The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-16
DIABLO'S LUCKY HANDICAP.
TIE CRIPPLED OF EoLUs WINS
THE sa6,0 o PRIZE AT 0RATEsEND.

h<stnNttkutNr Vhr sn oNtNNNetnthx SsNVEr
tie, and shonid Have Won Hands Dowr-
First TO Leave the Post, He Was secoaa
Last mt the Head or the Stretch, Vet wns
Second at the FInish-Jockey simu- Cess
.ured for Hts Handling OF the Great
Four-yca--oid Ho Claims that Every
Jockey in the Race Interfered with Him
Trainer HuERins Amnxed-How the Race
Was Won and Lost-The Winner an Outs
slider In the Betunr-A Brilliant Gather
ing of 10000 Porsons-Kingstcu, Chs
team. and Harvest yyIn for n. =.
Dwyer-Raiabow's Clinkipg Good Race.
The Brooklyn Handicap Of 1893 is q memory.
10000 persons witnessing the triumph Of
Messrs. Walcott 4 Campbell's aged horse Di.
ablo at Gravesend yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Pierre Lorillard's great four-year-old colt
Lamplightor was second. while Msssrs. F. J.
Dwyer 4 Sons four.year-old colt Leonawoll
finished third. LampliRhter was a trsmen.
dous favorite in the betting. and should have
won with consummate ease. but he was mis-.
erably ridden by Jockey simms. and the race
was one Of the most unsatisfactory seen In
years.
Mr.. Lorillard. acting under the advice Of his
physicians. remained at Jobstown. and did
~ y N"o siie noh Va
about, and beaten by a horse that was regard.
ed with 30 little favor by the public that 100 to
1 could be had in tho ring at one time. He has
been Ill all winter. and 1t 10 only since he 70.
turned from Florida to the Rancocas farm At
Jobstown that he has begun to gain strength.
He was hopeful for q successful year on the
turf. and surely nobody begrudRed him the
prosperity he deserved. as he has done as much
as any one person to promote tho sport In this
nNvnfry HI h,pu Iharalv auopnrta n htD
establishment. and races his horses to win.
MIR. LoR1LLAnD's Ill LUCK.
Last year his superb marc La Tosca broke
down while In preparation for the Metropolis.
tan Handicap. and on top OF that piece Of Ill
luck his representative in that race. the three.
ysar-old colt Locobatchee. was beaten q short
neck because Of Hamilton's inability to get
through the throng which overlooked form the
lawn at Morris Park and made the track well
nigh impossible. Messrs. Walcott & Campbell
won that time with Pessara. SO that this firm
has been Mr.. LorilIard's stumbling block for
two of the richest races we have. Last fall
his best yearlinR. the colt by Iroouois. out
OF Brunette. was cut down. and this spring
Locohstchee. while running his final trial with
Lamplightsr. broke down. and had to be left
at the farm when the others came to the race.
Locohatehee was to have been Mr.. Lorillard's
candidate for yesterdays race II the track was
drt but Lsmplighter. q splendid performer
on any kind OF q course. was also keyed UP. so
that he could take tho place Of the son Of
Onondaga. should the skies weep on the open.
ing Of the legitimate racing season Of 1893
To cap the climax. Lamplighter. many pounds
the best horse in yesterdays contest. was
beaten half a length by O cripple whose VIC
tories last year were confined almost entirely
to selling races.
Lamplighter was the first horse to leave
the post when Mr. Rowe dropped his
fog. He was in a good position around
the lower turn. and was in tho mids
die Of the Geld half way up the backstretch.
He then dropped back until he was last but
one In the fold OF thirteen horses. q quarter 81
q milo from home. NJ. F. DIVERS Eomad bring.
ing up tho rear. With only q quarter OF a mile
remaining. slmms picked his way through the
maze Of horses and landed the favorite In
second position-truly q remarkable perform.
ance. As Garrison said after the race. Lamp.
lighter must have had wings in the homo.
stretch. He should have won by ten lengths.
He passed mo as though I were walking. and
goodnessknowshow FAST he ran the last part Of
the race" Simms after dism bunting said that
every jockey In the race had taken urn In
knocking him about Trainer HuRgins, who
was d~umfounded. said the race was beyond
his understanding and was naturally dishsaEt-
ened over the outcome.
TRAINER HuooINs ~uMFouNpEn
He was ready to run four miles II neces-
sary." said the clever trainer to James h
Kesne. Fred Gsbhard. De Courcey Forbes. and
a couple Of other gentlemen In the paddock
after the battle was over. Simns was severely
csnsured for the way in which he handled
Lamplighter. and the boy certainly never ap- /.
feared to less advantage in tho saddle. Lamp
lighter was perhaps the most pronounced IA.
vorite that ever started for the Brooklyn. and
the ring undoubtedly raked in 100000 By
his Eefeat
Fred Tarals ioekeyship was never seen to
greater advantage than in this race. and hs
deserves to share the credit OF the victory with
John Campbell. who has kept Diablo on his
feet for the past two years. hoping against
hope ana looking for the old horse to break
down every time he went to tho post Camp .
bell always backs his own horses in their
races. and his winnings on Diablo foot up
over $4,000. Mr. Waloott. the senior partner.
who 10 the popular President Of the Monmouth
Park Association. was the most surprised and.
at tho same time. pleased man on the grounds
when he saw Diablo win.
A PERTEcr SPRING DAY.
Tho day In itself was enough to draw
crowd into tho country without the tre-
mendous magnet Of q sensational racing
event, Its promise IN the city was for a per-
feet spring day. and the promise was kept -
faithfully as the woman with the most dar-
ingly summer costume on the track could hope
for. 1t was all warmth and sunshine !,
and high lights to make the trip over. !
agreeable. and all cool breszes and
half-light during tho racing. and that robbed
the grand stand crowding u half OF It's dis.
and made q soft and agreeable
picture OF the track and fields. 1t was the