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JAMES R KEENES CII C 4 BALLOT BY VOTER CERITO h his winnings this year Ballot lias not only moved up into the aristocratic list of winners of 100000 or more but is now fittlr5n the ifst as well Domino Colin Sysonby and Kingston being the only horre that have won more money than is now to the credit of the famous son of Voter and Cerito As a striking feature of the astounding success that has constantly marked the career of James R Keene as a turfman it is worth noting that all of these great money earners except Kingston ran in his colors through ¬ out their racing careers careersAs As a twoyearold Ballot won a purse at Gravesciid the first half of the Double Kvcnt at Sheepshead Bay the Neptune Stakes at Brighton Beach and Matron Stakes at Behuoiit Park He was also second in tin Great Eastern Handicap Flatbush Stakes and Great American Stakes and third in the Great Trial Slake Junior Champion Stakes and Champagne Stakes In these races he met the bestof his age and year and went into winter retirement with the reputation of being one of the first half dozen in a year of brilliant twoyearolds Neariug spring of the following year reports were afloat that Ballot was near death with influenza that he had turned roarer that he was lame to such an extent that he would race no more and when he took no part in the early racing of last year Ballot almost dropped out of memory while his grand stablemate Peter Pan became the threeyearold idol of the time timeBut But Ballot was no hasbeen and as it develoi ed was simply a powerful agent held In reserve to meet situations following possible accidents The wisdom of this course was made manifest when Peter Pan cain out of liis grandly won Brighton Handicap so injured as to be unable to race again Ballot was readv to take His place and right worthily did so His first start as a threeyearold was in the Brighton Mill July 30 in which lie ran second to Charles Edward in 17J Then in succession he won the Iroquois Stakes and Invincible Handicap at Brighton Beach Great Republic Stakes at Saratoga and Century Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Peter Pan had run a mile and a quarter in the Brighton Handicap in 20oj with llr pounds up and as a challenge to those who considered Peter Pan his superior Ballot took up 117 pounds and won the Invincible Handicap over the same track In the same time His first defeat was in the Annual Champion Stakes at two and a quarter miles in which he ran third to Salvidere and Montgomery Then lie won the First Special and Second Social at Gravesend and in these races conclusively defeated such cracks as Electioneer Salvidere Frank Gill Montgomery Running Water and McCarter He was then beaten by Salvidere at the Brighton Beach fall meeting in both the Cup Preliminary and the Brigh ¬ ton Cup itself But he redeemed himself and went into winter quarters triumphantly by winning the Election Day Handicap and the Edgemere Stakes at the Aqueduct fall meeting against highclass opposi ¬ tion tionThis This year Ballot lias started In three races and won them all with hardly the semblance of a struggle So easily has he won the valuable Standard Stakes Suburban Handicap and Equality Stakes that good as he was last year he seems to be a much better racer this year The ease with which lie won the Suburban Handicap in such remarkably fast time as 20 for a mile and a quarter with 127 pounds up was simply marvelous Unquestionably it would have been easy for him to wipe out Broomsticks record of 202J and Broomstick carried but 104 pounds poundsTo To date this is what Ballot has accomplished v vAs As u twoyearold in 100 Race Wt Tra TraPurse Distance Time Time5S Purse 112 Gravesend 5S mile 100 Double Event first part 122 Sheepshead Bay BayNeptune 5 12 fur F C 100 Neptune Stakes 125 Brighton Beach BeachMatron 4 mile 115 115S4 Matron Stakes 122 Belmont Park ParkAs S4 mile 112 As a threeyearold in 107 107Iroquois Iroquois Stakes 125 Brighton Beach BeachInvincible 1 14 miles Invincible Handicap 117 Brighton Beach BeachGreat 1 14 miles Great Republic Stakes 110 Saratoga 1 14 nllcs nllcsI Century Stakes 115 Sheepshead Bay BayFirst I 12 niles First Special 117 Gravesend 1 14 niles Second Special 115 Gravesend 112 niles Election Day Handicap 124 Aqueduct 1 1S niles Edgemere Stakes IIS Aqueduct 1 1S niles As a fouryearold in 1008 1008Standard Standard Stakes 120 Gravesend 1 14 miles Suburban Handicap 127 Sheepshead Bay 1 14 miles Equality Stakes ISO Sheepshead Bay 1 mile Recapitulation of Performances Age Sts 1st 2nd 2ndp p J 4 o S 32 8 4 3 S i Totals
