Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-05
SIR WALTER WINS THE RACE,
His Third Trial at the Brooklyn Handicap,
Proves Successful.
TARAuS GOOD RIDE LANDS THE PURSE
Archie Clayton Makes Mistake on
the FnNoritc and the Son
of Midlothian Comes
Through First.
-ARArs COED RIDE LANDS THE PURSE

! Brooklyn handicap. and at last he has been
successful. Twice before he was third, beaten
! out by fractional length. but today Taral
was on his back, and hio skill. combined
with lack Of judgment on the part OF
| Clayton. who rode the favorite. helped TO give
| the victory to the son OF Midlothian and
Lasla amid roar Of applause. rarely heard
nowadays upon race track. That II was
popular victory could not be doubted. for from
| the tlIne he poked ais nose into the lead TO
the last fraction Of a second Of the race there
was one wild yen for Sir walter. 1t was
not the cry of the betting men, for the horse
was by no means favorite. but 1t was the
cry Of encouragement from the sport-loving
American citizens, 20.0 900 being at the Grave
| send track TO watch the race. The cheers
that had followed the victory were reduubled
| when Sir Walter returned to weigh in and as
| Taral was hosted into the Jockeys floral
| chair, In which 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 spectators gave vent TO
their feelings in shouts, catcalls and whistles
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 s5a. The ar warm and pleasant
and everybody was in holGay dress. The
bright colors CT the womLi's lresses made.
a pretty picture with the dull background of
the grandstand. The crowd late in
reaching the track. and at first 1t looked
if the attendance would be small. About an
hour before the time for the first race the
people began 10 arrive in droves, and they
Surged around the entrances. which were
much too small to admit them as rapidly
as they came Congestion oct IN. and for
full hour the struggling mass of humanity
was pouring into the enclosure. When the
10 al vpr
and by o'clock all but a few belated ones
had arrived. The finishes in the first. second
and third races were close enough to whet
the appetite of the spectators but they did
not care very much for the minor contests,
even though there was a stirring contest for
the rich Expectation stakes, which Lithos, a
castoff from the Morris string, won by nose
from the we'll bred George kessler.
HANDICAP LATE IN STARTING.
Delays at the start made the handicap very
late, and 1t was 4:25 when tina eight con-
testants went up to the post. None of them
were noticed until Clifford appeared and hes
was applauded well, as was st. Maxim. The.
cheers were doubled as Sir Walter, with Taral
UP. went past the grands,and TO the elbow
in the track-the starting point. After thesa,
reached the post there was long delay, for
Counter Tenor was fractlous. Four break
aways came, in which wing or another
was left. and had TO go back; the fifth and
sixth were excellent but for Counter Tenor.
who stood stock sttll at the post. short
ueidy tHen gave tne jockeys q cnanCe TO-
steady their mounts. and at thirty-fve min
utes after they went TO the post they were.
caught in line, and the red flag swished
through the air. The immense crowd rose to.
their feet, with the cry: They're off," and
the eight highly bred animals began the,
journey of mile and quarter, at the end
Of which was purse of $4,000 for the win
ner.
The crowd at the starting post obscured the
vision for an instant and then they swept.
around the turn into the stretch. with Sir
Walter showing the way, followed by st.
Maxim, Lakeshore, keenan,, Hornppe, Cliff
ford Napkpoo and Counter Tenor. The
jockeys settled down in their places and as
they passed the timing stand for the first
time with one-quarter Of mile run in 0:26,
Lakeshore was the pilot. neck in front Of
Sir Walter, he half length ahead Of Horn
pipe, Keenan, half behind and a half length
in front of St. Maxim. the others trailing.
The pace was slow, for each was ranging
along comfortably. each Jockey picking his
way and waiting patiently for the end. There
was no crowding around the turn, each jocky
giving the others a wide berth and the fur
long along the oval was one Of the fastest
Of the year, being run in 012ik, the leaders
not changing their relative positions, al
though they drew away from the field a
couple OF lengths, while st. Maxim took
third place. with Hornpipe fourth, Nankipoo
and Clifford next side by side, and keenan,
back, with Counter Tenor in the last posi-
tion.
MAKING 1T A HORSE RACE.
AS they Strengthened out on the back
stretch the leaders were still rating along,
well in hand, while ST. l-axim and HorDppe
were side by side as before, with no change
in the rear division. the fourth furlong being
made in 0lSA. AS they ran up the back
stretch they all felt the steel and began TO
move faster. Lakeshore was the first to feel
the effects of this urging aud Sir Walters
nose began to forge in front. Inch by inch
the black muzzle began to show ahead. and
the first four were running so close together
that a blanket would have covered them, for
st. Maxim had cut the lead over him down
head, while Hornpipe was gamely running
with him, the other four not changing their
relative positions. The fve-furlOng post was
reached In 0:l2A from the half in that order,
but the spurt had been too much for Lake
shore, who then dropped back into seventh
place. fighting for the last position with
Counter Tenor, who was running
like cur. Keenan,. too, was
three took little interest In the contest. Af-
ter leaving the fve-eghtbs pole the race be-
gan in earnest and with a little urging Sir
Walter ehot away from the others to get
good position to round the upper turn. He
was a length and half away before Simms
took St. Maxim in hand and cent him after
Taral and his mount. In FIVE seconds both
were going at about the same rate Of speed.
with daylight between them. Hornppe was
still pegging away in third place. but Nam
kipoo and Clifford had come up little. The
time to the three-quarters was l:l7, the last
furlong being run In 0:l3.
AS they rushed around the long upper
turn the pace quickened and Sir Walter
took a still larger lead from 81. Maxim, while
he, in turn held his half length lead on
Clifford aud the crowd shouted in glee at the
finish of Sir Walter There was much dis
appointment over the showing Of Clifford,
who did not seem able TO get up with the
leaders and seemed ready to quit. 1t was
enough TO try any horse, for twelve and one
quarter seconds vas the time Of the last fur
long and there was still three furongs to
60
At the mile pole, which was reached in
/ .42Iz, the leaders were still running we'll
In spite OF the demands made upon them, and
willing TO stand the drive which was sure to
come.
RIDING FOR THE MONEY.
Taral was the first 10 begin punishng Ha
saw Sir Walter was ready to stop, and, In
spite OF his lead Of length and a half. drove
Ii into two, so there would Just be so much
more for Clifford and St. Maxim, the horses
he feared TO gain on him In the last few
yards II was a good thing he did his urg-
ing then. for Clayton had at last made up
bis mind 20 see what his mount Was made
u. and. with whip and spur. drove him at
he leaders. Sir Walter was staggering along,