The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-11
GOSSIP. fRox rsE RACE TRACKS.
Lesgstrees Moves . Mile IN 1,tn,f, snd
C6uIa Have Gone Faster.


The track aud weather were everything that
racing men could desire yesterday morning
and number OF the candidates for the Brook
Ign Handicap were sent along at lively pace.
LonRstreet In particular pleasing the critics by
the way he ran q mile In ABB.
1t was about o o'clock whom. Longstreet.
Raceland. Banquet. Nomad. and others Of
Michael F. Dryers string came out on tho
track. Nomad and Longstreet were worked
together. the three year.old In front for over
three.1uarters OF q mile. Tho boy on Long
street had to pull and swing the
favorite for the Brooklyn from side to
side to keep him from running away
from the son OF Wldidle. Turning into
the homcstretch Longstreet escaped from
the control Of his rider. and In less than
u iurlonG passed Nomad and opened up gap
OF two lengths. His rider thon took hard
pull. and the balance. OF the mile was travorscd
at n slow pace. the timo being / ABS. rs givcn
above. Nomad's time was 1:44ia. and this
spanking Californian will bear watching. In
the opinion Of tho best men at tho course
Longstreet could have worked In al had he
been permitted to have his own way. "All
over but the shouting II it doesn't rain is now
the slogan Of LonGstrcet's legion Of admirers
and supporters.
Banquet wanted to run away with little Cox.
and the midget had his hands full controlling
the game EeldinE. A mile In 40 was tho
work INDUCED in by tho brother to Tea Tray.
Airshaft going portion Of the distance with
him. Old Raceland galloped u mile nono IN
1:47. and went as hnndly as though out for
canter This surprising old emp docs not
need his track picked out Tor him. IA he Is
Ben. kinesbnry and Long Dance. iooEin OK
traordlnarily well. moved milo In ~. tho
former. who is nearer n race than Eycs stout
III nj ~ al II "a
isnals Masteriste worso f'' easy mile t'f in
Ire yG'q Thy 81 e aSf f.. milo az
little better, thnn two. minute gait. Some OF
tfS s SH Sssk tie aSs5d bGnE ss" xHs
In f:43a. Four, smart sprintciA worked
Sx far 1hEnnn at oni. ins as rsa and
stera tight saue,eze in the final MTong, India
oad. Walcott Cam pbolI 8 horses attracted u
great deal Of attention as they trotted or can
short, compact fellow. Pessara is race horse
Wyndham, Walden's string OF two-y ear-o!ds.
S kssy Gd hsy I
step along until today, their, work yesterday
lantry. tho brown colt by Galopin out OF, Jennie
D. Minnehaha. the crack daughter OF Wagner;
Agile by Springfield out OF Active. and
chestnut colt. brother 70 Fides. hy lll,['sed out
remarkably racy IN appearance. Russell. Ter
rifer. and the older horses were on the track
an hour or so after the wo.year-olds. ana they.
or tomorrow they. will work some. st. Florian
and Mars have developed into very hand
some pair of three; olds
brown 1S o. td ho o Tss Sy Is
Jockey. He is named Control. and is by Kan
TAXA out OF imported Bordelaise. Control is
the image Of Kingston: color, conformation.
and gait being identical with the great son Of
Spendthrift and Kapanga. His shins are
bucked Just now and his owner Is not doing
very much with him. Wallace. by Rayon dor
out OF Lucy Wallace. a brother to Sparkling. is
q fine large colt that should win In almost any
company.
Lyceum and Milt Young OF tho Empire Sta
bles worked n smart mile in the neiEhbprhood
OF l :46. the last named beating the ilne-look-
ing son OF Prince OF Norfolk. who is not as fit
as the Kentuckian.
Secretary Mcintyre OF the Brooklyn Jockey
Club announces that the four-year: old chest
nut colt Beansey. by lroquois out OF Wiregrass.
was declared out Of tho Brook lyn and Maturity
Handicnps at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
Beansey was going great guns at Monmouth
Park until a couple OF weeks ago. when he
went lame.