The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-05

of a length. Another champion had
been proclaimed. and William Lake.
land, horseman by profession, who
trains his bread-winners himself and
sleeps in the barn when necessary,
had snatched the richest prize of the
year from half a score of millionaires,
who race for the pleasure of the sport.
Pope Joan Second.
Back of the winner and at his quar-
tiers was Pope John, the fastest filly
of the year, and the best of the trio,
which James r. Keene sent to the
post to be played as favorites by the
public at the short price of to S.
Demund, the Goldfinch colt. for which
Paul ]. Rainey paid $4,000 early in
the season, was third, beaten for Sec
ond honors by the shortest of heads.
He had run most creditable race.
Next came Peter Pan, to which the
frantic players of the Keene stable
had pinned their faith; Yankee Girl,
owned by c. r. Ellison; Ballots, which
had been added by Mr.. Keene to take
the place of Zambesi. which was
scratched; Conville, one Of the strong
est tipped horses in the race: Horace
E., the famous western colt bought
by Roy Rainey for $4,000, with the
idea OF winning the Futurity; Don
Enrique, the Belmont representative;
Kentucky Beau, backed down from 20
to l. to IL to 1; Old Honesty, the only
100 to shot in the stake; Alluda Oran,
played by few because Miller had
the mount, and last Of all, Seagram's
Purstane, which opened at so to l, and
stayed there.
A Well Run Race.
1t was one of the best and most
truly run Futurities horsemen, who
have followed the stake since its in
ceptiOn, have seen. So we'll punched
were the field throughout that fur
ling from home any one of the fifteen
had chance to win. but Electioneer
was best. He never faltered for an
instant under gruelling drive, which
began at the head of the stretch and
lasted until the finish line was cross
ed. Jockey Willie Shaw was in the
saddle, and never did a boy give a
more skillful exhibition of horseman-
ship. An old hand at the rains. BIZ
judged his pace and timed his winning
rush to the fraction of second. ID
piled his whip without mercy through
that last fateful sixteenth of q mile,
and won race which called for the
thunder Of cheers for both horse and
rider.
Was Second Choice.
Electioneer was second choice in the
betting at to 1. When the prices
were placed upon the bookmakers'
states. to 1 was chalked up against
the Lakeland colt. In the first mad
rush of the favorit players, to place
their wages on the Keene entry, Elec-
tioneer was overlooked and his price
heightened to Fights. Then there fol-
lowed a scene of excitement in the
betting ring. such as has been seldom
witnessed even at historic Sleeps
head Bay. .Electioneer money seemed
to pour in from every side, and the lay
ers were fairly swamped under the
clOudburst Of gold and silver notes
which were thrust into their hands.
Peter Pan. Pope Joan and Ballot, of
the Keene entry, were neglected. The
glamor faded from the $45,O 900 Demund
and the $4,000 Horace F.. Millionaire
owners were passed by in the mad
hurry to back the horse of practical
hOrseman. From 8 to the book
makers cut point by point until lust
half that fgureS was the prevailing
odds at post time. Even then the
Electioneer followers were not content
and they kept hammering away at the