The record-union., 1893-05-16
BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
A Thirty to One Shot Carries Off
the Rich Prize.
DIABLO. SON OF EOLUS AND GRACE
DARLING, THE WINNER
The Third Week Of the Worlds Fair
stances-Warm Weather Brings
Out Large Attendance-The Cali
fornia Editors Spend the Day at the
State Building.
Special to the REcoRp-uN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Amid deep and
oppressive silence, Diablo, the aged son
of Eolius and Grace Darling, won the
rich Brooklyn handicap this afternoon,
in the presence of 30,O0u people. Lamp
lighter, the favorite. who went to the
post carrying ton of money, was second
and Leonawell third. The winners time
was 2:09, made fractionally as follows:
Quarter, 0:25t; half, 0:51; three-quarters,
1:l6; mile, 1:423; mile and quarter, 200.
Diablo was regarded as being in the
first flight in his two and three-year-old
form, but after the third year his legs be-
came shaky. Since then he has been re-
garded simply as a high-class selling
platter, likely to break down permanently
in any race. His wonderful. improve
ment in form to-day was therefore stun
ming in its effect.
The Brooklyn handicap run to-day was
the seventh in the history of the event,
and was guaranteed to be worth 81, ,0OO
OF this the winner gets $4,000, the Sec
ond 5000, and the third $1,000.
The day was brigAt and fair. The bet
ting ring before the handicap was wild
and boisterous scene. The jam was some
thing awful.
1t was just minute past 4 when the
horses were summoned from the pad
dock. They were all warmly received,
but Lamplighter hSd a regular ovation,
showing where the hopes and dollars OF
tho hi IL 1t,c
the order in which they finished.
The weights, jockeys and close of bet
ting We're as follows: Diablo UP, TaraI.
80 to l; Lamplighter (25), Simms, s to s.;
Ieonawell Q10l, Doggett, 10 to /; Ilumine
600, Noble, 60 to /; Pickpocket QO3),
Taylor, ID to /; Charade 105), j. Sloan, 8
to L; Fedelio Q03), J. Lamley, 20 to J.;
Terrifier Q08), Doane, so to l; Raceland
(l16). Lamley, 20 to /; Banquet Q23), Gar
rison, S to l; Judge Morrow l16), A. Gov
ington, to |; Mars Ql4), Littlefield, l5 to
l; Nomad, McDerniott, so to l.
After several futile attempts to get them
in line for the start, Starter Rowe gave
the jockeys a good rating. Finally at
4:l9 o'clock the horses got the flag to an
almost perfect start. Judge Morrow,
Leonawell, Terrifier and Fideio were a
little in the lead, with Lamplighter,
Charade, PickpocRet, IIlumine and Mars
in bunch in the rear. Terrifer, true to
the DAILY tactics, Immediately shot to the
front and set clinking pace past the
stand and into the backstretch. Here
Leonawell, who had been struggling for
his head, passed Territier and took lead
Of two lengths.
The race all through the back stretch
was an exceedingly pretty one, all the
horses running well together and within
striking distance of the leader. At the
far turn Leonawell slightly increased his
lead, and shout went up from his ad-
mirers. The joy was short-lived, how
ever, for turning into the homestretch
Diablo, Lamplighter, Judge Morrow and
Illumine moved up and joined the lead
ers. A desperate and highly exciting
drive ensued. The horses were running
almost head and head all through the
stretch. Less than quarter of a furlong
from the wire Diablo began to draw out,
and soon getting clear of the others, won
grand race by length and half.
Ld1p1lSuteI D6dI Iu0 IlT0O Dub game
Leonawell a neck for place.
Taral, who rode the winner, was placed
on a floral horseshoe and carried in
triumph from the judges stand to the
paddock. A floral horseshoe was also
placed about the neck of the winning
horse, but scarcely a ripple of applause
greeted these ceremonies.
AS good as 60 to l against could be OBJ
tanned about Diablo's chances in the
early betting, SO little We're his prospects
of winning the race considered. Straight
mutuals on him, of which only twelve
were sold, paid 1924 so. One hundred
and seven bookmakers did business in
the betting ring, but were utterly un-
equal to the task of taking in the money
offered by the crowd. The other races
resulted:
Five furlongs, Kingston won, DIR. Has
brouck second, Correction third. Time,
l;OO4.
Mile and sixteenth, Rainbow won.
Sport second, st. Domingo third. Time.
1:491.
Half mile, Chateau won, Blackhawk
second, Birmingham third. Time, O:5O3.
Half mile, Token won, Lord Nelson
| second, Society third. Time, O:5O.
Six furlongs, Harvest won, Lyceum
second, Mordotte third. Time, liza.