The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-16
BROOKLYN AT THE RACES
CssrAWAY WINS THE HANDICAP
INA CANTER

rwenty thousand People Present end
the Betting Ring Swarming with
Ercited Humanity-The Pleasure OF
che Day MARRIED by Drizzle-Race-
land Scratchedl
RRooKLYN, Nay 15.-The Brooklyn
Jockey Club to-day probably had the iarg-
est attendance sean at its tracks since the
,,aning dav. the occasion being the begin
ming Of its spring meeting. In addition 70
this Was the attraction Of the Brooklyn
handicap. one Of thu great winter betting
events. There were at least $1,000 people
nreseut. The weather was unpleas-
ant rain coming down IN
drizzle during the afternoon The
track was very muddy, although not ex-
actly holding The event OF the day
the Brooklyn handicsp-resulted IN
somewhat unpleasant surprise for the bulk
Of the hackers, inssmuch as a horse that
had been running poorly at the winter
track won in q convenient kind Of canter.
In fact, Castaway had the race won after
the first hundred yards, none Of the Others,
seemingly, being able to get up 70 him
Los ANGELES NOT MARKER
Los Angeles, tie favorite. to the surprise
Of every one. was never ID the race at al,
and the only animal that made any preten-
sion TO covering ground was Badge Casta-
Tzav held the front night along, aud appar-
emily without much effort. but IL was 3 good
rsce under the circumstances and the time
was surprisingly slow. the first hall being 10
81 seconds and the mile IN las. VI course
many Of the spectators voted the lace
49, fr.,lra at
tical. o. rather q mercenary point OF view.
Very little interest was taken in the other
events, although they resulted IN capital
finishes.
A SUMMARY.
Following is q summary:
F4Esr RAcE-Five furlongx Civil Service
won. with Blue Rock second and fordhan
third Time Is0zi4
SECOND RACE-Mls and q slxteenth Eoa
won with Sluxgzrd second and Maidstone third
IA TETzD R1cr-Half mile Abundance Won.
with Terri6sr second and Turmoil third lime
500.
F0rzTH R1cE-B Brooklyn handicap. 500 each:
the club 10 aid sufficient 10 make the vaine of
s6e stake Sl0,0l0; nile and quarter
inst before the star event Of the evening
the betting paddock was sight. Men
TONIGHT like tigers to reach the bookmakers.
Old race-goerS say they never saw such ex-
element around the track. To add 70 the
turmoil II was announced that RscelaDd,
one Of the heaviest backed horses entered,
had bsan scratched and hundreds
that had their money on that
horse were making frantic efforts 10 place
their money elsewhere Finally the last
f,ugle call sounded and Badge was the first
70 appear. followed By the others The
Usual parade was omitted After delay
the flag fell 70 an excellent start, but Casta-
-. -, -
stand had lead of fully four lengths, with
SIR Dixon next, Tapped BY Nengeur. Cyno-
sure and Eric. They ran IN this order TIL
arou1d the first turn, and entering the
hack stretch Passing the mile pole Cast
away led by q length and half. with Eric
second, e length before Sir Dixon; he In
turn Tapped by Eengeur, was neck before
Badge. Prom this point out the Taee
was a perfect procession, Castaway win
Ming in q slow canter, and almost
pulled up, by eight lengths. Badge, who
came strong N the stretch. finished second,
two lengths II front Of Eric, who YVES two
lengths in front Of Coms-to-TaI. Three
ierlgths behind came Los Angeles. The rest
strazglsd in. Sir Dixon finishing next 70 the
last. and Yengeur being whipped in The
time was 2-10.
NutuaIs paid s2o2 and the place $50 and
Ba1gs SIS.
-FTSTs RscE-One- half mile. Correction won.
WIKI Ciaudine second. and Rsconnoiter third
Tine 81.
SIKH RAcE-One mile. Sporting won, with
Fox1nsd second. and Quesal third Time l:4511.
THE DAY AT LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 15.-The weather
to-day was cool, with bright sun, and the
tack was nearly dry but slow. The events
were as follows:
FIEsr R2CE-Half mile. Ora won, with Ka-
trina secODd- and Jeanette third. Time 50.
SECOND RACE-HAlf mile. Rose Howard won.
with Major Thornton second. and Woodford
raird. Time 81
Third RAcE-One mile and seventy yards.
BettiLa dropped out al the half mile Mount
Lebanon won, with Cecil B. second Time 1853.
FOURTH RkCE-Ffve furlongs. Planchette was
lsft Al the post. Lady Washington won, with
= fbel second and Anne Elizabeth third Time
1sl5L.
FTFTH RAcE-One mile. Louisa Forrest won,
with Eugeaia second and IAnnie third Time
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