The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-17
JUDGE MORROW WINS HANDICAP.
Longstreet, the Favosite, Finishes Last
of All Mt Gravesend.

Longstreet, the Favo.ite, Finishes Last
of All Mt Gravesend.
RACE TRACK, GRAvEsEND, May 16.-Per-
feet summer weather today resulted in be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 people crowding
into the grounds to witness the
great Brooklyn handicap. The rain
last night gave little promise
ola decent track, but early this morning
with the result that the track was in fairly
good condition when the time for the
racing came. The crowd took little inter-
est in the events preceding the handicap.
They were waiting for the struggle for the
$25,0 900 stake. The starters were:
Longstreet l2s (McLaughlin), Racelaud 100
(Fitzpatrick), Banquet ITO Qamley), Judge
Morrow lis (Covington), Pessara lis (TaraD,
Ciaringdon ia (Murphy), Fairview 100 dog.
gett) Russell Ia tLittlefeld). Port Chester liz
(simms), Maidstone los (Bergen), George w. 100
tMidgeiy), kingmaker 81 tNarvio).
The start was delayed fully ten minutes.
and there were several long break-aways.
When the flag finally dropped for good
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, aud Doggett
obeyed instructions, giving hackers and
others bad scare in the opening furlong
by opening up gap of three lengths
from Longstreet. The pace was kill
ing, and at the quarter pole
the timers marked down % sec
onds, with Fairview five lengths in
front of Russell. Longstreet succumbed
To tho hot drnnvAH honI- al
side of Raceland and Pessara. When well
into the homestretch Littlefeld, on Rus
sell. became worried at Fairview's great
advantage, and, cutting loose from his COM
panions. set out to catch him. Longstreet
dropped back. hopelessly beaten. Soon
after the race was seen TO lie between Rus
sell, Judge Morrow, Pessara and Race
land. On the upper turn Russell held
first place by an open length from Judge
Morrow. His hackers were temporarily
jubilant, but Russell quit just where
he did last year. when he refused to run
further. Covington became oyerconfident
and began easing up on Judge Morrow,
whereupofl Taral, on Pessara. who had
been unable TO get through the bunch be-
fore, came up with tremendous burst Of
speed.
Fortunately for Morrow, Covington
turned in the saddle and discovered his
danger just in time. A sixteenth from
the finish he began to ride Judge Morrow
hard. Pessara was slowly but surely gain
ing on him, and undoubtedly would have
passed him had not Covington drawn his
whip and begun 10 fog Morrow. In
reality he was hitting Pessara on the nose,
and each time the lash came down Pessara
would draw back the head to avoid pun
ishmenti Taral shouted to the lad to
stop, but he Kept right on smashing Pes
sara over the nose.
The finish saw Judge Morrow victor by
head over Pessara, Russell third, three
lengths away. Then came Raceland.
Ciaringdon, Banquet, George W., Wig
maker, Fairview, Maidstone, Port Chester
and last of all the TO favorite, Long
street. The distance was mile
and q quarter, and the time for
the first quarter . seconds; tie halt,