The sun., 1893-05-31
RAINBOW'S WHITE FEATHER.
,o,ornILov,s SOW BEATEN nj spoRr
At sRxTEsEND xEsTERDAE.

The Talent ss the Chs~pior Three-years
old, Oats Badly :. the Fort Hsmuto~
H.nd,cap-Mr. Croker's .Debbins wips
the Tre-o.t stakes sy q Few rnehes-
po- Alfonso Downs Hsm.pc-Ls.t Dsy OF
&. Most Successful Racing Meeting.
Tho Brooklyn Jockey Cluh'e spring m Getting
..p,s 10 a most successful close yesterday.
t,uv IL. 900 persons witnessing the triumph
=, NJ. Richard Crokor's Dobbins In the Tre-
mont Stakes and the downfall Of Messra J. A.
"A II. Morriss Rainbow in tho Fort Hamil.
ION Handicap. worth $4,000 to the winner.
Roth were favorites for their respective
rsees, and the talent plunged on them. re-
e.rdina the sons OF Mr. Pickwick and Long
fellow as far superior to thoir opponents. But
the glorious uncertainty Of racing was once
more demonstrated. ns Dobbins won by noso
only, while Rainbow finished fourth. the
washington abie's Sport. ridden by Taral,
SHINING. while james H. & +. p. Keene's Choir
i.ter. a rank outsider. was second. and Gideon
4 Daly's St Michael third. Rainbcw. since
his defeat OF Don Alonzo for tho Brooklyn
Derby when he carried 122 pounds and
ran the mile and quarter in 2:0oh.
has been generally regarded ms the crack
three .year-od OF the season. As remarked
IN The SrS on Monday morning. therc
has always been the Rravest doubts as to
Dainbow's courage. and It has becn claimed
that good horse could race by his side and
eventually make him stop. That theory wns
showp to have some foundation In yesterdays
race, for, although favored by the weights. his
impo.t being but 100 pounds. he quit badly in
tho homestretch and was unplaced at tho
finish 1t is not that naInbow lacks speed
or the ability to run over distance OF
ground. because he worked a mile and half
At Sheepshead Bay ten days ago in >. 3GS-an
astounding performance for q three-Year-old
In the spring OF tho year.
The booknakers held Rainbow at worry
short price for the Fort Hamilton Handicap.
but the public accented even money and four
to Ave with the greatest avidity. md thou
sands upon thousands OF dollars went into tho
strong boxes OF the pencillers to remain. Snort.
with Tara! up. was second choice. while Ajax
was the IN ost fancied Of the others. G. W. John
. handicap for the brother 81 Huron TO handle
f xn IN The as e TP whs had
structions to race Rainbow from tho start.
went for tho lead. plotting the way raast the
lower turn Rninbow moved MI and ran head
and head with Sport until hallway up the
ss.S nnd rsince George 3pPsSed their
EttT eIeetrS.d he crowd y soine
iM1S iss S was s'' nfss Hether Dsfs ss
chase with Raipnow. but finally sa, still, cyl
a,a,!y satisfied that he could ove5haul the
Watching Raintow closely. and 1t was plain to
those, who were near tho upper turn that Sport
sses sonss Ss s the tho o. II wnred
was going 70 handily that the Jockey took
sae il, il s rsns ,G an. e. n abnsD sns sms
Struggling aamely with his l24 pounds. but
vas already beaten. while Prince George. on
ming almost as well in hand rs sport At
the head OF tho stretch Rainbow, appeared
f. be still under nu Hp. when TaTa ,Sa
son ., LonGfellow, did not respond to Little
fields call: and the race WAS thought to he
right away. and when siidsley shook. him up
.bss .s t ss s.sans .hs
he noPstsr PS ran IN
ite in AM. way. as they were clear o: him. At
The end Tho Gri5e was SGors by good open
stretch. and was third. three lengths away.
10 sa1e ~ In the
!srs. :i5: mile. i:42. and the mile and a iar.
sRs Taaa lanr ss
~spcT. j. owned ~ John ut, Taylor; n. a young
Winired that won the Emporium stakes for
sSae PwysEs Wnrca s owasd y Is
;tssas y %s$ snsnT;i Sio Ss's; .di$
him a. two:year-old to his present owners
for $500. He won num' e. sr 2, % good racss las.
si5.op0 Tor him lie is a smashinG sie chestnut
pebble Mr.. John. A. Morris took the defeat OF
e.llE. ,Ie is an obtimist. and says:
Wen catch Sport some other day. and per-
interest in the Fort Hamilton Handicap.
s,ill the puzzle discussed the ehnnses
mont Stakes. for which eight smart two
II RoS Ss S. st h fsEs Ms pReG
s%aIa W. ps an easy tHins for the big shs;tnIt
lar for fanmany and hi. owner. who sat in
e. stewards STAND with NJ +; Dwyer. james
s1En ssiT Rand, SHd several friends The bSoSmakers
:,s,s Pessn; showed S%s :ns Way up shs !sst:
soi Joe Ss Hps1 tnIsS an DsolaTe. Whiie II Hufins
ham brought up the rear. Lam bley lot Dob
bins race in. earnest rounding for home.
ssi IN III" "sa sards fin inSs waissd saf With mi De-
then. as the Medic colt shot out in
pursuit OF the iavori,c. he sent the Dwyer rep
Tesentative out Of the bunch like a rocket
An eighth Of mile from homo Declare got
Srfo Dobhins. and a smashing race ensued.
Mhpant srur, played nm active part In the
Spht,ie. and both colts ran very aamely. DOH
closed very, fast in the run home
hnh finished Third; "a length and a
patrick ur was In n nice position on the turn
VII, when Dogget, crossed hin with the Medic
cot and ruined whn,rver chances the Kesne
trnresentatirr had. Fitz having to pull up the
o,e chestnut hr Jthcr to Tyrnnt In order to
avold an accident. Declare and Dobbins both
ssW-rSed i.li!c under punishment on the
nr>t lurlong, int they showed thcmselves
GOOD game raco horscs, Mr.. Croker received
GIm,er!ess congratulations. and the stake
sh.th is worth about 5000. is the largest
pTww. ne has caIturel SO far on tho turf.
NTH stonenell. Kingstock. and Fremont out
glihe 0ren!nG dash at six turlongs. Iorkyille
pene was maie 4 prohlhitve !Rvorite. There
HM LOT OF backing and nling at the post
Gnt TIE ilEg went down to u good start afier A
snort delay. White Rose ami York yjllo Bele
we're the pscnmnkers untii ths stretch, where
ioLsShs B"ilc went on alone and won in n
EAUo!. Poor J3nntnan. ridden out beat Io-
ttrp Tor second money in a driving finish
s,mny iambley crossed White Eoss ns
the nag fell al the start. and Tyans Ind 70
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