The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-05


Exciting Contest.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Three times
has the gallant and game Sir Walter
tried to win the Brooklyn handicap,
and at last he has been successful
Twice before he was third, beaten
/ out by fraction at the end, but today
Taral was on his back, and his SKILL
combined with lack of judgment on
the part of Clayton, who rode the ia
vorite. helped to give the victory to the
son of Midlothian and Lasilla, amid
roar of applause such as is rarely
heard nowadays upon a race track
That it was
A POPULAR VICTORY
could not be doubted. for from the
time he poked his nose into the lead
to the last fraction of a second of the
race there was one wild yell for Sir
Walter. 1t was not the cry of the
betting man, for the horse was by no
means favorite, but it was the cheers
of encouragement from the sport-lov-
ing American citizens, 10000 being at
! the Gravesend track to watch the con-
/ test. The cheers that followed the
victory We're redoubled when Sir Wal
ter returned to weigh in, and as Taral
was hoiSted into the floral Jockeys
chair, where he has sat so many times
| in his career, he was a. very happy
person, as the yells resounded through
the air and the immense body of spec
| tators gave vent to their feelings in
shouts, catcalls and whistles
DEP FECT nav
A more perfect day for the race
could not have been desired The sky
was obscured with light clouds, which
broke away now and then to let the
sunlight in to- temper the strong
breeze which was coming in from the
sea. The air was warm and pleasant
and everybody was in holiday dress
I The bright colors of the women S
dresses made pretty picture with
the dull background of the grand
stand. The crowd was late in reach
ing the track and at first it looked as
If the attendance would be small
About an hour before the time for the
/ first race the people began to arrive
in droves, and they surged around the
! entrances, which were much too small
TO admit them as rapidly as they came
/ Congestion set in and for a full hour
the struggling mass of humanity was
pouring into the enclosure. When the
first race was run the rush was about
J over and by 3 o'clock all but a few
belated ones had arrived
! Delays at the start made the handi-
cap very late, and it was 4:25 when the
! eight contestants went up to the post
/ None of them were noticed until Cliff
! ford appeared, and he was well ap-
! plauded, as was st. Maxim The cheers
were doubled as Sir Walter, with Taral
UP, went past the grand stand to the
elbow in the track which marked the
/ starting post. After these reached the
post there was a long delay, for
COUNTER TENOR WAS FRAC-
Four breakaways came, in which one
wing or another was left and had to
! go back. The fifth and sixth were ex-
cellent, but for Counter Tenor, who
! stood still at the post. A short delay
then gave the jockeys a chance to
steady their mounts, and at thirty
minutes after they went to the post.
Flynn caught them in good line and a
red flag flashed, the immense crowd
rose to their feet with the cry.
They're OFF, and the eight highly
bred animals began the journey of a
mile and quarter, at the end of which
was purse of $4,000 for the winner.
The crowd at the start from the post
| obScured the vision for an instant and
they swept around the turn into the
stretch with Sir Walter showing the
way, followed by St Maxim, Lake
/ Shore, keenan,, Hornpipe, Clifford,
| Nankipooh and Counter Tenor. The
| jockeys settled down into their places
and as they passed the timing stand
| for the first time, with one-quarter of
mile run in :26, Lake Shore was the
pilot, a neck in front of Sir Walter, he
| half a length ahead of Hornpipe, Kee-
nan half behind and a half length
in front of st. Maxim, the others
| trailing.
THE PACE WAS SLOW,
for each one of the lot was rating
along comfortably, each jockey pick
ing his way and waiting patiently for
the end. There was no crowding
around the turn, each jockey giving
! the others wide berth, and the fur
long around the oval was one of the
fastest of the race, being run in O:121a,
the leaders not changing their relative
positions, although they drew away
from the field a couple of lengths.
while ST Maxim took third place, with
/ Hornpipe fourth, Nankipooh and Cliff
ford next side by side, and keenan,
! back, with Counter Tenor in the last
position. AS they Strengthened out on
the back stretch the leaders were still
rating along, well in hand, while ST.
Maxim and Hornpipe were side by
side as before, with no change in the
rear division. the fourth furlong being
made in 0:13A. AS they ran up the
back stretch they ali felt the steel and
began to move faster.
Lake Shore was the first to feel the
effect of this urging, and Sir Walters
nose began TO forge in front, inch by
inch. the black muzzle began to show
ahead, and the first four were rum
| ming
SO CLOSE TOGETHER
that blanket would have covered
them, for st. Maxim had but the lead
over him down to a head, while Horn
pipe was gamely running with him,
the other four not changing their rel
ative positions. The five furlong post
was reached in 0:12A from the half in
that order but the squirt had been too
| much for Lake Shore, who then drop
| ped back into seventh place, fighting
for the last position with Counter Ten