Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12
Horses That Will Start in the
Brooklyn Handicap.
WINNERS ARE ALWAYS SURPRISES
Those That Stand a Chance oil
Coming in First.
AN INTERESTING TABLE

The eastern racing season Of 1894 will
be formally inaugurated Tuesday next,
when the Brooklyn Jockey Club will throw
open the gates of its Gravesend course.
Following its invariable practice. the club
will that day place on it's card the Brook
Ign Handicap, one Of the two great annual
handicap races in this country. Other
valuable stakes will be run for there that
day, but the handicap event will, Of course,
form the great attraction of the opening
day. 1t is one Of the richest Of American
stakes, the club guaranteeing that 1t shall
be worth not less than $4,000, OF which
5000 goes to the second horse. and 5000
to the third. Therefore, the winner Of next
Tuesdays race will make his owner Just
$4,000 better off in this worlds goods.
Race of Surprises.
The race was established in 1857. and it
will be run next week for the eighth time
Its distance, one and a quarter miles. has
never been changed, although the value Of
the stake has been annually increased.
That game, true little horse, Dry Monopole,
was it's first winner and the time he ran
it In, 207, has never been equaled. Exile,
however, came within half q second Of 1t
In 1880. The slowest time in which the race
was run was that Of The Bard. when he
won in 1885, running the one and a quarter
miles in 2.13. Upon the whole. the Brook
Ign Handicap has been a race Of surprises.
that given the talent by Castaway II in
1890 when he won by eight lengths in 2. ~.
being. perhaps, the greatest
The previous winners Of the Brooklyn
Handicap and the time made by them are
1sS7-Dry Monopole. by a head. .....2D7
1SsS-The Bard. by one length. .....2.I8
1SS9-Exile, by three lengths. IL
1s9O-Castaway ii. by lengths. ..2.lO
1Se1-Tenny by two lengths. .......-2lO
lsS2-Judge Morrow. by a head......2.Oe 81
1S93-Dablo. by a length.
d. bios victory last year was also a mat
t. Of no little surprise. 1t was q matter Of
No less general satisfaction. Pierre Loril-
lard's Lamplignter, carrying 125 pounds
with Simms up. was early installed as ia
vorite. but he proved to be a great disap-
pointment to the knowing ones. as Well as
TO the general racing public. The best he
could do was to get within q length of the
winner at the finish, Bookmaker Jones
game little colt. Leonawell carrying ITO
pounds. running third. Diablo carried Il2
pounds, and was ridden by Fred Taral The
time OF the race was: Quarter. Is Ia; hall.
.o1; three quarters Lie; mile 1.42 1-2;
mile and quarter, zoo. Diablo's VIC
tory was anything but a popular one,
and when his number was hoisted the an
nouncement was received In sullen silence
There was considerable Intentional or unin-
territorial foul riding done in the race and
1t was claimed by many, especially by those
riding the favorite, that there existed q
well-laid plan to defeat Lamplighter at all
hazards. An investigation was vigorously
demanded, but nothing ever came Of it, and
Diablo's owners pocketed the money. A
great amount Of money had been placed on
Lamplighter. and hundreds of thousands of
dollars went down with the great brown
son of Spendthrift and Torchlight
The Race This Year.
The race this year promises to be the
greatest in the history Of the event Many
Of those running in 1t last year are again
entered, and not few facing the starter a
year ago will do SO again next Tuesday.
Although again entered. and given the
honor of top weight. 127 pounds. Lamp
lighter will hardly start Tuesday. The
probable starters and jockeys, as far as can
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