The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-12
LAMPLIGHTER'S ORIENTAL.
sPENDTHRIFTs GREAT SON BEATS a
STRONG FIELD AT GRLVEsEND.

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He Was wild Horse. ana Tsrni cou's
| Scarcely Bestrnin Him in the Early Par
| or tho Contest-Pria. mt ne Good 90 "a
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| Lnmplighter demonstrated his superiority
over a strong field OF thoroughbreds in the
| most unmistakable fashion at Gravesend yes
terday afternoon. when he put UP 127 pounds
and beat Banquet Sir Walter, and his con-
| queror at Chicago. Rudolph. In fast time fof
the Oriental Handicap. Owner Walbaum oil
GuttenburR and a host of friends from the
hilltop race course came to the Brooklyn
jockey Clubs track and helped to make tho
opening day of that organizations autumn
meeting n notable OCCASION Banquet and
Lampllghter we're equal favorites In the bet.
ting. and II the Walbaum patty cared to back
their horse 1t would have been an easy matter
to recover the $4,000 they paid for him on
Thursday last at the sale of Mr.. Lorillard's
horses.
The Oriental Handicap was quito hard
race from start to finish. the pace being aus
tained. and at the end there was great deal
OF enthusiasm. Tho Prospect Handicap for
two-year-olds had Dobbins as favorite. but a
delay Of So minutes at the post helped to spoil
his chances. and Prig. the Galore colt out OF
Prude. owned by Messre. J. A. A. H.. and ID. H.
Morris. with the catch weight OF % pounds on
his back. won away of in good time. Galilee
again running second and Queenlike ii. third.
Dobbins did not move with the freedom that
charac terized his three races at Sheepshead
Bay. ana fourth was the very hes. position hs
could secure at the finish. The track was In
looked a. iresh anu green rs IN inc carly
spring.
Naturally there was more interest in the
oriental Handicap than IN any OF the s Uthe,
betting S ring discussing the chances Of Ban
i,gbtsss form had 'I bns VI rst csss At shaens
head Bay. and even with 1877 pounds up it did
r H when was |Hu nc ' that
aeorsea centes ' and Hermitage aI had bees
w wiz mus reducins .ne nelu 70 eom,ort
a, aDie proportions. Lamplishter opened favor.
ite' but NJ f. Dwyer sent heavy ,y commission
even terms Rudolph and Sir Walter having
LampliGhter' accompanied Sy ilume warmed
Taral I'm IN WaIbaum,s yelIow rod eleevas
and ,rhite n.n
Aeood , ,tar TART was sscursd ttbs frat ATTAIN NJ
candelaprs i Hume s'' and r. TerrIsr showing
mott nrori,ontIr canda,.h ra ,ra. .ha 49,
ma maker pat the stand aropnd the turn and up
t 70, DacEst h length before Ierrler ana
America ran tapped length further back. and
"a tb , t IA until well squared away
boauiin head well p up and running most inns ms
run over MS opponents at any time. On the
outside . i9iped Gahdslahra. and with Sir
Ms6 efy the fSer
wake next ne raj; Iars! was IN
POCKET ana without n3 taxing. taGing ms morse back to
Scarcely room f for La1pghsers ' head eie S Ma
neck. parting Sir Walter and Candelabra as
with we Wsd s Banquet was cEgpe Of Eths
ipe n the breeze. bore down UPON the
in trouble Winning By . length and
Sir %ater pass n Gandsahra IN tSs fn IONA S
and seeSTed shsd mensy thTee enc R0 the
2S:. 81 ~ ~; i:45 S:Hs Is%pisSsef
probably better than on any preyious occasion
this year He handled his 127 pounds as
warm reception II he opposes the brown fell
low lew LOT the FIRST special on saturday next. Mr.
v al6aum was; OF course: congratulated on all
sizes oyer Ss,n ms h9rses victory net o.u.
named over night for the Prospect Handicap
until thirteen youngsters were left. with Dob
pms the iayoTite ana top weight Filtration.
Galilee, and Jack OF Spades were next In de- |
mand; while It was almost any odds against
the others; Prlg being quoted IN some books at
90 to !. There was delay OF thirty-ive min |
utes at the post. Hamilton on Jack Of Spades
n5eaRi t away IN the most persistent fashion
For this he was suspended for one week. and r.
Harris, who rode Peter the Great. Was set down |
LOT two days by Mr. Rove; When the flag did |
fal JACK OF spakes and factotnm went away |
llko u pair OF quarter horses and opened |
up big gap on pobbins, Galilee. Queen- !,
like IL. and Prig. On the turn PriR |
Galilee and Qneenlike II. passed Dobbins. the |
former running ike wild horse. In the |
stretch factotum died away, leaving Jack OF |
Spades In momentary possession Of affairs.