Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-13
FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
The Brooklyn Handicap to be
Run Monday.
Some OF the Best Animals in the World
Entered for This Great $4,000
Race.
Special to the Leaf-Chronicle.

will win the Brooklyn Handicap
Monday, the race which means $lS,-
000 in the clear to the owner OF the
best animal Hundreds Of thou.
sands have been asking the question
for months, and millions are to day
eagerly awaiting the announcement
of the result, for the interest in this
race is not confined to America. In
England, in Australia, in Hong
Kong, in Burmah, wherever the ad-
mirer of the race horse is located, the
10th of May is looked forward to
with an interest that amounts al
most to feverish anxiety. Iu the
vast throng at the Grayesend track
tomorrow there will be representa-
tives from Canada and California,
from Maine and Texas, from Eng
land and France banker and publ
can will rub elbows on an equality,
and for few exciting hours the rich
will foget that they are not poor and
the poor will forget their poverty.
Will it be a race like the first IN
1886, the initial contest for the Brook
Ign Handicap? Then as now the
distance was mile and a quarter
then, as will be the ease Monday,
every available seat and bit OF stand
ing room within. the gates were oc-
cupied and who can forget that
famous struggle al the finish be-
tween Dry Monopole, Blue Wing
and Hidalgo? 1t was heads apart at
the mile, ii was heads apart into the
stretch, it was heads apart at the
finish. Seventeen horses made the
pace, and. Andy McCarty, who pilot
ed the famous winner to victory, was
carried on the arms of his admirers
through the paddock. In 1883 it
was The Bard who won the handi.
cap, with Hanover second and Exile
third. In 1889 il was Exile, with
Prince Royal and Terra Gotta follow
ing, and in 1890 Castaway II, whose
hackers were laughed at before the
race, ran away from Badge and Erie.
1t was a poor race, however, but the
event was redeemed last year, when
Tenny outfooted Prince Royal and
Tea Tray.
The time of the winner in the first
event has never been repeated by
the horses that have run in the race
since. TWAS 2:07 and the value of the
purse $5,85O. The next;year The Bard
made. time in 2:13 and:landed $6,925
for his owner. In the third race
Hamilton and Exile won $1,000 and
covered the mile and a quarter in
2:07A. In 1890 the amount of
the stake was the same /;
the time of Castaway II, with Bum
up, was 2;10. Barnes rode Tenny to
victory in the same time and landed
$l4, 800 into Mr.. Pulsifer's capacious
pockets. This year the value of this
famous race will be commensurate
with its growing importance, for
$25, GOO will be divided. between the
three horses, the winner getting $l8-,
600, the second and third horses
S., 900 and $4,000, respectively.
Longstreet has been going fast ald
apparently sound. 1T sis. conceded
that he was the best offAmerican
race-horses during the last season,
but it must be borne in mind that he
has not been in race since he low
cred the c0lors and the fame of Ten
ny on August last. Mike Dwyer's
stable figures with other strong
horses in the race. Z While King.
ston seems to be.out of the question,
Raceland and Banquet may be in at
the finish. Raceland has wintered
splendidly and with 12O pounds can
not be considered overburdened, for
he rode to victory in the Suburban OF
1889 with the same impost. Ban
quet was in the great Brooklyn
Handicap to the finish last year, and
landed fourth after a most plucky
fight for the place. He has wintered
we'll
Nomad is not likely starter, al.
though he has wintered well and will
make a most favorable showing as q
three. year-old this season. The j. A
and A. II. Morris contingent may
prove after all to contain the winner