Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-16
DIARLO IS A WINNER.

There Was No Cheering When He | Came Under the Wire In the Brook lyn Handicap a Length and . Half Ahead of the Rest.
 | GRAvKsKND, L. l., May 15.-The racing
 season in New York was opened to-day
 under the auspices of the Brooklyn Jockey
 club. The weather was fine and the track
 in good condition. The principal event,
 the Brooklyn handicap, attracted an at tendance of 3O, 1000. The betting was lively
 and the ring presented wild and bolster ous scene.
 The first races on the cards only served to whet the crowds appetite for the handi- cap. When the bugle called the horses to the post excitement was on tiptoe. The appearance of the horses was the signal
 for enthusiastic applause. The handicap
 to day was the seventh in the history of
 the event and was guaranteed to be for
 $25, 900. Of this sum the winner gets
 SIS, 900, the second s5,e0O and the third
 2,000. The distance was It miles.
 The starters, weights, jockeys and clos
 ing betting was ss follows: Disblo, 112,
 Taral, 30 to 1; Lamplighter, 125, Simms,
 8 to 5; Leonawell, 110, Doggett, 10 to 1;
 Hume, 100, Noble, 60 to l; Pickpooket,
 103, Taylor, 15 to 1; Charade, lo5, J.
 Sloane, 8 to 1: Fidelio, 103, J. Lamley, 20
 to 1; Terrider, 10S, Doane, 50 to l; Race land, 116, Lamley, 20 to l; Banquet, 12S, Garrison. to 1; Judge Morrow, 116. A. Covington, 6 to 1; Mars, IA, Littlefeld, 15 to 1; Nomsd, -, McDermott, 50 to l.
 After several futile attempts the horses at 4:19 got the flag to an almost perfect start. Judge Morrow, Leonawell, Terri fer and Fidelio were @ little in the lead, with Lamplighter, Charade, Piekpocket, Hume and Mars in bunch in the rear. Terrifier, true to the Daly tactics. immedi- ately shot to the front and set a blinking pace past the stand and into the back stretch. Here Leonawell, who had been struggling for his head, passed Terrifier and took lead of two lengths. The race all through the back stretch was an ex- oeedingly pretty one. All of the horses were running we'll together and within striking distance of the leader. At the far turn Leonswell slightly increased his lead and shout went up from his admirers. | Their joy was short-lived, however, for l turning into the home stretch Dlablo, | Judge Morrow and Hume | moved up and joined the lead.
 A desperate and highly exciting drive | ensued, the horses running almost head | and head all through the stretch. Less | than a quarter of 8 furlong from the wire | Diablo began to draw ont and soon getting | clear of the others won a grand race by @ length and half. Lamplighter beat the tired but game Leonewell 8 neck for the | place. Hume was fourth, a nose away, | was Tapped to the withers by Pickpocket and Charsde who had come from the rear in the last fifty yards.
 0.0l l. tionslly as follows: Quarter 254, half 51, | three quarters 1:1e, mile :42f, mile and | quarter 2:09.
 Dlablo's victory elicited no applause. The silence, in fact, was deep and oppres- sive. Taral, who rode the winner, was placed on the seat of floral horseshoe and carried in triumph from the judges stand to the paddock. A floral horseshoe was also placed about the neck of the winner as he was led away. Scarcely ripple of ap- plause greeted these ceremonies.
 As good as 60 to against could be ob- tsined about Diablo's chances In the early betting, 80 little were his prospects of win. hing the race considered. Straight mutual tickets on him, of which only twelve were sold. paid $294 50.
 The silence with which Dlablo's victory | was received was probably due to the fact that they had, In a measure, been the vic tims of a grand coup.
 Diablo since his third year has been re- ssrded as high-clsss selling platter that was likely to break down in any race in which he started. A pile of money was put upon Lamplighter. Judge Morrow and Banquet were also we'll fsncied. Cha rade and Leonawell were heavily backed in the place and one, two, three books. They were also played largely straight, especial y Charade. One hundred and seven did business in the betting ring, but they were utterly unequal to the task of taking in the money offered them by the crowds.