Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & CAFES.
Griffin's Nap on Galilee.


Almost harder buffet of dame Fortune
befell s. w. Street, five years later. when
Young Griffin. now the well-known owner
II. 7. Griffin, eased up Doctor Streets
fine colt Gallee at the sixteenth pole, when
leading two lengths, with the other Futurity
colts beaten. Master Grffin's foolish action
was intensified by his turning around in
his saddle to grin at Taral on Domino, and
Mclaughlin on DobbinS, who were making
desperate efforts to get up.
Before he knew where he was, Master
Griffin. with his colts Roadway lessened.
had <Taral and Domino at his saddle on
one side and Mclaughlin and Dobbns on
the other both having him ''sandwiched"
between them and so close that the three
colts were touchineeeach other!
Then Griffin woke up from his fatal nap,
but he had the others on top of him so lie
could not use his whip, and Taral, Dom
inc, never showed his great finishing pow
ers to better advantage than he did in
that critical struggle, beating Galilee a
nose. with Dobbins at the Street colts
neck.
Poor Doctor" Street was at the elbow
during the race. When his colt passed him
looking the surest of winners he was the
subject of hearty congratulations he
hurried up the track and his shoulder was
almost dislocated from the ardor of his
friends. His feelings as he neared the
judges and found that his Jockeys over
confidence had thrown away the $4,000
prize can be more easily imagined than
described.
And as II to emphasize Streets hard
luck, the same Jockey Griffin whose care
lessness had lost him small fortune won
the Futurity the next two years with David
Gideon's Butterflies and Requital Griffin
is the only jockey to win the Futurity twice.
and David Gideon the only owner to win II
more than once. He has owned three Win
ners Of the famous stake, His Highness in
1891 and the other two already noted.
Electioneer's Popular Owner.
Morello, the great son of Eolus, won the
1892 renewal when so badly under the in
fiuence of the then prevailing "epizootic"
that matter and mucous was running from
both nostrils down his chest before and
during the race. His owner, VIM. F. S-n-
gerly, the Quaker City newspaper proprie
tor, was the most astonished of any one
at his colts success under such circum-
stances.
William Lakeland who with colt bred
from one of James R. Keene's stations. de
feated that popular and respected sports
mans trio, of Castleton-bred youngsters.
has had long, honorable and romantic turf
career Raised under Capt. William Cot
trill of Mobile, Ala. he grew up in train
ing stable that cut a powerful swath in
its day. Ascension and other cracks of the
Cottrill stable were ridden by Lakeland,
who was a jockey second to none of his
day, and a rare judge of pace In long races.
After the death of Captain Cottrill, young
Lakeland secured some horses of his own.
in an interval going to San Francisco and
riding Foster to victory in the $4,000 race
at the old Bay District track. Then he
came east and at New Orleans got the
horse Little Reb from Henry Askey, won
the whole program with Reb three races
in one afternoon at the track of the Lou
isiana Jockey Club, and the next summer
took Little Reb north.
At Long Branch Little Reb, owned by
Lakeland and ridden by his owner, won the
two principal handicaps of that meeting.
atinP large fields of the best horses OF
that day. Then he got Exile from p. Lori-
lords stable out of a selling race. winning
the Brooklyn handicap and other great races
with that noted campaigner. He also owned
Tea TRAY and later Gold Crest now sue
cessful sire. To write sketch of William
Lakelands turf career would cover nearly
forty years of American turf history, and
at no time during this long period was his
honesty or integrity ever questioned-a rec
ord of which any jockey, trainer or owner
may well be proud Z. I. +.