St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-16
Ten Thousand Enthusiastic
Sports Witness the Brok-
Ign Handicap.
After a Hard Struggle The
Bard Wins From Hanover 5.
the Favorite. NJ III
The Bookmakers Pretty Heav-
lily Hit Throughout the
Entire Day. i
But Two Favorites Reached
the Wire First at Louis e.
vile. Ict
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NEW York, May l5.-Bad weather
effectively spoiled the opening of the
spring meeting of the Brooklyn Jockey
club. 1t poured heavily throughout the
morning, but Notwithstanding this the
interest in the Brooklyn handicap was
sufficient to attract fully 10000 people
to that beautiful Prospect park race
course. The rain stopped towards .
o'clock and by the time the big race was
called the sun was shining. The ground
however, was quite heavy. and so eX-
tremely sloppy that after the horses had
gone short distance the colors of the
riders could barely be distinguished.
The event OF the day brought out but
eleven starters, the condition of the
track having upset many long-planned
design On the part of the trainers. The
race was won in grand style by length
by The Bard, after desperate finish
with Hanover, in which both were rid
den out to the last ounce with whip and
spur. 1t was nothing but
SUPERIOR CONDITION
that won the race. Hanover made the
running with Saxony at his head and
Favor well up till half a mile from
home, when SaXony had enough and
Favor moved up, followed by The Bard
In the run to the three quarters The
Bard passed Favor, and when straight
ened out he cOllared Hanover. Then
enSued desperate finish. Hanover
went apparently easy till the furlong
pole, when Mclaughlin drew his whip
and hoarSe shout went up from the
vast assemblage, Hanover is beaten"
Still he struggled on braveiy, and it
was not until the last few strides that
The Bard managed to shake him off and
win cieyerly by a length, with Hanover
four in front OF Exile, who beat Fene-
Ion. Next came VOlante, Favor, ORR
famine, Royal Arch, Grover Cleveland,
SaXony and Kaloolah in the order
named. The Bard was badly cut up
with the spurs, his sides looking as if
they
HAD BEEN SLASHED
with razor. Hanover showed half a
dozen prickS. He walked away after
the race as if lame, and report had it
that he had given way. Phil Dwyer
however. said later in the day that he
was all right. In the betting Hanover
was a strong favOiite, being backed
down to to 5. The stable plunged on
him, regarding his chances as GER
tainty. The Bard people also felt GER
tain of winning, but, though they
backed their horse heavily. the public
did not support. him to any extent.
Kahn and his trainer had no fault to
find with SaNony, and thought that he
could beat Hanover, particularly as
THE GOING WAS BAD. pi
he ran Just mile when he Quit.
Orlf1amme was not so much fancied by
his trainer, as all of Mr.. Belmont's have
begun to cough slightly since their ar
rival from Babylon. Mr.. GratZ backed
Fenelon slightly for place. He ran an
excellent race at the end. He got Off
badly and ran unkindly for the
first three-quarters. Then he moved
NY, and in the stretch came like
whirlwind. Favor ran we'll for
mile, when he threw. it up. Exile was
strongly fancied by his.owner and ran
capital race. In fact. he ran the last
furlong stronger than the Bard and
Hanover did, and had the race been
furlong further he might
HAVE BEATEN BOTH.
Yolante, Kaloolah, Grover Cleveland
and Royal Arch were never in the hunt,
The fractional time was quarter in %
Sec; half, so Sec. ;three-quarters. 1:l715:
mile. l:45; mile and a quarter 2:13. The
opening event was won without an
effort by Britannia. Dry Monopole won
the second just as easily. Buddhist
was quite favorite for the third race,
but Oregon beat him hollow. In the
selling race for two-year-olds America
upset a sure thing in Little Barefoot
quite handily, and in the last race
Letretia led from start to finish. 1t
was pretty much of a favorite's day
throughout, and thus the sixtv-three
booknakers who did business were all
more or less nard hit.
TIPS FOR To-DAYs RACES
First race, Fordham and Eurus; second
race, Lelogas and Specially; third race.
Valiant and Queen Elizabeth; fourth race,
Emperor of Norfolk and Sir Dixon: fifth
race, Goldfish and Bob Furcy; sixth race.
PrOSnact and I o. 0'