The evening world., 1911-07-07
All Ready to Start Tonight
From Luna Park Entrance
at Coney.
POLITICIANS ON ALERT.
PrognoSticators Believe Con.
test viii ForeShadow the Re-
suit in 1912.

II YOU are the kind of n political prog.
nosticator who believes In the automatic
bunch YOU want to look out for the start
OF the big Coney 1sland-to- Washington
race between the Donkey and the Ele.
plant thatstarts tonight at . o'clock
sharp from the gates of Luna Park and
Is declared by Fred Thompson to be the
only perfectly infalllble method OF tell
ing which party will send i.s man to the
White House In 1912.
The contest. which will be a foo,race
all the a except when the pair take
to the ferries, provides for passage
through four states, not counting the
District OF Columbia and, roughly dop-
ing out the probable time. the experts
at Luna figure that the finish, right
bang up against the white House door,
will be between two and three weeks
from the start.
But IT'S a case of white House or
bust In lgi2!'-an inscription which
both the Elephant and the Donkey viii
carry-And Just so they finally get
there Is what Ia principally concerning
them. Both animals are In the pink OF
condition and the rigorous course Of
training makes them both confident.
There will be no weighing-in for the
Elephant has agreed to give the Donkey
weight-he wishes he could give him
more--and It has been decided that any
restrictions Of this kind will only com.
plicate matters.
DONKEY Is 9 TO 5 FAvoRiTE IN
THE BETTING.
So far the betting odds are in the
Donkey's faver-about s to 5-but there
are many advantages possessed by the
q. o. p standard-beare that are not
slaringly apparent but are apt to count
in the long run. In the irst place the
Elephant has a certain plugability that
even the most prejudiced admirers Of
the Donkey admit he does not possess,
Other politically or xoologically. Al.
though tho Elephant 10 no Roseben he
has q way Of keeping at 1t and getting
there In the end. That In his tempera-
fnent-slow but sure.
A. for tho Donkey-weli, any ST.
periority or brilliance his speed in
spurts gives him Ia counterbalanced by
the prlma-donna~like uncertainty ~
his temperament. He's liable to make
a thrilling start. outdistanoe his COM
petitor for a short period and then
have his sensibiiities 40 runfled by
some unimportant incident that he will
balk n refuse point blank TO bulge
for hours. All these things taken into
consideration. II seems. would make
tho contestants about equally matched
and the odds Of 8 10 8 In the Donkey's
favor false figures.
Fred Thompson has sent n man out
ahead to obtain permits at the various
towns through which the racers will
pass and he has also arranged for
feed along the line. Also precautions
will be taken to prevent such n fasco
as happened to Gen. COxey some years
ago when he tried to scamper across
the white House lawn and was ar
rested. II the Elephant gets there
fret he will be allowed to walk right
up and ring Mr.. Taft's front door bell
and will be served sandwiches n
lemonade. but II the Donkey arrives
Hrst the chances are that he wall be
sent around to tho back door.
RINGER FOR BRYAN TO PILOT
DONKEY IN RACE.
The elephant will he ridden by Frank
Walker. one OF the greatest elephant
jockeys in the world. who used to he
with Barnum & Bailey. The Donkey's
rider will be Jack Henneasey. one OF the
splelers at Luna Park whose resem-
blance physically and oratorically 20
william Jennings Bryan admirably ut
him to guide the donkey. As the thrice
belted knight OF Democracy he Is eX-
pected to be a great success.
The racers will proceed along the
Boulevard through Prospect Park TO
Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn. and win
cross the river over the Manhattan
Bridge, Application was made for a
permit for them 10 cross the Brooklyn
Bridge, but a far-seelng city govern
ment remembered that tho flooring Of
the Brooklyn Bridge IL OF planks and
feared to trust the elephant on II. Ar
rived In Manhattan, they win race down
Broadway and ferry across 10 Staten
Island, They will then take the auto
mobile route 10 Perth Amboy, New
brunswick. Princeton, Trenton. Burling.
ton, Camden, Philadelphia and so on to
Washington.