The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-21
.LOWLANDER'S VICTORY.
A Ten to One Shot Wins the Great
Suburban Handicap.
TERRIFIER TAKES SECOND PLACE.

Lamplighter, the Fnvorite In the Betting
on It's Merits in the Fast Time OF
400 "a.
NEW York, June 21.-The Suburban
handicap of 1888, the tenth in the history
OF the event, was most grievous disap-
pointmentto the turf loving public Lamp
lighter, their idol. who was looked upon as
sure victor in the great race, was made
TO fall from the high pedestal upon which
he had been placed, and the halo of vic
tory which had been gathered about him
because OF his numerous successes was
completely dispelled. He was vanquished
strictly on his merits, as the race was a
true run from beginning to end. There
was no crowding or jostling as was the
case in the Brooklyn handicap. The field
was comparatively small, and every jockey
rode to win in as fair a manner as possible
Lowlander, by Lowland Chief. dam Rest.
less. a horse that has had rather an erratio
career, won the race from end to end. lie
went out at the fall of the flag, set the pace
to suit himself and won almost rs he
pleastN in the fast time of Q. J6s4.
T,f fer, Bill Daly's candidate, was
sect( three-quarters of a length away,
ite, was third. four lengths back.
Lowlander was at ten to one against in
the betting, and all kinds of fancy prices
could be obtained about the chances OF
Terrifier The race was worth $4,000 to
the winner, s5, 600 to the second horse and
5000 to third
The. winner Is owned by Bookmaker
Fred Lowe, and besides the rich stake, he
netted many thousands of dollars in bets
by the victory of his horse.
Suburban day opened and continued
bright and clear, but oppressively hot
Every breath of air that reached the swell
tering occupants of the grand stand was
like blast from an oven, while the betting
ring was like huge furnace. Those who
had the hardhood to venture within its
portals were soon perspiring as freely as il
within the steam room Of Turkish bath.
The crowd arrived early. Every road from
Brooklyn and New York led to Sleeps.
head, and the trains were simply packed
with solid perspiring mass of humanity.
People hung on to the steps, on the win
dows, and few daring individuals would
have taken the roofs had the railway Off
cials permitted
Long before o'clock every scat in tho
spacious grand stand was taken. When
the bugle called the horses to the post in
the first race fully 10000 persons were on
The grounds, and this immense throng was
steadily augmented up to the time set for
the suburban to be rum
The first three races could not be run
quick enough to suit the crowd They
had come to see the suburban contested
for, and it could not be served up too
quickly for them. Raceland and Cha
rade were early declared out, and the bet
ting crowd, therefore, had nine horses
from which to pick the winner.
Lampiighter was spontaneously declared
as an even money favorite, and so he re-
manned throughout. Banquet was next in
demand, at four, while Mars, Lowlauder
and Pessara were at tens. Twelves could
be obtained about DR.. Hasbrouck and the
Pepper, and thirtys and sixtys about Ter
riiier and the English horse Iddesleigh.
Animmensc amount Of money was wagered
on tho result, and most of this remained
with the bookies.
The race was set for $50 O'Clock, and
promptly at that time the horses were
called to the post After several breaks
the flag dropped to good start, with DIR.
Hasbrouck i'll front The others were al
most in bunch McDermott Immediately
drove Lowlauder in the lead, while Terri
Ger and Iddesleigh took second and third
places respectively. Dr. Hasbrouck was
fourth and Lamplighter lay fifth in good
position,
Lowlandcr turned into the home stretch
three lengths before Terrifier, and DIR
Hasbrouck, who were neck and neck. two
lengths before Inmplightcr. The flying
leader never faitered, and passed under tho
wire rather easy winner. Terrifier shook
himself clear of Dr. Hasbrouck in the final
sixteenth, and secured the place by four
lengths from Lanplighter, who beat D,.
Hasbrouck n head. Banquet, the Pepper,
Mars, iddesleigh and Pessara finished in
the order named.