The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-05-16
BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
The Result a Surprise to Twenty
Thousand Spectators.
ALL THE FAvoRITEs DEFEATED.

Hornpipe, on Which Horse Very Little
Money Had Been Placed, Captures the
Ten thousand Dollar Purse In all Ia,
with a so to 1 Chance Second.
NBw YORK, May l6.-The first real trial
of tho new racing law was had yesterday
at Gravesend, and as far as could be seen
1t Is likely to become popular The event
OF the day was the Brooklyn handicap for
SIC, 900 purse. The morning hours were
anything but pleasant for a cold wind
blew across the track, the air was raw and
chilly, and thq overcast sky made it seem
as If rain would fall at any minute. The
track was very muddy and there were
pools of water all over it. The clouds be-
gan to break away at about 10 oclock, and
there was plenty of blue sky and sunlight
by noon. The boolsmakers had plenty of
work to do, but they did not shout the
Odds and the betting was done quietly.
From o'clock until the start Of the handi-
cap betting was in order and Dr. Rice and
Ramapo were about equal choices, al
though 1t finally settled down with the
the latter as first choice.
At 4So The horses came to the post
They were Hornpipe, Lazzdrone, Sir Wal
ter, Counter Tenor, Rey El Santa Anita
Declare, DR. Rice, Rubicon, Assignee,
Bnssetlaw, Ramapo and Ed Kearney.
Approaching the necessity of an even
start, Starter Rowe detained the horses at
the post until 4:51, when, catching them
well In order and In action, down went
the flag and the race was on. Hamilton,
on Hornpipc, was first to dart out of the
bunch. Then came Griffin with Ramapo,
and Littlefield on Bassetlaw, the others
being close up.
Suddenly whips went up in the air and
came down on the sides of the horses,
spurs were jabbed with cruel flerceness
and of dashed Assignee, intent on max
ing the running for his stable companion,
Hornpipe, who fell back in the bunch
At the quarter Assignee was half a length
better than Ed Kearney, who had Ram
apo at his hind quarters, DIR. Rice and Sir
Walter being close up. Assignee led to
the half mile post, where his wind gave
out and he relinquished.arst place to Sir
Walter, seeing which Hamilton on Horn
pipe, again cut loose. Sir Walter was q
great horse at this stage of the race.
Closely attended by DIR. Rice, Rey El
Santa Anita, Ramapo and Hornpipe, the
game little Sir Walter made the pace un-
til well down tho home stretch. Then the
heuNy WtlButS anu tplully ueaNy tTdCh
began to tell tale of distress for tho fav-
orites, and the lightweighted youngsters
began to overpOwer them.
They were all at the whip, and the thor
oughly excited throng of men and women
yelled frantically at their respective choices
| to come on and land the great race But
| 1t was not to be favorites triumph. A
| furlong from the finish Hamilton was seen
! coming with Hornpipe like o whirlwind
On and on he came, speeding by the jaded
| brutes in front Of him like locomotive
running wild. Hornpipo's rush was some
thing that literally Glove the tongues of
the shouters to their mouths He won in
sllh, amid oppressive silence, by length
from the 30 to l chance, Lazzarone, who
had the invaluable aid of the veteran,
Isaac Murphy.
Lapping Lazzarone to the saddle girths
| was Sir Walter who gamely stood whip
and spur for more than half mile and
| proved himself the gamest horse in the
race. Rumapo died away to walk In the
stretch, but Rey El Santa Anita hung on
was then thoroughly done for, and was
mercifully allowed to end his Journey In
| peace, Sir Walters bulldog gameness was
I one Of the stirring features of the race.
The crowd went broke to the book
makers, thore having been only a few
wagers made on Hornpipe, who was Is
to chance, the bulk of the money having
| been wagered on the first few chances.
Twenty thousand people witnessed tho
| rnce