Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

EXILE Is A SURPRISE.
The Outsider Defeats Hanover in
Great Shape For
THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Interesting Details of the Great Eastern
Turf Event. 5
GOSSIP ABOUT THE RUNNERS.
News Regarding All the Popular Branches Of Sport
and PastimeE
lie BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
,spxc,A,. TELEGRAM TO THE prspArcH.i 4


BROOKLYN, May 15.-What q day for
the Brooklyn Jockey Club! What day for
Billy Lakeland! What day for the book
makers who took the money from the great
throng that tossed it up IN the six racesl
With the exception of the first race, all the
others, from the great handicap to the sell
ing race, were won by outsiders. Probably
there were never fewer winners among SO
vast crowd as that which poured through
the gates of the GraYesend race course to-
day; and never throng that understood
more about the form of race horses. The
double-decked grand stand, the lawn, the
paddock, the clubhouse balcony, the new
private boxes that fill up the space between
the stand and the clubhouse, all overfowed
with visitors and the rail line of the field
adjoining was black with people. The
sporting element represented thousands,
from Uncle Sim Hoagland, the oldest turtle on
Long Island, to the dapper clerk scarcely of
age who risked his first FLYER on Prince Royal
with Garrison in the saddle.
A TREMENDOUS CROWD.
It was estimated that from 12O0U to 1900
were on the grounds. They came by the way
of the Bay Ridge and Manhattan Beach routes.
the Brighton Beach and Culver Railroads, and
by all sorts of vehicles from Brooklyn and New
York, and wretchedly short of transportation
facilities were the railroads when the races
ended and the great throng started for home.
The event of the day, the much-discussed
Brooklyn handicap, about which everybody
had been talking for months, was the fourth
event on the programme and the great assem-
blage which had only permitted stray bursts Of
fHr,as
supply they had in reserve, tore away the flood
gates and the buzzing of tongues the rustlIng
of silks and satins and the general air Of un-
rest showed that something out of the ordinary
was about to occur. There was bustling
hither and thither by the men in search Of
points on the horses engaged and their fair
companions, who were invariably consulted.
awaited their return with ill-concealed i'm
patience. Over in the great inclosure where
the overflow Of spectators dotted the green
sward, the important job of picking the winner
was being as industriously pursued and there
was great break for
THE HUGE BETTING RING,
where the IS bookmakers were endeavoring to
supply the demand of the public. The with
drawal of Gorge, Connemara, Bella B, Niagara
and Marauder left as starters Hanover, Terra
Gotta, Elkwook, Prince Royal, Exile, Rich
mond and Juggler; ''the best field of handicap
horses that ever faced the flag" as an old
racing man put it. In the tumult the state of
every candidate was scarcely approachable.
The Chicago stables champion, Terra Gotta,
in bandages, with Mclaughlin in the saddle,
was the first to appear for awarming-up gallop,
and watches were set going as the handsome
chestnut that many claim should have won last
years Suburban was permitted to extend him.
self. He covered the quarter in "a seconds and
came down past the start at a slow gallop, both
horse and rider receiving great applause.
When Mclaughlin stepped on the scales to
weigh in, he was horriied to find that he
weighed LIS pounds. All his training for the
past five days, all his self-denial and struggling
against the encroachment of nature, had been
for nothing and be begged Mr.. Hankins to put
Fitzpatrick up in his stead.
The only way Mclaughlin could ride was to
declare five pounds overweight, and Mr.. Han
kins determined to have his trusted rider in
the saddle at any cost, and SO it was that Nc
Eaughlin rode at the extreme overweight. He
had trained down to ll9 pounds "a hours before
the race and was as much surprised as any
body when he saw that he had gained SIX
pounds in that interval. 1t Is feared that
Jimmy will have to forswear riding for all
time. ts