Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07

the ring became a seething mass Of hu-
mainly.
The Sheepshead betting ring OF that dav
| mad board floor which the wear and
tear of thousands of feet converted into
| many seams and wide cracks. Into these
| crevices money would drop from the surg
| ing betters in their haste. bills and coins
| or all sorts. When racing was over the
! ring sweepers found considerable treasure
trove IN these cracks and crevces. and
al the end OF the meeting more would he
discovered as the floor would be taken up
during repairs.
Donohue's Great Ride.
AS is generally the case In big handicaps
the top weights monopolized public atten-
ton. The Dryers started two-George
Kinney. 10 pounds, and Barnes. I3l with
Mclaughlin on the former and Fitzpatrick
| on the latter. Kinney had started only
once before that season at Jerome. where
he won an easy race. but Barnes had not
yet been out in public. Both were trained
to the hour by Jimmy Rowe ana
coupled were favorites for the great race
at ; to 2.
General Monroe. 124 wv. Donohuep. went
to the post second choice at to l. with
8 to l each: Pisarro. 12i (Hagles), and
Jack Of Hearts ia QIayward). Pizarro
mad not been out that spring either, but
his preparation at Rancocas had shown
the imported son OF Adventure right
up to the notch. and he carried a big COM
mission from Pierre Lorillard Jack OF
Hearts had won a good race at Jerome
Park with 10 pounds, and Luclus Apple
by. D. c. johnson and the Eatontown party
did not let him run loose
A j. Cassatt president of the PenHsyl-
| vania road. started the two mares. Heel
and Toe and Rica. The former had won
! the Fordham handicap at Jerome ten days
! before. and she only had 1O4 pounds in
the Suburban. was backed. coupled with
| Rica liz. Weaton and Flakes were the
reSDectiyp he
tered under the non de plume of mr..
Kelso."
kingike, DeIilah. HiIarity. Blue Grass
Belle. Mikes Pride. Marshall Farewell.
Burch, Caramel. Sandoral. Wallffower
Dutch Rola and War Eagle made up the
balance of the held. The last named.
Davis. Of Romney. w. Va. carried Jockey
Edward Garrison. 1G2 pounds and was
strongly backed by the Virginians from 20
and 40 to 1 to u to / at post time
In the auction pools Bob" Cathcart
sold close to S1000D With the Dwyer
pair. $500: Gen. Monroe. $50; Jack Of
Hearts, $3.50; Pizarro. $3.50. and the field.
$3.50. Six mutual machines registered
10000 tickets alta IS each, counting in the
one used for So, tickets exclusively. Close
to three-quarterS of million dollars was
staked in the bookmakers' quarters. these
leviathan figures giving some idea of the
amount of money that changed hands over
the race. Three per cent commission was
deducted from the auction. and per cent
A Thrilling Finish.
The big field was marshaled at the three
quarter pole and for fifteen or twenty
minutes Starter Caldwell had his troubles
The English horse. Pizarro. followed Mon
roe clear across the track trying to KICK
him. while War Eagle and Jack of Hearts,
after a kicking duel. reared upon their hind
legs, believing like two young bulls, and
tried to savage each other. AS the two
finished heads apart at the end. it looked
as If they knew each had the other to beat
When the flag fell Pizarro and War Eagle
got off in front. with Gen. Monroe next to
last and wall of horses in front of him
as the big field punched up for position in
the to the stand. Here Monroe was
sixteenth. unable to get through. and in the
run round the paddock turn Donohue took
him to the outside, passing half a dozen of
the rear guard. reaching the back stretch.
Here he was about tenth. and his chances
looked hopeless, with the race nearly half
over.
But Jockey Donohue without bringing
the horse to a drive. began patient. stern
chase, gradually picking up horse after
horse until. at the turn out of the back
stretch, he sixth, only Pizarro, War
Eagle Jack of Hearts. Delilah and George
Kinney being In front of him. Rounding
for home. War Eagle headed PiZarro and
the English horse dropped back behind
Monroe the head of the stretch was
reached.
Now the white face of Monroe was close
up to the fourth horse. George Kinney. and
when fairly in the home stretch Donohue.
for the first time In the struggle, sat
down. on the big brown and closed on the
leaders like a pursuing Nemesis. AT the
furlong pole Monroe hadsclosed up to third
place. with War Eagle and Jack of Hearts
two lengths away on very even terms.
The two lighter weighted horses st II led
Monroe by length at the sixteenth pole,
but inch by inch Monroe closed, and nifty
yards from home Tapped the leaders, Then
Donohue pulled his whip and the old horse
answered like a lion, getting on even terms
few strides from the wire and winning
on the post by a short head from War
Eagie, who beat Jack of Hearts a neck
The thrilling finish reused the thousands to
the verge of madness.
Three days later General Monroe, with
Donohue up, won the Coney Island cup at
two miles and quarter. and week after
ward was shipped to Chicago for the inau-
gural meeting at Washington Park. Here
he won the $1,000 race for the Washington
Park cup, two miles and a quarter, with
1913 pounds, ridden by Blaylock. In this
race he defeated Bob Miles. April Fool.
Blazes Ida Stanhope, John Davis. Wal
lensee Boatman, Vanguard Shady and
Sovereign Pat. Then he came east to Sara
toga, where he won the Saratoga cup and
other great races. &C. {. Il.