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VOX POPULI DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF HIMSELFSeattle Seattle Wash Sep James it Kfenes castoffs running in the colors of Dr T S Chihls made a new American record for a imile and fifty yards by going the distance in 140 in winning an overnight handicap the feature of todays card at The Meadows This clipped two fifths of ji second from the record made bv Haviland at Washington Park July 7 190 Vox Populis feat was virtually lost sight of by the vast crowd present however in the light of an indignant demonstration directed against William Ited Walker as the re ¬ sult of the disgraceful showing made in this race by FayIt his crack colt Stanley Fay It was persistently reported about tho track before tho race that Stanley Fay was palpably unlit for racing and the outcome bore out these sinister reports for Stanley Fay was thoroughly1 beaten be ¬ fore the race was half over and finished a bad lasr justifying the judgment of the bookmakers who reached out for show bets on him at 8 to 5 in a fourhorse field When he came back to the stand he was roundly hissed and cries of rotten re ¬ sounded throughout the grandstand The grandstandThe decision of the King County Selling Stakes was marked by reversal of form on the part of Kerry the winner Kerry had been badly Iieaten as an oddson favorite In an inferior field in his previous start and 0 to 1 was obtainable against him as a consequence Silver Sloekiirsr which finished second imrl also made a disgraceful showing as an oddson when last out Security and Toupee wen joint favorites of the race The former found the route too long and the latter finished with a belated rush rushBlondy Blondy Peggy OXeal and Sfargaret Randolph three other winners showed marked Improvement over their previous essays and all in all results wen publicW anything but pleasing to the public W E Applegate Jr M nil Walter Harper dropped out of the ring today The former goes to Denver to hook and Ilnrotr lo Toronto TorontoA A D Walstrom is here from Deliver with ltoyil Ben Sudu Clem Free Knijjht the Bear and Jim Simpson
