The record-union., 1892-05-17
Special to the RECoRD-UN1oS.

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| at Gravesend the perfect summer weather
to-day resulted in between thirty and
thirty-tive thousand people crowding
into the grounds to witness the great
Brooklyn handicap. The rain last night
gave little promise of a decent track, but
early this morning great force of men
were put to work, with the result that the
track was in fairly good condition when
the Tune for racing came The crowd took
little interest in the events preceding the
handicap. They were waiting for the
struggle fer the $25, 900 stake.
The starters were: Longstreet Q2S),
Mclaughlin; Raceland Q2O), Fitzpatrick;
Banquet (ll0), Lamley; Judge Morrow
| do, Covington; Pessara Q15), Taral;
Claringdon Ql4), Murphy; Fairview Q1O,
Daggett; Russell QI4, Littlefield; Port
| Chester QIT, Simms; Maidstone QOS).
Bergen; George w. Ql0), Mldgley; King
maker 90, Maurice.
| The start was delayed fully ten min
! uteS, and there were several long break
aways. When the flag finally dropped
for good the tavOrite, Longstreet, was the
most prominent OF the bunch. The light
weight on Fairview was hurried out in
| front OF LongStreet to make the running.
! his riders orders were to take the lead,
| anu 4JSt9 SGCG bDSS Co INSTRUCTIONS, giving
the packers OF the others BAD scare in
the opening turlong, by opening up gap
| OF three lengths from LOngstreet.
| The pace was killing, and at the quar-
! ter pole the timers marked down % sec
| onds, with Ealrview five lengths in front
| OF Russell. LongStreet succumbed to the
hot pace and dropped back alongside of
! RaCeland and PeSSara.
| When well into the homeStretch Rus
sell became worried at Fairview's great
! advantage and cutting loose from his
! companions set out to catch him. Long
/ street dropped back hopelessly beaten.
Soon after the race was seen TO lie be-
! tween Russell, Judge Morrow, Pessara
and Raceland.
On the upper turn Russell held the first
place by an open length from Judge
| Morrow. His hackers were temporarily
| JupllanJ, but Russell quit just where he
/ did last year, when he refused TO run
! further, CoVlngtOn became over-conti-
/ dent and began easing up on Judge Nor
| row, whereupon TaTal, on Pessara who
had been unable TO get through the bunch
before, came up with a tremendous burst
OF speed.
Fortunately for Morrow, Covington
turned III the saddle and discovered the
danger just i'll time. A sixteenth from
the finish he began to ride Judge Nor
row hard. Pessara was slowly but
surely gaining on him, and undoubtedly
ton drawn MS whip and begun to fog
| Morrow. In reality he was hitting Pes
! sara on the nose, and each time the lash
| came down Pessara would draw back his
| head to escape punishment. Taral
shouted to the lad to stop. but he kept
right on smashing Pessara over the
| nose.
The finish saw Judge Morrow victor
! by head over Pessara, Russell third,
three lengths away. Then came Race
! land, Claringdon, Banquet, George W.,
| King Maker, fairview, Maidstone, Port
leicester, and last OF all the four to five
iavorite Longstreot.
! The distance was mile and a quarter,
! and the time-first furlOng, % seconds,
the half, 0:474; three-quarters, liza; mile,
l:424, and mile and quarter, 2:0S3.
| The winner is a tiVe-year-old bay by
| Moonlight. He took part in
! twenty-eight races last year, winning
eight.
Other events: Five furlongs, Correc-
ton Won, iiellview second, Dalsyrian
third. Time, LOB.
One mile, COXSWain won, Two Bits
second, Actor third. I:454.
Expectation stakes, half a mile, Betty
! colt won, Ledgerwood second, Laura
colt third. Time, O:5OI.
Half a mile, Bonny Lee colt won,
Merriment second, Moderator colt third.
! Time, 0:50i.
Six furiongs, Bengal won, Rosa Fl.
second, Captain Brown third. Time,
| 1:15{.
AT LOUISVILLE
! LOUISVILLE, May l6.-The track was
| slow. One mile, Palmetto won, Powers
second, Lugenia third. Time, l:47.
Five furlongs, Goodwood won, In
terror second, Edith Belmont third.
| Time, LOO
Kentucky Oaks stake, mile and quar-
ter, Miss Dixie won, Unadilla second,
/ Greenwich third. Time, 2:144.
| Seven furlongS, Borealis won, Foxhall
second, Hopeful third. Time l:32
Mile and twenty yards, Ida Pickwick
| won, kinsem second, Ed Eshelby third.
! Time, l:47.
Seven furlOngs, Vashti won, Fakir Sec
ond, Modjeska third. Time, 1:32.
| AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 16.-The track was
slow. Six furlongs, Rookery won, Bar
ney second, Req Cap third. lime, I:l94.
Twoyear-olds, four and a half furlongs.
! Merge won, Ella Duke second, Nefen
third. Time, 1:004.
Six furlongs, Aloha won, Tim Murphy
second, Itata third. Time, 1:l94.
! Three-year-olds, one mile Not Us won.
! Content second, Baron third. Time. l:50'
! Seven and half furlongs, Patrick won.
Carter Il. second, Unlucky third. Time,
1:40I.
Handicap, one mile, Ethel GRAY won.
jim Dunn second, Bolivar Buckner third.
| Time, I:454.