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ELECTIONEER IS FORTUNATE, j ADVANTAGE AT THE START SECURES HIM COLTS HALF OF PRODUCE STAKES. Faumouoks Brilliant Performance Court Dress Takes tho Filly Half of the Produce T. S. Martin Wins the Steeplechase. New York, October 1. The Brighton Beach Racing Association provided a splendid card for the opening day of its October meeting. The two sec-, tions of the rich Produce Stakes of 0,000 for two-year-old colts and two-year-old fillies respectively, were won by Electioneer and Court Dress. Both races produced brilliant contests with the result In doubt almost to the closing strides. In the colt race De Mund the favorite, carried a fortune In wagers as did McCarter, the second choice. Electioneer being entirely neglected in the betting. Bad starling aud foul riding played an important part in deciding this race. The winner had every ad-9 vantage of a good start, pace, vigorous ride and clear sailing and scored a lucky victory. De Mund suffered at the sendoff and tired after an early effort to dispose of McCarter, which beat the barrier. The Newcastle stable representative was beaten on Ills merits. Their jockeys, Radtke and Miller respectively, rode rough shod over the others m the backstretch and were questioned by the stewards. There was a long delay before the original placing was confirmed. To the gigantic Pauuionok, running for the first time In the name and colors of Harry Payne Whitney, belonged all the glory of the race. Virtually left at the post, lie closed an immense gap and finished running three feet to the leaders one. Horsemen declared that Jaiiniojiok mar, be the .two-year-old. colt ,pf the. """"""" yeirbarTWilCWlvidere. Court Dress has not grown noticeable aiid experts predict her early downfall by fillies now running of less fame than the Keene miss. E. U. Thomas Barbary Belie, runner-up In the filly half of the big stake, impressed oxperts. Only two favorites were successful, Court Dress, at prohibitive odds and T. S. Martin, winner of the steeplechase for three-year-olds. The majority of the speculatively inclined kept oT this race, In which the young cross-country horses were making their debuts. Outsiders accounted for the remainder of the card. Dr. Gardner led off with a decisive victory lti the opening sprint. Halifax, favorite and heavily supported, trailed In the dust. The defeat of First Mason In a selling race, the sixth at a mile and a quarter, by Bed Friar, was a stunning surprise, whereas the filling of the favored positions in the last by outsiders occasioned no comment out uf the ordinary. Frank J. Bryan has been appointed second patrol judge on Jockey Club tracks and will be stationed on the midway of the backstretch.
