The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-05-16

Tho Ro7ult a Surprise to Twenty
Thousand Spectators.
ALL TEE FAV0RtTGs DEFEATED.

Hornpipe, on Which Horse Very Litle
Money Had Been Placed, Captures the
Ten Thousand Dollar Purse in All Ia,
with 80 to Chance Second.
NEW YORK, May 16-The first real trial
Of the 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
a $4,000 purse. The morning hours were
anything but pleasant, for a cold wind
blew across Che track the air was raw and
chilly, and the overcast sky made 1t seem
rs 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 o'clock and
there was plenty of blue sky and sunlight
by noon. The bookmakers had plenty of
work to do, but they did not shout the
odds, and the betting was done quietly.
From l o'clock until the start Of the handi.
cap betting was in order, and DR.. Rice and
Ramapo were about equal choices, al
though it finally settled down with the
the latter as first choice.
At 4:30 the horses came to the post.
They were Hornpipe, Lazzarone, Sir Wal
ter, Counter Tenor, Rey Ell Santa Anita,
Declare, DR. Rice, Rubicon Assignee,
Bassetlaw Ramapo and Ed Kearney.
Appreciatiug the necessity of an even
| start, Starter Rowe detained the horses at
! the post until 4:51, when, catching them
we'll in order and in action, down went
the flag and the race was on. Hamilton,
on Hornpipe, was first to dart out Of the
bunch. Then came Griffin with Ramapo
| and Lttlefeld 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 ferceness
and off 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 length
| better than Ed Kearney, who had Ram
apo at his hind quarters, DR.. Rice and Sir
| Walter being close up. Assignee led to
the half mile post where his wind gave
out, and he relinquishedsarst 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 DR.. Rice, Rey FL
Santa Anita, Ramapo and Hornpipe, the
| game little Sir Walter made the pace un-
| til well down the home stretch Then the
heavy weights and equally heavy track
began to tell tale of distress for the 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
it was not to be favorite's triumph. A
furlong from the finish Hamilton was seen
coming with Hornpipe like whirlwind.
On and on he came, speeding by the jaded
brutes in front of him like a locomotive
running wild. Hornpipe's rush was some
thing that literally Glove the tongues of
the shouters to their mouths. He won in
2.114, amid oppressive silence, by a 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. Ramapo died away to a walk in the
stretch, but Rey El Santa Anita hung on
gamely up to the last furlong post He
was then thoroughly done for, and was
mercifully allowed to end his journey in
peace. Sir Walters bulldog gameness was
one of the stirring features of the race.
The crowd went broke to the book
makers, there having been only few
wagers made on Hornpipe, who was Il
to chance, the bulk of the money having
been wagered on the first few chances
Twenty thousand people witnessed the
race