The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02

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Is Third q, the FinIsh Great Race for
Huge Purse nun Bef ore 40. Shrek.
Ing Enthusiasts winner. Always Fan
cied. CIoses az q 10 I In the Betting
-keene Entry the FavOritcs -Ttme
Is slow. Being I;ls s-s-Books Lose
Heavily tosrben. David JShnsOn's OIL
Horse, GOmes 10 IIfe In the Fan Han
dIcap. and Plunger Fronts Thereby.
After a smashing race, in which IL WAS
impossible to distinguish the winner until
the last twenty-five yards were reached.
William Lakeland E~lectloneer. a brown
colt by Voter-Quesal, won the rich Flu
turity At the S~heepshead Bay track yester-
day afternoon in the presence OF 10000
wildly enthusiastic spectators.
Electioneer is a half brother to Tommy
Atkins. Maxine Gomez and Trumpet. He
was purchased by Lakeland for 81 800 as a
y~earling and was bred by b. @. Thomas,
the owner Of the Dtxiana Stud. It was due
to a magnificent ride by Willie Shaw that
Eleotioneer. who was backsd from Q TO 1
down to fours, tool tho bag rAOs by half .
length from James r. Kssns's Heet ally
Pope Joan, by Disguiss-Dditha.
1t was by q strange Ossnaldence, there
fore, that Mr.. Ksene was baaten by a colt
sired by his noted stallion. Voter; the
youngster being related - told above,
to Tommy AtkinsI who earned fans In
the oolors Of the Jockey Clnb's vice-chair-
man. 1t was also n hardsztpfcr Mr.. Kesns.
iussmuch as Pope Joan. With David Nicnl
up. and who ran coupled with rstsr Pan
and Ballot. made all the running up to
within a short distance Of the wire, and
at one period Of the race had a commanding
lead Of three lengths.
While Electioneer won fairly and in bril-
liant style, the fact must not be lost sight
of that Pope Joan, having the extrems
outside position at the post, was compelled
to run across to a more advantageous
position near the inner rail and in so doing
she incurred a handicap which doubtless
cost her the race. At the wire Pope Joan
was only a head in front Of Paul J. Rainey's
s45, 900 colt De Mund, by GOidiuch-
! Graciosity, who picked up I23 pc lnds and
conceded five pounds to the winner and
four to.lhe Keene filly.
Dn hUND IN THIRD PLACE.
DE MuRd was under the whip and had q
length over Oscar Lewisohn's Yankee Gun.
| a half brother to Gunfire, who had a small
margin over Roy A.. Rainey's Horace E.,
a S25 600 Bannockburn colt, and I. Hitch
cock. Jr.'s, COnville. Back in the ruck
! was Peter Pan, the Commando colt who
won the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga in
such impressive style that many thought
he had the Futurity at his mercy.
That Peter Pan did not run up TO his best
form was the opinion Of many turf sharpS
who expected him to he fighting il oft
with the winner at the end. Mr.. Keene's
Ballot, a Voter colt, who was an added
starter after his stable mate Zambesi, a
son Of Commando. had been scratched, also
was badly beaten.
The others never had a chance after the
raising OF the barrier. being outrun from
the outset. Thousands OF dollars were lost
on the Keene entry. The layers opened
the price at 8 to S and the public, and a
majority Of the ~plungers, accepted this
price without limit. Yet il remained steady
because Of the sharp play on E~lectioneer,
who was backed to a man by the residents
Of Brighton Beach and Coney Island and by
several Of the shrewdest spectators In
the clubhouse.
Paul Rainey had a big bet on De Mund
straight and third and broke even on the
race. The expected plunge on Horace e.,
who was said TO have worked a sensational
six furlOngs for the race, did not material
ize, for he went up in the betting, while
Conville. heralded IA q sure winner by
John Il. Madden, was comparatively lightly
backed, mostly to show.
There was considerable support for Wood
ford Clay's Kentucky Beau, backed from
% down to ~. but the other horses in the
race, including the Ormondale Stables
Oran, with top weight and ridden by Mil
Ter, we're passed up with the belief that they
had no chances.
A SENSATIONAL RACE.
The race from q spectacular standpoint
was one Of the most sensational Of the year.
From the moment that they swept round
the pend in the track at least seven horses
appeared to have a look In. All the way
down the stretch thar jockeys were whip
ping and kicking for dear life and the great
crowd roared in delirium until long after
the winner had passed the judges.
At one period It looked as II all Of Mr..
Keens's horses would hnish in front in .
bunch, but Peter Pan and Ballot stopped
short at the sixteenth polo, while Pope
Joan, who was firing all through tho last
furlong, was ~OverhGuled at q point when
real stamina told the tale.
No jockey could have ridden q greater
finish than Shaw. He handled EIectioneer
with consummate skill. He took the Voter
colt we'll away from tho post and did not
extend him until he had gone half q milo.
Electioneer was fighting for his head up TO
that nolnt. and having n ~marvallnna turn