dixiana stud. 1t was
que to magnificent ride by Willie Shaw
.hat Eiectioneer, backed from to 1 down
10 T. took the big race by a half length
Hoh James X. Keene's fleet fllv Pone
JOAN by Disguise-Editha.
Ballot made all the running I'm IN w,,ht,
snort distance OF the WIRE and at ona
period of the race had a con,p,ar,,.r =,
of three lengths ieao
me Eiectioneer won fairly and in bril-
nei.t styie, the fact must not be lost sight
OF that Pope Joan, having the eytrenoa e..
SIDE position at the post was connnaiiaS =.
I'm I'm across TO more advantageous most
tion near the inner rail and in co 49,;
be- tho hanolcap which doubtless cost
heI the race At the wire Pope Ioan ,ras
enly mead in front of Paul ] Raipev,s
SfoVoo colt DeMund, by Goldfncb CraoIo,
t.y, VINO picked up 123 pounds and conceded
| keene FLY. anu iour 10 the
DeMund Third.
oeMund was under the whip and had
iehstn over Oscar Lewisohn's Yankee Cur
haif brother to Gunfre who had a small
margin over Roy A. Rainey's Horace r
S<',oVV bannockburn colt, and T. Hitch
coeh' Jr.s' Conville. Back in the ruck
were both Peter Pan, the Commando 81.
VINO won the Hopeful stakes ar $780, toI.
IA such impressive style that many tboupSt
ne had the Futurity at his mercy
an MI: Meenes Ballot, Voter colt, who was
Lambesi, son of Commando bad haa's
scratched, was also badly beaten. The o,h-
az AeseI mao chance after the raising of
T 1Te carrier eeing outrun from the start.
thousands of dollars were lost on tha
keene entry. The layers opened the nr,n,
at at 70 D. and the public and a ma ioritv or
, Tue piungers accepted this price withe,t
Paul Rainey had big bet on DeMuna
race. wen oi INC
The race from a spectacular s,andno,nt
E Eas one OF tne most sensational of the year.
FROM the moment that they swept around
che pend In the track, at least seven horses
appeared to have a look-in All the wsv
Gown the stretch their Jockeys were whip
ping ana Kicking for dear life until the
great crowd, transf1xed with exctan,an,
roared In delirium until long after the win.
ner had passed the judges. AT one nerfod -
looked as II all of Mr.. Keene's horses would
nnish in front in a bunch, but ePter PAN
and Ballot stopped short at the sixteenth
pole, while Pope Joan, who was firing ali
through the last furlong was overhauled at
a point When real stamina told the tale.
NO Jockey could have ridden a greater
nnish than Shaw. He handled Elecfioneer
with consummate Skill
Rode a Grand Race.
He took the Voter colt well away from,
the post and did not extend him until he
mad gone a half mile. Electioneer was
hghting for his head up to that point, but
SHAW held him in until the proper mo-
ment. Then he cut loose, using the whip
very freely. The Voter colt stood the gruel-
ing with the gameneSs of a champion
Eiectoneer ran the distance In the COM
paratively slow time of 1:13 3-5. ArtfuI and
Ormondaie. the two previous winners hung
up Ill 40.
Long before 1 o'clock the huge stands be-
gan 10 NIL up with enthusiastic thousands
Inc private boxes were filled with society
1oik, while the public at large filled the
rest OF the structure and swarmed over
the green lawns. Before the horses were
called to the post for the Futurity IL was
estimated that more than 10000 persons
were on hand. and so great was the over
flow in the field Enclosure that hundreds
were Permitted to cross the track to the
tnfield. where they lined the rails for some
distance.
Three hundred bookmakers handled the
public's money The speculation was heavy
on the first three races, but 1t was nothing
compared to the betting on the big race
Public form and the selections of all
tipsters, with but few exceptions made the
Keene entry probable winner, and in
nine cases out OF ten the men and women
who came to the track with bank rolls,
big and little, placed their money that
way.
The confidence in the Keene entry was
known that Trainer Rowe had added Ballot,
with 126 pounds, and had withdrawn Fam
best. 1t was believed, because of past per-
formances, that his precedence at the post
would make the famous stable practically
invincible But while the great flood OF
money placed upon the Keene youngsters
fairly choked the layers cash boxes the
tip on Electioneer became so widespread In
the paddock that there was a hustle to get
aboard when 1t was practically impossible
to secure better than to l. That was
when the horses were at the post, and the
books were loaded up with so much sup
port for Lakeland's colt that after the
race 1t was estimated that big ring paid
out fully $4,000 on the winner
DeMund Carried Money.
In the paddock while the horses were be-
ing saddled the Keene trio and DeMund at
tracted the most attention. DeMund and
his stable mate. Horace E., were both sad
died by ]. w. May, yet for the reason they
ran In separate interests they were coupled
in the betting. 1t had been noised about
early In the day that Trainer May had more
confidence in the prowess of Horace E. than
in DeMund, but when it came to betting
DeMund carried what might be called the
stable commission. for he remained steady
in the betting at S to 1. The Futurity can
didates were not called to the post until
4:10 o'clock
Starter Cassidy and his assistants had
rugged the barrier at the post some time be-
fore the horses arrived. so that soon as
the positions were assigned there was little
delay in getting the horses OF to good
start, to the roars of the thousands present
Throughout the race the crowd was on q
,,ervous tension and as their fayorftes raced