New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-31
RACING AT BRIGHTON.
.,ou.wx PRINCE CAPTURES THE WHIP
PET STAKES.
=, TIE FOURTH RACE SHERLOCK WINS HANpILY

IL.
.,.., the beachcombers are no more. The unique
picturesque men and women who ratronized hr's'-
=, the good cid days when Barnum was two
' IA and Rabcock and Little Reb were the
80, =, the denzens Of the sand dures bowed their
...ss Yesterday and said: Its tue. Brighton Is
- ,rore Judge Wheeler wears white plug nat
"a Prince Albert coat TO the races IL was III
..,r that Michael Clancy endeavcred to explain
70, tho Judse might have been 10 a funeral. The
,-.sence of James Watson who was Formerly
.,sxard at Gloucester. IN the stewards box told
-. rs,nly that Brighton had changed and that
s,s,.r class OF racing patrons were being catered
10 BY the management
=, addition 20 seven races the spectators were
.,..,ed Yesterday to exhibition of warning eie-
,,en,s that will loae be remembered. When the
Iii rang calling the fourth race. two distinct
Gowns we're observed from the grardstand. Great
masses Of clouds were driving In dinerent direc-
IT,. &C one storm was apparently from the west
- thu other from the south. The edge OF the
wes,erlv storm broke over the racetrack The cleo
,-cal display accompanied by peals OF thunder
I'D a cloudburst followed by d hailstorm that
tat down on the steel roof of the grandstand
caused the spectators TO retreat to the top rows of
,s A severe windsouall which Grove sheets Of
90, directly into the grandstand end flooded the
restaurant caused many OF the women who had
a. %, the restaurant 10 secure percfes on the high
s,oo,s until the food subsidized. The storm cooled
air
pon Nv followed by Where Did You Get that
w., Evidently Lander believed that Judge
1-,.elar,s hat attracted the cyclone.
rssrslayer al 20 on in the betting won the
As, race In s romp from Manchester. Deerslayer
s,,ears 10 be in superb condition. as he won with
o,nss 10 spare in the creditable time Of 4s,7 for
the mile and sixteenth
tn. second race divided. In the first division
,,ssovsr was made the favorte. but so much
Money went on The Manxman that 10 was
o,oted against each OF them at the close Of the
betting Absentee had some following. and Kebo
wss supported by few shrewd bettors. The
MsuxmAn made all the running and won with
amazing ease by three lengths from Passover. the
latter beating Absentee. who was third by length
and a half for the place.
August Belmont's laramie was the favorite for
the second division at 10 l. Louis Stuart's
Bannock heavily played by many persons who
received information about some OF his recent
trials Stuarts colt was at 10 l. but the heavy
plunges OF some conservative bettors alarmed the
layers OF odds. who quickly reduced the odds
against him until 10 was the average OF the
quotations against him. laramie led the field until
the stretch reached. when Bannock challenged
him, and in a driving finish beat him by three
quarters OF a length the winning post. Con-
tractor was third three lengths away.
IN the fourth race Sherlock carried the hopes and
money Of the pungers who accepted II 10 10 against
us chances Sherlock wrested the lead from Pre-
nier before fifty yards was covered and rushed
into the lead. Tremargo assumed second posi-
ton and kept 1t TO the end but could not make
Sherlock extend himself. The latter won handily
by a length. Refugee was third
Suisun selected as the favorite for the Whip
pet Stakes. Michael F. Dryer bet Suisun at
to on her chances. st. Bartholomew, at 10 2,
was warmly supported. The Keene colt. Dr. jim
ala not lack followers. who accepted 10 against
his chances. Mohawk Prince. who is owned by
~ {ra1 hx 0t,te lvnny
vas overlooked by the bettors and the layers of
oddA who quoted as high as 80 to and in one in
The result Of the race dazed the crowd. who had
not fully recovered from the effects Of the cloud.
With suisuD' but little Maher on Mohawk Prince
who got of in front. raced along with him at
but collapsed at the far turn; suisun and Mo
hawk Prince went wide on the turn for home
TO CLOSE with the Leaders beautiful finish be-
nsW resulted in a head victory for Mohawk Prirtce.
Suisun second, head in front Of ST. Barthol-
omew. who beat Break o Day half length for
Irish Reel with Taral up. and 10 to 7 quoted on
es sss BY length no and hall If om
who was the same distance in front Of Hanwell.
RE rain and mud reduced the field to three
The bettors unable to resist hence Mirage
vas at 5 to 8 on in the betting quotations De
,sck in driving finish, the weight proving too
much for Mirage. Emo beaten more than a
'uriong.
DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS
FIRST RAcE-Pur-e $500 special weights. One and
s,,,ee,,b miles
sA'o' .. .
" hoiain o. C. DeersaSer' oS "'ao'n n11o'e
n wailaoe's b. c. Mancheser ii2........'IHiD 2
Betting -D-erslayer 2 to 0 ana OUT Manchester TO
y xna gu Hondr, nv q length and hal,
won "S"u''' ~ '"e' ~ nam
SECOND RACE-Purse $500; for maiden two year-olds
Five turlones
Br,en M,h.eVcrs en- C. me MaAXmah' ~ Iyran;
J. Dwyer's c. Passover. lis
" . Hopart en- c. Absentee IN arab
~ neoo lio 'iiN anu "ai SIMPSON IL 'Sheeuy'
50 ran r,D ,.o,,
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