The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-17
HANDSPRING HAS II
WITHERS STAKES AT MORRIS PARK
WON FAMOUS RACE.

There are Five Starters and Abuse Sets Out
to Make the Pace, But Falls Out to
Keep Company With Ismir, Who Is
Done at The Half-Sins Takes an Adj
vantage offered on One Chance of
Thousand and Wins in a Tremendously
Exciting Finish Over Rastings-Day's
Racing Results.
New York, May 16.-It is many day
Eince there has been such enthusiasm
at Morris Park as was displayed this
afternoon, as Handspring and Hast
lngs came down the stretch together
fighting for the Withers stakes over
the Wfthers mile, and amid the roar OF
10000 people The big son Of Hanover
carried of the victory by head. There
were three other horses in the race, but
Il was really a duel between the giants
of the turf and while those Of the train
prs who were astute favored the Blem-
ton candidate, the great public by
weight OF its money made Handspring
the favorite When the horses were
called to the post, nearly every seat IN
the grand stand was taken and the lawn
was black with spectators. one 1alse
break and then they were sent away &c
su even start. In the first furlonS
Abuse went out TO make the pace, with
Hastings a couple of lengths behind
and daylight between him and Hand
spring. The pace was only moderately
fast, but it was too much for Ismlr, who
dropped completely out Of II at the hait
They duickened their speed as they
turned into the new track and only
narrow streak Of daylight separated
Abuse and the two champions who were
tapped on each other, with the boys
urging them along a bit. Inch by inch
Abuse fell back, while Handspring ana
Hastings were keeping together, necks
apart. As they swung into the stretch
forthe last quarter Abuse was Through
and Griffin made a fatal mistake by
giving Hastings his head and allowing
him 10 swerve a trihe toward the ran.
Sims. quick as a cat saw this, and in an
instant was in the lead by half length,
and both boys We're driving. They
jumped away from the other three, and
then came a wonderful race. linen
by inch Hastings gained upon Hand
spring until he was only q, short head
behind and there he stayed. Not anotn-
er hairsbreadth could Griffin gain, and
with everybody shouting for the gallant
son Of Hanover, the big chestnut swept
past the judgeh, with nostrils faring,
his head swinging ike his famous sire.
and with tremendous stride, winner of
the first great stake for 3-year-olds. 1t
was his first race Of the year.
Although the race for the great stakes
for 2-year-old FLIES was by no means
close, IL was interesting from the fact
that the eKene FLY, Royal Rose, won
d hollow victory from fairly good field
IN the fastest time for four and a half
furlongs over made over the track.
Summaries:
8 First race-Five furlongs: June won;
Premier, second; Lancer, third. Time
100.
Second-AIile. selling: Brisk won,
Rosedale. second; BombaZette, third.
Time 1:4ll5.
Third-Gaiety stakes, four and half
furlongs: Royal Rose won: Success
ful. second: Fireside, third. Time :5412.
Fourth-Wtthers stakes, Withers
mile: Handspring, 122. Sims. 4 TO 5,
won; Hastings. 122. Griffin, to :, Sec
ond; Sherlock, 112. DOggett, 20 to l, and
to /, third. Time 1:4l. Abuse and
Ismir also ran.
Fifth-Five furiOngs, selling: Rotter-
dam won: Passover, second; Full Speed,
third Time 1:02.
Sixth-Mile and sixteenth: Deer
slayer won; Intermission, second; w. 3.
third. Time 1,4sl5.