The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-16
HIT THE HANDICAP
One Jolly Party of Local
Sports Picked the
Winners.
TEAMS TIED IN THE TOURNAMENT
Stevens Lacrosse Player Injured
To Bowl on the Green--Bat
and Gun Reports.
TEAMS TIED In THE TOURNAMENT

It is over, but many local sports today
have not forgotten the great opening TURF
event-the Brooklyn Handicap. Forty
thousand excited spectators saw DR.. Rice go
under the wire the winner of $751; oo, closely
followed by Henry of Navarro and Sir Wal
ter, who respectively won $1,000 and S2,WO
for their owners. The contingent from this
county was a large n They went by
tally-ho, barouche or other vehicles, and the
majority Travelled by boat and train. From
Taylor's Hotel went q delegation of thirty.
They were in luck. Many picked the
Handicap winner and and were jubilant.
Others who failed to select the right horse
in the classical event were more fortunate
in the other races, aud returned with
heavier purses. This party had a mellow
time. They did not reach the hotel until
after ten o'clock last night, and it was sew
eral hours later before the popping of corks
ceased. The net profits of the trip for the
merry thirty exceeded, it is estimated. a
cool thousand, and they made it an eventful
day. A big party went from the vicinity q
the County Court House. They returned
early, but few hit the winners. The Hud-
son City sports made the journey in a tally
no from Fred. Blume's. On the coach were:
Harry Brown, Billy Blume, Fred. Breuch,
Dave Schaffer, John Dunno. Thomas Suth-
erland, Adam Smith, Gus Hunbrock, and
others. Brown went down to plunge on one
race. He planted an even hundred at 8 to
on StoneI. The others laid modest wagers,
and their losses were not heavy. They did
not shout much on the return.
AS for the BROOKLYN itself, it was a fairly
run race, and the best horse at the WEIGHTS
undoubtedly won. As a two-year-old, DR..
Rice, the winner, was only a pound or two
inferior to Sir Walter, and taking yester-
days race as a criterion, tnere IS no1 I4ucn
difference between them in 1894 DR.. Rice
was once owned here by Messrs. Gideon o.
Dals, and was sold by that firm because he
bled at the nose in a race last spring
when they stood to win a very large
amount of money. They did not want a
horse in their stable that was not trust
worthy, and they parted with him to FRED
Foster, a hunchback from st. Paul, the con-
sideration being 5000. For Foster, DR..
Rice won the first time he started the Wild
owls Stakes, worth $500, and the lucky
Young man from Minnesota found himself IN
the possession of a first class race horse. At
ter winning another race here IN the East,
Foster took his prize into the Westerly coun-
try. and he has kept him there ever since.
Clifford, the favorite, was practically left
at the post. His jockey, Martin, is held
responsible for the unfortunate occurrence.
His horses head was turned the wrong way
when the flag fell. Fifty minutes were ex-
hausted in getting the horses away, owing
to the fractions Lowlander and Sport. TIT
time made was superb. The mile Il q
quarter was covered in 2:07H, only g quarter
of a second best record for the handicap.
Taral, who rode the winner, received $1,000
for the mount from the happy owner. who
backed his horse heavily in the winter books
at long odds. The vindictive DeLacy,
the sworn foe of the Dryers did not stop
the race, but he caused no little anxiety
among the talent, and before Taral had beer
enthroned in flowers President "PhilD
DIVER. Judges r. w. Simmons, Clarence
Mcdowell and Victor Smith and twelve
bookmakers had been placed under arrest,
charged with conducting a lottery.
President Dwyer, it is true, was simply
notified to appear before Justice Walsh III
Brooklyn, this morning, and Justice voor-
HES, in his Gravesend court, a stones throw
from the grand stand, accepted bonds for
the Judges and bookmakers in quick order:
The race was run, but De Lacy had
answered the men who laughed at his threats
on Monday.
these men put me out Of business" De
Lacy said when 1T was over. NOW III put
them out of business. They played police
men with me-. I'll play policeman with them.
I'm acting under advice of the District At
torney OF Kings county. and the fight will
not end with the arrests made today. There
is to be racing here tomorrow. Well, we'll
be here tomorrow, and if a pool is sold or a
ticket bought, we'll arrest everyone connect
ed with the transaction"
The summary of the great race =:
For three-year ODDS and upward; $3.50
each, half forfeit, or s50if declared by Feb
20. 1894: the club to add an amount neces-
sary to make the value of the stakes $4,000,
OF which the second horse shall receive
5000 and the third horse $4,000; one mile
and a quarter.
daga-Bonnie Lee, 112 (TaraD.
Byron McClellandis ch- c. Henry OF
Navarro, 8, 100 "a. Clayton)..
Oneck Stables b. c. SirWalter, 4,l2D Uog-
Bassetlaw, Comanche, Copyright, Banquet,
Diablo, Herald, Bitten, Ajax, Sport, Cliff
ford and LowIander also ran.
Time, 2:0TL.
Betting-Three to / each Clifford and Sir
Walter, 7 to l DR.. Rice. Z to l Henry OF
\ arre, 8 to 1 Ajax, 10 to l Banquet, 20 to
/ each Diablo, Bassetlaw, and Copyright,
80 to l Comanche, 40 to l Lowlander, % to
1 Herald, and 80 to l Bitten.