The Washington times., 1906-09-02
Poor Mans Horse Comes
From Rear and
Beats Pope
Joan.
FLOOD OF WISE MONEY
BET AT LAST MOMENT
Smart Players Didn't Follow
Public in Supporting the
Keene Enuy-De Mund
Third.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1-Elecuoneer. "a
big. bouy, bay colt, owned By William
Lakeland. a poor man OF the turf thun-
dered under the wire at Sheepshead
Bay thiS afternoon, winning the $4,000
TuturIty from the prize colts Of several
milHonaires.
a nose back of him was Pope Joan.
one of the Keene trio, on which the
public plunged tremendously, who kept
the white. blue spots" OF the famous
turf veteran to the fore for more than
five of the six furionss
Forty thousand spectators sheered the
victor
a length behind her. running superbly,
was De Mund, Paul Rainey's $45. 900 fail
ure, which came To life ii few days ago
at Saratoga and which was the second
choice with the public
Eleetioneer by Nose.
Untl the last ten seconds it looked as
though James r. Keene would add an
other FutuCity 20 his list. Pope Joan
had led from the post and seemed clear
~ the master of De Mund.
ElectOneer was running in the ruck
and seemed out of it,. Then the seem
ing miracle occurred. Speed flew into
his long legs and in the last sixteenth
he came through the bunch like an ex-
press train. With a most remarkable
burst OF speed he passed Yankee Girl
and Peter Pan and was sti ding along
with De Mund.
A few more strides and he was neck
and neck with the Pope. Fifty yards
from the finish the Keene hIIy began
to weaken and EleCtioneeF put his nose
ahead for a poor mans victory in
the greatest race of the year.
There was but one consolation for
James r. Keene. and that was tinged
with bitterness. Elecuoneer. the victor.
the prOudest two-year-Old of 1906. was
sired by Voter. one of the prize horses
OF the Keene stable.
Backed by Smart People.
EIecuoneer was the dark horse Of the
race. and was backed down from TO
] 10 4 to I by the food Of wise" money.
which was sprinlIed about the betting
ring. Nearly everybody thought the
Keene entry would win. was sure
enough Of it TO pay TO o. but If not
the Keene entry the prevailing feeling
was EleCtiOneer.
The winner of the Futurity was train
ed near the track on which he won his
great victory. He enjoyed no vacation
at Saratoga. While the other colts and
Niles were taken there in palace cars
and raced and polished and petted. this
big speed machine stayed at home
Billy" Lakeland has felt sure of the
Futurity for the past week, but he kept
very quiet about it. He backed the
horse moderately and his friends had
the tip 10 do likewise.
Victory Due to Shaw.
There might have been a mistake had
IL not been for the mastery riding OF
Jockey William Shaw. EIeCtiOneer is a
hard horse to handle. but with the spur
Shaw drove him from an outside sew
enth position al the dip into the home
stretch to a head winner at the finish,
despite the terrific pace set by the fav-
orite Ballot and Yankee Girl were
added starters, the former being coupled
with the other Keene horses.
The colts which carried the familiar
white, blue spots" were watched by
the crowd from the time they left the
paddock. Every step they took in the
preliminary parade was noted.
AT last the starter had them in line,
q magnificent field of speedy colts. Sim
ultaneOusiy with the sprlnging of the
barrier the cry They're off, arose.
Came From Rear.
First one color would lead and then
IL would be another. You could never
be quite sus Of anything, but OF. the
JOY of horse racing.
1t looked Ike Pope Joan when the
horses drew near enough 10 make il
possible to distinguish one from an
other. This belief became a certainty
as they rushed toward the wire Just
behind hiL4 was De Mund. Then from a
place away in the rear a big brown colt
came thrashing TO the fore It was
Electloneer. with Shaw up, making
good as Lakeland said he would.
The Summaries.
First Tace-For tvo-vear olds five and
q halI furiongs. TemaceO, I02 QHarris),
aJ q /, Won MOnfOrt l02 gFuler). 6 to
= Sc coma Eudora, % tRoss) s TO
thlrd. Ilme, 1901. SOmnus. Bemav.
Magna Stella, Mexican Silver. Shackie.
Ffesldeat Monroe, tlowaway, Dry Dol
and The Knight also ran.
Second raee-nauguraI steeplecbase.
for fouT-year-Olds and upward two
miles. John NJ p, 162 (Stone). to
won Belligerent, I3S (Wlson). 10 to /.
second; orc, 14l (Ray), 10 /. third
Tfme, 4.07 The Miner COmmandanf
BalZac. Delcanta. STANDARD Bearer
and Nestment also ran.
Third race-Fau Handicap; for three
yeaF-olds and upward; six furlongs.
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